The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-04-21
WHOLE NO. 1902.

startling numbers not including the
thousands of deaths, after leaving the
army, from Injuries received or die
ease contra a:tsd in the service.
And thousands upon thousands Of
the soldiers who still live bear the
marks Of honorable wounds, more or
less severe, or carry in their system
the seeds Of disease which is slow
ly bat surely sapping the foundations
of their lives Could the soldier
dead come back to earth to-day, with
what righteous indignation would
they regard the influence over the
Republic of the old Rebel spirit, and
the deferential attitude toward their
insolent leaders, Of great political
party
The party which carried on the
war has not been forgetful either of
the principles which it endeavored to
establish or of the brave meu who
fought in battles. While remaining
sieadfast to its primal doctrines, and
fighting Increasingly for GnigeraI lib-
eryy and National supremacy, it has
yet found time to care for the cOun
try's wards-the manned and the |
sick Of the late Federal host-and the
wives, children, or other heirs of the
nearly 350000 whose lives were for
feited.
Beginning With 1861, when ST.
0S9 2lS 10 of pension money was
p .id, the disbursements have ennuel- /
ly increased, until al The present time /
$40 900. 900 per annum will scarcely /
suffice to pay the debt of gratitude I
which the Union owes to its defend
ers 10 1864 the amount of peasion |
money paid bad increased To 81 52l,-
622 Is; in 1867, TO S2f 0T9 403 Is {;
10 1870, to S21 7S0,sIl 81; IN 1873 /
TO $29.IS5 2S9 81 The estimate for [
the present year comprehend5 the |
vast amount OF s35.SlG 600, and for
several years hence these annual dis
bursements must 90 on increasing, /
new claims on the Governments I
bounty pouring ia az the rate Of
5000 per month The entire nun /
Der of claims presented from 1862 %
1880, not including claims for arrears
or increase, was 699,67 the NUN
Der granted being 409.0I5. The NUN
Der Of cases peDolag and undetsrmin-
ed on the lst Of March, 1880, being
the original claims for pensions Of in
yalig soldiers and soldiers widows.
minor children. and other dependent
relatives, wac 223 ,394. Involving an
amount 10 first payment Of not less
than $3.50, 600 coo The total amount
of pension money paid si1cs the clI, e
Of the war is nearly 500 600 900 /
The names Of hundreds ' thousands
Of poor and deserving p- pie are On
the payroll Of the Goyerumen- aad
the quarterly allowances 81 ddeu
many desolste home.
The Republican parry has been
true to the Union, the soldier, aad It
self. and has made a n0bler record
than any osher political organization
ever achieved. OF its devotion 10 the
interests of the Nation'a defenders The
above quoted figures speak volumes
in themselves
The flowers Of fifteen springs have
bloomed in the daies Of Appomattox
since Grant msgnsnimou-ly refused
Lees offered sword in token of sur.
render The Confederate ehieftain is
dead, bat not so the cause fo= which
be fought. By slow degrees, yet
steadily and surely, the Rebels have
been coming back TO power. They
now control nearly every bra1eh ofI
the General Government and about
one-half the Safe Governments
Crippled Union soldiers have been
removed from petty Offices, to make
room for rampant Southern Brigs-
diers. The door to positions at the
Capital is through the chambers Of the
House and Senate, and the ouiy KEY
thereto is avowed sympathy with the
Rebel cause.
And thus We enter uDon another
Presidential campaign.