The National tribune., 1882-10-12
OUR SOLDIERS COLUMN.
A Ringing Appeal from Veteran
to His Comrades.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Our Subscribers Hold a Little
Campfire of Their Own.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
To the Editor NATIONAL, tribune:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Enclosed find 81 for four new subscribers to
your most valuable paper. If l am not mis-
taken, this makes twenty-one subscribers L
have sent you, and l have but one regret, and
that is this: that it is not one hundred and
twenty-one. but l have opened q recruiting
Office. and, as l have set my stakes for fifty
recruits. will have them if We have to resort
to draft; and if it comes TO that, we viii
double the call to make sure of the number Of
substantial men. 1t is the strangest and most
unaccountable thing that old soldiers and COM
Tades will stand in their own light and close
their eyes and refuse to see where their inter
est is. Now, it is an open and very apparent
fact that The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, with its
fearless and very able editor backed up with
three or four hundred thousand subscribers, is
q power behind the Congress Of this United
States that must cause them to pause in their
wild career and inquire from whence cometh
these warnings Of vengeance, and, unlike those
of old, they would need no interpreter to re-
veal the facts that three hundred thousand Of
the Nations defenders had spoken. What"
YOU say, "three hundred thousand subscribers
to The NATIONAL TRIBUNE?" OF course l
say so, and out loud, too. We have one mil
lion and half of soldiers in this country, and
we all have rights and are more or less inter-
ested in the affairs Of the country and Nation
we helped to save-that we may enjoy the
fruits of our labor. And where is there paper
that has SO openly and fearlessly advocated the
demands of justice that have been made by
these million and half of soldiers as the
Editor of the TRIBUNE? And now l give
this title TO THE NATIONAL tribune:
1.-THE soldiers champion and friend" Boys of
the army of the rebellion and comrades of the
G. A. R., rally to the support of your champion,
and don't delay, but send in your subscriptions,
and by so doing you viii manifest your appre-
citation of his efforts in a wise and substantial
manner, and don't hesitate to say that / be-
lieve the future viii reveal the wisdom of your
acts and choice, for the record of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE as an organ of power for the sol
diers speaks for itself in the favorable re-
suits that have been reached through Congress,
appropriating one hundred million dollars to
pay pensioners, and many other bills of justice
which have been championed by THE NATION
AL TRIBUNE.
The last time / sent to you, my Post num-
bered sixty nine-and we number to day
straightforward still they come and they
are all true blue and | shall use every effort to
secure their subscription to THE TRIBUNE.
The time has come when the people of this
great Nation must arise and shake of this leth-
ergy into which they have fallen and assert their
rights as people and stamp out those political
shysters that have no motive but that of a per-
sonal nature The wishes of the masses are
ignored by the frauds, and corruption of money
used for the purpose of nominating and elect
ing men to this Congress of the United States
as well as the Legislatures of the States, from
the highest to the lowest Office in the gift of
the people Money has been and is used to an
alarming extent, corrupting the purity of our
politics. We have had a sample of it in my
own congressional district, and by the Eternal
Powers that exist they shall hear from it in the
election!
Comrades, let us stand by those that stand
by us, and before the LIST of January, 1883, let
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE triumph in the fact
that it is supported by one hundred thousand
Of the true and loyal sons of liberty. Don't
you back down one inch, for it is but a ques-
ton Of time land a short time, too when you
viii be backed by an army that viii give you
power and prestige, and that will stand by you
through thick and thin; for you are worthy
of the support and best efforts Of every soldier
III the country!
Now, in conclusion, comrades of the G. A. R.,
our four years of war brought US TO appreciate
q friend, and we would divide our last cent or
our last crust, or bareback; and we have not
forgotten yet how to manifest our approval OF
disapprOval of a friend or an enemy.
Every one of the soldiers are loud in their
praises of THE TRIBUNE. They say: "What a
grand paper; it is power for the soldier!"
That is so. Now, just you send the small sum
Of one dollar, and then your saying viii be
effective, and you can realize that you have
complied with the small request made by the
Editor.
You will hear from me again soon, for shall
never let up until 1 have received a subscrip-
ton or a decided "No" from every member Of
my Post.
May you prosper far beyond your highest
hopes, is the wish of
FM.J.
FAIR HAVEN, n. Y.