The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
FOCAL coRREsPoNDESCE.


CREssO1y, Aug. Z, 1882.
DEAR HENRY-In my last letter said my
next would hail from Greeubriar White Sui
phur Springs or whatever other famous To-
cality my friend ''Chet' might be pleased to
retire for the summer, but "Chet' has dis
pleased me, and | cannot reconcile myself
with the thought of assOciating with such
heartless eXcellency as he has proved him
self to be. His disapprOval of our wisdom
chunks" perfected scheme Of taking care OF
the peoples money was Infamous. After
our Honorable % Senators and Congress
men had devoted a whole session to perfect
ing a scheme for filling their eXchequers, for
"Chet" to attempt to dash their fond eXpec-
tatiOns to earth was infamous. His impu-
dence in intimating that honorable 90 ma
tional legislators bad no right to put the pub
lie money TO private use, cannot be cOmpla-
Gently submitted TO- I am done with "Chet -
as he has disgusted me. and will not spend
the summer in his society.
It reiOiceS my heart to hear the American
gle Growing in honor of the exploits of our
navy. The hearts Of the people of the whole
country should breathe easier at the infor-
nation that our able bodied naval squadron
in the Chinese waters is bravely sustaining
the American reputation. It seems as if
this happy nation will be able tO cast eternal
defiance in the teeth OF the whole world 1t
is confidently reported that the ''hOiled lob
ster'' is willing to run the risk of going TO
sea in one Of his own monitors.
The average Congressman devOtes the
whole TlTne OF eaCn session IN DeTTectlnG
schemes Of robbery. and it is wonderful
what ability the average Congressman has in
shutting up the eyes of his cOnfiding cOnstit-
uents. They Indignantly reject cOrrupt
amendments attached to a measure by the
one house and sending it to committee of
conference who will be sure tosdickeT and
finally fix the bill up so that its Objectionable
features art all retained. The average Con
gressman can resort to a hundred tricks to
secure the success of coveted jobs, and pre-
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eyes of a worthy people to whom they owe
their elevation. The ability of the average
Congressman to shut up the ewes Of his con-
fding constituents is sublime. Shameless
subterfuges have become so common that
members OF both houses openly boast of
their success in deceivino their constituents
Up until the last few DAYS | was simple
enough to believe that nothing could occur
i'm this world to astOnish me, but I am con-
strained to honestly acknowledge that an
ever loyal citizen Of our glorious Union. an
Ohioan, has done something to disabuse my
mind of its false impression. He has more
than as+Onished time, having absolutely as
founded me. He committed an act which /
considered impossible for any ''trooly loiP'
American citizen to be guilty of committing
He positively, yea, persistently, refuses to
receive a pension, and demands that his
name be stricken from the pension roll
This is fearful. The great fear is, that this
man having recovered from his disability
and refusing longer to be a govern ment pau
per, may induce the many other thousands
of government paupers who have recovered
from their disabilities to follow bis example
by refusing to draw their pension and order
their names to be dropped from the pension
roll. Itissncerely to be hoped that the Ohio
ans claim for glory win not be followed by
any other "ever lOyaI' citizen of any other
State of this glorious Union. It would be a
sad day for the "wisdOm chunks" Of the
'cave of winds and the fog banks if all
the lever loyal" who have recovered from
their disabilities should refuse to be anv lon
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