The National tribune., 1882-12-28


TO vote against it," Good. That is a practlca
way of aiding the soldier TO secure his rights.
THE TRIBUNE costs me one dollar for fifty
two numbers. ! claim il is worth ten dollars
year to any subscriber. l hope you will soor
have your one hundred thousand. That vii
be enough to start with to save the Union il
the next war. God save the United States and
| THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.' b. Mcdonnell
! Greenville. Tenn. That's So comrade and We
| believe every one of our subscribers who could
shoulder a rife would respond to The TRIB
| UNE's call for volunteers while Senator Beck
well, Senator Beck would doubtless take an
other trip to Canada.
| SIXTY YEARS OLD. But STILL CANVAsSING.
Here is q letter which will put to shame some
of our indOlent subscribers: Enclosed you Will
find money order for two dollars. This makes
| five subscribers / have sent you. | am about
! sixty wears old, and some may say that | ought
| to be reading my Bible; but nevertheless
! always find pleasure in looking over your
columns" John Lowell, Ialeslli, O.
" 1t is the duty of every soldier to have The
| TRIBUNE in his household, not only for his own
benefit, but for his family. as it contains many
articles of value to his wife and children" "
! Charles A. Parks, Sag Harbor, n. Y. Well put,
! comrade THE TRIBUNE Will never forget
| what is due to the loyal women of the country
! and the children of our veterans, and they will
! always have something more than a corner" "
! of The TRIBUNE.
| Charles r. Mans Gettysburg, O., writes /:
"You are printing the right paper in the right
! place-at the scat OF the National Government
| and it has the right sound. Its history of
| famous battles and its sketches Of prison-ite
! make it worth double the subscription price.
| Ii creates within me more brOthery affection
| for our eX-sOldierS, and | sit up late into the
night to read it," Yes, the fact that THE TRIB-
UNE is published at the National Capital gives
II InpHpl a1N pn-It Iw1VS keen
eye on Congress.
Uriah Chapman, of Forcstville, n. Y, who
has been waiting three years and half for a
pension. writes: " | am very poor in pocket and
health, but | must have your paper" There
are good times coming, comrade. Look at the
number of certificates that are now being issued
every week by the Pension Office.
PRACTICAL TURN OF MIND.
Here is a letter from cOmrade of delight
fully practical turn of mind He writes:
Thinking there were not as many TRIBUNES
taken at this office as there ought to be, | men
toned the fact to some eX-sOdiers and as a
result send YOU six new subscribers. ! heard
a man say to-day that single number of THE
TRIBUNE was worth a whole years subscrip-
ton. | will try TO send you some more new
subscribers soon, as | want to help you get that
one hundred thousand before the 1St Of Janu-
ary. 1888 and twice that number next year"
Wish there were one hundred thousand of you,
cOmradc-or, at any rate, one of you at every
post office.
Comrade John Stubbins. Cadiz. O., sends us
three new subscribers and says: We will stand
by THE TRIBUNE and help to hold up the old
flag" And THE TRIBUNE, comrade, will stand
by you, and help to hold up to public scorn such
inveterate enemies of the soldier as Senator
Beck.
1T does me good to read the G. A. +. col
umns of THE TRIBUNE and see what the dear
old BOYS in blue are doing all over the country.
/ am glad to know that SO many new Posts are
being organized, although | do not enjoy the
privilege of membership myself, as there is no
Post nearer than twenty miles from this place"
w. II. Odell, Hooser Prairie. Ill. Sorry to
hear that, comrade. Why don't you induce
your fellow eX-soldicrS to unite with you in an
application for a charter and send it to The
TRIBUNE? We will help you to establish
Post.
J. S. Cortis Burton, Kan, writes: " | am in
favor of the passage Of the equalization of
bounties bill. | am not begging at all, for | am
a farmer in Kansas, where we raise a plenty
and to spare, but my motto is: Justice and
equal rights for all" That is THE TRIBUNE's
motto too, comrade. 1t proposes TO knock
pretty loudly at the door of the next Congress
Comrade John G. Rowley, Willard, n. Y,
sends lis a club of eleven subscribers and says,
the long-fclt need of central medium
reached is found at last in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. Coming to us on Saturday after
noon, ii finds us ready to lay aside the tasks OF
the week and enjoy its contents"
AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER POSTS TO FOLLOW.
Comrade Edmiston. Commander Of Frank
Lowry Post Nc l57, Clinton, ILL.,, sends us five
new subscribers and says: " 1t is our aim to
raise a club Of fifty and obtain set of the
Campaigns of the Civil War for the Post"
This is an excellent idea, and it suggests an
easy way whereby every Post can provide it
self, if it chooses, with the foundation of a
Post library.
Just eighteen years ago yesterday" writes
James c. Haner, of Exeter, Neb., " | saw the
glorious old stars and stripes for the first time
after seven months confinement in those
slaughtcr-pens Of AndersOnville and Florence,
and during all those years | have not enjoyed
a single well day" If every one Of our sub
scribers, however, would do what this invalid
cOmrade has dOne,-send us seven new sub
scribers,- s,-perhaps THE TRIBUNE could COM
pei Congress do justice TO our eX-prisonels of
war.
Let well enough alone" is pretty good
rule to follow in this world, and Comradc
Lewis Wagner, Port Creek, n. Y, hits the nail
on the head when he says: 1--WE all hOpe-so
far as | have heard-that Congress will LET the
internal-revenue taxes alone, for the probability
is that il will make matters worse instead Of
better. The country was never SO prosperous
as now, and for my part L say: Let well
enough alone"
Robert :. Moore Fairmount Springs, Pa,
sends us three new subscribers, and adds: :" |
have set the ball a-rolln9. The watchword is |
Onward, and no thanks to Senator Beck"
As an amusing illustration of how some of |
our subscribers feel when they fail to receive |
their paper on time, we quote an extract from |
the letter of a cOmrade at Wolf Store, Pa, who |
sends us two new subscribers " | had Just sat /
dOwnand made myself very comfortable, prepar- |
atOry TO reading the last number Of THE TRB- |
CNE, when, on opening it, / discovered that |
through some mistake had been sent copy of /
the previous weeks issue. You never SAW such !
an angry man as | was. | shook my fist, and !
said / could whip the editor himself, if he /
wasn't any stronger than | was when [ came |
to the Jarvis Hospital, in Baltimore from Belle |
Isle" Very sorry, comradc; mistakes will /
happen in the best regulated families, and The |
TRIBUNEs is no exception. Drop i'll some day, |
when the fighting editor is at home.
CHAMPION CLUB RAISER.
Where there's a will there's a way, and |
comrade John NJ. Maxim, West Wareham, Mass, |
writes: " | received a copy OF The TRIBUNE, |
and liked ii so much that / made up my mind |
10 subscribe so l took the paper and carried it |
around the factory where | now work, and it |
was not long before | had fifteen names with |
mne), and the promise of more soon" Down |
You go, comradc, on our roll Of honor as one of |
our champion cub-raiscrS
Now Just read this: - A poor crippled soldier |
stopped me on the street and said to me: i |
hear you are taking subscriptions for THE Ma
TpT ha SnlIiprSJ nanpr' | told |