Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-16
GOOD from Evil.

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retained as collector of the consoli
dated revenue district, it's effect il
sure to be greater regard for the
pledges and statutes made in the
interest of the men whose yal0r anc
suiTerings and sacrifices saved this
union from destruction. On nc
question has the press of Wisconsin
ever been more harmonious anc
earnest than it is in demanding tha
the laws and resolves on this sub
ject shall no longer remain q dead
letter. IIarnden's proposed retire
ment has served a good purpose in
bringing the matter to the fore
and the fact that he has so grossly
ignored the principle himself be
coming generally understood, the
feeling is spreading that had the
State been secured for a proper
case on which to present the subject
in all its phases, while doing as little
personal sorong as possible, a more
fitting selection could not have been
made The following are fair spec
linens of the almost universal ex-
pressions of the State press:
Eau Cyaire free Press. The
change being fully consummated,
the protests Of the republican press
and Of individual republican leaders,
with Harnden and Lottridge for
their texts, will probably cease; but
their demand that the republican
party shall hereafter more faithfully
honor its promises to the soldiers
should be continued without abate-
nent.
rhe good fight may therefore be
prosecuted all along the line with
better effect, and with the assurance,
# vigorously maintained, that the
hopes and wishes of the loyal peo-
Pile of the country will ere long be
nonored by those entrusted with
their execution.
We have never asked or urged
that the soldiers should be preferred
for Office above the worthy civilian,
except where equal or superior quail
liications were patent; but now,
nearly twenty years after their strug-
giles, when we. contemplate the dis
which have attended
them in their conflicts with the
world-disadyantages in health and
vigor entailed by the deprivstions,
accidents and other con-
of the camp and battle
field; disadvantages in their pecuni-
airy relations occasioned by absence
from their homes and peaceful pur-
suits at a time when fortunes were
laid and made by their neighbors
and fellow citizens, in whose behalf
as well as their own they suffered
much and risked their lives; and
when we reflect that the political
party which has been in most things
the honest and honored custodian Of
the counry's welfare has failed in
this one thing, of fully recognizing
the debt to the soldier, we are more
than willing that the large balance
to the boys who wore the blue shall
be made up to thcm--if such a thing
be possible ~ through the public
offices of honor and emolument,
whenever and wherever such n
course is practicable-keeping the
efficiency of the public services al
ways in view. No honest reader
will assume that this broad declara-
ton means that a soldier who does
not desire an office shall have one
forced upon him, or that an office
should be created to crafty the de-
mand of a soldier, or that a veteran
unqualified for office should be so
honored. AS a class, soldiers have
not been and are not Extensively
clamorous for Office. Chen fitness
and claims are always open to inves-
tigation, and by q fair and intelli-
gent decision they will cheerfully
abide.
Very many of the veterans are
passing away every yeal, in advance
of the allotted years of men. A few
years hence, only those who were
boys At Chattanooga, Appomatox,
Gettysburg, Vieksburg, Shiloh, and
other memorable battles, viii be left.
The country cannot do too much
for them. In very truth. the only