The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-01-25

remember that General Grant ever refused a dollar
offered him by the Government. Ny husband was
soldier, and am proud of it, too bu; if the press
keep on IN their attacks on our veterans man Will
be ashamed after awhile say he was n soldier for
the next question flung at him would be have you
applied for pension? Mrs. ~ ID. lauDdcr,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
have found seven more comrades who want
THE TRIBUNE, making in all thirteen tIat have
sent you. 1t does old soldiers good to see how
you wipe out senator Beck. so General Grant IS
afraid the Government Is getting too liberal, is he
Can You tell us whether he ever protested against
raising the Presidents salary from 80 geo to ~peO
for his own benefit and did he object the passage
of an act TO allow him $1,000 "A year pension -
A. b. Allen, Marion, Ohio.
General Grant says the physical health Of our
soldiers is good rs it would have been if the
of the rebellion had never been fought General
Grant vetoed the equalization of hOJ;UtlCs bill
the ground that the Treasury empty. but when
the bill increasing his salary was enacted. ne
forgot all about the condition of the Treasury, and
pOcketed the extra S25 000."-W.J. Wheeler, Olney,
Ill.
g am not in favor of war but do feel like max
ing a charge on the New York sun and the rest of
the newspapers from which you quoted last week.
As for Grant, have always been a Grant man. but
| am done with him now.'-B. +, Brown, Logan,
Iowa.
AS you have many better correspondents
than am have been content hitherto simply to
read and keep quiet, but having peruscd the COM
ments of the hireng rebel press of the North. my
blood Is up now, and ] say soldiers. comrades, If
yOu tamely submit to such insults, You deserve to
be kicked and cut. and you are not worthy to be
citizens OF the Government you saved. As foc
Grant. We gods how have the mighty fallen As
President he vetoed the equalization of bOunties
bill, and then approved the back-pay steal because
he benefited by it. He is perfectly willing that
the Government should vote him a pension, but he
accuses the poor helpless soldier of being fraud.
II the veteran who receives patry pension of
few dollars month - a thief and n fraud what Is
the proper name for a man who accepts pension
of 81 80 per month? Let General Grant figure this
up."-John NJ i'annan, ChetOpa, Kan.
THE members of my Post are greatly concerned
about the passage of the $40 pension BILL especially
since reading what General Grant has said about It,
1t seems to that the General is n little taroy
III this matter. He could have saved the country q
good deal of money had he vetoed the Presidential
>;ary grab bill The General seems to forget that If
we had enjoyed u good quarters rs lie. might
have come home sound and able bodied The
General seems to think that man who lost his
health by exposure in the army is fraud Well, let
him max three or four more attempts 70 secure the
nomination Tor the Presidency and he viii lind out
who is the fraud."-H. III. c. Sherman, y. y.
General Grant vetoed the equalization ofbounties
bill because of the expense to the Government but
ut the same time he ran his hand into the Treasury
and drew out $4,000 per year extra for himself
Vet he now calls the poor soldiers Swindlers. Just
because they ask the Government 20 do what it
agreed to do when they enlisted. Who made Cen
eral Grant big man? II the old soldiers
They Obeyed his commands and executed his
ders but were he a candidate for the Presidency to-
Gay, it would be their turn to give the command
and the command would be: Stay at home, Cen
Cral.'-JohE Broselton, Liberty, Ill.
notice that General Grant looks down with
contempt MS old soldiers. He fOrgets that they
are the men who built the ladder for him to crawl
up on TO fame. Levi Conklin, White Lake y. y.
Ulysses, once thought good deal of you, but
when you signed the bill doubling your salary, and
increasing the back pay OF Members of Congress. I
began to lose faith when you vetoed the equaliza-
ton of bounties bill. lost faith again; when YOU
meddled with the FitzJOhn Porter case, lost faith
once more. and after reading your siur on our ex-
soldiers, lost all taith and made up my mind that
it would be better for you go South and condole
with JEFF. Davis. Subscriber, Brandon, VT.