The National tribune., 1883-01-04
WASHINGTON THURSDAY,


eral Dix-Spot him!
| Enclosed please find S. for five new subscribers
| Felow-soldiers, shoulder arms and push forward
as YOU did in battle! think we have got the enemy
on the run. Hiram A Davis, McCune, Kan.
If you can raise five recruits, you ought to b'
able to raise whole company, comrade. Shall
we send you a captains commission?
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five copies OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE TO he sent rs
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! Al. +. Hin, and d. Benz. West Charles ID. Price
! \. q, Joe Hooker Post, Sioux Falls, Dakota.
Come up on the PLATFORM comrades and take
/ part in THE TRIBUNE's campfire. We're al.
ways glad to hear from the coming State.
THE editor of the Utica HExrald seems to think
/ that the soldier who receives pension from the
Government Is a rohbcr. would like To ask him
what he thinks of the justice of refusing bounty 20
/ the men who enlisted in 1861 and 1862 and did the
hardest part of the work, while those who enlisted
in 1868 and 1864 received their bounty in full. Iwould
also like to ask him whether lac thinks man could
live in such place Rs AndCrsonVille for say two
months, without impairing his health" As FOR
myself. was seventeen months prisoner, and had
abundant opportunities of observing the treatment
which they received. Thanks TO THE TRTBUNI, for
the splendid work it is doing in behaf"-Wil-
liam L. Jones, Sandusky, ~ Y.
You are rather hard on Editor Roberts. What
can he possibly know of the privations of camp
and prison life, or the horrors of military
hospital? And, besides, some allowance should
be made for q man without heart!
THANK God for so able a defender as the Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE! Oh, that every eX-soldier could
see, read, and subscribe for it Beck would then
have but little power TO injure us. hope you will
keep on in the good work which you are now DO
ing. Nesent thirteen letters from this place to our
Representative in Congress protesting against any
reduction Of internal revenue taxes" J.. Is. Moon,
Dryden Mich.
Those thirteen letters may make one moro
vote against the reduction of the internal revc-
nue. taxes and every vote counts in this contest.
We hope the writers of these letters are sub
scribers to THE TRIBUNE, or soon viii be.
at is with the greatest pleasure that perse the
many interesting letters which appear in THE
TRIBUNE from comrades all over the country. None
bat soldier appreciate tie spirit Of these letters
and the loyalty which prompts them. wish every
coulTade in the country would subscribe TO TIE
IRj8JNE. An SN-Solher myself l aPpreclate ITS
it."-L. II. Bower Newfeld, \. !.
Yes, these letters are almost rs welcome as
those which brought to our soldiers in the field
the latest news from home; it is because they
cheer our comrades hearts that we publish
them.
IN your last number had the pleasure of read
ing an editorial headed Nipers of the Press The
appellation j. appropriate. ann ashamed TO think
have a man in TINS great scat" of New York like
Mr. Z II. Roberts, the editor OF the Utica Herald,
though 10 think of ii, those who advocate
such principles rs he does do not deserve the name
of men. Perhaps he Is OF tlie same opinion as one
of my Hcighbors, who said tome a few weeks after
my return from the army: 1 would rather be a
live coward than dead hero. '-Charles II. Knox,
SchToon Lake, New York.
Doubtless. And OF all towards the mcanest
is the man who stays at home in time of danger
and then abuses his preservers when the danger
is past. Our ex-soldiers should compel Editor
Roberts to retire to his bomb-proof.
''Iu your last issue YOU promised to give your
readers account of Northern prison life, as you
did that of Andersonvillc. That Is right. We clal
lenge the Johnnies TO compare their treatment with
Let Us know what ratiOns, clothing, blankets
and surgical treatment they received. nave my
sen seen me same faiolis Issued 10 confederate
prisoners tnat their giirds received at City Pont.
/ have seen wounded confederate prisoners occu-
pying the best beds III the hospital at Alexandria,
Va in the same wards with the Federal wounded,
and receiving the same raIons and medical treat
mcnt. Their lady sympathizers were freely adj
mited to the hospital, and permitted to bring
them flowers, pies, cakes ana any deliCaces they
chose Ii was not at AndersOnVllle ! wish that
in some future issue of THE TRIBUNE You would
publish the figures showing how much money
raised in the Northern states for the sufferers by
yellow fever and the Mississippi floods. Let IT be
seen what treatment confederate neighhors have
received Ia return Tor their cruel treatment OF
Federal prisoners IN Southern prisons. The old
soldiers here seriously considering the Cstab-
lishment of a Grand Army Post. We have a suit
able hall. and no doubt the organization will be
completed next month, for in earnest. ]
viii to II that every member Is made acquainted
with THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and, II possible
shall get every 10 subscribe forit. Rest assured
we viii never let THE TRIBUNE he spiked and left
IN the hands of the enemy."-Henry A. Hyle, Red
wood, y. y
An article concerning the conduct Of North
ern military prisons is now in preparation for
THE TRIBUNE. As to the money raised for
the sufferers by yellow fever and floods in the
South it amounted to hundreds of thousands
of dollars, but we do not grudge penny Of it.
Only it does seem hard that the North should
neglect its own suf'erers-its crippled and en-
feebled veterans.
Enclosed find 81 for which you will please
send the best paper published in the interest OF the
soldiers and the rising generation If the youth of
IL would arouse in them feelings Of patriotism
which nothing else could inspire."-J u. Snow,
Fairdale, Pa.
Yes, our comrades owe it to themselves to see
that their children do not grow up in ignor-
ance of the great struggle for the preservation
Of the Union. The perpetuation of the prin-
ciples which triumphed in that struggle is
essential TO the future existence of the Republic
Enclosed please find check for Sl2 for nc many
new subscribers. This makes tIirty-nine new sub
scribers IN all That have sent you. ] am bound to
have the other four volumes Of ScTibucr's Cam
pagns Of the Civil War Had time 1 could raise
a large club aud, as it *, hope in the course of
time TO send you at least 100 new subscribers.
Compliments of the season TO THE TRIBUNE and its
worllers.''-C. ID. Austin, Carthage, y. Y.
That's "a song that cheers" and that's the
sort of workers that The TRIBUNE wants
One thousand such workers would increase the
circulation of THE TRIBUNE to-well, multiply
one thousand by one hundred.
MY daughter borrowed one of your papers from
IA nejghbor, and liked IL so much tlat she deter
mined to raise a club. She has now succeeded in
obtaining ten new subscribers, and wants you to
send as n premium the Roster OF Rcgimcntal Sur
geons which she intends for a Christmas present
TO myself My daughter Is but twelve years old"
p. II. O'Connel, Danvers, Mass.
Such daughter as that would be treasure
in any soldiers household. All! comrades
there are some hearts that still beat warmly
for you, after all. You will never be aught
else than heroes in the sight of your wives and
daughters Heaven bless 'em.
"THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is just the paper
want. ] wish you could help to establish 4
Post here. j have written to Commander thief
NanHcTvoort mt Omaha."-JoSeph w. Hill, Had
lyme, Connecticut.
We will help you gladly. Send us the names
of at least ten feiloW-solders in your vicinity
who are willing to become charter members of
Post, and we viii see that your application
receives the attention of the proper authorities.
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