The National tribune., 1883-01-04
TIE EDITORS TABLE.
a Glance at the Contents of The
Tribune'S Mail.

and Monday brought rs nearly, if not quite,
one thousand letters. To publish them all
would be- Of course, q physical impossibillty,
and the editor must content himself therefore,
with making a few brief extracts from such as
seem to him most likely TO interest his readers.
1t viii Sc seen that they nearly all speak in
glowing terms of the TRIBUNE and contain
pledges OF substantial support. And now, with
out further waste Of precious space, let Us glance
at the letters themselves.
i have been subscriber to TIE TRIBUNE for a
year, and hope that my namc may be always on
your roll. out West here are just as willing to
fall into line As ever. We have organized "A IT, A.
r. Post WITH meInhe! snip oi - ana nope 20 sven
il to 100 soon. / have been thinking while writing
that il l. 20 years since left home tc help
put down the rebellion. was a member oi me
FyyCuty-toIrth Iowa. Company I and we had about
IC0 men when marched out Of our town, as
proud a company as ever went forth To battle.
Where are the members OF that company to-day?
But few returned, and those who did look old and
feeble Their hair j. Grey and their backs are
bowed with age. Stll thcy try hard to earn liv-
ing. and dream Of what the Government has prom
ised !hcm. ! myself have spent about so TO
secure evidence in support of my pension claim, aud
ST had been trial and the evidence strong
against me as it Is in this CASE in my favor, should
certainly have been sent to in or hung long since.
Joseph L. Dana, Tekomah, Neb.
Doubtless; yet there are newspapers which
seem to think that all soldier has to do in
order TO secure a pension is 10 drop line to the
Commissioner, and thas consequently there
must be many thousands of fraudulent cases on
the rolls Their malice is only equalled by
their ignorance.
''lyo have taken your paper for a year. and like
il very much / aul the daughter OF a soldier, ID.
X GIcDouuall. who Was wounded three times dur
ing, his service and have succeeded in gCttiug four
new subscribers ior TIE HUEUNE ] am trying 10
get enough 10 pay for that dictionary which was
advertised IN your paper. .'-le,nnette McDougal,
Selma City, California.
Miss McDougall is not the only soldiers
daughter who is canyassing for THE TRIBUNE,
but we could wish the roll was larger than it is.
The ladies are not excluded from the ranks of
THE TRIBUNEs Grand Army.
Enclosed please find g for seven new subscribers
TO THE TRIBUNE. / hope to secure a subscription
from every member OF our Post-.IoIn ". Gcary
No. Is. We have 6S members, and still in
creasing in numbers. William Morton, Cotton
wood Falls, Kansas.
That's a good number to start with, and if
each one OF the seven will secure seven moreit
wont take long 10 fiji the quota for your Post,
comrade. Fight it out on this line-it won't
take you all summer-and see if THE TRIBUNE
doesn't make ii easier to raise recruits for John
W. Geary Post.
Enclosed please find one dollar to renew my
subscription to your invaluable paper. 1t Is the
best soldiers paper cZant, and its columns are fun
of encouraging news for our veterans. ! am one
OF the boys Of 81. and have had taste Of the hor-
hoTs of Libby Prison and Belle Isle. | am not a
pensioner, but hope you viii continue to throw
solid shot into the lss of Congress until our Rep
resentaives pass the bill for the equalization of
bounties. George :. Anderson, Rossville, Tenn.
If you want to see the equalization of boun-
ties bill become q law, You should turn in and
help 20 raise an army of one hundred thousand
subscribers for THE TRIBUNE.
~ have been a reader Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
for a number of years and in my opinion it is bet
ter than ali the other soldier papers combined Old
soldiers-you who supported the Stars and Stripes
when the bullets ratified around you like hail
stoHe.-IHE N TIoHAL TRIBUNE i your best friend.
IT works hand % right your wrongs and To secure
ynur ia-t dues tron The Government. David W.
NirEaug-, Ccit itreviile, y. y.
That's a cali to battle, sure enough Drum
the sl,ul kcr5 out OF camp and throw out strong
sllirmish line.
~ have been very much interested in your noble
paper and beeve Il 10 ne the duty well as 10 the
interest OF every ex-solicr of the late war to sub
scribe for journal which champions the rights of
those who saved the country and made possible the
free institutions which we are now enjoying As
an earnest Cl my intentions enclose check for -
for four new subscribers. William A. Sloane,
Spencer, Mass.
That's a convincing argument and one that
can't be employed too often. If every ex-soI- /
der would back his opinions in this style THE
TRlBUNE's mission would soon be accomplished.
Having now been a constant reader of THE
TRIBUNE i,r the last year am pretty We'll satisfied
that your paper Is what it claims 10 bea friend
of the soldier and that it viii prove TO be excellent
reading for ali eXsolders who may subscribe for it.
j alsopersuaded that il Is the duty of ali
Iades Of tie Grand Army who are able to subscribe
for il do so, and thereby sustain such q strong
advocates of their rights. 1 took your paper last
year IN partnership with another conrade to save
EXPENSE but am now willing to go the whole hog,
that can loan it 10 those of my comrades vino
do not feel able TO subscribe hope 70 send you
large lisa Of subscribers soOn."-P G. Ingalls,, Wash
ingion, Maine.
There is nothing which affords so much en-
couraeement TO the editor as the fact that
nearly all his old subscribers are renewing
their subscriptions for another year There
ought to be no deserters from THE TRIBUNEs
army.
Enclosed find s. for two subscribers-n1y con-
tribuiion towards that Christmas present you spoke
Of ia your last issue The boys all want THE TEIB
UNFs though some Of them slow ante up.'''-
II. :. Beaman Beaman, Iowa.
Hcrhaps some Of the boys haven't the chips
but it's a dollar limit game, and it seems to
us that every ex-soldier ought to be disposed
to come in on that
'Inotioed in your last number a suggestion that
each reader of TIE TRIBUNE should send il a new
subscriber as a Christmas present. VIII do my
part and 20 one better May God bless you in all
your efforts TO obtain justice for the soldier."-D
Tamcr, Coal City, Illinois
IhdnES Tor Inc remembrance. ItS a pity |
that Christmas comes but once year while |
THE TRIBUNE Is published fifty-two times a
year But, then, you needn't wait whole year
TO send rs another club, if you don't want to.
Enclosed find one dollar to renew my subscrip-
ton to THE NATOSAJ TRIBUNE. / was a constant |
reader Of the New York Times, but now take THE |
TRIBUNE instead. Some Of nay comrades give rs |
excuse for not Subscribing tlat they take more
paper now than they can read IF G.. Barrows |
Moose Meadow. Conn.
Yes notwithstanding that some Of these |
newspapers are filed with abuse of the SOL |
der. 1t wasn't twenty years ago. They |
didn't help to support coppcrhead sheets in |
those days-they suppressed them. But even
copperhead sheets didn't dare to insult the |
soldiers themselves during the war.
Enclosed please find one dollar for another |
years subscription to TIE TRIBUNE / presume [ |
one OI your oldest subscribers, / took your |
monthly over two years and have taken your pres
cnt splendid weekly ever since il started. THE /
NATIONAL TRIBUNE u doing more for cauge |
than ali the other papers IN tie United States com
bned wish 10 say here that do not believe the |
present hlit Tor the equalization of bounes is inst
one to those discharged for disabilities contracted |
ia the service ana ia favor Of giving disabled SOL
ders -S per month from the time they enlisted as !
II through fault of theirs that thew were dis
charged. William Geddes, Frankfort, Oak r.
Wen see to that when the time comes. |