The National tribune., 1883-03-01
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
0ur Ex-SOidiers Presenting a Firm Front to the


Our Ex-SOidiers Presenting Il Firm Front to the
Foe.
1t is with great satisfaction that read your bold
and fearless editorials in support of soldiers rights
Let oar enemies have Il whole broadsdc from ffE
TRIRCSE the Minnesota did at HatterlS Inlet.
The rebels surrendered the next day. Jacob Laier,
Lombard, Ill.
Our ex-soldiers should stand shoulder to shoul-
der they did from 81 To- '65. and send to the
House of Representatives who will To it
that the Government for him who has borne
the battle, and for his widow and orphan. &c. B.
Hall, Minneapolis, Mlnn.
II do not think the newspaper attacks on our
veterans do us any harm, providing, stick
together and stand by TIE TRIBUEE and the old
flag Keep your lines well dressed, and. with forty
rounds of cartridge i'll your box, you will come cut
all right yet.'-Wm. Lindcrman, Oiathe, Kan.
Had we listened to the howls of the anti-war
papers from ISGl-6j when they appealed To- to
stay mt. home. our Senators now listening To-
those that yell pension frauds, there would he very
little of this Government LEFT for them To- legislatc
for now. A. Fleming, Hammond Ill.
Il have written to the Chicago Herald to scratch
my name from its list of subscribers and suggested
to the editor that if lac wishes TO inform himself
about pension matters that he subscribe for THE
NATIONAL TRIEUNE. | think we had better send u
copy him free if he isn't able to subscribe for it,
Subscriber cameron, Mo.
IL am an old soldier, older in army experience
than most of my contradiction ! have been in the
United states service more or less since lS41-but
when such papers rs the Chicago Times, New York
and Rutland
feel like buclling on my belt again and going out
To finish up the ar.'--Caleb 4. Lamb, Manton,
Mich.
IL know that | but voice the sentiment Of every
onc-armcl and Onc-lcgCcd soldier when say that
though we do not regrets ior n moment the sIcri-
flee which were called upon to make for the
Union, yet We're it in the power of the Government
to give back that which lost every pension Ger
titicatte would be promptly surrendered NJ G.,
Waseca, Minn.
al still hope that when the granddaughter and
great grandduuI;htrrs of the old p1triarchs, from
Adam down to the present generation, have been
pensoncd, and the bondholders have no more
claims to present, and the Government Golfers are
running over. that our One-icggcd and Onc-armCd
soldiers will be cared for Us they deserve.'-A. W
Watson, Red Oak, Iowa.
Il shall never forget the seventh day of August
1854 During the siege of Atlanta Il forward move
ment had been ordered, and. in the engagement
which ersued, my pantaoons were shot in two ON
both sides, my hat was pierced through the brlnl,
my face graZed by mimic ball, and it seemed to me
rs if the rebels were all making target of me. At
last IL ball cut the leaders back OF my left knee. and
! obliged to retire from the field. l believe
God will yet save the boys IN blue who fought the
battles of their country james A Ninn, Benton,
Ill.
ut makes my blood boil when read in some of
the anti-soder papers that 1t not the spirit OF
LOYALTY which prompted the soldier to leave the
pursuits of peace and hasten To- the field of carnage
and death but the love of adventure and excite
ment. When look back twenty ycnrs nd more to
the date of my enlistment, and ask myself whether
it was the love of adventure which prompted me
to leave my home, | remember that then had
faithful and loving companion whose society was
dear to me- and that my first born was but three
weeks old. 1t hard to sever those ties, yet,
when [ heard of the defeat of armies, the
reyOlutonary spirit lcaped to life again, and said
my country calls and | will GO | served four
years and came home so much impaired IN health
that ] was obliged to- apply for IL pension. After
fifteen years received pension of ~ per month,
yet some will say, suppose that am fraud. M
Z. Kent, Iutlnansvlle, VI.