The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-01
THE NEW PENSION BILL. /.
An Open Letter 10 General Logan from
Privnte Dalxell. n n

r, ISL CALDWELL, u, June ~.
DEAR ErSAroE.-Yo ug can have no ade.
quste conception ol.he gratitude expressed
by the poor, nameless, obscure soldiers Of
the rank and flo for your vote on tho pen.
sion bill lust passed the eenste. 1t Is the
climax and crown Of career already illus.
trious. It Ia the only. bill before this Con-
preas that they have cared "a baubeeg Tor.
Your vote on It secures their votes for you.
They all say 30, and the feeling Is intense
and cannot be expressed In words. 1t
makes every nerve and fiber Of my being
tremble with emotion too deep for utter.
ence. "Inaamuch as you have done II unto
the least OF these you have done 1t unto me-"
Is the response Of every patriotic heart
from Maine to California. s,i4t J.
Every poor private soldier who laid his
young, manly health and strength on The
altar Of his country, and who Is now. In
the huinbleat walks oil lie, poor and IN.
known, and 80 Gering with disease and
poverty, bleases John A.. Logan, the sol.
dief'a friend, who never failed him yet In
the field or tho forum: Every widow stIug'
Cling TO support herself and her fasherless
children calls down Heavens richest blets'
ings on you for that vote. Every, orphan,
child Of the man who struck the blow and
who died for hia country at last from dis.
ease incurred in service or In the vile
prison pen, mingles your name with child.
hoods sweetest prayers. Your name, oil.
ready dear 10 every soldiers heart in this
broad land OF ours, becomes hencetorth In
A million homes q household word 10 be
spoken In terms OF fondest affection for.
ever, The gray.haired veteran OF the war
with Mexico, bending under the weight Of
years, gives you an old mans priceless
blessing with slmost his dying breath.
The heroes Of Atlanta and Appomattox
cheer at every mention Of your name. The
dependent fathers and mothers OF the men
who proudly marched with you down to
the sea, Of the men who Bleep the sleep
that knows no waking on these earthly
shores, now lonely and stricken with pow:
erty and diatress, bend at ten thousand
times ten thousand household altaIs and
pray God to bless you for that vote.a
II was manly-lt waa grand for you to
remember those who gave all they had for
Union aud Liberty. Representing the
Grand Army Of the Republic, where these
poor obscure people are voiceless and
lriendless, you spoke ohs right for them.
It is as II every Union soldier had had q
eeat in the United States Senate, and there
cast the vote thatpasses this righteous bill.
Sent there by them to cast that vote you
cast 1t faithfully. Hsnceiorth your seal
in the Senate becomes q Mecca 10 every
patriotic man and woman in the United
States, 10 be remembered forevermore.
4 And as you ascend from the floor to the
chair OF the Senate, and in the years yet tc
be opened still to the highest throne under
the Throne Of God, the blessings Of millions
OF your countrymen will rise with you like
the morning and evening lnsonse, and iii
you higher still. - 9t3== S45a@ ff5
! Your peace in their hearts and therefore
| in their history Is secure, and cannot be
shaken by chance or change. No man
takes high rank or attains commanding in.
huence in history until bis name is frat
engraved indellibly in the affections of the
poorest Of Gods poor. It was thus Abra.
ham Lincoln became immortal; for when
the poor blessed him the richest in the
land were forced to honor his memory.
Whosoever does most for the poor is most
like God, and the stern pen Of history re.
ljects every other name from her fair record
Of patriotic deeds. For these who oppose
this righteous and long promised act OF
Justice and mercy, the soldiers OF the land
nave nothing but curses loud and deep,
descending on their devoted heads forever,
like the curse Of God. Every man who OBJ.
poses this bill is marked for perpetual de.
rision, hate and scorn, and it were better
for him that milestone were hanged about
his neck and he were cast into the eea.
He is damned to eternal and fiery bells of
patriotic scorn. Yours on behalf Of q mil
lion grateful soldiers and their families.
- 81 PRIVATE DALZELL, .