Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-10-23
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SOLDIERS ClAIMs.


SOLDIERS CLAIMS.
Tho people are beginning to consider what Is
due to the men who fought our battles for us
aud saved the nntou
the Republic there is petition In circulation oil
"Whcrcas. the Government of the United States
| failed TO pay the men who fought In 'Gl In gold
or Its equivalent, according to agreement, but
paid thcm in currency deprecated more than
4 Whereas, the bounty and pension acts have
restrictions which prevent n large number OF
the aforesaid soldiers from any benefit there
Therefore, we, the citizens of the United
States earnestly petition Congress TO enact a
| law TO put each OF the forcsnid soldiers who re-
| ccivcd an honorable discharge from the union
army on the retired list to'wit, eight, dollars
per month and also that your honorable body
| will SO amend the bounty act as ~ give these
Soldicrs cach lnnd warrant aud wnrran,cc
Of a hundred and sixty acres OF government
We think yUur petitioners cannot he charged
with asking too much since VIC merely ask lor
| the payment OF an amount which the govern
| ment promised To induce men To volunteer.
The payment of debt which justice MS well rs
gratitude and honor demand .
| Your petitioners are the more earnest IN the
! above plea, since the illustrious leader nnd
| many of the brave men who fought undcr ms
| command have passed away. Let the survivors
| receive these tokens Of Justice, from country
i their sacrifices and vnor saved" -
4 Let Ohio, TINT sent l9j,0N men to the front,
circulate the above or similar petition and let
| Congress see that the people are In earnest NJ
The above petition clip from the. jour.
NAL Of October 81, and il Inns the ring ol
true metile. A similar petition was pre-.
scented TO Congress some four years ago,
with over 100000 signatures OF soldiers
and citizens, where it stood for three
months or more on each bill day rnpring
away for recognition until the Speaker
was forced to recognize il, when the peti
ton was set upon and murdered by the
enemies of the soldiers. One OF its enc
mics denounced it as the triple headed
monster aud another member said 1t was
the greatest piece of demagoguery ever in-
troduced into an American Congress, and
turning TO tho other aide of the House
asked them 10 place their heel upon its
neck and strangle it IN its infancy.
The petition Is right when it says that
: the Government failed TO pay the men
who Tough, in '6l in gold or ills equivalent
{. according to agreement, but in currency
deprecated more than one half in value
e Patiently have the soldiers waited for
: twenty years without mnrmur. Had the
e depreciation of the greenback been un-
y nvoidable on the part of our law makers
there would be some excuse for paying the
!. soldiers off in deprecated money, but sucl
|, was not the case. 1t was n premedit ated
e willfnl and malicious act on the pnrt o.
!. the monied men 10 double the purchasing
II power of their gold when they stabbed th'
u greenback with the two exceptions, dutie
n on Imports and interest on the public debt
e This was the trap set to run down green
y backs and buy them with gold at hal
IL their face value by the manipualions o
Is corporations. Secret "enemes" was rnl
'e up to So S5 per cent. 1t averaged $40
II for n long time. There was no cause 70
'e it other than the enrichment of these COZ,
r spirators. They had got the trap sci to ru
/" down greenbacks and buy them at hal
: their face value and then exchange tlier
nt for $40 bonds to be used tor banking pur
,e poses. The Secretary of The Treasury use
these words.
-, In the course of few days the price
Il this article (goid) rose from ST. so To SIS
~, in paper for une dollar in suecia and sui
~, .eqnently fell in a short period to SIS
~ and then again rose hs speedily TO So 81
and without any assignnble cause, trace
able to any increase or decrease in the Gil
culalion of paper money or any expansio
or contraction of the credit or other sim
vi lar influence on the market, tending
occnsion fuctuation 30 violent. 1t
quite apparent that the solution of Il
No. problem may be found in the unpntriot
he and criminal efforts OF speculalors al
,ha probably of secret enemies to raise Il
MY. price of coin regardless of the injury il
DO, 1cled upon the country, as shown
nm, Report of Secretary Fessemden.
No, Let us illustrate the workings of Il
W. trap: Pu, the premium on gold al S2.(
md then these criminal spectators. these 6
,tv cret enemies, go to work. We owe I
~ army and Iavy at this time about $40
ha 00O,0n0. These men have been enlsl
,,,' as volunteers for three years under ca
i," pu, tract to lie paid in coin. The paymas
,at goes around and lays down greenba
~ n", dollar worth fifty cents, these conspirai
f hor say: These measures being adopted
,n .'.a the government, the soldier is compel
~ ~, to take il. lie geis fifty cents in hon
!. money measure but receipts for one hu
,an, dred cents. That is the soldiers si
loo, These aecret enemies and criminal spec
ana lators lay down fifty cents in gold, hon
,ner money, as they term it, and the COVER
in,' merit gives them one hundred cents wo
ny ~. of bonds drawing six pc, cent. interest
49,, coin that shall run for five years, and
'n IN may run twenty. Then these secret e
na ~ mics secure law exempting their boz
,hm W. from taxation. Here slands before rs I
u kinds OF creditors, the heroic soldier a
u 'io" !" the monied man. To these the govel
,o;n ment speaks bv its law saying:
ony 'T give the soldier fifty cents but mike
a' RECEIPT for one hundred cents. receive
rtily cents from the bondholder but give him
inst hundred cents for 1t and then exempt his
God nnareu cents from taAh.'on m , s, nmu ,,aAe e;
ALL declare that in order 70 sustain the public ho
we and maintain the public credit at the haug
and dictation Ofand in the interest OF criminal 81
anu ulators and secret enemies who are commo
iced to receipt for twice as much as he received,
,h,i. / give the bondholder twice as much as hc
for and then TO make his hope
two the soldier realize that the public honor and
tho public credit was priceless. i make the sol
."o pay the bondholder's taxes"
,,ns, VI. We thus see how the two stages of
e,ec. conspiracy works as between the mo
rove men and the soldier or anyotler per
$ OF rendering service to the government.
MS more foul and inf nous class law
cans, nsver nut nnon The fnce nf n sta,ute 4,
G 10 the one have been discussing. The
. Vi wholly in the interest OF capitslis,s
ary' totally opposed to the rights OF labor
IN, production. They are in plain eng
had iNFAMOIIS LAWS
iom / give anoller illustration of the
'ohn working OF the laws am discussing.
not bnnkers by their trap bought Si56,OlS
that for Sl06,508 39,-less than fifty cent
ell d the dollar. Yet on the whole face Vi
sand they draw interest. And then will
fsl 10 parting with any right OF properly
IONS tl,ese bonds or losing amy of their in,e
n re- nm Them ,hev c,n deno.it Them will
after gnvernment aud draw ninetv mar caot
The 1heir f,co v,lua IL, ,no,ev IN ha I,ana