The National tribune., 1885-04-09

Southern Feeling Regarding Them.
To THE EDITOR: The morning after the
Inauguration of Cleveland, the Dispatch, of this
city, gave utterance to the following:
UNJUST TAXES.
Sixty millions of dolarsappropriated to pensions
What does that mean? II means a constant stream
of money flowing out of the South into the North.
1t means that the South is Ireland far what
may call "absenteeism" /" is concerned. In the
case of Ireland the money derived from the rent of
lands is sent out of the country to be expended else
where by the rich owners; and thus the Emerald
Isle is kept poor. In the case of the Southern
United States the money Is derived from taxes in
stead of rents but to be expended it is sent out of
the section where the taxes are collected. For
tunately the Southern States are rich in natural
advantages that it would be next to impossible to
make an Ireland of them. They produce so much
of cotton and tobacco and other exporabie articles
and draw so many hundreds of millions of dollars
into their section from abroad, that even unre-
turning outflow of 60 millions of dollars q year
cannot impoverish them. 1t is to be hoped that
the annual outlay for pensions will be, as the pas
sage of time requires 1t should be, constantly d.
miniShng total.
Let the Union soldiers who, less than one
short year ago, gave literally of their means to
erect home for disabled Confederate veterans,
read carefully the above article, and see if they
do not discover in it good ground for refusing
further contributions on any account to such
people. at is to be hoped" says the Dispatch,
that the annual outlay ,ciu be, as the passage of
time requires it should be, constantly diminishing
total" Here we have a leading Southern jour
nal in favor of increasing the death rate of our
pensioners, many of whom would not now be
receiving pensions had it not been for the bar
barous treatment they met at the hands of such
men as control the columns of the Dispatch, in
the prison hells Of the South. Perhaps it is
fortunate for these wards of the Nation that
their constantly diminishing total" /" is beyond
the reach of the Dispateh and the Southern
press. generally. for there is no knowing what
might happen the pensioners should the advice
from this source be needed.
The writer of this has rendered considerable
service in the upbuilding of fraternal sentiment
between the two great sections of our common
country through the brave men who, during
four long years, withstood each other in deadly
conflict, and whilst this era of good feeling
should continue. there is little hope that it will
if the South is to make war upon the men who
put down the rebellion. We were told that after
the 4th of March, 1885, We would be again one
people. 1t would seem that this prediction is
true only in part 1.-THE Southern part. "A
UNION VETERAN, Richmond, Va.
There is one strong point that our corre-
spondent fails to make, and that is, the small
ness of the proportion of the Governments in
come that the South pays. This is less than 81
in every So, while it gets in return enormous
amounts for improvements and postal service
and other purposes-EditOr NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE.1