The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-09-27
SALLY ANN BRADLEY AGAIN.
A True Expose by Ono Well Acqnaint.
'S ed With the Whole Family.
ATHENS, o., Sept. II, 1888

copy OF the HilIsb0rO Gazette OF beptem.
Der 7th, in which read an article taken
from the West Union Defender, one Of
the vilest Rebel papers now published
this side OF Mason and Dixon's line,
whose editor, Eylar, pitches into Gov.
ernor Foraker with the vilest slang and
most willful abuse. Now I deem 1t
necessary and right, being familiar with
the history and facts Of the Sarah Ann
Bradley case, to give the true essence Of
the matter as far as veracity Is concern.
ed, and also in defense Of Gov. Foraker.
Jefferson Bradley, the husband OF Sarah
Ann Bradley, was an old man at the be.
ginning OF the war, but with patriotic
spirit volunteered, as did his four sons.
He served out his time and came home
badly wounded, having been shot in the
lungs, thereby causing frequent hemor-
rhage, from one OF which he choked to
death, and not with piece Of beef, az
has been falsely stated by Democrats
who staid at home. OF the boys, James
Bradley is the mere wreck OF man
armless and SCARED, life is but Iniser.
able existence to him. It is true that
he receives pension, but false that he
received it through or that 1t was in.
creased by Democratic legislation.
Everyone in Adams county knows
that the last account had Of Robt. Brad.
ley was that he lay mortally wounded at
Bull Run.
No one ever heard OF Carey Bradley
having taken his own life until heralded
far and near by Grover Cleveland as an
excuse for not re.issuing the pension OF
Sarah Ann Bradley.
John G. Bradley had his eye shot out
at Lookout Mountain, and is not Dem.
ocratic postmaster at Bentonville, but a
Republican serving as postmaster, for
the reason that no Democrat will have
the Office with its salary.
Sarah Ann Bradley is living, but is an
inmate Of the County Infrmary. 1t is
false in every particular that her case
was before Congress for many years.
Hon. A. O. Thompson asked that the
pension given her husband be restored
to her as a special act, the pension de-
partment failing to do 80. 1t passed
both Houses and then Grover, the
mighty vetoer, with stoke Of the pen,
took the bread from the mouth of a
woman, and allowed her, who had given
her husband and four sons to save the
Union, to pass her last days.as pauper.
las to the DEFENDERS abuse OF Foraker
it is too amusing to notice. Foraker
has reached that height of respect with
the people of Ohio that permits him to
look down on his Democratic traducers
with the same scorn that the King of
Beasts observes the puny jackall. The
better class of people know that Gov.
ernor Foraker does not misrepresent
anything and they know, too, that he
is not in favor Of allowing the Demo.
Gratis to turn over the flags that wero
captured from the Demmys' brothers
during the late war, and that is what is
hurting Mr.. Eylar and his followers.
What hurts the Demmys so badly is for
the Republicans to call attention to the
history of the Democratic party for the
past twenty four years.. They become
exceedingly angry and claim that the
actions of Grover Cleveland and his
party are misrepresented No man need
misrepresent the Democratic party. Il
man will just review their past history
it will be all that is necessary to con
denim it for all ages to come.
II you were to tell them to-day that
John G. Calhoun planted the seed Of se
cession and States rights and was rebuk
ed and threatened to be hung by Andrew
Jackson they would say it was not so
If you were to tell them that the Rebe
army were all Democrats they wouli
deny it, yet it is true; If you were t.
tell them that the men who held oul
soldiers in Libby and Andersonvill,
prisons and starved them to death by
thousands were Democrats they woult
deny it; II you were to tell them tina
the men who hunted our Union soldier
when they escaped from these miserable
prisons OF hell with blood hound
were Democrats they would say 1t was no
true; II you were to tell them that th'
; men who distributed infected blank
cts and clothing through the North
ern States, in order to spread yellow
! fever and small pox among innocent pea
: people Of the North, were Democrat
they would say it was not true; II yov
were to tell them that Thurman furnish
ed food and delicacies to the Rebel sol
diers that were in prison at Camp Todd
! at Columbus, and had his better half t,
take it to them on the sly, and did no
even visit the Union soldiers that wer
then sick in the hospital in that city
4 they would say 1t was not true; II yo,
| were IN tall them that Grovar Nlova1av