New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12

s,vYsrk 1, interested that question than any
sshss. ] A.ve been amazed ths In this great city
~ Ncwyork, witch has moro Manufacturing
interests than Philadelphia any other city OF tubs county.
which IS the argst manufactur city on this continent
you have not taken question Of tho rn TO the people
and discussed It In their primaries ani their Ward as
ana understand the length aud brsadsh
OF this great question
have ny Doubt tho OF Tho Repueisan party
loud chcersI Indeed believe shat
.ore ordained rchceral We have beer punished
nv one term OF ana believe God will fsgve a.
n. further punishment Of that sort lead checrsI
A TRIBUTE TO THE UNION SOLDIER
Senator Henderson followed Mr. Sherman.
The graceful tributes he paid to The Union
Soldier stirred up the veterans who were pres
ent and eyeryhody else. This Is what he salu :
No sentiment lifting could be devised for this ihs css
braton OF the OF Abraham Lncaln Prior 10 Ami
IL 1851 Union soldier had no existence Revolutionary
there had soldiers OF 1872 ana OF the Mexican
war there were but no of tho Union No roious
hand had been raised 70 the existence OF the Repuo
Inc mil the first Hspuboau President hsi been inauEa
rstsd wonderful inaugural address, ON that momen
tons March 4, 1861 Lincoln said:
In your anda my dissatisfied folsv country Tnen ana
not in mine momentous issue OF civh war Ins gov
erument will asssl You can have no conhos WIN
beng the You have no oath reg
s,sred in heaven destroy the Government who shall
have the solemn to preserve protect and defend IL
[Applause1
The ni.satisaodr became the aggrossors" There came
ts 10 the nag ami mArshang 1t tho armed hosts
NJ treason and rebeon The pen Of Lincoln signed the call
to arms electric wro carried TO every town and nam
let in North lan II proclaimed the birth OF the
mon soldiery. Applause Thoy sprang to arms. all
,ae.r for the raydetcrmined to the Rspblc from
the hand From the fertile fields OF the farm they
came.
"They left tho plow share IN the mold,
Their hocks her-s without q fold"
From storsroon counuus houso. from factory and
Workshop from sehosihonse and ONCE they came lap
pIause Their wonderful uprenx has beea told In story
sung needless to repeat is bera Nor need
story their In camp and In hsd on the
march and in battle amid disease ana wounds ana aeAn
they did full dutyactuatsd BY no desire Tor conquest
true 10 the which they fought pressing forward
to the mark OF their high calling saved the Republic
[ APPLAUSE
They added TO list of the worlds great battles Vicks
,ure and shiloh Antiean Gettpsburg but beyond this
thoy we'd Republic They inscribed high the roll
Of fame ssds and Hancock Thomas aud Logan sher
man and sheridan tappsuss bat beyond even this they
saved the Republic
LINCOLN THE SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND.
They tho highest place in ths world rs worthy
Successors OF Abraham Lucoathe martyr OF liberty ap
pause Hays applause and GARFIELD lappausel and their
great lender chtest OF earths captains Ulysses Grant
Appaus but beyond all this they saved tho
Republic Oh Abraham Lincoln could have lived to see
the great their abors the rich frutase o. ao seed
sovn by himself He was tho volunteer soldiers best
friend When others deracted he was quick to commend
When apt to defend When others
doomed he came 70 save
love 10 dwell on tho language OF hi, nrst message
to Congress July 1851 He sad: SO large an army
az the Government has foot was never before
KNOWN without soldier In IL but who has taken his place
OF his free choice But moro Than this ere arc
many single whose members and another
possess full practical OF all the arts Sciences pro
sse whether useful or elegant is
known whole world and thero IL scarcely one from
hieh there be selected President Cabinet
perhaps Court abundanty competent to ad
minister the Government itself" applause
the modern deractor OF that grand old Union Army
say small soul prompt him to this need OF
praise the martyred chief Is enough for the MON
soldier having his share toward saving the Repub
lie. yet survives lApplausel
the spruging 10 arms CT this host numbering in al Two
half million. excitos remark their quiet peaceabe re-
civil life wonder and admiration Tho
stood amazed the spectacle while these va armies
the morning mist before the rs NJ sun
performed their warfare Ger the Union restored
tho Republic saved bronzed and survivors crowded
all and haunts OF civil life lApplauss The
Union armies and greatest vctoryhcy
The hand that carried the musket
mold the plough showed the plane The de fingers
had grppsd the sabre and welded II with destructive
force seized the which the counting house the Office
aid the councils OF the Naton to become mgher than
sword tried true in the language the
toast They served the Republic they had saved in
war" Loud applausel
A TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES WHO NEVER RETURNED.
Not ALL however has been vouchsaed the privilege OF
service over half million Of the soldiers OF the Union
peri he'd during the four OF strife Many killed
the hes. holy ground many.
dying from wounds and disease home In camp
and in the prison Hundreds OF thousands OF
doomed living Heath Sorely disabled BY wounds
and disease contracted during the by that which
after its Gloss to ther and feeble bodies the
struggle to exist has been hard one.
habit OF tho times especially In this groat
metropolis OF tho Nation which all parts OF the counry
pay daily tribute speak fippanty OF these disabled
Of tho pension list is denounced and
press gives bitter denuncaon sneerng
slight who demands fair ulfment OF tho Repuo
lies pledges to those who fought its battles True they have
high example and abundant precedent in the action and the
words OF him who filling the highest station Of to-day
In the past patriotic by ami by purchased substitute
only followed the flag and who from very inability from
experience appreciate true patriotism speergy
OF the wreched soldier who had received ptaIce
through private pen sion bills
Whatever else may be said OF this claimants achieve
during his short military must be conceded
accumulated agreat deal Of disability aughter and
who from ignorance OF wars experience. sghtingly
says as TO another disabled veteran The number Of in.
which those of soldiers who rode horses during
injured by beag thrown forward in their sad
as indicate that these saddles very dangerous
Could the force Of hsartlessness further got
Is matter for surprise that the high Democratic Official
could thus wfully and thus gnoranty write shoud in
another cold FLOODED aud vindcvs veto declare
speaking OF pension legislation thoroughly tired OF
isapproving gifts OF the public to individuals who
any view have right claim TO the same notwith-
standing apparent Congressional action"
JUSTICE DEMANDED FOR THE VETERANS.
Gifts indeed! The pittance, fairly voted and cruelty
correction Of that general law which, by
IF its universally. deficient and the palry
might the widow OF dead soldierthe disa
,ed unable his under the strict rules
becoming object of public and private char
ty. lAppause.l
Time will permit speak OF the Executive action
DESTROYED that benehcen OF legislation, prayed for
BY three hundred Thousand ex.sodors known the
Dependent Pension Bill" the effect OF which would have
take the 900 Union soldiers ont OF tho
the country they helped to The pension
the Nation Is its Roll OF Honor" and coast tues Us
,nly patent OF nobility.
It long list but 1t does not contain the OF
many killed or died during the four years OF
bloody There upon 1t not IL OF those who
erved and less than 80 cent Of those who
rhs survivors seek nothing unreasonable They do