National Republican., 1888-01-19
A Slight Mistake.

EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, The
Washington Post OF Jan. 0 contains the fol-
lowing;
On Saturday morning, the 7th instant, the
leaders sentinel on the tower made announce
menL that an insult had been sighted two
points of his starboard bow. bearing down on
him. momest later he called out "trs a
crowning insult, the crowning insult to Union
veterans " And what was 1t? Let him tell
in his own words
"The erowning insult to the veterans Of the
Union army is the committee on pensions OF
the national House of Representatives as Rt.
nounced by Speaker Carlisle on Thursday. OF
its thirteen members eight represent states 10
the solid south, and six OF these southerncrs
are Democrats"
II the great discovercr Of this "crowning In.
suit would consult the Union veterans as 10
their knowledge of southern Democrats in re.
laton to the matter of pensions he would be
astonished to find the tete,dnS prGrerring The
sOmihdners for members Of the pension committee.
SO fearful have the southern Democrats been
of being suspected or accused of lnck of gen.
erosity toward the eX.sOldiers of the Union
army Mdt Mey hare, as a RUE, ro,ed for anu ant
az plnsion proportions. Hundreds Of millions
houses uihoVt dissent from any southern ran.
These facts are so well known TO intelligent
soldiers that they prefer southern Democrats
to any others, or TO Republicans when pension
committees are to be made up.
This is the first time we have seen that
thoroughly exposed lis falschood In hts
speech to the House, JGly 0, 1856, when he
showed from the Record that:
On the passage Of the original bill for
arrears OF pensions, Jan. 10, rs, the vote
was 1G4 yeas to Gl nays, 5S Of the opposing
votes being furnished from the late con-
federate states.
On Feb. il, 10, Of GT votes against the
pension appropriation bill G2 were from the
south.
On Jan. ), 1876, a resolution instructing
the officers of the House to 'give we'll
qualified Union soldiers preference over
soldiers Of the late confederate army" was,
on motion of Fernando Wood, contempt
uously referred to the committee on cen
tennial celebration by 100 yeas to 03 nays,
every southern Democrat, CD OF them,
voting against this just recognition Of
Union soldiers.
On March 0, 1885, Of .S shameful votes
against paying to the great chieftain, Grant,
the small honor Of placing him upon the
retired list of the army, IS were cast by
members from the late confederacy, aud
every one of them voted to do for Fltz
John. Porter what they refused to U. s.
Grant
or seventy.two members who, on March
8, 1854, voted in favor of the Mexican pen
sion bill, which pensioned thousands who
served in the rebel armies, and who, on
| Jan. 8, 1885, voted against the Senate
amendments that would have benefited the
defenders OF the Union, sixty.seven were
| from the late confederate states.
or sixty-six votes cast against the bill In
| creasipg the pension to the widows of our
dead soldiers from IS to $l2 all but two
| Hewitt and Bragg were cast by represen.
tatives from the states lately In rebellion,
To this sufficient record mi sht be added
the roster. of votes on the Presidents pen :
| WIN Wallace. of New Orleans, the glory
~ nc oDtained In their sections by persist.
emily obstructing the consideration ~
pension claims at the evening sessions of
the last Congress. q