The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-31
CALDWELL, q, oct q

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glad tn receive your kind letter Of yestor-
day, My, how thc years iiyl ltseems
but yesterday when you and were fresh
40 boys lot loose from school, as We came
down from thp army No wrlnklos, no
gray hairs, mo- sld rcmluICencos, and all
bright and beautiful IN prospect, But,
dear General, "tho melancholy days have
comon az last, aud We are no longer as
young ns We used 10 ho, SIN the bright
smile Of the old boys huuntH M Ike pleas
ant dreams, and the lights Of the eternal
camping ground, ono after another come
into view ON the shore beyond thr shadow,
Il h almost taps aud that lswhy am 30
anxious about this pousIon business, You
see, there was time 90 wait whom we first
met, but there h not now Our Time II ale
most up, Whatever Ii done for tho COM
mdcs must be- done quIckN
Congress used 20 lrgiHlnto Tor the pro'
RpcctiVo benefit Of tho boys, This n Dll
changed, and whatever II docs must be-
done for their present good, Promises
used To entertain aud doludo us graudly,
but that won't do nowi nothing hut per-
formancc according to tho Tanner polic},
will do us any good, We have no time TO
wait Liquidation can no longer be- In the
futuro II must be- In pWcHontI, "NOw la
the accepted time, now ~ tho day Of our
salvation We have lived out our oXpcc,
fancy Of llic, and Congress must move as
TO the rcllof oi dying men, with the
promptncas Of Stcadmun NJ Chicamauga,
aud Corse W AllatoonN, or Il will bo too
late,
Not any disability bin, not any service
bll this winter, II you please, Mosssrs
Congressman, but an upaottng and over
hauling Of the Pension OllIcc, 30 that the
10000 claims sleeping on its files may be-
armed and sent whrlng out 10 the boys
before they die, That's al Congress has
10 do, That's all General Rnum has 10 do,
That N what Tanner was doing, That IN
what We Republicans promised should be-
done " Little Ben" got there, Eli, You
asked me what I think Of Gen, G, y,
Raums appointments lHupposo Il makes
no difference what think, and In fact |
am laughing moro than thinking,
Il tianll such a dumunbc farce, poor
old Corporal Iunucr'H olrcnsC was rank
II mCllCd unto hclycu,N That ia, hr
had no rank worth speaking about, aud
80 had 10 got ont nf the Wilderness, liy
the way, understand hc n going 20 star
u across tho country this wiutor aud tell
all hc knows aud " hu dOOH hem raise old.
fashioned birthstone hell, for hr knows
lots and guhH ul thiuFH you and ! never
moro than gicfscd. II I wore In hiH place
aud had cat Ip the bag I'd Let her out
now But ypu know uovur was a policy
man, else would not I, q Republican, be-
writing, lust before the election 10 an un' |
gOdly Democrat Ike yun, and writC IN
every line my most secret thoughts, caring |
neither inrmnu nor devils, but for God !
aud truth uU'N,
Gauurll lUuW Will do mn Un well as any
General 'ur ''u.Iop Donm,spunCr, You !
know how umu.,Fl have been miHroprc- /
Hnuul uhpu. tIls gcn'wl business, No !
man NuH moro administration than for
TnlFunrWls, mon llko you, who Won thor
stars iu tho front Of thp huulu; nor any
ono moro contempt for tac mpustors and .
humhugl who mudr their military roputa.
tiOus slucu thr war; or since the personal .
wtuCaHus Of thu.g CnwurliCo ana worth. ,
lossuogg scattered and died OIL Do you
know ihut Will account FOR uiuu tunths Of I
The glory Of these lauorduy heroes that
you aud never heard OF during the war;
The Lord deliver me from tho heroes Of (
war manufactured IN the cuucussCs and .
press rooms of the uCousodof God damn.
able pulitiCiuuul They CnutulC Chnppy
that never smClt the battle nearer than |
Jobs old war horse who suulrCG Il nfar
VERY flwolr, and gave him mounting
and % gliding on pupur one that ia truly 4
Terrible 10 behold, aud which makes the
children shuddur and cXClUim "O,.whut u
bloody muuatorlN
For that sort have no admiration, but /
allow no man to 90 before me Ia udmira.
ton ol genuine spldIcrH, generals or prI.
yntcs, II h uli one with me,
Not that I love tho generals lCW than
the priyutus, but thut love the truth Of /
history moro than ! love oithCr, know /
am not peculiar iu this, Othor rcagona-
bile mon see it ug DO, and / only ask 10
take your valuable space tn CXplnin what |
should uCol no explanation nt all " had
not boon prioyOuly mlsrrprOsuutud by !
vicious cuyiuuH and lying editors q thous-
and iiWCs,
They say Gonrul Raum was a good /
soldier and / believe it, bat | know ho
was not us good us Corporal Tanner was,
nor were you, or General Grant, or Con.
Crul sherman, or I, No, g,rl lie yielded |
mp on the ultlrof hH Hcountiy both hIg legs,
shot off In battle, and this no general liY'
ing over did, and mighty few pryatcH,
You SEQ how put the ease, Well, as !
guid before, am az glad 10 see General
Rnum there us General anybody else, but
the place belonged 10 the prlyatcs and
Corporal Tanner VIVA their logical aud
necessary representative, Surely ii hu |
was to 20, another private could ho found
IN thn ranks OF the three or Four hundred !
thou nd pryutcs uB good as General
Raum, ur General On Harrison, even, /
know thousands of private
tolliorg whom / have met in all tl'El
yunra OF EppaNng on Che stump, IN
the lecture room aud IN tho social CIrclo,
us good, us learned us patriotic and as
capable oyory way as General Raum, Gon-
crul Harrison, or you, II this is treason
lot thum mako lac most OF H. i is the
truth, aUd II ! can get NJ that the pollu'
clans may go 90 the devil For mo.
Why, Br, In the law class that grad
untod IN after The war, thcrc were forty
six private eUldorB, every one Of thcm
who h living to-day and who is IN Che
Cupubl Of lllling the PrcAi-
Dental Office us we'll ns Ben Harrison or
Grover Clovchndl But their rank wat Ia
The way, and all these hud to be passed. by
md General taken Co. M the poor
played ont priyatCg place. To have served
a form in the ppnitpntary or a8 u private, |
IL an ono with the politicians.
No prlyatoB need apply Corporal Tam
nor was the only private soldier over yet
he was The first and the last
Ths is saying nothing againat General
4 m, He h q courado, God bless MN, !
aud hlyo no quarrel with him or with
amy c1mtadc OF any rnnla Yeti must hc !
to say that there are nearly u !
not quito half a million prlvatoS ~ gool
M be-, cycry way who were passed by with
contempt and scorn, solely because they |
were priyatCs and because thiS Adlnlllls'
Iuiion delpiscs us, one aud all
Soldiers, do you hear that? And now
H any man OF any party questions that AZ.
sortion and charge-it is broad, Il is SCR
Ious. tell you, very serious, and made |
with full dclibcraton and without qualill-
cation or rcrcryc, lot that man dare to
meet me In public debate anywhere In the
United States within the next wcCk2
No man dare contradict it. II ~ the
Gods truth, though II wero politician
I dare not even ulludc 20 10,
I'll n Tslt s.s.I IN..Va-