The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-11
PRIVATE DALzELL.

ne sounds sundry Death KneIls and
Curses o. the FairchiId Order
Though TOO indignant and exasper-
ated to write concisely. my humble
opinion OF the dismissal OF Corporal
Tanner. requested BY you. il Of little
worth, but here it is: II Is the old story
OF Il find no fault in this man, but
cruelty him!" II Tanner had been
found guilty Of drunkenness. stealing
or other crime the soldiers would be
satisfied. II his. crime Is that he Is
not an aristocrnt with pedigree. a
martinez with title, or millionaire
with million. a million men who
wore like him the private's blouse
will condemn and avenge this decapi-
tation. II his. fault is that he was too
liberal toward the soldiers It will and
should destroy the Republican party.
for IL obtained power alone BY promise
Of increased and unmcasured liberality
In pensions My own opinion Is that
any man. no matter who. had better
been dismissed than Corporal Tanner,
and'I am confirmed In this opinion by
the universal voice OF all soldiers
here. whose indignation is simply In
describablc.
The proposition to raise . quarter
million dollars for lcgless Corporal
Tanner il gaining ground daily among
the indignant soldiers They raised
such funds for Grant and Garfield.
They can do IS much for Tanner. TO
show their appreciation Of his liberal
ity as Commissioner. their sympathy
with him in his distress. and their con-
tempt and hatred OF his Prosecutors
In his degradation they see their
own. In his fall they soc theirs They
SEQ all privates are despised and
scorned and ostracizcd. They hurl
back their indignant defiance in the
| faces OF the plutocrats who degrade
Tanner and In degrading him show
their contempt for us all.
A curse "a blighting. whitening.
damning. lasting, BLASTING curse
seize them one and all; the blistcring.
| blasting curse OF the rank and file who
won the victories OF war and whose
ballots achieved all the victories Of
| peace.
We are betrayed in the house Of our
friends. and this fund shall be our sig.
nificant reply to be reckoncd by
avcnging ballots at the polls.
| never saw them SO angry before
since Lincoln was assassinated, for
| their best friend has been stabbed to
death in the house OF his friends II
may all be explained and made salts
| factory yet but nothing 50 far seems
| to justify this monstrous crime against
tho rank and file. We all know and
admire and indorse Corporal Tanner
and had expected great things Of his
| administration in carrying out the
pledges whereby the Republicans
gained power.
No matter what Tanner said IA
words. no left two moro logs on the
field than any man'did who forced his
decapitation. 4Thc soldiers don't know
that mans name and q thousand-fold
better had Il been that that man had
been forced out Il sounds the death
kncll Of tho Republican party unless Il
can be explained. 1t destroys the man
who instigntcd II, anyhow, standing
though no be behind tho President,
urging on this outrage. have also
felt that mans venom.
II the rank and file are not AZ 70
hold ofilce they are not it 70 vote.
Corporal Tanner was the first private
ever yet appointed to any ofiice-h he
will DO tho last One might as we'll bo
. niger rs private under any nd
ministration. for all dcspise him and
seek TO humiliato him. Private Dal.
cell, in N. Y. Herald.