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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-26
RESTORED TO USEFULNESS.

1t is related Of Napoleon that he once
came across some large silver statues Of the
Twelve Apostles in a fine church. lie or
dered these to be melted down and made
into coin, that they may" he said, with
grim humor, follow the example of their
originals, in going about The acorld doing good"
A benefcent operation of this nature, but
Of vastly greater proportions, took place in
the year ending Oct 81, during which time
the Secretary Of the Treasury bought United
States bonds TO the amount of SOS, 233,9jo
This is the policy that The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has strenuoHsly urged for years as
the best use 70 be made Of our so-called sur
plus, instead Of the policy Of the preceding
Administration Of lending out TO favored
banks, without interest, the money in the
Treasury, to be used by them to make
money of the people. There never was any
excuse or justification for the practice of
giving money that belonged TO the people to
banks TO be loaned to the people at high
rates Of interest, and it was one of the
worst and most unpairiotic Of the many
bad and uDpatriotic things done by Presi-
dent Cleveland. Secretary Window is en-
titled 10 credit for at once informing the
favored banks that they must return the
money as rapidly as could be done without
serious disturbance Of business, and for the
greater energy with which he has pursued
the policy Of redeeming the bonds and re-
ducing the debt. OF the s99,23395O pur-
chased during the year, $6G,954 $50 were
bought by him, and S32,279,4 400 by his pre-
deccss0r.
Strictly speaking, there can be no surplus
revenue while we are yet deeply in debt.
no man can have a surplus income while he
has notes and other forms of indebtedness
outstanding against him. If he is honest.
has correct business ideas, and wise fore
thought, he applies every dollar not actually
needed for The support Of his family to the
liquidation Of the obligations against him.
What is right for one man is right for the
community Of men known as a Nation. So
long as We Owe those who hold our bonds
the enormous amount Of s,7G3,944 100 we
can not have any surplus revenue. Every
dollar received, not needed for the running
expenses Of the Government, should be con-
scieBtiously applied TO the work of freeing
us from the incubns Of debt. IL is shiftless
and dishonest 10 rely upon receipts in the
future for paying the debt. No man can tell
what may happen 10 years or even one year
from now, or whether we shall have any
money in the Treasury with which to meet
our maturing bonds. ii may be that we
shall be confronted with such an emergency
as in 1860, when the Government had to
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-26

VIZ must beg the indulgence of our com
rades with respect TO the correspondence
they send as concerning the story of Stew
arts Cannuneer. At this writing several
hundred letters have accumulated, mostly
commendatory or explanatory of references
to other organizations, or correcting or elnci-
dating statements made in the course of the
sketch; together with quite number from
members OF the Eleventh Corps finding
fault with what has been said about that
command, and from members OF the old First
Corps sustaining the Cannoneer in his state
ments. Among the letters we have received
are some from Capt Stewart himself, Lieut.
Dawson, Scrg'ts Moore and Maher, and
Privates John w. Knight from the 10Th
Ind.), John II. Cooke, l.. C. Croker tmen-
toned in recent number), MINIS New,
Dean, Hubbard, Dunlap, and several others,
which we cannot possibly print in full for
want of space. All these letters relate 10
incidents mentioned in the sketch of par
ticular personal interest to the writer's In
the main all bear testimony to the faithful
ness Of the descriptions as far as they go,
the chief complaint being that the Cannon
Ger is not sufficiently particular as to the
names of persons, or not diifuse enough in
details of certain great events, in which the
Iron Brigade participated, or Sprigg Car
rolls Brigade, etc. In view of the impossi-
bility of publishing all this correspondence
as it reaches us, we desire to say that we are
preserving every scrap of it carefully, and
when the sketch is printed in book form, it
will ali appear in an appendix, or in the
form Of marginal notes
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There is one very effcctual way in which
all who believe in asilyer currency can help
their cause along. That is, by asking that
all payments due them be made in silver.
This win popularize it; increase the cslima-
ton in which IL is held, and familiarize every
body with the idea that II ~ really money
The main trouble with il in this country is
that 30 few people seem TO really care for it
the great majority preferring, OF seeming to
prefer. paper money. The result is that, in
spite of every effort To put them out, only
6009s, $50 silver dollars remain in circula-
tion out of 34s,637,00I which the Govern
ment has coined. That il, only 81 per head,
Of our population, remains in the pockets
Of the people. II everybody will cultivate
the habit of using silver for their daily
needs, it will take out of the silver vaults
all the dollars stored there. and make a
need for the coinage of more We ought
10 have at least $40 in silver per head in
circulation, which would make mn aggregate
Of $600000 900, or more than half the entire
value Of money that The Secretary of the
Treasury reports that we new have in circu-
lation ii is complained that the silver dol
lar is much more ineonyenent than the paper
representative Of money. This is only true
Of large amounts For ordinary everyday
purposes the silver dollar is handler. II ia
easier for man to pay out or receive a
round silver dollar than TO take out or put
back 81 note. Then, il looks aud feels
more like money. We have been surprised
that the advocates Of silver have not urged
that the people agree among themselves to
prefer the dollar of the daddies" in all
their transactions. A general movement Of
this kind would put much more hopeful
eountenance On the silver movement. If
only five silver dollars per head could be
gotten into circulation, it would clear ont
the silver vaults Let everybody Try ii for
an experiment. II cannot do any harm. and
may result in great good
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submit to discount of IL per cent. on its
notes, and the Secretary of the Treasury was
reduced to the humiliation Of recommending
that the States be asked to indorse the
Governments paper, in order TO help it out
of its distress. At that time it only owed
S6lS42,2S7. What would have been its
dilemma had it had hanging over it such
burden MS it now has2
But this is not the main consideration
that we started in to impress upon our
readers. That was the immense benefit to
the country, and TO every interest in it re-
suting from releasing the 500 1883 $50 from
their paralysis in the form of bonds, and
setting them TO work doing good, just rs
Napoleon released the silver from its USE
less idleness in the form of statues, and made
valuable worker in the field of business
While in the shape of bonds that great
amount of money was doing very little good
for the community. It's beneficial action
was limited to the amount Of interest which
the bondholders received. But the momentit
was paid back TO them they had to find other
uses for it, They could not let it lie idle,
any more than farmer can let his fields lie
uncultivated, a manufacturer stop his fac
tory wheels, or the man whose sole capital
is his toll, fold his hands in Incidence They
must all make what they have earn them n
living.
The bondholders TO whom this nearly
Sl0o000,000 was paid put it TO work at once
in some other direction. 1t became power
ful agent in the upbuilding of the country.
1t has gone TO build railroads, open mines,
improve farms, establish factories, and to
develop the resources of the country gener-
sleep in the Treasury the whole amount has
been paid out-and probably many times
oyer-to the people at large Cor wages, land,
raw material, etc. In cases like these the
benefits are not confined by any means to
the first receivers of the money. If A gets
500 in wages, he Immediately turns around
and pays it out to B, c, d, and +, for work
that they have done for him, or goods of
theirs that he wants, and they in turn pay
il out to +, G, II, I, and so ON indefinitely.
The prosperity of every man in the Nation
was in some way directly promoted by this
waking up of sloo,oOo,O0o of sleeping CAPT
tai. If 70 much nndeniable good has re-
suited from paying off SioO,0o0,ooO of bonds,
how much more would result from paying
off the nearly eight times rs much, which
thecreditors of the Nation still hold? There is
and can be no good reason for not paying OH
the debt rs fast rs we have the money.
The only opposition TO il comes from selfish
capitalists who would prefer a permanent
debt, TO give them an income secured by the
pledge of the Nation, instead Of having TO
venture their money, rs other men must, in
business enterprises
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., DECEMBER PC, 1889
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 100000
more subscribers, and to do il viii give away
10000 of the famous Trenton watches 10
club raisers.
We viii send watch FREE, post paid, 10
every club raiser who sends Us club OF
ONLY TEN subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered. because this watch is not cheap
catch-penny make-shift, but genuine, fun
ieweied pafeni-lever movement IN dla-
mond-silrer case, warranted for is years.
Diamond-silver is a compound metal, as
It's name indicates, composed Of pure silver
and nickel. TO give il hardness and color
IL is not plated, but solid, so it wears the
same clear through, and is so warranted.
Now, who wants One2 There are Just
10000 Of them 10 give away, and we DO not
anticipate much trouble in dispOsing OF them
Oh these terms
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends viii appreciate the opportunity.
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CoEGEEss has now adjourned for the holt
days. Upon its return it will begin work in
earnest. Speaker Reed has made a splendid
start in this direction by announcing his
committees before adjournment. This ad-
Vances business much farther than was the
case with the opening of the preceding Con-
gress, when Mr.. Carlisle did not announce
his committees until after the HOLIDAYS
The committee in which the comrades have
the most direct interest is that on Invalid
Pensions, at the head OF which has been
placed that sterling friend Of the soldiers.
Maj. L. N. Morrill,, of Kansas. This is the
best selection that could have been made
because of Maj. MorrilPs long service on the
committee, and his unusual facilities for
studying the pension question. He stands
in widest contrast with his predecessor Col.
MatsOn. Maj. Morrill, is in thorough accord
with the comrades as 10 pension legislation.
and lie will leave no effort untried TO
secure them all that is due them.
lie has been interchangeable in the
past in working for the interest of the
veterans aud their dependent ones, and now
that lac has been placed where his efforts
can accomplish results, we can confidently
look forward TO his securing very much of
the utmost value TO those who deserve 80
much from the Nation.
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Yet he soon assured the darling that old Santa
Claus would fling
In their stockings, the morning. many and
many pretty thing.
Let thy hope and faith falter bearing patiently
thy fate
Thou shall suffer less, be stroBgsr-ah he wianeeh
who can watt
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CERTAIN Frenchmen, with Victor Hugo
at the head, always insisted that Gen. Grant
sided warmly with the Germans during the
struggle between the two countries, and for
this reason Victor Hugo refused TO see Gen.
Grant when the latter was in Paris. The
great French poet insisted that Gen. Grant
sent King William n eongratnlatory letter
after the capitulation of the French army at
Sedan. Mr., Theodore Stanton has made a
careful study of the Generals course during
the Franco-Prussian war, and demonstrates
in the Magazine of Amefieda History by the
testimony of such eminent witnesses as
Gen. Sherman, ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish,
j. G, Bancroft Davis, and others connected
with the Department OF State, that, person.
ally aud officially, Gen. Grant was strictly
neutral. Like all other patriotic Americans,
he felt deeply grateful To France for the ma
terial assistance given us during our war for
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-26

THE fight for pension legislation is now
about to begin. The sofdid Free Traders.
the unrepentant rebels, aud the virulent
Copperheads have massed their forces for an
onslaught on Congress as soon as it reas-
sembles The ubiquitous coalition has
money without limit behind it, furnished
by the Free Traders, who would
make hundreds of millions of dollars by
breaking down our protective system. The
veterans must fight to repel this onslaught.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is their sole cham
pion, and they should strengthen its power
to the utmost by increasing its subscription
list. Every veteran and friend of the vet
Grams should subscribe for it Mt once.
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This showing hardly does justice to the
West Nirgnians, since their regiments were,
as rule, under the average size, and, owing
to the difficulties Of recruiting, they had,
from first to last, fewer men on their rolls,
so that the apportionment of mortality to
the total number was greater than would APP
pear from q similar showing in regiments
from more Northern States.
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AND
The American Agriculturist
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By o clubbing arrangement with The
American AgricuFtHrisf. the leading farmers
paper in the country, we are enabled TO
offer the two Tor little more than the price
Of one. Subscribed for separately, the two
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BY this combination both can be fur
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MoNEr vALuE or vIcToRy.

MONEY VALUE or VICTORY.
The average gold value of the greeuback
dollar in July, 1864, was 3s.7 cents. To this
point it had been reduced by the bloody and
seemingly fruitless fighting in the Wilder
ness and on the Atlanta campaign. Rebels,
Copperheads and croallers insisted that
Grant had run against stone wall in front
Of Petersburg, and Sherman before Atlanta
1t was loudly claimed that neither could
make another effective move against the re-
ballion; that the most they could hope for
was to save their armies from destruction
and this would be especially difficult for
Sherman, who was 600 miles from his base
The powerful army which we had sent up
the Shenandoah had narrowly escaped being
destroyed, and Washington had only been
saved from capture 10y the Providential mp
pearance of the Sixth Corps
At that time there was outstanding in
paper currency Ss33,7ls9si; in bonds
$3.50 930,763, or total of s., 193,649,747.
The real value of these, with the greenback
at 3S.7 cents, was SS4s,9i2,452
Sherman brought his campaign to n viciO-
rious conclusion by the capture of Atlanta
on the LIST of September. On the 10th of the
same month Sheridan gained glorious vie
tory over Early at the Opequan, and fol-
lowed it up by another signal defeat of the
rebels al Fishers Hill.
The immediate result of these victories
was that the value of the greenback was adj
vanced in value nearly 10 cents-9.6 cents
recisely-its average value in October being
4S3 cents. The bonds shared in this increase
in value
That is, the blood and valor of sherman's
and Sheridan's soldiers increased the wealth
Of the holders of this S2,l93 ,6i9,7a7 of cur
rency and bonds by the enormous sum of
S200,59O, 375-enough 10 pay 100000 men n
pension of S. month for nearly p years, or
100000 men that pension for over 10 years
This only tells small part of the whole
story. Sherman's victorious march through
Georgia and the Carolinas, Thomass crush
ing victory at Nashville, and the merciless
pounding and swift overtaking of Lees army
nearly doubled the value of the greenback,
so that April, 1865, saw it worth 1877 cents,
or 30 cents more than it had been eight
months previous. The value of the s., 1884,
649,747 of currency and bonds in existence
then was increased the prodigious amount Of
S761, 777, 4l1-or enough to put 100000 men
on the pension roll at s. month for 10
years.
These indisputable figures give some idea
Of the vast amounts earned for the money
lenders and tranickers by the heroic men
who marched through mud and rain, endur
ed heat and cold with unflinching fortitnde,
lay down TO sleep in swamps and morasses,
and fought bloody battles with valiant
enemy in strongholds and Businesses OF his
own selection.
What a contrast this is. To those who
risked merely money in the canse came
teeming millions of wealth. To those who
ventured their sialwart bodies came death,
wounds, wrecked health. bodily mutilation,
and grudging dole of pensions TO part of
those who sacrificed all for the Nation.
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TaHrrF swlrnIEs-IY.

Clocks, watches and parts of" is the
next division Of the tariff schedule to claim
our attention. The duty on these is:
Clocks, and parts of clocks, 80 per cent
adj valorem.
Chronometers and parts thereof, 10 per
cent adj valorem.
Watches, warehouses; watch movements,
parts Of watches and watch materials, 25
per cent. ad yalorem. Our importations of
this class for the past year were as fol-
lows
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-26

A DOLLAR sent in for subscription to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE is an effective con-
tribution to the promotion of the cause of
veterans rights. The only better contribu-
tion is a club of several subscribers.
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sESD IN your petitions 10 Congress 10 pass
the pension legislation recommended by the
GAR National Pension Committee before
the consideration Of any other business. 1t
De our right TO have this legislation first
and this right should be insisted upon.
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LFEEY laan who is interested in pension
legislation for himself OF his friends, should
mot fail to be On the subscription list OF TIE
NATIoNAL TRIBUNE from this time on. As
soon as Congress resumes its session
the consideration Of pension IegiEla-
tion viii lie begun IN earnest, and
every day there VIII be something of in
terest 10 ala veterans. The NATIONAL TRIB.
UEE Is the only paper IN the country that
makes a speciality Of reporting these matters
fully and fairly. Send n your subscriptions
at oBee and secure those Of your friends and
cOnlIa1rs.
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ITrusB AZ ma v,-sur0. ssoo"s u'ss SAITH
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-08-09
DOW LING,

The hum of the thresher may now be
heard in every direction and the farmers
are realizing better returns for their
Summers work than they expected.
Wheat is turning ont better than the most
sanguine expected. think there will
be an unprecedented crop of oats.
Barley is also good crop, and well, the
ground is just full of them.
The Lutheran church is rapidly ap-
preaching completion and will be ready
for dedication by the last of September
or first of October.
Miss Mary Linton, of Kenton, is Wis
iting her numerous friends here.
At the NJ. E. Sabbath School election
last Sunday, D. J. Shoemaker was cleo
ted superintendent; d. NJ. Shoemaker
assistant supt ; ]. T. Roller, sec Miss
Mary Toole, treasurer the Misses Mary
Roller and Lille Shovar Librarians
Prof. w. G. Walker, choirister. The
average attendance is about forty. This
school has been kept up winter and
summer for years, meeting in the
school house, now we have commo-
dious church in which to meet, and OF
course, there will be an increase in the
attendance.
Our District school has been closed
for several weeks. AS there was few
cases of scarlet fever in the vicinity,
the doctors thought it best to dismiss
the school for a while. This school
district enumerates 104 scholars which
will necessitate a graded school, and
the building Of larger house.
F. ]. Shovar has been appointed post
master at Bowling, and will commence
licking stamps in a few days. We
think MI. Shovar will make a good
postmaster. yet we are loath to see Mr..
Williamson go. as he has been serving
us in that capacity SO long having been
the first to receive a commission as
postmaster on the then 7. & l. r. R.
Aug 9th, SO. MRS. GRIDIRoN.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-08-09
ROACHTO

Miss Mary Drake Of Goshen, Indiana,
is visiting Miss Nettie Kreps. 80. Mrs.
w. E. Kerr of Grand Rapids, Ohio, is
visiting her father, B. L. Pratt, of this
place. .... Mrs. J. B. Newton of Bow
ling Green, called on friends in Roach
ton last week. .... Rev. Wiltsie of the
burg called on Roachton friends Tues
day of this week. .... .Mesdames VIM.
c. Perrin and B. L. Pratt returned
from ten days visit with Mrs. VIM.
Young of Albion, Michigan. ... Miss
Flora Messenger of Toledo has been
spending several weeks of her vacation
with Miss Jennie Barnes Of this place.
..... Harvesting is about over in this
vicinity. At present the noise of the
threshing machine is heard. Wheat
and oat crop is good.