The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-10-29
Straight Facts for Old Soldiers.

ED. REPUBLICAN,;
Permit your correspondent to call
the attention of your many readers to
few facts relative to the present po.
liticnl crisis. Almost every mail
brings US Democratic speeches, circu.
lars, &c, in which the Republican
party is severely criticised for betray.
ing the ex soldier, &c. They tell us
the Republican party has uDceremo.
niously gone back on US, and have
given US stone when we asked for
bread. Now so far as these promises
made to US are concerned, we must
admit have not been fully carried out
in some particulars, but in a general
way we were not forgotten in past leg
islation. But right here let me remark
that we are wonderfully surprised at
the remarkable sympathy and heart.
aches which is Just no,O laceratipg the
breasts of the Democratic leaders rel
ative to Us old traps. We know of no
way of judging the future but by the
past, says once noble statesman, and
by so judging we are led to conclude
that all these accusations against the
Republican party fall to the ground
as contemplate sophistry. Are these
accusations in keeping with recent
past principles and positions taken by
the Democratic leaders in matters re.
ferriDg to the soldiers? Where in all
their past history is there a single act
g laaA hnf aA,
shadow of encouragement to US that
they are our friends politically? If
there is never another act or bill con.
sidered in our Legislature or in Con.
gress to alleviate the sutierings of the
old soldier, his widow and orphans,
henceforth to be hiss and by.word in
our rich and prosperous land, we must
now and forever admit that every gen
eral act now upon the statutes of our
redeemed country bringing TO us the
few dollars we now receive as at least
partial appreciation of our past
lives, have been placed there by the
united votes of the leaders of the
Republican party. Nor is this all,
my comrades; Every one of those
general acts became laws against the
majority votes of the Democratic
leaders. Did you ever think of this =?
Are these things not worthy of place
in our minds when we are about to
choose our officials for the future
terms? On what grounds can we ex.
pect to better our condition by burn
ing the bridge that has afforded US OR
only safety in the past? Would it not
be much better for the leaders of the
Democratic party to prove by their
votes on matters of interest to the
soldier that they have befriended us
and are therefore entitled to consider.
alton at our hands, rather than thy to
arouse our political sympathies by
condemning the Republican party for
what they have been able to accom-
plish over the majority of Democratic
votes? Every measure introduced for
the relief of the soldier or his widow
for many years has been antagonized
by Democratic majority; this fact
we are ready to show up by figures il
We are requested to do so. Therefore
whatever failure there has been in the
past in pensions, &c, are due to the
leaders of the Democratic party, nor
can they show one plausible reason
why they expect the soldier vote. II
they can let them come forward and
do so by showing that they have not
opposed us by their votes, and that
past legislation has been approved by
their votes. Until they do SO, we are
not with them.
ONE THAT READS.