Telegram-herald., 1890-01-05
THE OBSERVER
sHK GoyEKS JUSTIFIED a. Irs
ACT.

s4ch oIlleri ano thus ~ sympathy 81 ta
esch other. There are many oi cur
Northern Democrats citizens Who Ike
rght well ~ str up controversy over
tie natter.
Ne believe the Government did just
right IL refusing hls memory the honoIs
winch ~ ght have been ms due uudeI
Il r1erent circumstance. The fact :
tneFe mas been already too much Of tbs
toadying business, Ia the way OF honor
ing tue de1d, who sought 10 destroy
tbs Government a iue.
Tne flag OF the United States Was not
the Iiag OF NJ. DAVIS. lie did not honor
nor recognize e a. such. bat instead hc
hated and desp sed I. lie did his best
10 destroy it. lie Tlddled Il with bull
lets, tOre Il down and trampled 70 under
his feet, and hOisLed ia is plsce BIS
own ideal selt-c0usltuted flag. Ihls
Was the flag by which he swOre, and
under which ne Lived and under which
be died.
DAVIS did not express a wish 70 have
the stars and stripes uutuTled over hlm,
and why insult the man IN death wlth
that when lie hated IN llte2 Ills own
fuendsand most ardent admirers should
have had more respect tor hlm than 10
ask TINS insult.
IL IS fast becoming doubtful in the
mmdsot the r-lng generation, who were
the real heroes IN our late war.
That speech ~ Congress by the arch
bugadlor rebel, Vest, denOunclng the
Union soldiers As Government leeches,
remains unanswered. Though re-
sOnant these halls 10 the answers of a
Chandler, Garfield or Blaine, the echoes
Of such calunny were allowed 10 die
out unretuted.
As TO the claim of the bond holder
that ms money put down the rebellion,
stalking his all. he took great chances,
and Tor sucn IrecarlOus investment de-
serves great credit, all of which sounds
well. and is well IN ,ts place; but the
veteran risk-l has life for the protec-
ton of these bonds.
In the lang Ilgc Of our old and much
admired friend, General Gibson, Glow
many of these fellows, a. much rs they
love money, would set themselves up
10 be shot at with my old musket at one
| thousand dollars per ShOtp' But then
we deal with the present; let the dead
past bury It's dead, and all that can
| ever revive the memory of jefferson
Davis be buried with hlm.
at is no time now TO weigh these
claims by apOthecary scales"
| The first call for volunteers was for
900 for three months; SO 900 men re-
spOnded. The second call was for 800,
| 600, quickly followed by the third call
| T. nf fEvr,
| calls aggregated 5S3 900, and the num-
Der OF volunteers hereunder was ia
600, besides $1,000 enlisted for three
months. The fourth call required 300,-
900, and 432 900 responded. This last
call virtually exhausted patriotism.
! The hCrOic flower of the nation had
/ enlisted, and only the influence Of the
draft, or the promise OF large bountieS
| and short term of service filled the de-
pleted ranks.
The organization of soldiers will un-
dOubtedly be pleased to draw the line
here:
Two years services, or discharged by
| reason of wounds received in actual
battle.
The g. A. K. National Pension Com
mittee has decided TO memOriallze Con
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legislation: a Disability Pension bill"
| The purpOrt of this bill Will be to grant
pension, when Incapaclt1ted from doing
| manual labor, resultant from disease OF
accident not occurring by reason of the
service. Also extending ~ beneticencc
to dependant father, mother, widow
and minor children. Another bill grant
ing per diem service pension, and of al
. la4,
meet the most popular favor. a 10y It's
effects nearly all other technical difh
cultics Will bc allcv.atcd. This per diem
service allowance viii not, a IS sup
posed by MANY. be IN lieu of the disa.
bIlIty pension claim. 1t viii only rem
der unto the soldier that which right
fully belongs 20 the soldier.
The appropriation asked for the re
lief of the Pension Bureau 90
the coming year IS S96, ,2l0 ,252. As tn,
apprOpriatons,scll short 100000.
for the year past, the dchciencS
Is here included. IL VIII ht
seen that the estimate Is about $50. 900,
600 instead Of 800, 900 900, As mas beer
repeatedly and falsely fabricated by
some Of the Democratic journals.
| MI. DAVIS lNFV I'd sec INC ifNilS ~
victory Of the Union army floursh'n-
beyond all calculation. 1t was fitting
that ne hved 80 long. May the past b'
a warning 70 all aspirants for self-c0n
sttutcd power.
The first sea-gOing torpedo boat ma
been finished and named by Secretary
| Tracy William 3. Cushing Tins d
| m honor Of Commander Gushing. wh,
succeeded IN blowing up the confcder
ate ram Albormarle, as narrated n ms
tory This thought of the Secretary B.
suggestive. If all our vessels o VA
/ were named after some such heroes
! instead Of such 0ut'8rdish names n
some of them do bear, It would bee NOR
In keeping With the circumstance
l they would Seem moro part Of ne and
thelr welfare more interesting.
Both Houses 0f C0ngres, have A tota
/ membership Of ff2. Senator'S 50. mem
lers of the lower House F31. of fnc-
ISL served n che armies % wore tH
blue and So tho gray. About la.f
dozen carried tine mnsSot hut. q
course such distinction - al lost now
They are either generals colonies o
MAJORS.
There another ltt'o matter vhic'
III ght "a w.iI enter into the account
on the cref.t side If tHe sold or. In