The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-14

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for kslplsss vsss-E1s Those who received
wounds o. cootrsctsd diseases Il their co1n-
trJ's service. AID are 10 ioazs< abs 70 ss-n
livelihood, should have exteodsd % tss1
ths helping hand Of tie govsrnnsat Tat
vas tbs Doliey TIA: galdsd penEiou IsZisls-
tion for several years after ths closs of tbs
war bets tbs states. and while THAI pol
icy prevailed ths pension burdsa was ksps
within rsasonsbIs limits.
DsmAEogues aud psusaOn sharks brought
about its sba2dOnnsnt. Dsnsgsg1ss
wanted ohics, and they educated the vsssr-
ans 70 believe that thsy ozghs % have pen
Sons Shsshsr tbey NEEDED them or Lot. and
the passion snsro. saxIo1s % gst their
hands into the trsssury. flooded ths country
with circulars containing tbs same idea.
The effect Tes soon sen in ps2sion lsgls.s-
ton. Steadily the psnsion charge grew
Eotl Bow it 10 about yI50, OO0. 90 year.
And the veterans ere more cismoro2s for
passions than ever before. Having got
pensions for every conceivable disability,
and having bardsnsd the government with
soldiers widoTs, children and parents, tbey
are now demanding service pension. They
say the country Is foil Of rich msn who
ought 70 be tsxed for their bsnsft, and that
the goysrnnsat which they helped % pre-
ssrve ought 70 take care Of them. Lsss and
less they are dspsDding upon their own
sxsrtions and more and more upon tbs gov
sgsmsnt. The vast majority Of them are
well able 70 take care Of themselves. but q
steadily Increasing number If them 10 csas-
ing 70 do 70, becauss Of the government aid
receiysd and the still greater aid hoped for.
Out Of the pockets Of the poor as well as
Of the rich Games the vast sum needed al
uuslly for pensions And while the tex Is
constantly growing heavier, the pensioners
are becoming more and more depsDdsnt.
The idea that the government owes them a
living Ia gaining strong hold upon them,
and they are gradually csaking 70 Be- pro-
dueerG
Would not the country be far better of
II government assistance were confined
strictly 70 those veterans who are not able
10 provide for themselVesi This question
can be answered more satisfactorily than
in any other way by referring 70 the south
The southern veterans, except the few dis
abled ones who are hslped ia q limited de-
gree by their respective state governments,
have no pensions. They take care Of them
selves. When they returned to their ruined
homes they went 70 work, and they have
worked steadily ever since. They are pro-
ducers, and will continue 10 be until the
end
And what has been the resulti The south,
that was ruined. Is richer far than ever.
There are few beggars and paupers within
her limits, except those who drift down
from this north. Her veterans have inspired
her people by their example 10 be indus
Urious and thrifty, and her fields are pro-
ductiye, and her mines and factories are
riyaling those Of the north. The spirit Of
socialism is not abroad among her people,
and there 10 no disposition 10 lean upon the
federal government. II is doubtful IL she
would be as rich and prosperous as she is IL
her veterans were as literally psasioned as
those Of the north. And the time is coming
when the north will admit that pensions are
not blessing