The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-07-04
SOUTHERN SOLDIERS.

18th proX., will drop very many
political beads into the sack,
wncre ii course Of time all amhl-
tious political heads are gathered,
and there Will be very many sad
hearts there when the handwriting
on the wall shall hu letn the
dreadful "Mene Meme, Tekel
Upharsin that gloomed before
the eyes Of the king Of Babylon,
qnd pat,lollsn will De at lower
ehb, and the blood of the dlsap-
pointed will rush with a less inn
pulsiye movement than at pres
enl, rs the gew gaw vision Of
office i dispelIed from the visions
Of 50 many.
or course, IN al selections to
be made, the democratic test
must 5e rlgidly applied and the
touch OF the spear Of lthuuel
must disclose the all important
fact whether the applicant ever
east Il vote or had a thought or
wish untrue 10 the democracy.
This should he the great superior
qualification and all fitness should
be brought up and judged by this
fest great Iule
Every wounded man who re.
ccived his disability ia the war.
should Gf all others be supported
They gave themselves rr to her
call o. tie State and were wound
ed M what they consld-i 10 be
hel hest tut, rest, There is no gov
eiumrnfal hand to reach out To
th N the olive branch of pension
and unless their fellow citizens
place them ia office, they have no
u,her way 10 procure support.
The people of the State should
ere tins have levied tax for the
support 1t those wounded IN her
service, ~ ortlcr that the disabled
should be supported IN old age
BY tbs same power that called
them into service. The right or
wong of the cause they espoused
has nothing to ,ln with The matter
Of their prn,iunlng. Ii Is. suiii-
clent 30 know that the policy of
the State called for service, these
men went and did. what the State
desired aud were wounded, and
many of them disabled for life IN
consequ, nee. They cannot Of
couise be peusIoned by the gov
ernment; 1t would be folly TO
think OF this, but their state
should ut once take steps to fur
nIsh them a small pension as a re-
wari for their gallantry.
Until this - affected. their fel-
low citizens should see that the
Offices should be filled by this
class Of men and thus prove by
works and deeds that men should
be rewarded by the State.
OF cJuro,. wounds do not de-
clare a tnan fitted tor office, but
where wounds do exist and there
Is an approach to official fitness,
these shoul Id be mute nut eloquent
pleaders ia behalf Of wounded
veterans.
Tnis matter of rewards by the
granting ol official honors and
emolumeDts to the dlsa bled, ie a
matter IN which common justice
should be willing Tor all to unite.
The wounded soldiers should
form a common band Of sympa-
thy around which all should rally,
and his eleyatiOn. or rather his
public cale, should be thought
far above the petty one Of pollti-
cal feeling.
Wounded men should be the
wards OF the State or country ia
whose cause they suffered, and tc
prefer another to honor and leave
the poor, suffering old soldier
alone 10 his poverty aud sorrow,
should be too low thing to enter
INTO a country's patriotism.
The question of the war and
its justice or injustice. has moth
ing to do with this matter. 1t i.a
question OF Christian charity and
Christian ddty Kindness. then.
to Ire wounded veteran should IN
I duce all CLASSES TO urge the enact
ment Of State pension laws, and
the conicrrng Of civic honor
upon those who yenturrd life and
limb loi the State when she un-
fortunately saw proper to demand
their service. These men have
claims upon the honor of MlssIs-
srppi that no other class of men
can urge, and these claims should
be hOnOred.
The writer is not soldier, and
has no wounded friend prominent
- hplore the neon q. but he epunH