Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-21
CLEVELAND AND THE SOLDIER


appeals to that as pledge or guaranty OF
what he would do if again elected-Now
Judging by his "record" what il his ''be-
lief and position" towards the veteran
soldiers of our nation whose sacrifices,
bravery and fidelity, in the hour of trial,
saved our country from disruption and
ruin.
When he assumed the duties of President
ON the 4th day of March, 1855, he had o
large number of appointments to 1mpor-
tant and honorable positions at his dispos-
al-the most lucrative of these were IN the
dieplomatic and consular service-of course
it was not expected that he would appoint
any Republicans to any of these positlo rs,
but there were many gallant falthiu
Democratic soldiers in the country VINO
had stood true to our flag, and IN the
armies of the Union, from 1861 to 1860 mad
attested their devotion and fidelity 10
country by their services at the post OF
duty and danger; there were Slckes, ana
Slocum. and Shurtz and Viele OF New
York-Chamberlain OF Maine-Morgan,
Rice, Wiley and Piatt OF Ohio-Crittenden
of Kentucky-Palmer and McClernand OF
Illinois-Franklin of Connecticut-Smlth
of Vermont and Stoneman of Calatornis'
and thousands of others, gallant Demo
cratic soldiers, who had rendered faithful
| service to our country at the front during
the war-Now did President Cleveland ap
| point any of these faithful Democratic
soldiers to any of these lucrative, honor
able and desirable positions. as represent
| atiyes of this great nation at foreign
| Courts
MOI You look in vain for any of then
names among his appointments to THESE
positions-the American traveller abroad
during Clevelands Administration, Wouio
have searched in vain, among all the rep
resentatives of our Government at thf
Courts of Europe for some one VINO
had ''worn the blue"
Here is list Of his appointments t'
| these positions:
| Minister to Austria. salary sl2, O0O.o
per wear. Alex. r. Lawton of Georgia
| Quarter Master General of rebel army.
Minister to Japan, salary 100000 PEI
year. Richard K. Hubbard Of Texas, who
served through the war as Colonel OF
rebel Regiment.
Minister to Spain, salary sl2, O00.oO PEI
year, J. L. NJ Curry of Virginia, who
served in the rebel army and was also
| member of the rebel Congress.
Minister to Mexico, salary l2,0OO.V'
per year, II. R. Jackson of Georgia, Wh'
commanded brigade in the rebel army
during the war.
Mission to Brazil, salary s12,OO0.OO per
year, T. J. Jarvis OF North Carolina, who
served in the rebel army as Captain in 9th
North Carolina Regiment during the war.
Minister to Venezuela, salary $1,000. "
per year, Chas. L. Scott of Alabama, who
served in the rebel army in 4th Alabama
Regiment, and also was on Staff of Gen.
Longstreet.
Minisister to Paraguay and Uruguay
salary 81 500 per year, John E. Bacon OF
South Carolina, who served through the
war as Major of rebel regim ent-the 7th
South Carolina.
Minister to Portugal, salary $1,000 per
year, z. P. G. Lewis, who served as Col
onel in the rebel army during the war
Mission to Greece, salary SO 800 pei
year, Walker Fearn of Alabama, who serv-
ed in rebel army as Lieut.. Col. during the
war.
Mission to Korea, salary 81, 500 per year,
Ell. A. Dinsmon Of Arkansas, who served
in the rebel army during the war.
Mission to Peru, salary So, 1000 per year,
Chas. w. Buck of KY, who served in the
rebel army.
Mission to Bolivia, salary $1,000 PEI
year, S. S. Carlisle of Ky, who served IL
the rebel army during the war.
Mission to the u. S. of Colombia, salary
| 81, 500 per year, Dabney II. Naury Of Va,
who served in the rebel army as Major Cen
eral during the war.
Minister to Italy, A. M. Kelly of Va,
who served in the rebel army in the 18th
Virginia Regiment during the war.
OF all our foreign Ministers during Cleve-
lands administration, the only names thai
were ever borne upon the muster rolls o.
the Union Army were those Gen. Z. 5.
Bragg of Wisconsin-(who earned Cleve'
lands gratitude and recognition by his OPP
position while in Congress to the Depend
ent Pension bill;-aud Chas. Denley,
Minister to China, ard George W. Merrill,
Minister to Hawai- who served for some
time in an Indiana Regiment.
Soldiers what do you think of this list
The Government for which three hun
dred Thousand of your comrades laid down
their lives, represented in almost every
Foreign Court by men who sought to de-
stroy it!-Your comerades who wore the
blue in the Democratic party ignored
your opponents who wore the gray, and
whose bullets laid low 300, 900 of your com
rades, recognized, honored and pampered
with the best positions the Government
could give Such is the record" he ap-
peals to, and of which he assures you that
it '1eaves no excuse for misunderstanding
his belief or position"
As further evidence of the hostility of
his "belief or position" towards the Union
Soldier read his 524 vetoes of private pen
sion bills, passed by Congress for the relief
of some needy and meritorious soldiers, or
the widows of soldiers, who had worn the
blue. Some of these veto messages are
couched in coarse and cruel language, un-
becoming the dignity Of the Chief Execu-
tive.of this Great Nation. These private
pension bills were passed by Congress to
give relief in worthy and meritorious cases
which did not come under the general pen
sion law then in force.
Here is a sample of these private pension
bills, Thomas j. Bradley, although over
the military age, enlisted in the army in
1861 and served until 1865 in the 18th
Ohio Regt.,-he was wounded in the bat
tie of Nashville. After his discharge he
received a pension of 81 per month on ac-
count of his wound. He died in 1882 leav-
ing widow, Sally Ann Bradley, aged 70
in destitute circumstances. He had four
sons all of whom entered the army early
in the war, two of these sons were killed
in battle, one lost his eye in the service
from n wound in the head tho other lost