The National tribune., 1892-11-03
THE VOICES OF THE VETERANS.
The Old Soldiers Speak
Their Minds Freely.
COMRADES IN EVERY STATE HEARD FROM
They are ALI Getting Their
Vetoes Ready.
NO SORT OF USE FOR THE COPPERHEAD CLEVELAND
Everywhere They are for the Con1rade
Who Fought With Them.

| tell you that he vetoed that pension bill. Now
| boys for the love we hear our dear comrades
their widows and orphans and the old broken.
down living, cast your vote for Harrison and
| Reid.-M. ID. Price, Co. Ii, 18th Mo. Cav, Pitts,
Ga.
Your manly defense OF the brave men who
| in 1861 to 1865 rushed TO the help of our
| Nation when it was assailed by the Southern
| Democracy, and who by their manly defense of
the rights of man saved the country as a whole,
and sent back the rebel hordes, who begged for
mercy, whipped and thrashed, is very crafty
| ing to every loyal man. 1t is not the honest
rebel soldier who is bowling to-day over his
| defeat, but it is such groveing vultures as
| Grover Cleveland. too cowardly to fight for or
against his country. and now affects to despise
the brave men who did their whole duty. The
| birds have their buzZard. the animals have
| their jackal, and we have our Cleveland. And
| he IS presented TO US by the ex-Cortederates
as a candidate for an of1ire once filed by Lin
coin and by Grant, worthy successors Of the
! noble Washington.
entered the army in 1861 a Democrat, and
served my full term of enlistment. | drew the
| large sum Sl3 per month for my services.
returned from my service, and took my chances
with such men as Cleveland and my average pay
| for 20 years, over all expenses, was 1913 per
month. And today do not believe there is an
honest soldier. who did his whole duty and was
honorabiy discharged, that will vote for
| Cleveland, as against Benjamin Harri-
son, for President. The Confederate will
do il, the deserter will do it, the bounty
| jumper will do it, but the honest soldier
never went to the front to charge upon
| his own comrades in action and help the rebels.
They won't do it now, they will not forsake
| their colors. / would prefer old JEFF Davis
| TO the cowardly Cleveland. The American
| people are now trying to place the flag of our
Nation upon every school building. Who is
! doing this missionary work? The old soldier
| Who opposes it? Men like Cleveland. Can
we trust man who wants to return the rebel
fsgsg Can We trust a man whose whole
svmpathies are with the common enemies of
our country? mol no! Let us veto Cleve-
land, and vote for Harrison.-W. u. Stopin,
Rockford, I'll.
On the quiet, don't publish-for il would CEN
ter attraction on US from the Denocrats-there
are lots of Democratic soldiers who are going
to veto Grover. No man can honestly draw a
| pension aud vote for him. / can name you l5
in this town. i for one began voting for Nc.
Clelian in 1864 as 16-year old boy, and have
voted Democratic evers since. lam done. Har-
! rison aud Reid" aud all the way down the
local ticket this time.-Veterau, Greenville,
Ill.
have travelled all over the Union and there
are fewer Democratic vets who will vote for
Cleveland this Fall than there ever were [
have a chance TO know the soldiers in the State
and they will stand solidly for the man who
fought with them.-Rev. Z. u. Mcintosh, De-
catur, III.
The inclosed letter from the National Vet
Grams Tariff Reform League explains itself. l
consider it an insult to me and every true SOL
der Thomas L. Reed and j. j. Morrison are
barking up a wrong tree when they approach
a man who served his country four years, and
stood up to be shot for 129 days. Get your
gattling gun out and give them 40 rounds To
ask me to vote for a brute and Copperhead is
too much for frail humanity. b. Ridenour,
Woodruff, III.
There are a good many comrades here and
also throughout southeast Missouri and thew
will all vote solidly for Ben Harrison in both
States. also have a son in the State of Wash
ingtOn, and he writes me that the veterans
there will vote for Harrison.-R. smddy,
Jonesbor0, III.
see you are giving the veterans good ad.
vice. They must keep ont Of the Weaver trap
that has been set TO catch the fools who think
they are not voting for Cleveland when they
vote for Weaver. We have got to fight the
enemy hard. We must not go to sleep on
picket-H. G. Barley, Versailles, Ill.
There are only few of US left here but we
| have the courage Of our convictions. God for.
bid that Cleveland should ever have another
chance TO veto another pension bill. We held
/ Reunion here recently of the Northwestern
District of Illinois; $50 veterans were present.
] csnvassed the camp, and found only 10 of
the lot so bgoted that they would not change
their politics. Capt. A. +. Knight Post $50.
OF which am a member, contains SO soldiers.
] find but one who will vote for Cleveland
John Garehart, Albany Ill.
The Veterans Tariff Reform Leagues circu-
lars do but very little good in this section. So
far as know all the old boys are for Comrade
Harrison.-W. ]. Campbell, Minooka, III.
j think that whenever an old soldier or a
Republican in the North votes the Peoples
Party ticket, he is cutting a club with which
10 break his own neck and he is helping to put
The Democrats in power, as Weaver and his
| party have no earthly show In the coming
election.-H. C. Barley, Versailles, III.
i am well pleased with the course You arc
pursuing IN this campaign. Throw all the
| shells and solid shot you can into Covers camp
and we will support your artillery. This /
know with but one exception. and be is expect.
| Ing postofice at the Corners if Grover Is
elected. Our vetoes are ready.-Wm. J. Stiff,
Wsshburn, III.
Judging from the circulars Of the Veterans
Tariff League one would judge that Cleveland
was as near an angel as they generally get 10
| be- One of the circulars was sent To ne.riH
| every member OF our Post, and some were
| addressed to members who had been dead for
many years. majority of the bows have
| fired them back with their compliments for
we have not more than one or two in our Post
who would be guilty of voting for Cleveland
and they were never out Of the State and never
smelled burnt powder.-Nat Hanuor. Orion
| Ill. .'
inclose the letter the Veterans Tariff
| League is flooding the country with. but Wa
do not like the bait. wish that you would
| show them up in your paper.-Geo. w. Eaton
Orion, Ill.
| INDIANA.
Can it be possible that there is comrsde
living who has an honorable discharge from
the Union army, who is SO blinded by party
| prejudice, that he will vote for Grover Cleye.
land or any other mau who sent substitute ia
] represent him in the srmy9 Thank God