Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-12


ED. JOURNAL: With your permis-
sion would like to speak my little
piece thro' the columns Of your paper.
As soldiers wife. q soldiers sister,
and one who during the dark and
dreary days and nights Of our nations
trial watched by the bedside Of the
sick and wounded aud who closed the
eyes and clasped the cold numbed
hands Of the dying here In the agonies
Of death, aud, last but not least, wide
awake loyal member Of the w. r. G.
II Ia in the name OF those noble wom-
en-, would like TO resent the insult to
our old soldiers, given by the person
nsmed-Kellerman, from the pulpit Of
the M. e. church, one Sunday morn.
ing.
have wanted to gather all the facts
possible concerDing the case, and I feel
justified In resentiDg the insult.
In the first place would like to ask
that person (excuse mel cannot say
minister Of the gospel and digrace all
others Of that name where he was
when these same soldiers that he insult.
cd with impuDity In the holy sanctuary
of the most high when they were
lighting and being made cripples for
life, or sowing the seeds of disease 10
their system from exposure and hard
strips attending camp life In the army
that now makes the majority Of them
invalids and broken down old men In
their prime. They gave up home,
friends, and every tie that bound them
10 all that was dear to the heart that
the union might be saved and her
homes preserved.
l will safely say that Prussia had the
honor of his society. do not believe
that he was living under the protection
Of the good old flag at that time or be
would In all probability never have had
tne opportunity of insulting the old
soldiers.
At the time. Of the assassination Of
President Lincoln men were dangling
from lamp posts for using just such
language as he used. Abraham Lin.
coin was martyr to his country and
so were thousands Of others and today
there are thousands Of living martyrs,
and, but for those noble men the pastor
Of the M. 4. church would not now he
drawing salary Of $500 year and
bersting and begrudging the old SOL
dier the trfiing pension that is given
by the government. 4 I
In '8l men left pleasant homes and
business positions for the paltry sum of
$ll 90 per month afterwards raised to
$l3O How long would that man
Kellerman preach for that salary?
Would his love for souls be 90 great
that he would preach four years for
Sl3 0O per month and endure the hard.
ships of a soldiers life? Most emphat-
ically no. The clerical suit of black
would not be worn long. AS to the old
soldier perjuring himself, wonder
what he did In the pulpit?
Did not he as foreigner have to take
the oath Of allegience to the old H.. I?
And when he IA grossly insulted the
defenders Of the old flag did he not also
Insult the flag they gave up all to de-
fend?
Who is II that is sowing the seeds Of
anarchy on socialism broadcast In our
land, that cost the government thou.
sand OF dollars at Chicago few years
ago? Is It the old union soldiers or l. |
II just such miserable men from foreign
lands as this man Kellerman has shown |
himself to be? Tae
Talk Of deporting the Cinnamon. bet
ter begin with such men as the pastor
OF the M. +, church.
Why poor Chinaman would have
been mobbed had he used such lam
guage.
The following from the lips Of Abra-
ham Lincoln: This extraordinary
var In which we are engaged falls hea-
vily upon all Glasses but the most heavi.
" upon the soldiers.
II hath been said all that man hath
will he give for his life. Aud whils all
nave contributed Of their substance the
'oldier puts his life at stake and often
Fields II up In his country's cause.
The highest merit ID due the soldiers
Who forever must and will be remem.
'ered by the grateful country for whose
Aviation they devoted their lives.
Altho dead he yet speaketh.