The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-05
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE
tOlDlERS
Pledges which Havs Isesa TaithfslIy
saA Gratefully Kept ~ the Only Patri-
otis Psrty.

Owes Thor Permanent Recognition.
RESOLVED, That the thanks Of the
American people are due to the soldiers
and sailors Of the Army and Navy, who
have periled their lives in defense of the
country and In vindication Of the honor
of its flag; that the Nation owes to
them some permanent recognition of
their patriotism and their valor and
ample and permanent provision for
those of their survivors who have re-
ceived disabling and honorable wounds
in the service of the country, and that
the memories of those who have fallen
in it's defense shall be held in grateful
and everlasting remembrance Plank
of the Republican National Platform of
1864.
Sacred Legacy.
OF all who were faithful in the trials
of the late war there were none entitled
to more especial honor than the brave
soldiers and seamen who endured the
hardships of campaign and cruise and
imperiled their lives in the service of
the country. The bounties and pensions
provided by the laws for these defend.
ers of the Nation are obligations never
to bs forgotten. The widows and or
phans of the gallant dead are the wards
of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the Nations protecting
care.-Republican National Platform of
1858.
Favor Additional Legislation.
We hold in undying honor the sol.
diers and sailors whose valor saved the
Union. Their pensions are sacred
debt of the Nation, and the widows and
orphans of those who died for theil
country are entitled to the care of
generous and grateful people. We
favor such additional legislation as will
extend the bounty of the Government
to all our soldiers and sailors who were
honorably discharged and who in the
line of duty became disabled, without
regard to the length of service or the
cause of such scharge.-Republica
National Platform of 1872.
The Pledges Must Be Fulfilled.
The pledges which the Nation has
given to her soldiers and sailors must
be fulfilled, and grateful people will
always hold those who imperiled their
lives for the country's preservation in
the kindest remem brance e-Republica
National Platform of 1915.
The Grateful Privilege.
That the obligations of the Republic
to the men who preserved its integrity
in the day of battle are undiminished
by the lapse of 10 years since their final
victory. To do them honor is and shall
forever be the grateful privilege and
sacred duty of the American people
Republican National Platform of 1880.
To Repeal the Limitations.
The grateful thanks of the American
people are due to the Union soldiers and
sailors of the late war, and the Repub
ican party stands pledged to suitable
pensions for all who were disabled and
for the widows and orphans of those
who died in the war. The Republican
party also pledges itself to the repeal of
the limitations contained in the arrears
act of 1879, so that all invalid soldiers
shall share alike, and their pensions be-
gin with the date of disability or dis
charge and not with the date of appli-
cation.-Republican National Platform
of 1884.
Not Measured by Laws.
The gratitude of the Nation to the
defenders of the Union can not pe
measured by laws. The legislation of
Congress should conform to the pledge
made by loyal people, and be so en-
larged and extended as to provide
against the possibility that any man
who honorably wore the Federal uni.
form should become the inmate of an
almshouse or dependent upon private
charity. In the presence Of an over.
flowing Treasury it would be public
scandal to do less for those whose val.
orous service preserved the Govern.
ment. We denounce the hostile spirit
of President Cleveland in his numerous
vetoes of measures for pension relief
and the action of the Democratic
House of Representatives in refusing
even q consideration of general pension
legislation. Republican National Plat
form of 1888
Watchful Care and just Recognition.
Ever mindful of the services and sac
rifces of the men who saved the life oi
the Nation, we pledge anew to the vet
eran soldiers of the Republic {
watchful caie and just recognition o.
their just claims upon grateful peo
| Republican National Platform O
| 1892.
Business will be conducted in "han(
to mouth" fashion pending the chang
in the tariff. Not until Congress ad
journs and we know and have time t.
adapt ourselves to it's legislation upol
industrial questions can we hope for al
era of prosperity. And not then unles
the elections are in favor of the Repub
lican party. Nobody has confidence il
the Southern brigadiers who now domi
nate the majority party.
The New York Journal of Commerc
(non-partisan estimates the number o
unemployed men now in this country a
one million. Averaging their dali