Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-10-05
The REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE
Sol DIERS
Pledges Which Have Been Faithfully
and Gratefully Kept by the Only Patri-
otic Party.

Pledges Which Have Been Faithful,
and Gratefully Kept by the Only Patri.
otto Party.
Owes Them 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 II 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 its defense shall be held in grateful
and everlasting remembrance.-Plan
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 be forgotten. The widows and Or
phans of the gallant dead are the wards
of the people, sacred legacy be-
queathed to the Nations protecting
care.-Republican National Platform of
1868.
Favor Additional Legislation.
We hold in undying honor the SOL
diers and sailors whose valor saved the
Union. Their pensions are a sacred
debt of the Nation, and the widows and
orphans of those who died for their
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 discharge.-Republican
National Platform of 1872.
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 remembrance.-Rep
National Platform of 1875.
The Grateful Privilege.
That the oblig ations of the Republic
to the men who preserved its integrity
in the day of battle are undiminished
by the lapse Of Is 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 tho Limitations.
The grateful thanks Of the American |
people are due to the Union soldiers and |
sailors of the late war, and the Repub- |
hcan 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 be
measured by laws. The legislation of
Congress should conform to the pledge
made by loyal people, and be 30 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 consideration of general pension
National Plat
form of 1888.
Watchful Care and just Recognition.
Ever mindful of the services and sac
rifices of the men who saved the life of
the Nation, we pledge anew to the vet
eran soldiers of the Republic q
watchful care and just recognition of
their just claims upon a grateful peo-
National Platform of
1892.