Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-02


~ IN 40 oihef saltm newspaper has
disto ovefed sbyihihg ~ cfliicise N fev
Keilefmah's Memorial iJay sfnon
~ coufse, The ijemotfs, apbisdds "
n wss delivered ~ liohle The esf N The
pebsionihs,ibg pmiiicisns whose chief
petty stock In tfsde ID 10 attack the
osod Army,
ftsv, HotehIson ard oibef ministers
delivefed Mtmoflsi bsy sefnfbs oh
the ssme Sunday HIT hdwhefe wss
the 6ccssiob tnsde Dse ~ 10 sbuse the
ufsnd Army N impueh The patriotism
~ \ single veteran, II remained fof q
pfussIsn importation In an otbefwlse
universally loyal pulpit 10 descedd 10
the low level ~ coppefbesd politician
aud insult tbs Grand Army ofsanl, .
ton aud sspefse the patriotic motives
~ the volunteers NJ the Union army.
hut we de- not wish 10 condemn Rev.
KelIefmsp ubbeafd Following Ia
printed IN one ~ the Salem papers that
Ia defending his course Of attion. II
will he seen that u IL printed as "bot
given voluntarily by Hev. Ksllefman. y
The fects seem TO he that the gentleman
spoke from notes and had not written
out his remarks 40 M 10 read them from
manuscript n that Ia true the impres.
sion his remarks made on his hearers
would be far more reliable test Of the
spirit Of his utteraoces than q revised
version Of his sermon prepared after
ward.
THE REVISED VERSION.
Salem Independent. "The following
Is q synopsis Of the sermon preached by
Rev. Kellermsn, over which certain
parties have endeavored to gain notori
ETY.. This synopsis was obtained by u'
and not given voluntarily by Rev. Kel
lerman. IL shows just what he did say
upon the subject of pension:
THE present state Of the pension
business In one Of The most iniquitoui
things In our national life. The
amount Of fraud committed Is enor.
nous. The false swearing that Is done
and the false aflldavits which are made
to secure pensions for uDdeserving per.
sons Ia awful, and has debasiDg effect
upon the old soldiers implicated, the
morals Of communities, and depreciates
patriotism In the rising generation
Right after war, (those of us who car
remember back that far remember |,
very well), when the government voted
pensions to the soldiers who had saved
the union, many old soldiers ridiculeC
the idea Of accepting pension. They
had lost an arm or a leg, or had beer
wounded In some vital part, but they
were proud OF II, they had done 1t fol
the country they loved. This was tn,
noblest patriotism. But pension agen i,
and demagogues saw an opportunity
to enrich themselves out OF
the soldiers and they urged
them everywhere to accept pen.
sions. Other laws were passed from
time TO time and the lists were extend.
ed, until now persons, twenty, twenty.
FIVE and thirty years after the war,
when the infrmlties Of age naturally
man fest themselves, q great many at
tempt to trace these disabilities to SER
vice In the war to secure pension.
They had perhaps received thousand
dollars bounty, and had served but six
months or u year, and never saw bat
tie, nor got beyond the barracks TO
which they were sent after enlist ment, =,
and now they clamor for pension.
But do not understand me to say that
the veterans who saved the country
are not worthy OF all honor and care
that a gratifed country can bestow;
they are. But these others suggest the
anomaly Of the soldiers turning around
and sacking the country which they
defended and saved. Patriotism is the
love Of country, the sacrifice of self for
the country's good, and must manifest
Itself In time Of peace as well AZ 10 time
VI war;