Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-31

do anything contrary to the constnt on aud
law. What tho nation needs To day Is men tnat
VT respect and enforce thu nw Every mems
NE was rlpd that Could he hnnornby tried iO pre-,
vent the rupture hut Douglass, tine democratic
candidate for president, said every ellrt was M.
aYHi ing we mnst eltner nght or be destroyed.
Submitting 10 their demands would IA he enid,
result IN dividing heBHti0n into numberless petty
g lverumcutr and the history Of our nation Gtnld
DC seen M the history OF Mexico lC was 10 Pre-.
serve our very existence AZ nation that c0mpcll'
ed Ms TO take up arms In the national delunse
We were not hlrellng f0dafs, did not % TOR pay
In dollars and CENTS we went ~ preserve tho ma
ton and thank God we by his hN,p succrcdGd
Our nN,lun ttlll liyos and was well worth saving
Recently there seems 10 be- doubts IN the minds
OF some VIII thpr the nation Ia worth presrymg
| luu must remember that II II not the Union sol.
di,rs That are running the nation NOW, aud what.
ever troubles are on rs may be thu result OF put
ting the rebels Ia power again, We little thought
That In thirty years and loes from the close Of the
war our enemies would De pmc Il In charge Of the
government and Tint dsabel soldiers wOu'd have
TO 80 10 those they mad conquered md nAk for PEN
slOnA because OF Wuunde or dlseAse Causod ~
their rebellion, but ench II the Gaze and we rec
puCed on the pension rolls 2b 90 nearly all rebels
who fought In the Mexican war, or rather enlisted
lu lght for there were mover that many men In
Mexico during the war, aud at the same time our
comrades are dropped from the pension rolls by
the thousands, ana for every poneiOn allowed II
these things ought not to be 30,
person asked me this questions "Dld not the
government pay you all she agreed loy' Yes In
promises, but we had 10 take 40 cents on dol.
lar for these promises, or pay 20 cents IN these
promises Tor yard OF muslin, ana other things in
proportion, 80 that the Sl3 wOud not support u
anly even II there were no children They
promised TO care for the mmily and " compensate
for all wounds and loss OF health, aud life US far
as money could do So n ow suppose we had been
| uH ~ nppunmlpul ln
m0nded of the government not only our pay In
| gOid, hut two aud One-nulf times the Sl3 In gold
| " would bring our wages as high az S3l 20 am0nh
some O the time, and an average OF not less than
| S4U aud $50 month, Then again suppose we had
| fought Just A. hard M they did for our nation,
| when the bonds OF the government were worth
| forty cents on the dollar, that In stacked our
arms, what would the bonds have been WORTHY
| Tue same that CONT derate bonds are. II would
| take Il bushel OF them TO buy a cracker But we
stood with our bayonets and our bullets and made
| the bonds worth loo CGnts ON a dollar and then
| came home and earned the money to pay the
| promises the government paid us In. The war
cost about s9,UOO,0l0OOO In currency, or abont
| S6,OOj0UOOO Ia gold, and the soldiers made that
| SU,H0OOO,00 worth $1,000, 10000 30 that allowing
| d,uOl,UOl soldiers enlisted each one In las ID
the wealth OF the nation an average 81 900 or more
| and while we were doing these contemplate cow
ards were NJ home getting rich out OF our suffer
| ings, ana out OF the blood of those elaiu Aud
! now thOy aud their worthy OlIeprlng whine AT
meeting the contract the nation made with hel
| soldiers
Pay was no consideration with the soldier. only
Thu, that his loved ones should be cared for, IL
tie price hud been 50 %, IL would have made no
| difference with most Of the soldiers II the pay
had been what they were after they would have
stayed AT home, When enlisted mechanic had
no trouble to get ~ 90 per day, aud We generally
mane more than that on jobs, and know Of some
who left business that was paying Them several
times that aud enlisted M private soldiers ut STA
| per month, and In doing that threw away their
| business, lhle matter OF pay can no better be H.
| Illustrated than In the case Of the engineer who
| was requested to take His engine and run up the
| track by Look ont mountain where the rebel bat
| terles were masked 80 ns to draw their fire aud
| thus reveal their location 10 Gen, sherman, who
was planning an attack and must know the loca
tlon OF the enemy 30 us TO plan properly. When
| the engineer received the request he fully under
stood all that was implied In II For moment
the color left his cheek but he mounted hls engine
ana said 81 know what II means, General re-
member my wife and baby In Ohio" lie opened
the valve and sped up the mountain side expect
| Ing to be blown to pieces before he reached thp
place designated but though all the batteries lii'
ed on him yet lie made the run, and throw
| wide OpGu the valve, sped down the m0unlai,
| with the speed Of lightning almost and received
the thanks Of the general, Atpay day there was
placed to his credit several hunured dollars, be-