The National tribune., 1894-01-11
For THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
"a KINDLY SENTIMENT"


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l. BY o. L. LYMAN, WATERFOWL. n. "
| Well, yes I've seen ther message, an hev read the
| hull thing through.
tTher longest job, reckon ever undertook to dol
An hev read about iher tariff an ther Civil sesv-
| Zee. too,
An the reinstasn' Lily. what old Grover wants to
| do;
But I've buried up my rendin', for I wanted to
find out
What our high an mighty President would have to
say about
But 1t stirred nay nnard feeln's, tell ye mighty
rough
When read It in ther message what the President
/ had sent,
That Penshuns had their origin In kindly sen.i-
meutl"
| When read that dod-durn sentence. why II made
my dander rise.
An it made me mad all over an 1t filled me with
surprise.
So all us poor old eusses paupers as It secmsI
Say, back In days of 81, whoever would hev
dreamed
| Thet wen tber big war meeins called fellers
to the front
| battles brubt,
And hear the promises they made II we wonld
only go
An fight their battles for 'em. thet we should
never know
A single day NV poverty; who'd thought In '6I
Thet we'd be chased paupers after all tbet we
hey done2
Well, we went and lots among US. why. they staid
down thar fer good.
An made 10 bones of sheddn fer Uncle Sam their
blood;
An when ther four years hell past. the rest
of US came home
Their wustest Iookin' bunged up crowd beneath
tn henvens' dome;
With lots among manned an sick, an all er
broken down;
Not fit fer work. anythin'. but jest TO lay aroun
An es oar wives aud chilre work like naiiers fer
our grub.
An us a-layin' roun' ther house like an old 'en
worn-ont log;
An we'd gone through all the horror. an we'd
passed through all the hell,
Fer to the Nashun's honor from seceshun's
damnin' spell.
Now. take my case. fer instance; w'en on secesh-
uns brink
Uncle Sam he kim er tottered, an he seemed about
ter sink,
An yelled fer help ter save him before he tumbed
in
shouIdsred my old musket, an went through
thick an thin;
. An when the over. 1t found me aa / am.
manned an helpless cripple an a broken-iown
old nnan.
An of work can't do any, but get penshun
small,
Thes jest keeps me ivn an breathin'. an that's
all;
49,
cent
or thet small an paltry penshun to KINDLY
sentiment"
Now wonder II old Grover ever happened ter re-
feet
fer TO inspect
His large an portIy body In ther Presidenshui
II all poor old veterans he'd happened not ter
Ter go down SOUTH but ssaid at home 'er hired
substitute.
And none of US he'd ever donned the old blue army
suit?
II all OF as he'd done Hike hin, he'd never he'd the
chance
Ter veto any penshun bill FER make Us old vets
dance;
pickin' ON a crowd of men. aud insuiiin' 'em ter
Thct fought their eountrys battles while he hired
substitute.
Well probbly it's all right but swar 1t seems dern
tough.
An its using of US pensioners little somewhat
rough,
When stops fer TO consider thet ther fer
their ills
Which causes Grover sich concern about their PEN
shun bills,
Was ter their flag nm country from its secesh
rebel foes,
An IL hadn't done it, tn concern would had ter
close
An its kinder tougl, ter have classed pau
pers, don't you know,
By q man hired Substitute for In his place to
go,
An be told by him, unbushin', the. every blessed
cent
We get we owe entirely to I" q kindly sentiment"