New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-09
A BUGLE CALL TO DUTY.
OLD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, URGED TO
RALLY ROUND M'KINLEY's FLAG.

AGAIN TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY
Colonel L. Edwin Dudley, secretary of the
,,r,on Veteran Patriotic League. gave out an
.adress Of the League TO old soldiers last night
:, the Murray Hill Hotel The offices Of the
,.asue of which General Daniel f. Sickes is
.,.sident and General Horace Porter. Major
general William b. Franklin and Major-Genera
9, clair Mulholland vice-presidents. will in the
lure he al No East Ninth-st The address
is as follows;
New-York August s. 1896.
"a the surviving soldiers and sailors who served
- in the Union Army and Navy during the
War Of the Rebellion.
Comrades: Your country is again in peril. In
.,s present Presidential campaign dangerous
"" n,hirations again threaten the integrity of
.Sn Government Misguided men conspire to
vi s,trg regulation. dishonor and financial ruin
Snon mis- Nation. once saved by your valor.
The men who once answered the call to put
.,n.r rebellion and save the Union have lost
~ ~ their love for the country and their de-
o,ion N the flag they fought TO uphold, and
,hsv see in the present situation an attempt to
sa-rish the good name or the Republic and
~. al dou-n its most cherished institutions
IT, stars and Stripes symbolic, TO those who
.s.red their lives in its defence. a country
vrS,ed and powerful. respected at home hon
80 tho world over for its power. its justice.
and stu more -0' ~ ''
dealing. ,,,,o l., ,,hor. ,,,a,- low.
I'd the maintenance or our courts
- iustice and in National honor and good faith.
" -, ors unalterably opposed 10 the red flag OF
.rarchv and mob rule. We believe that you
asart with earnestness all attacks upon the
oo,,,,,e and judicial departments of our Gov
.Nr,oen, and commend all measures which
state the supremacy Of the law and restore
III order whenever endangered
W., NJ our great leaders have been mus
Nan! Grant Sherman Sheridan, 'dcCel-
~, rbomas Hancock. Burnside. GarfhAd, Lo-
s san Dix and many others have gone TO their
eeuard Were they living. they would be united
,,h rs in this crisis as they were In the days
y. tha war IL remains for us. their comrades
,,o followed where they led, to guard TIE good
work they upheld while living and to preserve
all they helped US to gam Tor our cout Try.
should this dangerous and revolutionary po-
ut,cal conspiracy against the financial honor
ard integrity Of the Government succeed. every
nensioner every depositor in savings bank.
every policy holder in an insurance company,
cooperative bank and building and loan asso-
c,ation and assessment insurance society would
lose one-half Of what is due him by being pald
IN 6fty-cent silver dollars. The price or every
thing the working man buys would be doubled;
hut he would have to struggle and wait long
before he secured any substantial increase OF
his wages. -,
1-rion veterans Of the late war. are almC~t
unanimously united in favor Of an honest Gov
eminent and faithful adherence TO the prln-
ciples for which we contended. we appeal 10
Won 10 Law aside all partisan differences. TO pre-
fsr country to party now you did in the
dark DAYS Of the Civil War, and rally TO the
sunnort Of our gallant comrade, Major Mckin-
ley the first private soldier VINO mas ever oetss
nominated for the high office or PRESIDENT ol
the United States who stood shoulder TO sh"ui-
der with YOU in many memorapie oatties' anu
for Two long years carried MS nlushet anu
sbared the toll and danger which fell 10 the lou
~ tho men in the ranks who defended the
Union: and who to-day stands FOR the nain-
tenance Of the good name and honor OF the
country. s. .uiaa a,d
trusted He is pledged to the principles Tor
which YOU so freely exposed Your lives ara io5
which so many thousands OF your conn aus SD 60
on battlefields, in fever-infected camps ana IN
We feel that the country is again in the pres
ence Of great danger and that II Is tue ~ 49,
Of the men who saved it before to raily 10 us
Safence now Therefore we urge You 10 FORM
Yourselves into association to De Know ', "a
The Union Veterans PatriotiS Lea" go nan
do all in your power as individuals ana mem
hers Of the league to secure the triumph OF the
right Plans of Organization Will De iu'nsheo
from this office. ~ .. ,.o,,r
mast party Affiliations and come together in non
partisan associations as you ola IN those other
days. .,,-. 49, o..
from 1861 TO 1865 should defeni the blessings
secured 10 them by the services. the sunerngs
and the valor OF their sres Inei elore: we IN
This campaign against National dshonor.
We urge every veteran and son of veteran
send his address to our Eas Tnhs ew
York city. Yours in the bonds OF comrades
DANIEL E. sICKLEs. maior-generai United
H0RAcE e Porter late majorgenerai United
rRANz sfGEL. late major general United States
OLIVER TlIGFye'o 8. HOWARD. majOr-general United
v Siaffs Nm" + FRANKLIN. late majOrseneral
e Tni r AK 1Ta'e MtLH0LLAND. late majorgenera
United States Volunteers -
STEWART WOODFORD. late major-senerai
,0H 4ieGG ROBINSON. major-general United States
7 sAWrFFss 6 NEGLEY. late major general United
ASsoS G McooK. late mator-general United
seldom OCSoNNoR. late major-generai United
COILS late majorgen United States
cAxEIEs r R RR;5,rcIS late Oris"dsFssneF'l
CLAYTON late brigadier general United
w Sai1s F. epRAPEn late brisadersenera
United state, UoiTnteeTTsT late br,gadergeneral
HARRY n BINGHAM late brigadier-general
Ri'eq r6S IvIeR late colonel 2ith Michigan In
& 'SCc'$ WARMER late colonel Massachusetts,
JAMES SlEs'es r oBEIRNE. late brigadier-genera
FREDERICK D GRANT c., psr,am,n
C. T BosTwICK. late private New-YOrk Volun-
JAMES J. O'BRIEN. late private 9Th United States
J. LITTfE late major and surgeon Illinois Vol
W l. HEERMANCE. late Northumberland 9th
J ] gRTNER' late private 1l5th Pennsylvania
Volunteers OF Omaha. Neb. , A., v,.
HARRISON DINGMAN. late colonel Ne"-ipih
Volunteers 1890 ,,.,,.
WILLIAM H. BURNHAM. late private EXCELSIOR
Brigade now OF Lawrence Mass go ~. Wi,
HILNAN a HALL late major 9th New YORK
Cavalry $500
W: X. LAWRENCE. late captain Ohio volunteers.
now residing in Florida. ,.,c..1
a. Il. WELLS. late brigadier-general nnlteu o'a'es
I, volunteer. afterward Governor or NTelplaI
HARRY WHITE late brigadier-general United
states Volunteers ,..
Hll-l!AH A. MORSE late private MASSACHUSETTS
volunteers now member OF CONGRESS.
ALfRED s. ROE. late sergeant New-York Nolun-
=, ,etrs. now Ma chusetis State senator
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