Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-28
His Meager Bounty.

science In raiding the treasury for other
purposes, has sought on many occasions TO
block the soldiers way to the adjustment OF
his claims and to deprive him OF
His Meager Bounty.
AS the death list is large and growing larg-
er every year, and there is a corresponding
decrease of the tax on the treasury, and the
ability of the pensioner 10 add TO his small
allowance on account OF his increasing rail-
ties and infirmities, II strikes me that the
time Is rapidly approaching when the GOV
eminent, in Justice to itself, could enlarge
its liberal'ty so that he could have every rea-
sonable comfort In his last days. 1t Is an
undoubted fact that in a very large majority
of cases, his means are too scanty for q com
Portable living. The ravages OF death have
become so great that the day Is near when
on the pension roll. The defenders Of O Ma
ton as wealthy as ours should be
Its Wards In Old Age.
Should free silver triumph and q deprecl-
ated dollar become the unit of value, as IL
surely would, pensions should be paid In
I have always stood for the soldier, and can
say without egotism that have shown my
friendship and zeal In his cause, not IN emp
ty words as cheap es air, but in the substan-
tial form of needed assistance When there
was a call for every moment OF my time and
every dollar | could command, have rem
dered him a faithful and cheerful service,
without expecting or asking q cent In the
way Of compensation. II elected to Congress
1 Shall Always be at the Fore,
demanding that he shall not beoverlooked or
ignored. When the Republican party con-
trolls the Government, the rights OF the SOL
der are secure. But If the Democratic Pop
ulistic combine succeeds, his interests, in
common with all others, are bound to suffer.
General wreck must follow the success of q
party held together and propelled by
Fell Spirit of Mad Revolution,
that seriously proposes 10 run the Govern
m. 49, an nnA taaa alAN.a and that tAaQ tho
destruction OF the basic principle OF our ma
tional welfare, N II Is an assuring factthat
the soldier element mas not been carried
s sTay ny IN mi the armyo Of i Rsf fr is Ss u II Knows
that the soldier plank in the Chicago Plat
form, from its experience with the class OF
politicians that compose that mob is
Mere Bait for Votes,
and Is not concerning itself about these ar
dent expressions Of love and solicitude
and whose pledges are in q state OF suspend
ed animation in the intervals between Pres
idential contests.
Nothing to Fear.
/ have an abiding confidence in the intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the great body of
the people. They are oftener right, for they
are led by their intuitions and governed by
the monitor within, this the politician,
whose thoughts and aims generally are for
his own Advancement. For the most part
they keep cool heads
Amid the Distractions of Political Strife,
and place a proper estimate upon the clam
orings OF place hunters. In this there Is an
assurance that all vagaries and visionary
projects, never SO mPny as now, which have
their origin in the fevered dreams and rest
less ambition of Impractical politicians, will
come to naught. The fact that the people,
when they make O ~blunder, are quick to re-
cogniZe and abandon 1t, affords abundant
hope of the happy termination of the pres
emit strife. The DreSeQt. as In all political
contests, when great interests are involved,
demands serious thought, calm reflection
and cool discussion. The patriot should
lake the place OF the partisan. UnpreJu-
diced investigation will probe "the mystic
rles of the situation" to the bottom, make
the hard places easy and clear the way 10
| Democratic-P opulistic combine takes no no
tice of the
W~retchedness and Impoverisfmeut
of the producing class, ignores the brutal
conditions that enthrall The energies and bu-
siness of the country and the cause that pro-
duced these conditions, and prescribes q nos
trum for these accommodating evils. The tao
tics of the combine Is 10 dodge argument
and OBSCURE and conceal the real issue by re-
sorting TO sophistries confusing bewildering
ana misleading. 1t depends for success on
the brag, buster and abuse Of its partisan
journals, the blare II trumpets, the boom OF
cannon, the gaudy pomp of parade, the riot
of multitudes and the fervid stump oratory
that catcnes tne passing fancy. ~ lakes tne
American people for fools, end TO get into
office proposes, by, sky rocket politics. to re-
store industry and business and to
Flood the Coautry with Money,
the value OF which would have a strong ar
| finity for zero.
broadly, bluntly, squarely and boldly. II
does not shift from position 10 position To
, suit the whims and caprices Of the restless
and %unthinking. Since its formation Its
I uaon1 Iaa tNr.. Eaxa ~ n nn hn ~ 0na rnn ~
in unison with Its cardinal doctrines, with
; the progress OF the Nations growth. When
y 1t freed the slaves
IT Made Them Citizeus,
and enacted laws that protected them In
their civil rights aud political privileges
; Time has proved the wisdom of this act, and
, upon a fair triel of this "new birth of free
dom" the Southern people even are swift To
testify to Its good results. Having over.
thrown the doctrine of States rights, the
ment on the idea that "this is an indissolu-
BILE union of indestructible States" and
from the time this principle was established
sectional J~eelously and hate began to disap-
} pear, until there Is not a lingering passion
TO tell that there ever was a long n
Bloody War Between the Sec.io Is.
To pay off the war debt, whose magnitude
was appalling even to our leading financiers
and meet running expenses without filling
the land with an army OF tax gatherers ant
eflaDllSnl0B u system OF espionage OVel
every mans business, the Republican part,
> established q tariff that ampl! met this re
q%uirement. 1t Is the American plen OF pro
lection TO American industries. Whilst J.
insured large but legitimate gains to capital
1t gave the artisan and mechanic remuner
alive and constant employment, and afford
ed the farmer o profitable home market. l
) furnished e stimulus to activeness OF ever.
kind, and there was nc class of American
citizens hat did not realize its beneficial of
fects. Under its operation the amassmen
=, or Solid Wealth was Amazing.
Whilst the Republican party was film
American homes with cheer and abundanc
1t had, also, established n fiscal system tha
. was eminently satisfactory. silver was &c
corded hon and privileges with gold in tn
minis OF the country. This effort to main
9 tain silver, after the leading commercial na
q tions of the world had adopted the gol
D STANFORD, excited their apprehension as I
a the stability of The American currency, an
=, their capital no longer sought investment
in American securities. The sherman Al
n had TO be repealed on this account, an
q when India closed her minis to the frt
n coinage of silver In 1892,
@ Its Fate Seemed to be Sealed.
. But the Republican party was not total
discouraged, and as 1t guards with Jeaiol
care and vigilance every American interes
to protect its W mines, 1t proposed an II
ternational agreement, by which the pc
N manent status OF silver should be fixed
- the worlds currency.
B. / have made this brief review to show u
" unvarying fidelity OF the Republican par
,a to Its basic principles; It's devotion TO Anne
10 lean interests; the sacredness in which
ia holds Its pledges, and its
Logical and Consistent Record.
's Such q party is worthy Of trust, and shou
Ill l be your Repi esentative In Congress,
doctrines n principles, sound and time a
proved, shall be the rule OF my official a
at ton.
ny
d. You Can Be Well
nd When your blood Is pure rich and not
ishing for nerves and muscles. T
lite blood is the vital fluid, and when 1t
les poor, thin and impure you must eth