The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-03

censed but mistaken South, and it
would be a wanton waste of time to
elaborate on the excellent results of
the success of our arms now being
felt, not only in our own great and
prosperous country, but reaching out
like the limbs of the cedar of Lebanon
to shelter and protect the down
trodden and misruled people of the
world and being guided by the spirit
which dominated in those days of
trouble, our several Republican adj
ministrations intervening that time
and the present, have not parallel
in the annals of history, ancient or
modern, save of their own wise, con-
sentative yet firm legislation, and the
administrations being in close touch
and sympathy with both branches of
the legislative bodies, few mistakes
have been made and none of serious
nature; and the laws under which
we are now receiving only part of
what we were promised in the days
when our country's destiny trembled
in the balance were enacted during
the years between 1861 and 1900 by
those bodies and approved by the ad-
ministrations. Does the Sun know
that in the beginning of that terrible
conflict the bravest young men and
youth of the land were the first to re-
spond to the call to arms, both North
and South, and rushed with that
pride and fearless spirit that only
Americans do into bloodiest conflicts
and endured all other exposure and
hardship entailed in armies with
heroic zeal akin to desperation and
without cavil or complaint - the
Southern armies in defense OF their
mistaken cause and Northern armies
with knowledge of the awful con-
sequences of II dissolution of the
Union. We outnumbered them and
after four years of the hardest fought
and bloodiest battles recorded in his
tory we accomplished what we I'M
dertook, and the country is today en-
joying just what the sacrifice we
made gave it-a united country, a
republic governed in peace. finan-
cial system equal to any under the
sun, and above all unlimited resources
for hundred generations to come.
Does the editor of the Sun also
kffjw that the value of the greenback
dollar was measured by the lenders
of gold to the government, by their
measure of belief in the governments
ability to sustain itself. and that in
the summer of 1864 they demanded
and received $2.S5 in greenbacks for
$1.00 in gold? Does he also know
that the difference between the green
back we received in payment for our
services and the one the lenders re-
eeived, exclusive of the interest,
amounts to more than the whole
amount of pensions paid since the
close of the war, every dollar of which
has been paid in gold, together with
the accrued interest," or, in short, his
dollar in value averaged about two
and one fourth times more than ours ?
And now. veterans, who may read
the facts stated here, beware OF the
heaven of that tickle organ, the Balti- |
more sim, whose columns will toler- |
ate such ill-ftting and unqualified
statements, whose venom, if possible,
would fasten stigma on the veterans
because of the small pensions so de-
servingly paid us and on the chosen
functionares of our government for
legislation in our our favor. And
whatever you have done in the past
in the future, when he painteth in
gaudy and delusive colors a biograph- |
ical sketch of his friend and holdeth |
him or his principles up in an editor
ial for your approval or painteth
your friends in repulsive colors for
your condemnation, be not deceived
thereby, for at last he biteth like
serpent and stingeth like an adder.
More anon. S. E. FLOWERS, SR.
Mt. Lake Park, Dec. %, 1900