The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-09-05
THE SOLDIERS HOME.

, y. ~ ~ oSo lHo VhSAlo col''olo3
HomeSlaunched upon. the ocean of
minds of our State before the small
lninnoWs-the cheap demagoguery
polltlc9ns-havo begun to nible at
the II large btit that has been cast
upon tho waters for big fish lis
L" largo For them to swallow; this
subject Is one uroud, patriotic mind
and big honest hearts.
One of theso small minded mon
would build tho soldiers Home by
cutting or somo of the appropri-
atoms to our colleges, while anoth-
or would have our public officers
contribute oncfourth of their sala-
rics and 50 on.
Now we think we speak the sen
timents OF evory brave and true
soldier end noble citizen Of our
State when we do not want sold
icrs' home built out Of tho carcass
Ct any other institution Of our
State or the sa aries that we havo
promised our sorvan is or any shou-
dy stuff Whatsoever.
We want 1T made out OF solid,
good material, just such as our
Confederate soldiers were made of,
and they were made of good clay,
for they stood the crucial test of
seven times through the fire, yea,
many Of them stnod the fire Of sew
en- times seven and they are with
us yet, some of them decort ted in
tattercd rags before they will un-
dcrgo the humiliation and disgrace
of dwelling in poor houses.
1t wall be remembered that the
najority of our now INDECENT sold
inrs were men OF small means when
they joined thearmy-they owned
no negroes, bank stock, cotton
mills or farms; they fought for
their sentiments, principles, honor
and duty to their country while
many men Of means and influence
found bombproof positions under
subterfuge OF II thousand forms
The sentiments aud principles that
prompted these brave men to leave
their happy homes and face the
tclrors Of ono Of the greatest wars
the world has ever known now
makes these grand old heroes shud-
dor at the thought Of spending
their last days iii poor house.
Taxes-oh that great bugbcar-
how the cheap politicians do try
to dodge the straight issue and at
tempt to pollute the minds of hon
est and noble people with their
prejudice,
We noed no apologies to offer a
grateful and patriotic pooplo when
We ask thom for good sound money
for a good, sound obligation,.
We have taxed these veterans tG
: stand up against powerful lnvad-
ing cnemy of our common country
for four long years half fed, ragged
= and at times could be truilcd
through the by tho blood from
their bare feet aud they paid it.
We have taxed them to stand
| guard on picket when they couIC
hear tho freezing trees burst and
crack like the sound Of a life or la,
swoltering in r,nches for days un
der the brOilinT mid summer sun
{ and they paid it.
We havo taxed thom to pay out
a finger, toe, foot, a hand, ar
arm or leg, or from ono to dczer
bullets holes through their bodies
and they have paid it.
We have taxed some Of them
| with a broken constitution CT dis
e ease and they have been paying
these taxes of suffering every day
for nearly forty long years.
We have taxed the poor wife the
$ life OF her husband, or tho daugh
2 ter the life Of her father, or the
! mother the llfo Of her beloved son
: and they paid it.
1t bohooves every well-to do old
e soldier (or his son) who has been
a blessed with mctns above want f.,
| look after his needy comrades, OF
i, the patriotic and grateful citizens t,
, look after their INDECENT heroes, fo,
Il country without heroism will
surely dIo the death it deserves and
. lose its prestige aud honor az well
as It's treasure Of dollars if left ex.
posed to thieves without lockers.
AS we need great iron Safes tc
lock IN ami protect our dollars sc
DO we need heroism, the iron minds
of brave and noble mon to throw
around and protect our people, from
the robbery of othvr people, coun.
tries and nations, who may at any
time break in aid squandcr our
fortunes and fame for until the
days OF the millennium the b. ltish
nature that is still left in man NAV
assert itself and riso up out of it's
alternating retreats under a fuvol-
able season like tho sleeping seven.
headed monster, and destroy the
progress of our now prosperous.