Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-05-29
CHANGE THAT ORDER.

Things are developing some strange
events in postoffice aspirations lately,
and the democratic donkey has thrust
his head into snarl that promises to
raise trouble, by virtue of the follow
ing order in Regulations Governing
Appointment of Postmasters of the
Fourth Glass:
"Sec. 7. No person shall he ap-
pointed under the regulations of Nov
25 1919, as amended. as postmaster of
an Office of the fourth class where the
annual compensation is rs much as
$500, after he has reached his 65th
birthday"
As democracy is continually quoted
upon the rostrums and in the press as
civic liberty. is not this a species of
acknowledgements In this Southland
it peculiarly is, for there are many
old Confederate veterans of sound
mind and body, who are over 90 years,
and who aspire to postmastership
These men have stayed stoutly by
their party, 10 these many years, and
have never even strayed on the gold
standard democrat desertion. They,
by virtue of the Constitution, have cit
izenship, which vests in them the
right to vote and hold Office. The
civil service idea as far as competan-
cy is a good one, but to assume that a
man is not able to perform the duties
of fourth class postmaster because he
is over IS years old, and not give
him chance to correct the impression
is an injustice, which, if persevered
in, will seriously injure the party.
The following is the letter of an old
Confederate veteran to the depart
ment, which fully expresses the feel
ings of old Confederates who are thus
disfranchised:
1t may seem strange to you to re-
ceive letter from me at this time.
and especially on business pertaining
to the U. S. Government. [ did the
best could for the success of demo-
cracy during all your campaigns. l
sent your paper as high as one hun
dred and is subscribers in one single
club, and | feel as if would not do
l!y ctr now if did not call your at
tention to what is about to be enact
cd, in fact is | have copy of the
order of May 18th, 1913, of President
Wilson before me in which he sets an
age limit at sixty five years in his
amendment to Taft order of October
10, 1912, about the thirty-six thousand
fourth class Post offices. find on cal
culation as to myself was mustered
into service on the eighth day of Aug
ust, 1861, and paroled on the third day
of May, 1865. was twenty years old
August II, 1861, and as applied to
myself, the order would cut me ont of
the service by seven years, and to in
clude me / would have to have enter
ed the service at thirteen years of age,
SO you can see the order of President
Wilson disfranchises all the Confeder-
ate and Federal soldiers from holding
as fourth-class postmasters. We will
need the Confederate and Federal
Soldiers, their sons and sons-in-law,
and with such a wholesale disfran-
chsement of their rights under our
constitution and common justice, the
democracy will lose many votas, and
when it comes to writing the next
Democratic Platform and say we APP
prove of this order there will be much
trouble aboard for democracy.
II have seen drummers from all
parts of the country, and have yet to
find a man or woman who approves of
any such proceedings. The republi-
cans and democrats are all united as
against the sixty five year limit. If
the President has any friends about
Washington they had better see him
at once and get the sixty-tive year
limit cut out and let all rest on the
competency of the applicant and not
on age limit.
There has never been King, En-
peror or any Of the Cars of Rome who
DISTINGUISHED the defenders of their
Governments, in any such wholesale
way before. This is poor food for an
other Presidential election for us. The
republicans would have given the OLD
soldiers "pie pie treatment by the
side of Wilson treatment melted out
to them by bis order of May 18th, 1913
| have been your substantial friend |
in all your campaigns, having fully |
Endorsed your policies and took and |
kept up my subscription to your Com
moner, and is this the way that ano
thousands of other old soldiers are to
receive our reward2'
A fair minded person cannot but ad-
NIT that this is rank injustice, and
should be changed. In as much as it
especially Injuries many Confederate
veterans, ana as we desire fair play to
the old soldiers of each side, we speak
in condemnation of the order, and |
feel that the wisdom of the depart
meut will see the folly of such a
course, and remove this unfair age
restriction.
MI. fon4,.., nf Al ~