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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty ft nc{ Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear 8hall Awe." VOL. 15. M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. NO 32 K uietler. J'UtlMSIIBD KVBRVBWlSDREiDAr BT van • RMTOR ASTD PROPKTKTOR ^ : Office la Bloel.1 • TJ51HH O* saevmiPTioif. If Sot Paid within Three Month#...... .. 3.00 ^nijscript'^tiH received for tlureo or sis saontho i\s the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS.' PAUL huown, TTORMIcr AT r,*w. IT *». Express Co.*s i. Building, #7 and 89 Washington 9t. CHICAGO, II.L. 1M. T. Btt, LS WORTH, TTORNKT at I,aw, «n<i Solicitor IB Chan- k. eery, Xunda, III. ASA W %M!ITH, Attorney at t.a w and solicitor in Ohaaoory.--Woodstock, III. Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising n t«« Phisiirurr, and anje.tvor to state 'hn-n so plafnlv tint they will be reuiljly un- or ar,<i> 1. They are *e follows: - ? 1 In<*h'<»ne year - -f •> SM 2 Inches one voir. - • . 10 •*> 3 Inches one ye ir - . - * • 15 00 H Column one' yoi* <•* » SO no X Oolumn one yea** . , i BO Oft Oolumn one y e i - . v ^ s - • • < , «. 100 00 One inch means the mei'nrement of one ine.h down the column, single colnmn width. Yearly advertisers, at theabovo rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they choose, without, extra e,har«re. Resular ad rertiser* (meaning those having standing c.-wda) will be entitled to insertion •f local no.ticos at the rule of .1 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per 'mo the it- st week, and S cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient adrertise-nents will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the tlr*t Issue, and 5 cents per line for subsequent isaiiea. Tlr'.s, an inch advertisement will coat 11.00 for one week, 11.50 for two weeks, #3.00 for thr«e wev-ks.iknd so on. The Plaindralbk will be liberal in giving ed.toriul notices, lint, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. O J. HOWARD. M. D, OlIY-ICl x N AM> SURGROV. WeHenry, I HI. Office at "-esHence, olio block east Of Public School Building * O. H. fEGKtt-J, M. U- OHYSlCiAV \ND SUIWKON, MeHenry, I Ills. Ofllee at Resilience. • VVH.-O'tBDRTB, M. ». PflYSlClAJT A*» SlTR«KO«. O«oe at Residence, West Mctfenry, HI. Calls promptly attended t > day an i night. BARBIAN BROS. ; Cigar Manufacturers, Mc Henry, 111. Oir-ders solicited. Shop, la Old MeHenry, In Keiter Block, third door west of Riverside 9U>use. JCHLYS * C V^BY. Attorneys at law, Woodstock Hi; All business will receive prompt atten­ tion. A V. P. BARKES, T TORN ICY, Solicitor, and Ocilulor, Collections a specialty. , . WOODSTOCK, 1LL1WOIS • * V. S LUMI.EY. • • Attorney at i.aw, and solicitor in Chanuerv, WOOWTOOK,'ILL. Ofllcein Park House, ilrst ftstfr, A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One H undre.lTwent v-Five State St Chi­cago, 111. Special Attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. 4VA Fall Assortment of Goods in bis live United States ffar Cliii Apcy OF-- WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all elans $• and binds of claims against the United .Stale* tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made In prose<iun;ig old and rejected claims. All commun'eations promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. W M , H . C O W U K Office at Resldenoe, Madison St., Woods toe*, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MoHbmrv, III, April 1st, 18S8, T would resneftfit'llv invite the Public to call and examine :n / stock of Horses before makirst arrangements elsewhere. No busi­ ness d.no on Sun lay. '•# 9. OOLBY • M'HBNKV IU -; Livery Stable. witf-HTKAN, eroprietor. ITOil nLV class rigs, with or without drlvere Teaming of furnished at reasona ble rates, ill feimla done on short notice ^ ̂ "" ^ NEAR THE DEPOT, 'iTEST MoHiENRY, ILL Keeps open for the accommodation oftbe* Public a First-CI ass Saloon and Restaurant, ' * fhMre he will at all times keep the beet brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the market. Also Agent for FALK'8 KILfUAKEI LASER BIER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs Bo**1®* •}}* jrays^n hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders hy mail promptly attended to. j s uoon UTABLiya FOR HORSES. «(|^U and see as. Robert SoMessle. lUilleary,-IIU. ' A. SALOON AND RESTAURANT. MoHENRV, ILLINOIS. Pine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, Quintette Orchestra, Mc HENRY. ILL. Are preparedi to furaisld First Ola«s Mu*l<* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Sni'th, 1st Violin. Itobt. Maddon. Clarionet, O. CurilH, Comet. L, Owen, Trombone, K, Ingalls, Baaso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith,' iielieiury. SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address in the (Jilted Sta es for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all orders to RICHABD X. FOX, F&AirKLiir SQUARB, New York ATTENTION ! Farmers and Dairymen. It|wlU pay those looking for < CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to aall at >T premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the car . or single cow. PORTER H. WOLrRUM, OHKMCVO. farm about tour miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker JSc «Jeweler 9 MoHENRT. ILLINOIS. AriNK stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry alwavson hand. Special lattentlon given to renairlng line watohas. Give me * CalU JOHN P. SMITH.. McHENRY HOUSE, MoHoury, Illinolel. JOHN THELEN Proprietor. fhls House is situated near the Tron Bridge and opposite the Steamboat Lin linn, has been newly renov;ite'l and painted, inside tin*! out! in>l is now prepared to accommodate the traveling public, or boarders, by d iv or week, on ilie inoil re asonable teriiia, an l gu iranteej to give satisfictina. Thoi public is in- Tiled to give me ajoall. -:o:- CALESMEIU 0 WANTED. 11 --AND-- •tit. any quantity from * Snitz 01asa to^lGO barrera. T W«1 U,S ALEoa RETAIL Beer in bottles, ke^a 6r ca?e at ^eap]is the cheapest. ; We buy none but the jfril at ttea*oa<ible Pricea. , Call and see me ? f«u well. ' ANTONY and i wmm To canvass for the sale of Nursery Stock. Steadv emp'ovment ituarantee I. SALARY and EXPESSES pi 'd to successful men iiK age. Mention this A4B BR04. CO, Rochester, IT Y. ' • . t' lit III I llll) I ifl'.l I nii'i Ci. He S1M0S STCfFSL, . to, \ Phcenix of Brookfyn. Agent i»r| pockford Insur'ceCo l/ium* -uil r..-,nl.> In-urancc placed safciv and with dcspstr.h in eit.lie^.of above companies. Policies cor.ecte'l, changes and iraDstors >uade. Call on or address V ' . /J;.';.;\:SIinon Stoflel. • i^Teit'If I inois, "V^a v e r l y HOUSE, WM. H.KOTNOUR, Profry WOODSTOCK, - > Sample Room on First Floor. NEW YORK HOUSE*; 239 tc 243 E. Randofph St. Franklin and ; Market Streets* CHICAGO. Beat Accommodation to Itacaier* txtid Boarders E. G. KOEPPE, Prop. tlBPBRDAlT, QOOU SAMPLE BOOK. A Hrst-clas» Houte. The Hoys All Slop There. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Id very. QdodSam^e Room. FREE BUS TO A V/> FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PA TROAS OF THE HOUSE. I run a line of earrlaies <o T»ln T.akes from i iebmond, three-fuiirths ofa mile nearer than any other road, and'more level and pl'-asant bv f:ir. If you intend dninff to Twin Lake^t, Mtop at 'ttiehm»n<i and inquire for CULVER'S JUM Iti-alwr.vs there, rain or ahute, ttouixl trip priceitas usua,. . € . N . C U L V E R P r o p . WANTED!; SALBSMKN to sell Xursery Stock VII tj!<H>d« Warranted PIRST CL ASS, l 'fi manent pleasant, profitable positions tor tue right slmen. Goo«i saiurios aiiil expense * paid week ijly LibTuI inducemenis to ^'ginners. Sio Iprevious experience neccHsary. Outtit free. W rile lor terms, giving age. CHARLES H. CHASE. Nurseryman. ttochester, N. V -Mention this paper. n«i!m* Pump Practical Painter AND PECOttATER, HEBR01, Paper-Hanginfl, CEMEMTINC, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to flo all lobs In the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or vill put in XTew Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. C*n furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Oood references furnished if desired. If you want ft Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. •^•Orders by mail £«^4MBce, Johnsburg ty mail promptly hnaburgns U). attended to. L. BANTES. Johnsburgh, III., Xay attbi 1MB. -BBEEDBRS OF- VtORGAN HORSES. Short Horn, Bid FjUI Aagu, And Jersey Cattle. > Sillside Farm, West McHenry, III. OKT Morgan Stock is all pare bred, and jiiginated from the beat Morgan atoik In the United States. Old Gilford Morgan, who stands at the head yt our 9tock.»is one of the best bred Morgan norses in the country, and ban show more and 'tetter all purpo'e colts than any other horse in the West. We Invite the inspection of oar stock by horsemen and all lovers of line animals." A few full blood Morgan Colts and young oorses for sale. Also one matched team, full •iloods. tn Cattle we have the full blood Short llorn viiH 'h we are crossing with the Red Polled \nnusand therefore instead of sawing off the oorns ore are breeding them off and with good success, * A tew Heifers and Bulla, both pare bred •jhort. Horns and the oross above mentioned for sale. _ J. R. Sayior A Sons. West MoHenrv. III.. F«b. 27th. WW. CALOIMININQr GRAINING, 4tc »»•--1sarsa1 «»nry, ill., and satisfaction guaran- or addreaa,; GERMAN PaMiiler asi Empire Salve, Is the very best medicine ever introduced into the country. The following are the names of a few of the many who have been cured l>y this great medi Jine: si. P. Mader, Genos, Wis., cured of aathma if ten vears' stamiing. C. C.'Deigan, of the same place, cured of a chronic sore ll-ub. Mrs, J. J. Huff, Richmond, HI., cured of lung trouble of six mouths' standing. Mrs. Hulburt, Nuudn III.,cured of asthma md cstirrh of long standing. Mrs. Wetistein, Harvard, cured of internal trouble of ten years' standing. •Mr, Ilandeshall. of Harvard, cared of ca­ tarrh", scrofula, and varicose veina of Ave years' standing. _ Theodore llorrholii, of Harvard, cured of onrslysis of two veais' standing. This new nieilicine has cured bronc hitis, jcrotnla. abscesses, Ooils. burns, catarrh, et>.. «n i relieved asthra i and consumption for all who have used it. It is a sure and sate medi­ cine for all troubles and never fails t > give *a u si action. Try it under a full warrantee Price of Empire salve half ounce box,'23 cents; two ounce box, 75 cent*, or three D»xes for • 15®. Painkiller, one-ounce bottle, 25 rents; two-oui ce bottle, 50 cents. Call ou juui lruKKist for it, or send to V LENWARDS, Harvard. 1(1, for Mto by 6M. ¥. Boetoy.Weat MaBwit, life in Southern California. SEND 20 CENTS FOtt THE TWO. % I^os Aiigole». 7\niex Antiunt, 1S!W. 4^ It'eeMy Mirror, 12 pages --^ta«dMr>l pub i'v: I ion. Or send ti lor the Mirror h: weeks (684 large i>ages). Kullan-I v.-tiiwble inioroiaiion abest the most fP"An»;s scttrtn ot :he Union.- TTME-* M UtROR <0, 1 .os Angelea, C*l. L. W. NICHOLS, JR., ••• .... JEWELER AND; ENGRAVER, EICHMOND ILLINOIS. All work In mv line wbatlv and promptly done. Fine watch repairing a specialty. Cup & For sale by Coo. W. Besley. HAKLY BROTHERS. -ItKKRbSOKt- or- Lsters, Draft AKD GRADE H0ESES. We have the following stallions in service for the season of l?«>i tr?'H ls**> ' Toting Hambletonian Stullion. Foaled June St, 1^5. 8lands 15hands weight 1109 pounds. Is bright bay. black points. Has Bne style and gooii action. As a represcnta tive for getting good roadsters is hard to beat. "Von Leer" was sired bv Georere O- (9701), by Lskeland Abdallah, 85 1. First dam by Patchen, by Autocrat. Second dam Dolly, by Gilford Morgan. :v-^3 .CHVNCELLOR Having recently purchased a very fine imported Clydesdale Stallion, Chancellor, Jr for our own use, will breed a limited number of Mares outside Chancellor Jr. is 8 years oid this spring; is a Cherry Hay with black points; 16hands high and weighs altout 1,700 ponnus; strong, clean limbs, line action, ndid disposition. He was sired by Chancellor, (1310;, he by Drew l'rince of Wales, (073), I»am by Lofty, (460); grand Main by Duke of Well­ ington, (154,1); great grand dam by sir Wiilia-n Wallace, (804;. He combines iu his breeding the best blood gcotland ever had, and has proven his ability to get uniform Colta,of great size, fine form, strong and rugged. CHAMPION JR. The Peroheon Morgan Horse. He has proven himself a line stool; getter for general purp.isea, and cannot be beaten iu the North went. Parties who intend breeding the com ing season, will tlnd it to thetr ndvintage to call and tee our stock aud get our terms which will be reasonable. Mares from a distance will be well eared for,'at owner's risk, at moderate «aiet. Call and see us. HANLY BROS. Ktf W A N T E D ! A L E S M E to canvass tor the s i .e of Nursery stitck. A full line of lead in* speciaUie.s, SAl.ARY AND EXPENSES ptid to -u'-res-mi i men JSn experience nen^snrv. Write for terms Stating awe. ( Mention this paper ) C. L. Booth !?y ,KB0cSBSIEEl,JB.^k" WANTED, Men to take or lors i.n Nursery Stock.'on Rt!- ary or Commission, j . .tn make a sae^essful m Of any one wno will work and follow my ir structiou* Will fnrnish handsome outtit lree, andpay vour silary or com mission every week. Write"for terms at once. E. O. GRAHAM, Nurseryman, Rochester, N, T. Agents Wanted 1 Liberal Tkbmb will be given to introduce our new book, Bible Brilliants: ""HOST8 BIBLS STORIES, The greatest success of the year, and some­ thing entirely new in the boou line. Royal Quarto; size,'95^x11?^; flnefet of paper; large tvpe; 3-20 illustrations. B8 full page, two of them printed 111 nine colors; ret.iil price only |2.50 ThoupnnOs will lie sold for Holiday Presents. Those first in the field wiJJ reap a harvest. Act quick or you will miss it. * ' FORSHEE & MACMAKIN, Edited b/ WM. H, COWLlM, WOODSTOCK, ILL.-- "To care for him who hast borne the battle, and for fus wi-tow and orphans."--Lincoln, . * Friendship, Charity. IsoitaUy*- M~07thy sons of Patriot f\uhers." O A. ft. Directory. M'HEintT POST NO. 643 Meets the First Thursday evening of Met month L. E. Brwnktt, Oom. WOODSTOCK FOSt. WO 106. . Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month. W. H, Monbob. Oom. MDUDA POST, KO 226. Hoots the sAcond and fourth Tuesday evening* of each month. C- F. DIKE, Com. harvard post, no 965. Meets the second ana rourtn Monday even ings of each month. John Marshall, Com. Markwgo Post, no. iw. Meets every Second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. B. R Morris, Oom. wahoonda post, no. 368. Post meet* every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In G.'A. R. Hall, Main St. ABTHCR COOKS. Comi Oeosmbsr in Virginia--1862. Da leaves has blown away, De trees am black and hare, De day am cold and drnnp, De rain am In de air. ' iDe wailin'win's hab struck " v De strings of Na'ure's lyre ; J)e lm«oks am swollen deep, : De roads am iru-l and pnire. ' D? horses ysnk de team. . De wheels am stloken thar ; jDe Tankee massa yell-- I.OOA OR THU'KLIS'i. UDKRALPVt L P ermarent work. Quint: Selling STOCK WARRANTED. Kieirant Outtit fkkk. Kxperience not re­ quired. Cduiplut* iustruttiona to insure success. J4S. K WHITNEY, Nurserymaa, V. B&cbmter, N. t. De I-ord ! how he do swar I De oafs that he do tnkc. . > De nigger dis remember ; De Dutch. De Deuce, De Debbll, ? ---- all t'ings dat am ebU* ' '. '"i •loo* the Skirmish Llns. The ninth annual department encamp­ ment of Kansas was held at Salind Jan. 28-29-30. M. F. Soott, Perry, Mich, receat^r Re­ ceived back pension amounting to $1,445. The annual encampment, Department WiscouBin, G. A. R., will be held at Mil­ waukee March 18. The sixth annual convention of the Woman's Relief Corps of Kansas was held The State of Illinois furnished 258,162 men during the war of the rebellion. , The comrades of Columbus, 0., are tak­ ing steps toward erecting a monument in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga in honor of the Andrews raiders. The contract is already signed for the same which will be finished during the present year. The silent minority grows less year af­ ter year. Eight members of the Bloom- ington, 111., G. A. It.. Post have passed away since Jan. 1,1889. As age sums up time, the roll grows longer, and soon these comrades will be very lonely on earth, and care little for pensions or glory. Monuments will soar high wlien silence marks their records.--Vidette. Unique War Belio. Col. R. A. Crawford, of Atlanta, has in his possession quite a unique old war relic. It is a small Yankee canteen, sur­ mounted by an eagle with outstretched wings. The canton was presented to Col. Crawford a number of years ago by the Secretary and Treasurer of the 1st Mich, as a memento of the three stormy meetings between the two at the battles of Malvern Hill, in all three of which Col. Crawford confronted the Michiganders. The Federal soldier found out who was his fighting foe, and presented Col. Craw­ ford the canteen as a tribute of the high estimation in which they held him as a hard fighter.--ilacoh Telegraph. Becent Dsclsloni rendered by Ais't Seoretarj Bussey- PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE--LAV TESTIMONY. Where a soldier failed in his - original declaration to allege rheumatism as a disability, and failed also to furnish the Department with evidence of its existance during his life time, the presumption arises that said disease did not exist in the service atid did not result therefrom; but this presumption, though strong, may be overcome and outweighed by tes­ timony of officers, comrades and neigh­ bors, though unsupported by either recprd or medical evidence as to the ex­ istence of rheumatism either in the ser­ vice or immediately thereafter. Appeal of Laura Wright, widow of John J. Wright, late of Co. D, 15th Inf., No. 316- 908. (Modified affirmation of former decision ol November 17, 1888.)--Assis­ tant Secretary Bussey, September 24, 1889, . PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE--PROOF OF ORIGIN. 1. When there is no hospital nor other record of the existence of an alleged disa­ bility in the service, but a conclusive record of other disabilities for which claimant was treated, the mere existence of said disability, after the expiration of years subsequent to claimant s discharge, can not be accepted as the basis of a con­ clusive presumption that the alleged dis­ ability did originate and exist in the ser­ vice. The quality of the evidence is more important than the multiplication affi­ davits as to a giveiy fact.. 2. If "some­ thing more positive thau mere presump­ tion is necessary to justify the rejection of a claim/' it is equally necessary to jas- % the admission of tt. A claim sot proved must be rejected. Appeal of John B. Nessle, guardian of the minor children of Win, H. Nessle, No. 288,982. (Motion for reconsideration overruled.)--Assis­ tant Secretary Bussey, September 21, i88W^} - * ' V A ' C k x l d B e g i a a i a g . - • 6 • ' During the turmoil last week Maj. E. N. Morrill, the Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, thought he saw an opportunity to get through a small por­ tion of the pension legislation desired by the comrades, so he reported back from his committee th^ following bill, which he supported by a short but able speech, and asked for its immediate considera­ tion and passage: That in considering the pension claims of dependent parents the fact of the sol­ dier's death by reason of any wound, in­ jury, casualty or disease* which, under the conditions and limitations of sections 4,692 and 4,693, would have entitled him to an invalid pension, and the fact that the soldier left no widow or minor children having been shown as required by law, it shall be necessary only to show by competent aud sufficient evidence that such parent or parents are without other means of support, than their own manual labor or the contributions of others not legally bound for their support: Prv- ridtH], That no pension allowed under this act shall commence prior to its pas­ sage, and in case of applications hereaf­ ter made under this act tlie pension shall commence from the date of the filing of the application in the pension office. This was passed to a third reading without serious objection, ordered en­ grossed and then passed by the House. This was the first section of the depend­ ent parents and soldiers' bill passed by the 49th Congress and vetoed by Presi­ dent Cleveland. It changes the present rule so as to only require of parents to show that they are now dependent, and that they have no present means of support other than their own manual labor, or the contribu­ tions of others not legally bound for their support. It will do away with a great amount of special legislation, which has been and is being brought be­ fore Congress, to remedy cases of fla­ grant injustice. . It is a measure of the most obvious justice, and should have been passed years ago. Even at this late day it will bring relief to thousands of parents who gave their sons to the country, aad have been denied justice by the cruelly restrict­ ive laws.--Notional Tribune. General William Tecumseh Sherman is 70 years old to-day, Feb. 8. Any one who passes through Seventy-first street, west of Eighth avenue, New York, pan see, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the tall, erect figure of an elderly man seated at his library window. That he has had a military training no one who sees him can doubt. Strange as it may seem, many persons see him in the neighbor­ hood of his home, which is but a stone's throw from the west wall of Central Park and yet do not recognize him. It is "Old Tecumseh." His hair and beard are white. He is accessible to anybody with business. He is irascible to bores. He will help you get to your point if you have trouble doing it. An old soldier is always welcome. How much the old commander has given to needy veteran applicants nobody knows. He rises early aud resorts to his library, the walls of which are largely covered by himself and his generals during the war. His maps are his hobby. He has the original copies of the maps, and there is scarcely a day when he is not called upon to settle by reference some dispute as to a military maneuver made by* him­ self or some other general. His corres­ pondence is enormous. His public writ­ ing is mostly for the North American Review. He has^more invitations to speak before Grand Army posts than any other man in America. His receipts of begging let­ ters daily is simply enormous. He is a man about town in tt^e best of sense. Where distinguished men^arp welt known none is known better thau\heNvHe^ ban make a good speech and tell a goo&storyv He is a unique figure passing se<mtelv, happily down through the vale of honor­ ed years. He intended to gather some old friends about the fireside to-night. But Grant, Sheridan, McPbereon, Logan, Thomas, Kilpatrick and Hancock they will not be there. I : • * u.sf The Time Argome&t- A strong effort is made in what may be called the "time argument" against the present consideration of the service ten­ sion. It is pointed out by the opponents of the measure that the service pension was not granted the soldiers of the Rev­ olution until 35 years after the close of the war; that those of 1812 did not get it until 57 years after the close of the war, and the Mexican veterans not until 39 years. This showing loses all force when it is recollected that it is merely an exhibit of the successful meanness of the Govern­ ment in evading payment of its obliga­ tions until death had diminished the number of its creditors to the lowest point and so reduced enormously the amount thatft would have to be paid them. As it finally acknowl­ edged the debt, the showing above is merely one of shameless repudiation. There is another consideration which these opponents lose sight of, and that is, that if service is taken into account, the veterans of the war of the rebellion ought to have a general pension granted themia var? modi aborter Hum tfeaa tb« soldiers of any previous war, became their service was inconceivably longer and more arduous. The men who fought in the two wars with Great Brit­ ain were never, as a rule, in the Add for a longer time than a few weeks. They were called out to meet an emergency, anil when the emergency passed returned to their homes. It was rare indeed that they engaged in a pitched battle. For example, Washington's army--in the Revolution--hardly fired a shot from the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, to York town, October, 1781--over throe yerrs. Then was even less proporti <mate fighting in the war of 1812. Yet the ser­ vice pension of $8 a month to these sur­ vivors was given to aff who had served so much as 14 days, or had been present at a single skirmish. The average volunteer in the Mexican war did not begin to do as much service as the average three-months' volunteer during the rebellion. In the quotas o£ several large States, there was not ft single man killed or wounded. Contrast this with such service as thttt during the rebellion, particularly the Wil­ derness campaign, where scores of regi­ ments lost from one-half to two-thirds of their numbers within 30 days after en­ tering the field. In every country in the world active service in the face of the enemy counts much more in time than that performed out of contact with the hostile force. r , Any comparison of this kind would demonstrate that if the soldiers of the Mexican war received a pension in 39 years from the time peace was declared* those of the rebellion ought to have had it in about five years.--JVatwoai Mi . * y Jefferson Davis. A child of Northern parents, educated at West Point at the expense of his cotm- try, a Senator aud a member of a Presi­ dent's Cabinet, honored as a citizen and a statesman, but, like Benedict Arnold* a traitor to his country and bis flag. A leader in rebellion that brought gloom to millions of happy homes north and south, an object of clemency when the Union had been preserved, holding out to the last without a country and without a flag--has died. His personal friends aad one time followers, may do him honor, as a man, and we will not object, bat to honor the cause he represented and ehmg to till the last, in the name of ev« boy in blue, who cannot speak seUj-we .-.ri The true sentiment, as expi other is: "We may rejoice that our ernment has exhibited toward the lata rebels a generosity and a magnanimity without parallel in history, and that B0 blood was shed by the Government al­ ter the surrender at Appomattox. Bat with all this we must, if we would not dishonor the memory of our dead, or for­ feit the regard of our living soldiers aad sailors--with all this we must insist, al­ ways and everywhere, with emphasis that cannot be misunderstood, that the boys in blue were right and those in grey were wrong; that rebellion, slavery, State sovereignty, secession, and the firing on the flag were crimes against the Consti­ tution and the human race, anil that loyalty, fidelity to the Constitution, to liberty and to the Union and the defense of the flag were right, and not only right, but high, commanding, imperative duties. We must distinguish between the men of the South, who were mism and blinded as to their duties by a long course of false education and the cause for which they stood. In our zeal to prove our generosity and magnanimity toward our misguided brethren, we am in danger of exhibiting kindly judgment toward ttte wicked and dangerous doc­ trines for which they fought. 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