Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1888 — Insulting Language to Soldiers. [ARTICLE]

Insulting Language to Soldiers.

Extracts from Cleveland's Veto Message—Dependent Pension bill. Feb.. 11.188". “I cannot believe that the vast army , of Union soldiers, who have contentedly resumed their places in the ordinary avocations of life, justly regard the present pension roll, on which their names appear, as a roll of honor, desire at this time and in the present exigency to be confounded with those whc through such a bill as this are willing to be objects of simple charity, and to give a place upon the pension roll through adeged dependence. In the execution of this proposed law under any interpretation, a wide field of inquiry would be opened for the establishment of facts largely within the knowledge of claimants alone : and there can be no doubt that the race after the pensions offered by this bill would not' only stimulate weakness and pretended incapacity for labor, but put a further premium on dishonesty and mendacity.