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r*holders. [Applause.]MRS. LINCOLN.I'The Radical p*rty has done many things that never were done before in this country. The pension of three thousand dollars per year granted to Mrs. Lincoln is a small nlfnir of itself. but it is a new feature in our legislation A pension to the soldier or the sailor who has been disabled in the military or naval service has been uniformly allowed, but a civil pension allowed to the family of a man who himself had enjoyed the honors and emoluments of the highest positions in the gift of the people,* h a novelty in the land, and is only another evidence of the reckless audacity of the party in power, and of the utter disregard of the restraints of the Constitution, as well a3 the demands of common justice. Mrs. Lincoln is a lady of fortune, and was residing in Europe when the pension was granted She was in no sort of need of the appropriation, but the Radical party has become nuibitiuuof imitating ihe fashions and customs of European society, and like all imitators, they select the follies, the defects, and the absurdities of foreign systems to the neglect of all that is virtuous or good among them. England has a civil I ension roll, and those who figure highest upon the list are of all men least in need of the money. If we are to have one, too, it is appropriate that the first person selected should be • as far removed from the pressure of want us possible.until a mem be d ced a bill, w all these point-House or not I stuck in the coThe la?t iteu your attention mi-sioners win search the (Jari negroes who lt;million to been It was generalcircles, before twould return v anti that they 'wand half-naked ie elements olcomm un it v. 1*canopy of heat the annexation incorporated ii cast three elect Rut the misdee he'd as houndh have violated, wan ton I c sacri liberties lias blt; the Sovereign iS reduced to the upon the impei raeut.
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Frankfort Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
Frankfort, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1871
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