[51]. Act of January 7, 1854, sec. 14.
[52]. Acts of Jan 21, 1853, and of January, 1855, sec. 29.
[53]. Act of February 18, 1852.
[54]. Act of February 18, 1852.
[55]. Act of January 14, 1854.
[56]. Sec. 106. Act March 6, 1852.
[57]. Enormous sums are, however, given to soldiers who were wounded during the war, or who pretend that they were—for jobbery on an unheard of scale is practised in connection with these pensions. It is estimated that $120,000,000 (24,000,000l.) will have to be paid during the present fiscal year, for arrears of pension, and the number of claimants is constantly increasing, [The writer evidently got these “facts” from sensational sources.]—Am. Pol.
[58]. The undeniable facts of the case were as we have briefly indicated above, See, for example, a letter to the ‘New York Nation,’ Nov. 3, 1881.
[59]. Speech In New York, March 7, 1881.
[60]. ‘New York Tribune,’ Feb. 25, 1870.