Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-05-01
THE PRESIDENTS GENEROSITY!

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overgrown fortune. No other manin our
Republic has been so bountifully dealt
with by the People. Having rolled up
vast fortune, he is now in tho receipt of
$4,000 per annum, and resides in
Palace magnificently furnished from the
Public Treasury.
We have had frequent occasion to ex-
pose and reprobate his prohigacy as a
Politician, and his worthlessness as the
Executive head of the Union. We come
now to show him mean, sordid and un-
grateful as man.
In his Political Journey through our
State, last summer, it will be recollected
that extraordinary efforts were made to
initiate, in the pageantry of his "Recep-
tion," tho pomp which distinguishes the
movements of the Monarchs of Europe.
The parade at Black Rock resulted most
disastrously for one ofhis political friends
who was stationed at Cannon used on
the occasion. That man, who supported
a Family by his industry, was not only
manned for life, but was deprived of the
arms on which the Family relied for its
subsistence.-In his extremity, that man
! C,.r,,
was ADVISED 10 applleo 10 the Chlcf Ma
o;strato in wbosa serv;ca and far ,vboso
e''""'' :" "''0'0 'S''~0 "N AVA ""oSo
honor he was wounded. for relief. Hero
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is the petition -
ToNAwANDA, Jau. %, 1910.
| To His Excelency Martin Van Buren,.
Dear Sir-Wth feelings of pride and Measure
Joined nv fellow citizens in your reception at this
place, on the second day ofSep,ember last.
nv rish, arm blowed off, NV side severely manrIed
and nv ewes nearly DESTROYED by the premature
discharge Of the cannon with which we were saut-
ing your departure.
This sad accident, attributable 10 no imprudence
! of mne, has confined me TO bed Of sickness four
| months: and during much ofthe time my recovery
has been considered improbable, owing TO the
wounds in my side, with which am still afflicted
My long continued illness has exhausted the little
means of support with which was blessed. And
have now large family, consisting OF decrep-
id revolutionary father, wife and seven children,
| dependent upon me for their daily bread.
! The loss of my arm, the affection of my ewes,
and the otherwise impaired state Of my health,
doubly so to me by the dependant and unhappy
Becoming prde feel aeepv ; anxious to avoid i he
Illuminating prospect before them. Ihls change
formity, and the nearly destitute situation of my
application o WOW for such assistance @ s von nav
ice, wiling, under the peculiar Circumstances , to
hope that your generosity will enable me, with my
being compelled to seek public charity. And, dear
,U 1Sa as
titude and blessings ofgra'etul hearts will follow
for the happiness Of our beneiac,or.
We the undersigned citizens Of Tonawanda do
certify that we are well with Mr. parks
respect to his misfortune and circumstances are
good habits.
I iahn Briggs ss.,. IaTrens s,h rehard'
Rufus R flaming, ISeob kebI1er,
Stephen Hui, DAME! c. Jacobs,
Amos nl. I Pe,,el. Daniel Smith n'
,,. ,, Loren .sn 1 Daly. e.,p
.,c., Ir"..1
N his svmnatbv. his penerositv and hi,
;vs,;oo WIZ n,s ,,o ,n,,,,nt oc -o,;oe
J''. w 80, Wv "''' " .'i,''
ti'a' our Chlei magistrate extended 10 the
destitute wife and children Of the man
who was thus manned and mutilated in his
sor,,;co uon, much of Ii. ,h,nao..
wealth did Mr.. Van Buren, bsstow upon