New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-22
Ertrnct nom a. Memorial.

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Extract )rca, the Memorial.
"The memoriaiists beg leave respectfully TO call
~ the recollection Of Congress that Lord Siirii5g
one Of the earliest most persevering, and inde-
s.,;.ob,e ns,rots OF the Revolution lie literally
rmbarkedh life and fortune in the cause, and literal
i lost ,brm both In the year 111o he was appoint
a. 10 the command Of the first Continental regimen,
,bst was raised in Nav. Jersey. de had tnc honor
o( receiving one OF the first votes OF thanks granted
bv Congress. In lsc winter oi l775-6, while ihe
Es;s man. of war was wing in the bay OF New ork,
CoIonel Lord Stirling embarked with a detachment
Of his or re gimsni and some volunteers from th2a-
bsthown in tlree small craft, ran outside oi Sandy
Hook 10 sea, boarted and, with muskery, carried
a transport ship OF three hundred tons. armed with
six guns and richly ireighted with stores for the
enemy, ana bore heT ltiunlphshly in'o ei'ii Hh'-
boy.
10 l776-7, he was with Gen. Washington in his
memorable retreat through NewJersey, and the
subsequent scenes of thatperilous aud eyenttu cam
papn. Early in l777, the British army ma,ched out
10 great force from Perth Amboy, and advanced rs
fr as the Short Hills with the view. as was sup
posed OF breaking up the winter quarters OF oi Geu-
eral Washng gton, al MorristoTn. Lord Stirring put
hims-lf at the head oi the few regular regiments
mon the lines, encountered the advance Of the Bnt-
isb army with great gailenIry and nj length, when
compelled by Superior numbers, retire, he took so
advantageous position "a TO check the advance OF
the enemy and irustraie his design.
"In the battles Of Long Island, Brand swine, Ger
mantown and Monmouth, be sustained conspcu'
Gus and efficient part. Ii his insuar sood tor
tune in the course OF the different periods TO
have commanded every brigede in The American
army, except those of South Carolina aud Georgia.
"But your honorable body will require no further
evidence of the merit and services OF Lord Surfing
than that he enjoyed from the commencement TO tne
,ermius.ou OF his military career the underwriting
friendship and confidence ofthe Commander IT. chie'
Gen Washing toms communication 10 Congress uii.
pouncng his death the ItteriDg resolutions passed
On recei.ing the intelligence, The kind uud touching
letter Of coincidence addressed by that liusfriOus
personage 10 The widow Of the deceased bear ample
testimony 10 the character ana SERVICES OF Lofo
Stirling.
" His representatives now solicit grant OF iaDc
as eouitably entitled, both TO the bountyand pro-
missed by the resolutions Of Cong-Sss o; l116 and as
compensa,ion for the Losses he sustained IN the
public service.
lion in lands 10 all officers who served during The
uar' Lord Stirling died iu January, 1893, and IL
has been held that his Gaze is not within the letter
of the resolutions as The war IL deemed not 10 ia'e
terminated until peace was formally proclaimed
But certsny the case comes within the spirit oil
the resolutions in question, for he entered The ser
vice at the commencement OF the war, ard continued
in II until afte. The preliminary treaty Of pence had
been sipned and actual hosilities had ceased; and
az the case il embraced by The terms OF tue re-
solutions of 1776 according TO the strict constfuc-
tion which they nave received, and es the bounty
land is now claimed on equitable grounds, Congress
not limited by the resolutions as TO e 0xtent ci
the grant, but may exercise lis discretion In accord
snce with the peculiar circumstances OF the case,
and give such Sniity oil land as may be deeRieo
an EQUITABLE compensation for the losses as well as
for the services of Lord Stirling; as those losses
were actually sustained in consequence Of his unin-
terrupted course Of military duty, from his frequent
absences upon Sisrap, service, the unavoidable ne
glsct of MS private aairs and the sacrifices which
resulted from the proceedings OF creditors resident
within the British lines wbo IN the course OF judi
ca, proceeding, swept the whole OF his landed pro
perty from him, ct not tithe OF It's value.
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