The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-18
From the Philadsiphia Argus.
The Roldiers OF 1917,


At q large and respectable meeting Of the sur
viving soldiers Of the OF 1872 held at the
ty court bouse on Saturday evening. the 18th in.
slant, the Hon. Joel h, Sutherland was appointed
President, William Allison and John Carroll, Vice
Presidents and Peter Hay and Colonel WiIllaIn
BOzorth, Secretaries.
The following resolutions unanimously
adopted:
Resoived. That, in the opinion OF this meeting.
the two Houses Of Congress would do act OF
strict justice to those who served in the several wars
Of the country by so modifying the present Bounty
Land law as to grant hundred and sixty acres
of land in every instance; and in case OF the death
of the widow, the benefit Of the law should extend
TO the children generally; and where an unmarried
person was in the service, and 10 dead his pa
rents, and in OF their death his brothers and
sisters, should be entitled TO his land.
Res0ipsd, That inasmuch as the marines have
esch received one hundred aud sixty acres OF land
under the Bounty law, each of the sailors toho
fought beside the marines IN the same battles are
equally entitled to a similar amount OF iandj and
that Congress be requested so to alteIsthe Bounty
act as to provide alike for those who served on wa
ter and those who served on land
ResoiUed, That it be recommended to Congress
to grant l60 acres Of land to those who were con
fined in the loathsome Dartmoor prison during the
war of 1912 and, in Of their death, that their
widows shall receive the said land, and where there
is no widow that the bounty shall go to the survv-
ing children. .... p. st..
Resolved. That it also be asked of Congress to
give l60 acres of land to the few remaining men
(and the widows and children of such as are dead)
who were prisoners at Tripoli. and who were made
to uork daily beasts of burden, under the brutal
lash of their Turkish taskmasters, for upwards Of
nineteen months, and that the Government be
urged also to pay them their representatives. for
their clothing and ratons, never yet received from
the public treasury, during that long period OF
outrage and imprisonment. . ..a
Resolued, That the Government should be just
before it is generous and that in our judgment it
will be time enough for Congress. after has given
its bounty those who serufd their country, to 60
In search Of new recipients Of its favor.
RssolUed, That the General Government is Justly
indebted 10 the men Of 1912, 1t did not pay them
when their services were performed, nor till many
months after their discharge, and then only In de-
preciated treasury notes. g-'..
Resolved That as the recruits enlisted about the
close OF the Mexican war, and who never reached
Mexico, (and were many of them only a few days
in service,) were granted l60 acres OF land, and
Immediately received their pay in good currency,
it is incumbent Congress to give an equal guam
tity TO all those who served Tor more extended
Resolved, That as the persons who performed
military duty in the war OF 1872, or the widows OF
those that dead scattered over all parts OF
the Union, grant TO them reaches almost every
family in the nation. Children and grand
children are interested in such bounty OF the
Government; consequently such a provision could
not fail to be popular with the whole country as
any act ever passed by our National Legislature
Resolved, That the thanks OF this meeting be
rendered to the two houses Of the Pennsylvania
Legislature for their unanimous, prompt. and pa
triotic recommendation to Congress to award 100
to all who took part in our glorious war Of
1912.
Rs,olved, That the kindest thanks Of this meet
ing be presented to those vigiant advocates OF
right and justice, the editors of the public press,
who have always supported, and are still ready
to support, the claims OF the old soldiers who are
still alive, and the widows of ouch as are dead, TO
a grant of l60 acres of the public domain, and
without whoee aid the resolutions OF this meeting
the voice of the people this subject be presented
to Congress
Resolucd, That our warmest thanks be rendered
to the Hon. John Wilson, Commissioner OF the
Land Office at Washington, for his recommeuda-
ton to Con gress to grant all who were out In our
wars one hundred and sixty acres OF land, and
that a copy Of the proceedings OF the meeting be
forwarded to him, signed by the chairman and
secretaries. ..~
Resolved, That We present our thanks to those
distn guished gentlemen of the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States who re
ported and ably supported the original Bounty
law, and respectfully solicit them TO modify IT, as
has been proposed in the preceding resolutions,
aud thus do an act of Justice to all who parcipa'
ted in the wars of the country.
Resolusd, That the special thanks OF this meet
ing be rendered to its chairman the Hon. }. b.
Sutherland, for the early, active, and unceasln g
exerions to procure the passage OF law to satisfy
the lust claims Of those who stepped forward to
defend their country, on land or sea, In times o
peril.
transmitted to the President Of the United States
the President of the Senate, and Speaker OF the
House of Representatives of the United States, and
to the members Of the two Houses OF Congress
from Pennsylvania.