The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-28

utons adopted by the 9th Of January Convention, at
Warrington ~.
Gen. Cooxss said-That having prepared and reported
the resolutions just read he asked leave to make few
remarks in their support No other time and occasion
but the present could have induced him to mako pub
lie address He sick at heart with hope deferred
in reference to matter Of much Importance to him,
which had been pending before Congress for years.
without FINAL action But to meet with many boys Of
1S12-some of them his companions in arms through
bloody scenesand to them still vigorous and hope
full, although covered with gray hairs, was gratiaca-
ton too great to be passed by In silence He thanked
they might still live till justice done them all.
At any rate they might rely him to stand by them
and assert Their rights for let who would faint OF fater
the last.
II will be remembered that the treaty of peace which
September, 1883, and on the 18th Of March, 1915 a
general pension act was sed by grateful Congress
roc struggle Thirty and fifteen days had then
only Elapsed The treaty at Client which terminated the
Of en ns
since rolled heads and while most of those who
shared pers and prvatonsether poured out their
blood upon the battle eld have long since gone down
to the grave in consequence of those prvatlons-and
others with blasted frames and ruined health
lingering out their last days in penury and want
have been preserved to up here to claim their
rights. Shall we ask them IN vain Why should not
and brsthrsn be cared for as were our reyou-
tionary fathers Are aliens and bastards that
should be turned OF with neglect and scorn from the
doors of Congress
of two wars were hanging Now it is overflow
ing with gold and nothing due which cannot be paid at
q moments notice.
Then az to the public lands Who has a better right
to them than haveS Nay who will dare to try titles
with us Look at the history of the great
wilderness and see how II redeemed from the
ages and wild beasts Did not the national treasury pay
for them9 Did not blood moisten them? Sir, the
son Of an old hunter OF Kentucky has right to speak
Main on MS gub Hia
ington at Yorktown, and then crossed the Allegheny
mountains with his old -fahoned, revolutionary wing
rife and helped Daniel Boone to whip the Indians out of
that God favored land called Kentucky (feld of blood
After you this side OF the tains enjoying
eps with thss ae. in r % DV for ten long
years-and not until after Wayne's glorious victory at
the Rapids in l779 did We have peace with the ferocous
Indians northern and western frontiers. Yet
sir, to this day have these services and suferings
NAMED unacknowledged by adequate remuneration
And what did do during the war OF 1872 II the
records of the War Department shall be examined it will
be found that Kentucky shed more red blood than any
state u the IL
bell triumphed. AT Raisin, where Allen, Hart Meads
Montgomery, and six hundred brave companions were
the two sieges Of Fort Meg and Dudleys defeat the
9Th Of May 1878, and at the glorious victory the
om se at ss
glorious triumph at New Orleans, (whose anniversary
this day celebrate0 Kentucky bones were left to
bleach every field of conflict Is it not almost time to
give some evidence of public gratitude to the silver
haired survivors2 Shall the widows and children OF the
dead appeal in vain to Congress for small portions of the
great country viii III their and fathers fought
forp While they are unprovided for-many OF them
poor and Ian lesswhat right have strangers to come
from the and share heritage free OF
chargef What right have the surcnarged despotsms OF
the Old World to throw off their of the earth on
usto empty their poor houses and prisons upon New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans, filing
them with beggars pickpockets thieves, burglars and
robbersthrowing their dead cats into our wells OF living
water2
1t is true this country the asylum for the oppress-
ed Of other nations, when driven from their native
homes by ruthless despotism--so may it ever be-
but those who seek hospitality and protection must
submit themselves to laws, and not attempt to 60
vern own SOIL or take from our children their
lawful inheritance.
Why sir, according to the doctrines of national le
gislaton now coming in fashion while the vile wretches
who desoated seaboard during the late waT stood
by at Raisin and Megs and saw unmoved, Kentucky
brother soldiers massacred and burned and the villains
who fred the capitol and threw into the streets the
ty pes and press OF the National Intelgecer by sim
pie declaration Of an intention to become American ct
will each Of them have hundred and sixty
of LAID, the gallant militia of New York and Vermont,
who eped to drive back the English and their
allies at Plattsburg 1.-THE Saratoga Of the second OF
Independence the Maryland Minute men, who immor-
tazed themselves at North Point the Pennsy
luneers who aided Perry to annihiate the enemy on
Lass Erie and the louisiana Tennessee and Kentucky
would get but forty acres EACH about enough for
den and graveyard.
measures which rally the bats used by ambi
ous politicians to gain high places What would have
II,
onipg the poor survivors of Gen. Westinghouse bare
footed soldiers who marched the Delaw the
ice and gained those brilliant victories at Trenton and
Princeton, they bad dared to divide out public do
main among the Hessiaus who fought against usS
Thank God, there evidence throughout the length
ana breadth Of the land Of uprising feeling in the
American heart to rebuke,such crying injustice Stand
to your arms my boys the old soldiers Of the lndian
since 1880 and those who fought in 1872 viii yet
get their rights and will the widows orphans Of
those who have died been killed. Great appause
Our red brethren too who fought by side will
be neglected On the Niagara frontier and in the North
west as well as in the South, many Of them behaved
with heroic self devotion. Gen. Coombs had seen them
in battle, and few had been under his command,
and lie would vouch for their fidelity and courage.
This broad and beautiful land with a its rivers and
mountains and fertile plains, belonged to them 1t
is nov, leaving the red ground enough
to bury their dead this side great Father OF
Waters. And In the far West we are circumscribng
their dominion to the Rocky Mountains and the praries
our duty to stand by them and vindcate their rights
now, they stood by and fought for during the
He knew 1t would be difficult TO prove up their
dividual claims for they had regular muster rolls,
but far as possible let 1t be done and satisfaction
dered.
The Six Nations Of New York sent forth hundreds of
warriors, who had coRst scrupes
ing the Niagara river into Canada many Of whom fell in
battle and others returned mutilated for life. Gen.
Jackson aided by portions Of the Cherokee
and Cbickasaw tribes in the South and Gen. Harrison
Of the Shawnees and Others In the Northwest Our
government Is bound by every principle OF honor and
gratitude now to reward those services literally.
And what 1t necessary for Gen. c. to say OF our
hardy tsrs and brave Marines who had spoken In thun
der tones every and inland during the late
war; had won victory after victory the naughty
self styled mistress Of the ocean, taught lesson
proud enemy which the rolling Of hundred years
will not blot outS Shall any Of them be neglected
Never. (Appause)
Gen. Coombs then gave q rapid and graphic description
Of the great Northwestern wilderness the commence
ment Of the Of 1872 and with present
civilized and prosperous condition Then Fort Msckinaw
had been surprised and taken by the British before the
garrison heard of the declaration Of The little fort
at Chicago had been abandoned and the garrison way
laid and murdered its march to Fort Wayne and
Wells, the Indian agent, tomat awked and scalped.
Soon afterwards, Hull surrendered Detroit and all
Michigan territory. The settlement at the Maumee
Rapids was destroyed and nothing remained but few
standing chimnies. With the exception Of two small
stockade forts Wayne and Harrson) an inhabtant
but hostile Indians, could be found between Lake Erie
and the Mississippi river. The first was besieged by
the enemy in large force and only relieved by