Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-25

Consia ant Rowlee, Bazetta. samuel Wilson, Weathers
llavld DenuIs0n, Liberty. held
MARSHA Stanley, Newton Joel Downs, warren,
Elhanan W. Livinss, Wealth
ersheld,
After the Roll was made up che Chairman
cried Attention in true military style, when
the ceremony of calling the roll and responding
thereto was gone through with, to the great
delight of all A motion for recess was car
ried, and the meeting dispersed.
On coming together in the afternoon the bu-
siness Committee reported the following memo.
rial and resolutions, which were adopted.
The following are copies of them:
MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable, the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States
From Memorialists. residents of Trumbull
county, and vicinity, Ohio, would respectfully
represent that they are soldiers of the late war
with the Great Britain, declared by the United
States, on the 18th day of June, 1872, that they
were enlisted, were volunteers, or were drafted
Militia in said war, and faithfully served out
their res peeti7e terms of service; or as long as
their services were required; that they were, at
the time Of said war, mostly residents of the
Northern and Western frontier, and therefore,
their services were required at points of great
peril, where the means of subsistence was
the risk of disease and death was very great;
and your memorialists say that in the frontier
campaigns many soldiers contracted diseases of
which they died in the service or soon after,
and some ofthem left widows who are now in
4 suffering condition, while some of their num-
Der are still suffering from diseases the seeds of
which were received into the system in those
campaigns. They also represent that many of
the soldiers OF said war are now in Strengthened
circumstances, while large proportion of their
number are in suffering condition; and few
of them, as they are free to admit, are in cJm-
Portable circumstances; but as an offset they are
compelled to state that few are now paupers.
and are supported in the Poor Houses of the
several counties of their residence. They say
that quite recently TWO old soldiers died IN the
Poor House of Trumbull county, and four more
are now residing there and are supported at the
public expense.
Your memorialists would further represent
that the Government has long since adopted the
policy of rewarding those who have served in her
wars by giving to each small annual allow
ance, or pension, to aid in their support in de-
clining age; that in 1918, Pension law was
passed granting to all who had served in the
Revolutionary War, nine months a pension OF
ninety-six dollars per year. This act was pass
at time when our nation was comparatively
feeble; and also at time when the finances Of
the nation were in a condition verging on to
bankruptcy, while a large National debt was
hanging over her, and was crippling her ener-
gies. Afterwards this policy was largely eX-
tended by the act of 1928; and in 1892 a law
was passed making the pension system much
more extensiye,-tbus doing a simple act of
Justice to the heroes and patriots who fought
the battles of the Revolution, and by their exer-
tions secured the Independence of the Nation.
| This last act was passed only 40 years after
the close of the Revolutionary War. It's now
A years since the close Of the late war Our
Government has become great in material
wealth, has added to its domain territory of ex-
| tent sufficient to make empires and OF capaci-
ty to support in affluence millions of free citi-
zens, with an income, when compared with her
income in 1918, that might be considered mag
niicent; and, therefore, your memorialists sub
NIT that it would be the grossest injustice and
parsimonious to longer withhold justice from
the soldiers of the late war. When their coun-
| try called they promptly stepped forward in the
] time of need and brsved the hardships and dis 8.
ease of frontier campaigns, and rendered their
country some service; they dared perils and
dangers, and by their strong arms and manly
ueEOlsAn PIOsSSeSu euC iiNSS duu ptOpSltl VI hSA
citizens, preserved her national honor unfair
nished, and her flag from insult, and wrench
| ed from an implacable foe, the victories of our
second war of Independence.
| Your Memorialists cannot but regard their
nation as able to meet the small demand upon
| her Treasury which the old soldiers bill would
create; they cannot but regard the present f.
nancial embarrassment as a temporary affair;
| for, if they thought otherwise they would scorn
| to ask at the hands of their government even
justice; andthey believe they have patriotism
enough still abiding in their bosoms to enable
them to suffer on; but they can see no danger
| of permanent embarrassment, and they ask
this act of justice with feeling of confidence
in the ability of the government to respond.
Your memorialists do not come as beggars
a-king 'little aid for charity" but they ask
that their government for which they have al
ways felt warm and glowing feelings of patriot
ism, should meet out to them that JUS
tice which it has always extended to the Sol.
oiers Of the war of the Revolution, and grant
them that reward which they believe they have
richly earned. And your memorialists will
ever pray DC.
WARREN, Trumbull Co., O., Jan. 20. '5s.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Rssolred, That the Memorial which has been
read to the meeting of ,Old Soldiers" to-day be
adopted, signed by all present and forwarded to
Senator Wade for presentation to Congress
Resolved, That we call upon all good citizens
to step forward and petition Congress calling