Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-26
To re Honorable the Senate and House of Re
presentafiues OF the United Sfetes

unanimously adjusted. The memorial is as f J.
lows:
To re Honorable the Senate and House Of Re-
personalities Of the United States
Your memoirs lists. rtsldr1its Of Trumnull
county. Oiio. and vicinity. would RESPECTFULLY
rerr-s-nt. that they are soldi. rs of the late war
with Great britain. declared by The United States
on the lcth siay sf june. l6l2; that tia, V we're
ehls sted, were volunteers. or were drafted miliiia
in said war. and faithfully served ont their res
~ ctIv- te ms of service, or as long as their SER
yIcrs were r.quired; that they Were at tn time
of said war, mostly residents of the Northern and
Western frontier. and therefore their services
-wrrr required at points of great peril. wherr the
means of SUBSISTENCE We're scarce and obtained
with difficulty, and where the ri-k of disease
and death was very great; and your memurial-
-i<rs say that in the f%rpnfier CAMPAIGNS. many
~soi.lier< contracted diseases of which they died
in the service ar SION after. and some of them
left widows who arr now IN u suff ing cundi-
lion. whii- some of them are still suff ring from
.dis-as-s. the seeds OF which We're r. crlyed INTO
the system in those campaigns They also I--
present that many Of the soldiers of said war ARE
now in straiehteue.i circumstances. while q large
Iropo rion OF their nuini'er are IN a suffering coll
dition. and a few, thy are tree to admit. are in
comfortable circumstances; bHt as an ofs-t they
are compelled To stale that o few are now pau
pers, and are supported in the P,H,r Huusrs of
the several cnuntiss of their resiirnc.. They
say hat quite recently. two old s.IIiers have
died in the Por House of TruInI,ul couniy. and
-four more are nov r-siding there and are SUP
ported at the put,lic expense
Your n-mnrialists wuuid further represent
that the Government has long since adopted the
policy of rewar,lIng those who have served in
her wars. by giving TO zach a small annual al
Iowance or PENSION. 10 aid in their support m de-
eliuIng age; that il 1915 a pension law was
rassed granting "a all whe had s-ryed in the
x rolutionary War nine months, u p~nsion of
-nrnety-six dollars PER year. This act was ,assed
oily 35 years after the close of that war, and at
a tune when our nation was comparatively fee
Die. when the fuanc-s of the natinn were In a
G 'ndition vrrgiug on To bankruptcy, and while
a large national debt was hanging over her aud
was criPliug her energies Afterwards this pol
icy WIS largely extended by the act of ls28. and
in 1872 a law was passed making the pension
system much mere extensive-fhus doing a SIM
pir act Of justice to The heroes and patriots who
fought the battles of the Revolution and by their
ex rtions secured the Independence of the Ma
ton. This last act was only 49 years ritter the
close of the Revolutionary War. 1t is now Al
yesrs sine the close of the late war. Our goE-
erument has become great in material wpalth,-
has added tn Its domain TERRITORY of extent suf-
hcient to make empires. and of caJsacity to .rp
port IN dHurHct mliltns oil IRE cltIz-ns, with Z
an income when compared with her inerne in
IslS, that might be considered magnificent. and
tn therefore, your memoir lists humbiy submit hat
it would lie the gn,ssrst inju-tIcr .os we'll as ar
simoniousness to longer withhold Justice fru,n
the soldiers Of the late war When their country
called they ~promialy sfepred forward in the
time Of peel. and i'nared the hardsbips and dis
ease of frontnr campaigns. and rendered their
country some srrylcr; tA@y dnred PrrIis and dan
geKs. end BY rtieir strong arms and manly hero
ism protected the lives and property of her ciii-
sens. preserved her national honor untarnIshed,
and her fig from insult, and wrenched from an
imrlacable foe the victories of our second war of
indsp-nd-nce
Your memorialists cannot but regard their
nation as able to met the small demand upon
her treasury which the Old Soldiers bill would
create: they cannot but regard the present hnan-
eiai embarrassment as q Temporary affair; Tor If
they thought otherwise they would seorn 70 ask
the hands Of their gov, rnment even Justice;
and they believe they have patriotism enough
still abiding IN their bosoms. to enable them to
suff r on but they can see no danger of Ierma
nent Embarrassment. and they AJAX this act of
Justice With a feeling Of confidence in the abiIi-
~ of the government to respond.
Your nenorialis.s do not como as bsggsrs,