The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-09-16
Proceedings Of the SOldicr$' Mass
Meeting held at UtiEy va
Se.Ss. Asia. lSSJ.

In pursuance oi a call, fair reprd senta,ion
of the soldiers ~ La Sale county al Ssembied
at the Court House in Ottawa.
At = o'clock p. ". the meeting " hs called
10 order 10y Capt Osman and Lid at + l.
iierrick, oil the 10th, was called to the chair
Captains Usman and Lothrop were chosen
secretaries.
| The object of the meeting was then briefly
stated by Capt. CogSwcll 10 be, To take inio
consideration The equalization Of boun;ie,
giser by the county from time 10 time ~
those euii,ting from the county.
/ Ga motion of Capt; Cogsweli, committee
Of five Was appointed to draft resolutions cx
/ pressive OF the wishes OF the soldiers. The
committee consisted OF Capt. Wm. Cogsweli,
/ Capt. ). ;. Loihrop, Capt /. {. Fullerton.
/ Captain W. II. Norton, and Sergeant j. c.
I Campbell.
/ Committee retired, and, after a short alb
sence, reported a. follows:
| To the honorable Body, tie Beard Of Super
rtsOrs Of La .SiAe C,ulty:
/ We, the soldiers of the county of La Sale,
I in msss meeting assent lcd, on TINS thirteenth
/ day OF Sept, IN per 1863. do hereby respectful
! " represent uhto your honorable body the
services We have rendered, the remuneration
" have received, the little that We ask, aud
respec.I lily pray your honorable body to
! grant unto Us that which we feel i'll justice
1--WE have "a l.ht 10 claim.
We enlisted in the service of our country
cary in the war, with no m ,tive 10 ac;uate
US save that vi patriotism, with no wish for
/ reward save the consciousness OF having
done Our duty aud received therefor the APP
probation of oar couu:rymen. With this
view, we served our country, at least, honest
! " and faithfully, cheeriully submitting to the
necessary discipline OF tie .rmy and, without
rnurmurng, endured III trials OF the camp,
the wean.ome Privations of the march, and
/ the dangers OF the fie!d of strife. And when at
! last, our arms were crowned with victory, and
the dangers and sutferings of the past were
swallowed up in the great JOY OF having saved
our nation, left implements OF war
aud death and turned towards our homes,
satisfied with ourSelve., and satisfied with the
love and gratitude of our friends and coun-
trymen, as evidenced by The Ovat.ons that
everywhere greeted our return.
To return again TO quiet lie alt7r so long
an absence from our families and tie comforts
OF home, to meet again our friends, to mingle
! again with our fellows, as citizens once
more in the great battle of lie, We looked
] forward to with high hope and fond anticipa
tons, and it was with high resolve that our
country, proud to acknowledge Us its defends
erS, should never blush to own IS its citizens
Upcn our arrival at our homes, we, with sor-
row, found the IN mpoverished, our families
destitute, and ourselves far behi..d our former
rades in the rGggle for competence
| We look about us and we see those remain
ing at home have, IN our absence, accumula
! ted wealth. are now occupying lucrative POSI-
tons, and are On the high road to fortune
| We find the debts that we were owing when
| o1 ha n liy oh md
are now forced upon US, increased by the
accumulation of high rate of interest
during the whoe Re period of the war. We see
| the suffering that our wives and little ones
have endured, when it has been beyond our
power to give relief. We STE our little prop
erty heavily taxed to support debt incurred
to save men fro IN the life of u sol lier, who
are no better than ourselves. We find our
| selves under all this accumulation OF discour-
agements about to enter into the worlds
great strife, where the motto of each and all
is &c look out for YOURSELF" and we respect
fully pray your honorable boGy to grant us
the claims which We present, as follows:
LIST. To those who at any time dur NJ the
war enlisted f5r term of three years, and
subsequently re enlisted tor a like period,
SiOO.
! I'd. To those who at any time during the
war enlisted for a term of three years, and
served out the term. 800.
| Sd. To those who at any time during the
war enlisted for three years, and were dii.
charged for di stability, and that disability
permanent, 500.
4;h To those who at any time during the
war enlisted for a period of three yes RS, and
served their full time, and received from the
county 500 500.
9th To the widows and orphan children
of those who died in the line OF their duty,
500.
Provided always, that of the above claims
no bounty to the amount of 500 has been
paid by the couh pity to the claimants.