Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-31

tary channels Of seuauunicaaisn tsr,ash ne
faoent, and fearing ~ pstitisn nieht
nos Ieaen him, two days before the ssgimoAk
ie.s MOCK Island letter vas drawn - an6
sodlsscsd to Hon. ]. B. 0finoell, N. O., asd
signed by nine Of ths pstitioness, in which
tne right Of petition was advomtsd. auaask-
inS nim 70 present tho same to The Presi-
dest. from this communicaAion " roceiv-
. 70 answer until . short time after the
regiment reached Ohio, when communica.
tion Vas received by one Of the petitio0ers
from NJ. Grinnell, stating that the petition
Wa promptly presented 6y him TO the Presr
ident, but that the authorities informed him
.nas tne petition could not be acted upon un-
lsss = came from the people through the
uovernor ofthe State. He also statsd that
ne had sent letter to Mr. Hull one Of the
slgners, and that it had Just been returned
rom tne dead letter Office, marked mo such
man IN the S7th regiment" This letter
must nave been in the hands Of the officers
ana " them thus marked, to prevent Mr..
hun from receiving the answer. This act
Of tneirs does greatinjustice to Mr.. Grinnell,
VINO was censured without measure for neg
lecung the priyates Of the regiment. Being
ss..sneo from the fact that repeated appli-
cations had been made to Governor Stone to
ASSIST IN procuring our discharge, that we
nao nothing to expect from him, from what
ne stated in letter to Lieut.. Shellady, in
which ne said he had been ANNOYED by let.
ters from factious individuals in the reei.
mcnt, and he hoped the men would rest
C00tentpd tn hner Toe.
gratliied to say that the Hon. J. b. Grinnell
ana Hon: MIR. Wilson have done US good SER
vice. We therefore recommend the adop-
ton OF the following resolutions:
let, Resolced, That Colonel G.. w. Kin
cald, Lieut.. Col. G. X. West and Major Al
len, the field officers Of this regiment, by
the course they have pursued while this
regiment has been in service, have shown
total lack of judgment and want Of capacity
to hll the positions they have occupied, that
the tyrannical course they have pursued to-
ward the non commissioned officers and pri-
Yates, deserves and receives our cOndemna-
tion, Is they should the cxecration of all
good men, and with a full knowledge Of
their acts from an intimate acquaintance Of
over two years, we pronounce them unfit to
I'LL any position Of trust, either in military
or civil life.
3D. Resolreel, That the united effort Of the
line and staff officers of the regiment, to
suppress the right Of petition while the reg
iment was at Rock Island, deserves, and re.
ceives our condemnation, as it should of oil
liberal minded men.
Sd, Rsroloed, That the intelligence hav-
ing reached US 1t 80 late an hour rs the
present day that an order had been sent to
Col. kincaid in October, 1862, notifying
MN that no bounty would be given to the
S7th Iowa. That he is guilty of gross
swlndle, fraud and intrigue upon the men
An, Resolred, That those officers in the
37th Iowa. that were knowing to that order
being given to Col. X. at that time, are
guilty equally with him in base deception,
and are disgrace not only to the men OF
the regiment, but to the State Of Iowa and
to the army Of the United States in which
they have been officers.
hfh IssAl"sa. That we will use our ut
most endeavor to bring these men to JUS
tice, and that they are unworthy of . place
anywhere within the State Of Iowa.
9Th, Reso1Ded, That the leading State off,
GERS Of our State, knowing and taking part
with the officers Of the 37th, we repudiate
as unworthy Of our confidence, as being &C
cessory with them.
tn, Resolred, That we will stand united,
IS we ever have done in defence of liberty
and right. That we will enlist our sons,
our grandsons (of whom 2 1000 arc and have
been in the field, our friends and our State,
in defence Of freedom to secure that no de.
spotic military officer shall ever sit as leg.
islator in our State, or represent US in Con.
gress.
8th, Resolred, That we will enlist the
sympathies Of our State for the families Of
our comrades who were victims to the cruel
treatment Of Colonel Kincaid and his fellow
officers. Many of these hoary headed pa
triots lie in dust, whom we will fondly
cherish in our memories-such as P. +.
Fairbanks, Of Company G, who was impris-
oned 40 days without charges or trial-lost
his health, and came to premature grave.
oh, Resolred, That A. Danskin, N.
homahn and VIM. Potter be appointed a
committee to superintend the publication Of
these proceedings Of this meeting.
10Th, Resolved, That the proceedings Of
this meeting be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, and the editors of newspapers
throughout the State are requested to give
publicity to these proceedings.
WILLIAM Potter, Chairman.
ALEXANDER DANsKn, Secretary
RAILROAD RECEIPTS are indebted
70 Mr.. Holmes, Deputy State Treasurer, for
the following corrected statements Of the
receipts of the railroads of the State for
the year 1854, together with the number Of
miles OF road in operation. We also give
Tor comparison the figures for 1858:
1864 1868.