Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-05-24

Saldier,S Home Fair.


/ fields Of battle and the hospitals, IL IS ma
/ tural that the people should bestir them
selves In hehalt of an enterprise winch Is
/ at the same time a debt and duty 10
1 those who come marching home we
/ shall be called upon only to extend the
! hand of welcome and of good cheer IN
! the form of public demonstration and ac-
/ acknowledgements But to those who are
/ brought tendcrly home in the ambulance,
MANNED and disabled, we owe a debt that
/ can never be paid
| 1t is expected that each State will look
after the needy ones among its own sol
| diers-to those Of Wisconsin the people
/ Of our State owe It's first duty. Now,
/ there is to lie some time the last OF tins
/ month. a Fair in Chicago FOR Soldiers
/ Home IN Chicago, which l. right aad com
mendable II ineis has sent the "bravest
| of the brave, to the war, ana she should
care for them with the tenderness of a
parent and the faithfuiness of n friend
| but it is not the duty Of the people of this
/ State t, undertake the discharge Of an
I obligation which the pc pie of Illinois are
/ able and willing to discharge When the
/ great Sanitary Fair was held in Chicago,
/ Wisconsin was the largest contributor
| second only to Illinois Milwaukee gave
several thousand dollars, and the enter
prising ladies of that city had by far the
/ most attractive table in the Fair We are
| proud to be able to mention these facts.
! because our soldiers have been treated
royalty in passing through that city
! v hen the treat Freedman's Fair was
4 held in Chicago, We think that Wisconsin
/ VAS the largest contributor At all events
/ the amount was a considerable portion Of
! the sum realized We mention these facts
1 in no spirit Of boastinr. but to show that
/ Wisconsin has done her duty in all the
! great works Of the hour
/ But we have been panied TO hear-and
/ the brave returning soldiers will never
/ ior-et-that since the organization of the
/ Home in this city, few prominent per-
/ sons and localities have not only refused
+ 60 assist in the support of the institution,
1 but have used their influence to Withdraw
/ that of those disposed II give it. We un
/ dc~z:aud that Madison ladies have rcsolv-
I cd to work for the Chicago Fair and not
/ for the Wisconsin Fair One of the State
! officers ut Madison, when asked for his
| support, said he had promised al he could
1 10 at the Chicago Fair. Our State Supcr~
/ intendent Of Schools in his official canuci-
/ ty, and ut the expense Of the State, is at
I work for the Chicago Fair There is no
/ doubt that private individuals have right
/ TO work for the maintenance Of the Sol
dIcrs Of Aigie.s to the exclusion Of those
from their own State. but we doubt very
much. whether a State officer. paid out of
State Treasury, has any right to do SO -
1T all ceents. the 10000 veterans of Wis
c0nSin, who viii soon have something to
saw as citizens and voters, will not forget
this matter. Madison should look TO her
laurels ere she incurs the honest dis
pleasure of $1,000 brave soldiers and legal
voters.
A person connected with the state Uni
verSitv. openly expressed Misrepresentation
of the Soldiers Home and threatened to
defeat the passage Of the appropriation by
the Legislatures
But these slight exceptions do not ripple
the current that Is setting in favor Of this
great enterprise 1t is to he the the
granlest ever undertaken in Wisconsin
From the reports we have through the
committees We learn that tens Of thous-
/ ands Of hands and hearts are bus in the
good work We dare not state the
amount that Is expected % be realized -
1t Is sufficient however to build the finest
structure in the state. And why should
/ it not be the fnest2 There Is not marble
white enough in the bosom of the earth
4 q structure too large for the comforts of
/ their Haur
I Let every man, every woman. every
boy, every Girl do something towards the
erection and maintenance of the VISION
SIN SoLpuEEs' HOWE
/ The above article which is being pub
+ Iished as editorial in several papers. first
appeared in the Daily Wisconsin of Mil
/ waukee, and has been forwarded Us by a
friend who appears a little chagrired at
/ our remarks sometime since upon the
Soldiers Home enterprise Itis.not from
any disregard for the soldiers that there
/ Is q coldnoss on the part of any towards
/ the enterprise Such coIdncss arises en-
+ tirelv from the selfish and unrenerouS
course of citizens of Milwaukee them
solves, and the above may be taken rs a
sample Of their feeling towards other por.
tons oC the state, We think it unfortun-
ate that the Home should be located at
Milwaukee, fit had been placed at the
State Capital it would have met no OPP
position this side of Milwaukee.
In noticing the above article from the
Wisconsin, the Madison journal remarks
IS follows:
/ We regret to see an article published
IN tie UscoaSiu which di>ingenuouslv
assumes that the Chicago Fair i solely
for the establishment of a Home for the
care Of Illinois soldiers ami with many
unfoundei charges and destinations OPP
poses and deuouuces rendering II any aid
from, Wisconsin,