The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-07-31
BY A WOUNDED SOLDIER.


To the Soldiers and Pensioners of Maine:
| was a soldier during the late war; am
now pensi :ner. claim the right, therefore,
to say few words to the soldiers and pen
sioner- of Maine. / belong 10 both classes,
and do not think my record is a liscredit to
either.
/ was born AID bred Democrat, and nev-
er voted any other ticket until General Cham
berlain was nominated for Governor of Maine.
In 1850 voted for Stephen A. Doug as, and
in 1864 | voted for Geor1e B. Mcclellan.
My first enlistment was in a nine months
regiment, Col Jerrard's. My secon.', in the
18th Maine. better known as the Heavy Ar
tillers, which joine.l as recruit in 1868. In
the first saw rough and perilous service; III
the second l went through Chants ever men,
ofable vi 'ginia campaign, till in one Of his
battles was severely wounded, losing a leo,
having my hearing impaired, AID the sight If
one eye injured.
My b'nnty, National, State and Town for
b1th enlistme1ts, am )uDted to a little over
$1,000. did not waste it, hut prudentl7 and
econ )mically invested the whole Of it in a
United States five-twenty bond Of $1,000. And
the United Sssies Cover ment, in sasidera-
ton OF my services and sufferings, granted me
[ r lite a pension of sixteen iolIars rer month,
promptly procnred 10 me by the kind efforts
of Hon. John II. Rice. This amount with the
sixty dollars in gold which get rom my
| five-twenty hJ.d, gives me just abo t $265 d
| year to live upon. Ihe amount is not large,
| but as owned a small homes, cad when en-
| listed, and as am still able to write a little
| in the store where seven years ago was the
| chief clerk learning in this way fifteen dollars
| a montli,-I am able with the strictest econ,-
| my and with the aid of prudent and thrifty
wife, to support my little family of three chill
,.ren la. decency and comfrt at all events tc
keep the wolf from the door, and give my
children New England ed1cation.
| This much tor my personal history. would
| give my name in full but for two reas"rs,-
first, it is rather indeicate over my own name
| thus to obtrude my personal affairs upon the
| public; and secrad, | do not choose to be
| personally villiSed and abused by such papers
as the Bangor Democrat and Portland Argus
as might be il they could get hold of my
lame alter the edit rs of those papers scad
what have to say OF the platform they up
hold in the pending election.
The Democratic State Convention of Mime
! that re-ncminated Mr.. PilIsbury, adopted
| among other resolutions the tw' following,
| and il mistake not thev are precisely the
| same that Hon. E. Wilder Farley, on behalfof
the Democratic party, introduced in the Sem
ate OF Maine last winter, ard supported by a
written report and an eabornte speech. Bein.
.aus ,Uln1ay r ,ha upH ~ oy tne Democfatic mem
Da Ms =, s.;o S.s ~ am adppted oy tne
| considered as fairly aud fully embracing the
to"cn;nr tbo tavat;o 81 ,I' Tr3od S.a.os
h''nds s,,ch + n.n n tha Iue ottant;o,, 90 tho
o;,incns the soid;ars and nans;onarS .ne W MI
to thair te,. am ;mnrt Tbs rssnln,; g, n,,s ms
are as follows,-I cut them from the Knox
@ResoI,ed That tbe riobt of tho Foacr,l
G, ,vernme,,t TO fax the income of the nst;on-
al debt. is clear in itse,t. and spnnort II bv
nractIce, and ought now tn he etfsctivelv ever,
c:sed by collecting the tax on connons ,,t fbe
cSeu ~ Lnmds aS SuI taA Vi, coupons - lpe
ton sbouJ he imnosnd sa1 , Sarn shase tae c
aon wiE snhiect posed upon anese t eGacm tg
average shaIe of S' n1h;c bpr1ens !" as com Jared
a';.t, t, y, puolc oeruens, r,s aS '"ieu
"i9n painad a,.nel u'STIlp'ions T dS =, paoPe ~
t;on sno2 ta nay %;strib,ed a,on IN IA
Stat ~ ;,st and eo,,itahe nr;T,o;osn ~ '"o
0'N.eS Nov ~ am not going TO dseuss t5a oes,on