The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-09-26
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ELYRIA, Septem Der 1.-THE reun-
e ion OF the Eighth Regiment, o. V. l.,
t took place here to-day. They met ST
d the Court House at II A. NJ, and the
,. meeting was called to order with Pres
J ident Sawyer in the chair. George
!, 2. Metcali OF EIyTia made q splendid
address OF welcome, which was re-
d spOnded to st some length by Colonel
;, Frank Sawyer. Colonel Sawyer was
e elected President for the ensuing year,
I and Sergeant ). L. Howe Secretary.
], 4 committee OF three, George A.
2 GrOat, Colonel Sawyer and a. o.
e Griswold, was appointed to secure
e the publication Of the history of the
regiment. Several short speeches
were then made by different members
, of the regiment aud the place aud
] time OF next reunion talked over.
DR.. i. d. GriswoId, Of the 1881 o. V.
, l., extended an invitation for the
Eigth to meet them at La Grange on
I the 9th and 10Th of next September {;
but they decided to continue to bold
their reunions on the 18th of Septem-
Der, the anniversary OF the battle Of
Antietam, and Norwalk was selected
as the place to hold the next reunion.
Dinner was furnished by the citizens
at the American House.
They were called to order In the af-
ternOOn at o'clock. Geo. A. Groat
OF Cleveland made q. motion, which
was seconded, that a committee Of
three be appointed to draft resolutions,
to be acted on by the soldiers, in re-
gard to the recent law passed by the
Legislature concerning the Soldiers
Orphans Home. q. p. Groat, L.
d. Arnold, of TIfiin, and w.
f. Ford were appointed as such
committee. While they were out,
the old and new laws in re-
gard to the same were read AMI COM
mented on. George G.. WashbuTn, OF
the Elyris Republican, addressed the
boys for few moments.
RESOLUTIONS
The committee brought in the fol-
lowing report, which was unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas, The Grand Army OF the
Republic in the year 1869, established
home for the care and education of
soldiers orphans and
Whereas, The General Assembly,
during their session OF 1870, adopted
the Soldiers Orphans Home as a
State institution and made liberal ap-
propriations for its support and
| Whereas, The present General As.
sembly at its late session passed bill
nOminally for its reorganization, but
really for its destruction, providing
that no child shall be admitted il the
father be living, and permitting no
child to be received under the age of
twelve years, and with a refinement
of cruelty providing further that the
pension which a grateful country
pays to the widows Of deceased
soldiers shall be paid over To the said
institution therefore,
| ResOlUCd, That we, in the name OF
| the surviving soldiers of the Union
Army, and OF the widows and or
phans of deceased soldiers, condemn
the action of the Legislature OF This
State concerning the Soldiers and |
Sailors Orphans Home, located at
Nenia that the law passed by said |
Legislature is a brutal and outrageous |
assault upon one OF the nOblest Oenev- |
| lent institutions ever organized IN |
this State, and the members of the |
said Legislature who voted for said |
law are deserving the msledictiOns Of |
all honest men.
ReSOlred, That we, and each OF US,
will do all in our power to correct |
the outrage perpetrated upon 3 grste- !
ful people by said act, and we call up |
on all good men and women in the |
| State to assist in correcting the great |
wrong done bv said Legislature in |
that behalf.
Resolved, That said Legislature, by |
its recent act, has abused the trust |
cOnfided to ii, and subveTted said in |
stitution TO other uses than originally |
designed by those who contributed !
out OF their own personal means the |
finds with which the same was -sss.
the Unconditional Tepea. Of said
1usv-
Resolved, That the Secretary of
this meeting be required to forward |
to the President of the Senate and |
the Speaker OF the House u copy OF
these resolutions.
DIR. Griswold, in his remarks about |
the Home and the new law, said :
at seems to me that il the devil him.
self had studied for years, he could |
not have invented more damnsble |
law" Mr.. GrOOt said sit is one of |
the most damnable laws ever placed |
upon the statutes of the State OF Ohio, |
and every man who voted for that |
bill ought to be kicked out OF the |
State into Kentucky by the crippled |
soldiers Of Ohio" Colonel Sawyer |
said it was a law the State OF Ohio !
ought to be ashamed Of, and il they |
were not ashamed OF it he was |
ashamed OF the State of Ohio.
After they had finished
THE SOLDIERS HOME BUSINESS
George P. Metcalf and G.. G.. WASH
burn were voted in as honorary mem
bers OF the regiment.
A vote of thanks was rendered to |
the ladies of Elyris for so beautifully |
decorating the hall, and also to DR..
Griswold for extending an invitation |
| for the regiment to meet with the |
103d next year. An hour was then |
spent by different members OF the |
regiment recOunting anecdotes OF old |
/ times, which were highly enjoyed by |
all. The meeting adjourned about 5 |
o'clock, and the members Of the regi- |
ment were driven about the town in |
carriages and shown few of the |
many places OF interest in our quiet |
little city. The hall was beautifully |
! trimmed with evergreens, flowers |
and flags. The first thing that the |
eye rested on on entering the door |
was the word "WelcOme," in large |
letters covered with flowers, and on |
one side OF this was the word "Win- |
chester" on the other side, "Gettys- |
burg" and underneath, "Antietam."
On each side OF the stand was stack |
of arms covered with flowers and |
flags, and as one gsZsd around the |
room his eye rested on notices on |
the wall bearing the names OF the |
battles the regiment had participated |
in, among which were Newmarket,
Wilderness, Fort Royal, ChsucellOrs-
vile, South Mountain, ROmney,
Spottsylvania, Cold HsrbOr, Rector
town and Fredericksburg. 1t was as
fine gathering as one would wish to
attend, and We hope the Eighth will
select EIyria as their place OF reunion
again very soon.
Col. Frank Sawyer, 5. T. Howe, l.
ID. Arnold and +. L. NaylOr, of the
Eighth were pleasantly entertained
on their way here this morning by
President Hayes, who was en- route
for Willoughby to attend the reunion
of the Twenty-third o. V. l., the
Presidents old regiment, which Oc-
CURED there to-day. The President
had his private car, and was accom-
panied by Mrs. HAYES.