Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-02-05

had been in every battle that Lee.
main army had fought, he now saw
that he was WI, ng, and didn't know
of an honest Confederate of his &C
quaintance who would not admit
the same.
lie then presented the following
IN favor OF his Confederate compan,
ions:
We, soldiers oflhe late Confederate States oi
America, having been respectfully invited to
/ meet with the Union soldiers and express our
Views of the Weaver bill, most chccrluly re,
| spond.
In doing so permit us 10 quote and endorse tht
COOL humorcd rcsplnsc of our cX-COnledcrat,
hrother-now member Of Congress- Mr.. Lowe
| from Alabama:
ave are favorable tp the bill on this gronnl
We 0i the ; uih made up our minds To Withdraw
from the mon: you ui the North sent down
largo numbers Of your pitrOtlr citizens to ury,
W. To- come back. ltt0ok You long tlmr, III
n-iderhblc expense To persuade us t. return
but He finally iel'ed to your persuasive movers
and now we nre dcsiruu, that those who did ;ht
goou WORK shpnld no ihlly paid for the labor eN,
/ pended in uur behalf"
Though We were, through unfortunate circum
stances, once cnem cs, your kind treatment OI
y fallen foe has made Us friends We arc hupp,
IN the helel that amongst M other cl.s uI rit.
iEehr mere eAlsls warmer feelings Of friendship
thlh between eN-sOldiers ol the lwO great arm
les
Should our sevlce- be needed to defend oil,
common country irom foreign INVASION innuvil
N"ton from corrupt politicians nnl monarchial
amhltiOn, or the encrJachment of COfporat,
wealth on The rights nf industry and free citizen
ship, we will all lie drilled brethren in u common
ciuse IN inlere't Of common humanity.
Should u grateinl country rrspe't your rcl lsnn.
able demand for jll.tice and equity, yuur well
carmel back pay will yet Into general crculai ion,
and through honest earnings We will gcl our
snare.
Persist in demanding your ri.hts y our coun
Try dare not ignore YOU. BE assured the god
y and moral support Of all brave Confederate
souicrs are Win you I the Ond Of justice.
Joseph Mccoy then offered the
following, which was adopted:
We, Union soldiers orthc late war, in mass
rae ting assembled, irrespective of political party
to which We may adhere respectfully request
our honorable member Of Congrsss, q. +. Roth
well, from the Tenth District Of M.soui, To
support what is known as tie Weaver Soldiers
Equalization Bill, for rcasuEs, some ofwh eli Nc
give below:
First, We went cithor voluntarily or wrr,
forced INTO the hnrdships ami dangers OF war to
pcrpntuAtc the union Of States The mcarre
pay We r'ceh ed wa. NJ inIucement from Inc
lart thai We could have carmel, even at labor, IN
peaceful lille, much more, at home and among
friends.
Second. These us who first enlisted cI.
pcclel our "pay in CON, b, Caus' NJ that time
that Wa the only lawful money nf Tho l'n.tel
Stat T, in whose service we wOr' employed. Hut
our beloved country not beng able to obtain rnln
we IarOticay an'l che 'rIully accepted such IN.
per money ~ II COull cun.lilute. We accrptrI
1t rs nill aud fnil peHunary pay mcnt ut he time,
and never expected tr1-k lvrany NOR.
Third Atihr SAN" lime & Ycrhment r'eaicI
paper moncy, commonly called grccnbarks,
with which to pay US, 1t also created National
b 'nuH, payable IN the same rurt OF money We re.
Ceivcd Tho 80 bonds We @ made "incrchange.
able" with the gleenhachs at the United Slairs
Treasury, showing the unc 10 10 worth the same
as the nlEer At the lim,.
Fourth. These b ,nis that were bought with
grrenhacks, dollw Tor d lar, drew interest and
worr Consequently hntrdcI by tapit list as a
p0 manent investment
AZ or tie close ufthr VIZ th.so capitalists. pre-.
Va lei on an ignorant and yrnll Congress of pro.
les'ional pOtirllnS, under tic pretense OF
strengthening the National credit (agin
the Will oI thcp'Ople aS expressed IN crnv,n.
ton by all political raitics throughout the
country. to pass law making slIi bomb paya.
BIZ In coin hi -h standard OF yalUc, thus in
or asng hriI value. This trcacheruus net of
tayurt'Em n idle capital increased the burden of
paYm1nt un thrp Oilr-IncuGi ~ the tuldiers-
whn have oiOnt The bills with labor.
Ftf h While We scOrn the idol of having
served ourcOnntry for pSy III plltry dollar, VIC
nevertheless feel a:srlcve,l nj the putill tr"at-
mcnt our cuuntry has extended to idle capital
ttlH tI.t.a
'al feed m, old,rly government and Opportuni-
I, Orw ,lth.
SiNh. We thcr fore, as matter Of justirc
ahi equity, ask lLut the honor. gratitude An
"credlt' ul our government hr ''str,ng lenrd"
byadIitiOnay pa ing us the din renee bctwc n
'hc value OF government noes AMI coin at the
time Of Our sa\e'al payments together with in-
tcrest tFerc N.
We no ask that tic cope shal! he taxed
or Z at government shlll Iucr, asr itr duht IN
our account Wrwill he silI.hc with FuLL H..
gal tender grcehbacka, tHai the gUyo nmcrt can
G. UuL NJ nominal rO4.
Received, That the Cnion -ldiers If Livings.
ton e, UNITY hold NJ i'll will against Cnnr.de ate
suldlr'A, but that We !rel u friendship Tor them
'qual T. lllrt which We ierl lnr other citizens.
And HAT we dcpr,ri.te aud den0unrr rs TOW.
nrhiy AMI perirl"lls Ia our COuntrl's best in
trrcs sany disposition from ANY source T. re-
new AMI Keep alive the passions Of war times.
1t was then resolved that u copy
Of the proceedings of th1, meeting
be furnished to the city papers and
to our member of Congress, Hon.
q. f. R0lhwcll.
Meeting adjourned sine die.
}. W. BIRD, Pres't.