, 1880-03-12


tons " thst Ia.ts Whit the,,, iii hsvo 81 % to caia.
Every soldier wio enlisted during tho ycnrs Of
1aEE4-'6 knew beforehand tho kind If n,tcy
nG wns y TO receive. ana psGtcn!ly nEreG.t tn NO.
When .oi1r sectional difficulties ahnll bo per-
th"raxfly hcitGy @ mi Prosperous ooMitlon,ali
lernaps inIIRent. Thet,, il t,e people seo lit 10
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About Pensiosiis,s 1Texlcnn Volunteers
hnd Jeff Dnvis.
N tbs Editor q Ths Chicago Tribune.
IAw-OrpICE UF ASnnEw Z. Ntc1tEYHoLns,
0NANp RAPIDS, Mich. MMreh B.-Aa II cpnstnut
reader OF y0,lr tnturrsttnx and very ahle 1olr-
rnl, tnkc tito liberty of requesting tho corrcc-
tton Of MI error IN your tsat,e Of tho t5tl, lust,
Into whies, ypl, hnvo hcen. doubtless unwlttlng-
~. led ly the hndvertcncc OF your Washington
correspondent In relation to tho blt now before
Congress granting llpI,slAns to tho surviving
vCtcrniss OF tho Mexican War. Your cDrrcspuntl-
cllt informs yotl III substance TINT tho LcKis-
lnturo Of Massachusetts Inns, by Il largo tnn-
jUrlty, requested Congress to pns5 tho bill in
G.icstou which provides for pension for lief
fcrson DNrist Such Is mt the ts.ct, aa tho bill,
on the contrnry. excludes TINT genticrnun. M
whici, il Ms foIows, Va: *scc i. That tic pr.,.
vs1ns ,gb a q, this ' Fsl not Rp!y t. WY rs
Sy tio Fo..rtccnth AnSn.l,uc1,s 10 ti1e c"nstt,'.
ton nf tho tlnI,c.i ,stntes." The iii TINT
wins hcfnrp tho trnnte 1T is extra ResEit,ti, which
Hi'0lldcht, lnls boon ignored y tho friens uf tho
measure, md new bill continuing tho clnuse
F1n
with reference tn which the MASSACHUSETTS,
LeH'slnture took SUCH sommcnslnl''o and pr,l!sc-
tho fruits Of tho atexIcnn Wnr wero tic
addition to or tlntnnIn Of utmost M euIplro In
cftG cf e Gn GG"n@K @tnr ar s9r' tna s hmn at
with Its fabulous mineral veHlth, thus pxtrnl.
inE n!tr .lo'nlnlons fr1,'n occun tn occnn. linked
n htKhwny for tho commerce III tho worid, and.
ton. wnr TINT Kuve to the Amorica1, ,tr,iH tho
nprsss Of .'nost nyns!y, wl,ose ,ehGys.
he mud foreign eii1ne Ia wtilnstt Il parallel III
The a"nalg of n.o.tcrn ,wnrfarc,-is tM, much,
s"i tAs 9see NV nS eoTaFita "%Sse Nss's
wss %s ~ ~ 9bas no s"n Wy, tho
svo tho,a scc..r IL ther teeIIn!ns years. rs Tho
nverayg nge of tho survivors tiist INV l,c IT
scrticr IS now ri his r. ycar ' fhe nat no tI at,-
compliaeL experts IN their estimates Ut tho ten
" ure '., %t n',M ,r xiseMc9lx thv assrgo a,.,on
ycnrs, while tho highest. uKRrcRntp unnl'nl
a1no,,nt TINT the hi wu,lhl reii!!tre Is estimated
Mexican Veterans in,t to exc.c'i Chill h.,nrsS
Tor ,nIrht Thousand vctertti,s. nuke this ap.
inont from tho fnct Tint, bpIug n ltf0 ponantlcr
from wt,,'ntls received IN tho Mexican War. !
would mt t,U beneficiary under tho provisions
Of tho bill IN question. am, very respectfully,
.,.... 4iNt'i,Ew r. MclsEyxo1.ps,
n Ntrlr,
.Nassnch,,setts Is not alouc, she heIns ono Of
Some thirty StntcE that hive done likewise.
tOMr correspondent nppcnrs to lnvo forRntton
TINT, In ntltltion tn wh0tover compensation wAs
promised tn tho volunteers Mt tho ttmo Of entat-
n,ctlt III tho MexicnH Wnr, Congress has given
pensions To every Hlnn receiving wOllTsla nr
physical disabilities In tho wny OF permanent IN
Jury 10 his heAith IN tho service Of tho Govrrii-
1ncnt. ani thut tn addition thurcto Cnngress
voted uycry ono Of tho III 000 volunteers ln1,,l-
wtrTnt 1T ltl0 neres m II FREQ gift, which could
bo locntul IN thu best lands In tho United ssatca
ut TINT tire. There wis plenty ot l1lust excul-
lGnt llnd then open to lncAtnn In ml tho Htutes
wost Of Ohio In tho North. uns1 yirg'nia and tho
Car''nas In ths South. Tens Of thousands VI
those volunteers tocnteh tholr wllrrlt,ts aud havu
hsId their farms under them frnn that t',nu un-
e,lt forxr's athor thing; tl,nt tho taxpayers ut
, the country FURNISHED ~ thu lioIoy, r.en,.s,
nf TIN netrcsl tHrrttnry. Including tranaptlrtN.
tinn and ay q tho vnl!!n.eors firm. tho ntncn nt
ss @ to % s s'at m % pn sask to Sr
Ice. THO tnxIuyTra nlsn -latd .Moxico twa.l-
y Mi!!tnns 6f dollars ntinr tho tronty Ut
tlscatcu, Tho cost NJ tho wMr TO thu ,nxpnyers
cxsec.lrd 20 .nllt.ns nf dolnrs. Tho lmns,ona
mt fur firm, anothor 1n0 nlllin,lH Of roElars,
whirh llna tnccn contributed hy tho Taxpayers.
Mr.. +. speaks q tho present . areat ylv of tho