Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-01-23
Service Pensions.

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Service Pensions.
Allison Post at the last regular meet
ing, January 18th, $780, in response to
a valuable and timely circular address
received from the President of the Ser,
vice Pension Association of the United
States, unanimously and emphaticaly
endorsed the following:
"ReSolced, by the Union Soldiers of
Allison Post No. "a, G. A. r. depart.
ment of Iowa, that we heartily endorse
the appeal of our comrade, Gen. Alvin
r. Hovey of the Service Pension associ-
;Ition of the United States, demanding
If Congress the passage of a Service
Pension Law for all surviving Union
soldiers of the late war, and that we
Join with him in his appeal to Congress
ind demand of our Congressman legis-
lation without delay for these rights
which are due every surviving veteran
by all rules of justice and national hon
or
The object of this work is to express
to the Service Pension committee and
Congress of the United States, the
unanimous wish and sentiment of the
honOrably discharged Union Soldiers OF
our country and the immediate import
ance and reasonableness of a Just and
proper recognition of the soldier rights
us surviving national defenders. The
pension question has been sufficiently
abused and used quite long enough as
political whip or perverted pretext
for vote catching by hungry Office seek
ers, and it is high time that all Surviv-
ing Union Veterans should unite as one
without regard to old political prefer
anCe rise in their former might to sup
press the treacherous and willy foes who
would dare longer tritle with their in
terests or trample on their rights. And
the time is not far distant we trust
when this united power will be felt
with telling effect, not by bullets but by
ballots, proving beyond a doubt that
the old soldier is still abroad in the land
with influence, intelligence and Just
rights, which are bound to be respected.
JudiciOuS wisdom was exercised in
the selection of Gen. Alvin =. Hovey,
the present Governor of Indiana, Us
President OF the National Service pen
sion committees. No better man could
have been found to wisely and effective
ly press the soldiers claims before Oul
present Congress. No Drawer soldier OF
more valient officer ever entered battle
than the honored Commander of til,
old Bird Division, 18th Army Corps, in
rear of Vicksburg. His address is elo
quent, logical and mastery and shoulC
be carefully read and digested by every
loyal citizen.
He faithfully and fearlessly ventilates
the bad faith OF our government TOWARD
the surviving Union Veterans of the
late war i'll refusing to fulfill to then
any of the various and repeated pledges
given by acts of Congress passed pre-
vious to 1861, to every surviving defen.
der of our flag before the late Rebellion
where each such soldier was allowed
and freely given land warrent of 16C
acres for one days battle or fourteen
days service i'll the army for the Union
But the surviving Veterans of toda,
for four years active service and OK
posture perhaps on hundred hare
fought battle fields in defense of gu
old flag, through one of the creates
wars in history, are landleSs and who'll,
unreoompensed; and that too notwith
standing the fact that at the begininj
of the war and as an inducement 70
enlistment, promises and proclamation
were made by orators, people ana pow
ers, that on their return home in tr
: umph with the flag still unsullied, an
, the Union unbroken, the pledges to tn
) father before this terrible war, woul
be fulfilled to their Veteran Sons VIII
| crushed the Rebellion and redeeme,
e our nations life in the most trying an,
:. terrible crisis, but now as an expression
9 of gratitude, the land warrant is with
held, life pensions are refused and pos
d sibility of nine-tenths of our soldiers e.
5 ceiving either dependent or servic
d pension is utterly cut off by the regulf
It ton "red tape" and unreasonable +,
S quirements of our pension laws. Will
# the surviving Union soldier has tn
l. sweet consolation that he did his dut
3 and while multitudes at home wei
S amassing their thousands and million
It under his protecting arm aud unfailin
e valor, he was receiving the remarkab
r financial recompense of $l3 per mont
le with coffee, sow-belly and hardtacR
and great part of that time receiyin
# his pay in money not worth 80 cents O
Y the dollar.
~ The article clearly sets forth I'll
70 fact also that to 100000 survivin
q. Union Veterans a service pension {
a eight dollars per month can readily /
he paid, and all necessary expenses col
% . nected with that work met by tn
"A present income to our government fror
the much talked of whiskey and tobat
" 20 tax.
v The address Is not only clear an
d candid statement of the situation
?. surviving soldiers, but is also a mos
IS reasonable and forcefHl appeal to tn
>. loyal citizens of the United States an
r their representatives in Congress as a
n urgent call to duty and privilege.
!, MONEY!