Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-02

At Last Evenings Meeting OF Veterans NJ
Bridgeport


There was largely attended meet
ing of old soldiers at Bridgeport last
night. under the auspices OF Branum
Post. No. 221. G. A. E. Frank Z. hoo-
inson was called to the chair, ana oom-
rade Clayland made secretary. Au-
dresses were made by Messrs. Alien,
Claw and and Trueman and others, ana
the following resolutions were adopteu'
after a full and able discussion
sWuERxAs. The Representative OF tuo
naonIa ~ these United States, In regular
CONGRESS assembled, did on the 2ttn uay
of June. 1890, pass pension ID" An0"-
as the Disability Bill, and s.hasa
"WHEREAs, The Supreme Court u ;I Is, -
United States has not declared sa.u iS r"-
unconstitutional, nor mas Cons - the
ssyacnt;ve Officers of the Government
and was not the law-making power. Iu I.s
law has heen made almost nulIlty anu 10
purposes defeated; therefore al
s,I2sSoJrsd That we, the ex'Umon Sol,
d;ers ~ ReImout county, o., regardless ol
noIitical animation. do hereby Respectfully
ask and earnestly demand that SAID Jaw %
June %. 1890, be faithfully executeu un1al
IL is either legally repeaieu Vi
clared imperative by the proper Goui -. -
The self-denial. suffering ana 1ariuk -.
the Union soldier has no paralel ~ t .Se
history OF the race; ana We oeie1S -; h,
achievements Of the Union army OoHy 49,,
nted mora IN this nations present glory
and greatness than all other agencies com,
hined The Union soldier was true anu
| faithful In the nations greatest peril. nc
| fought with the purest motives, sn9 re,
| ceiyad Int meagre compensation; anu 10
sbonld never be allowed 10 want
for the comforts OF lie WIZ
he lives under the flag he deienueu'
| Had Shermap,s Army in 1864 been aSsure9
that in 1898 they and their comra1es W s,o
be denied paltry pension OF 90 10 sL@ :
month, would they have had tue near. "
| fight the one hundred days OF oloooy oas1 q
| from Chattanooga 10 Atlanta, anu " ,o..a
| the historic march to the sea ever ueso
| been made! Let any man VINO loVea .uo
old flag these heroes carried mas > an IN
| when ,ee,s army invaded the Nortn IN
| 1863. if the Army Of the Potomac nau
| stacked arms and said 10 this Government'
| We'll never drive these invaders oacK uh
| m Won nav us more than Sl3 month anu
here and now pledge US that when peace -
restored and we grow old ana helpless you
will care for us. and that none OF our SEED
shall ever beg bread nor become the IN
mates Of our almshouses, what Weaitu
would have been showered at tneIs
feet, and what pledges woul1
have been made in that trying nour, anu
those pledges though unwrltten were
made. We do not think. we will not De-
| lieve, that the people OF this country whlcn
has grown so prosperous and powerful ln'
tend to so soon forget the debt they owe
the men who saved the Union. The Amer
| lean people are not ingrates buta patriots.
Abraham Lincoln pledged this nation 70
care for him who hath borne the battle ana
for his widow and orphans, and when nc
uttered those words the grateful, SUFFERING
people of this country said yea yea ana
so let it be! That pledge stands unredeem'
| ed to-day The law OF June q, lsgO, only
partially makes that promise good: we
plead for the fulfllment OF that pledge
| we utter no protest against dropping IRON
the rolls the name of every fraud, II any
exist. Ferret them out like the skulks
| towards and dead beats were and dropped
| from the rolls and drummed out OF camp
| during the war. We want the pension roll
| like our old army rosters, TO be a roll o.
honor. with no faint Of fraud nor coward:
| name thereon.
"F. G. ROBINSON,
ar. II. CLAYLAND,
"W. s. SELLS,
COMMITTEE"