Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-07-23
War Meeting in New York.

York last week-l00,O00 persons il is said
being present-at which the following resolu-
tions were adopted:
WhereaS, At a meeting of the citizens of
New York, convened on the Goth of Anril
1861, it was resolved to support the Govern.
ment in the prosecution of the war then omen.
ed by the rebels, with all the means in our
power and whereas nothing has since occur.
red to change our opinions or our determine,
ton then expressed, but everything to confirm
them; and whereas, after q series Of successes
to the Federal army, interrupted only by few
temporary reVerseS, the casualties of war have
reduced the effective strength of the regiments
IN the held, so that recruits are needed to fill
them up and whereas, the occupation of the
places repossessed by our army requires an
additional force, and the President has called
tor three hundred thousand men, and for these
reasons another meeting of citizens has been
called, and is now assembled it is. tbereup.
on,
Resolced, That we reafirm all the resolu.
tions of the meeting of April, 1861, hereby
declaring that every event that has since oc
Cured has served to strengthen the convie-
tions, then held, of the wickedness of this
rebellion, and the duty Of all low citizens to
suppress 1t with the strong hand, and at all
hazards.
ReSotced, That this war is waged on the
part of the loyal for the overthrow only of
the dlsloyal; that we seek not to enforce any
claims or to establish any privileges beyond
those given US by the Constitution Of our faith
ers; and our only aim and purpose have been,
and are now, to maintain the supremacy of
that Constitution over every foot Of soil where
1t ever bore sway, with not line interpolated
or a line erased
ReSotCed, That we are for the Union of the
States, the integrity of the country, and the
maintenance of this Government, without any
condition or qualification whatever and we
will stand by them and uphold them, under
all circumstances, and at every necessary sac
rltice of life or treasure.
ReSoiCed, That while we recognize, and will
credulOusiy maintain, the rights of each State
under the Constitution, we abhor and repudi
ate the doctrine-fatal to national unity, and
so prolific OF treason in the army and navy,
and among the pe0ple-that allegiance is due
to the State, and not to the United States :,
holding 1t as a cardinal maxim, that to the
United States, as a collective Government, is
due the primary allegiance of all our people
and that any State, or Confederation of States.
which attempts to divert it, by force or other
wise, is guilty of the greatest of crimes against
humanity and our National Union.
RcSoired, That we urge upon the Govern
nlent the exercise of its utmost skill and vigor
In the prosecution of this war, unity of de-
sign, comprehensiVeneSs Of plan, a uniform
policy, and the stringent use Of all the means
within its reach, consistent with the usages
of civilized warfare
ReSotUed, That we acknowledge but two di-
visions of the people of the United States in
this crisis: those who are loyal to the Consti-
tuition and every inch of its soil, and are ready
to make every sacrifice for the integrity of the
Union, and the maintenace of civil liberty
within 1t, and those who openly or cOvertly
endeavor to sever our country, or to yield to
the insolent demand of its enemies; that we
fraternize with the former, and detest the lat
ter; and that, forgetting all former party
names and distinctions, we call upon all pat
rlotlc citizens to rally for one undivided coun-
try, one flag, one destiny.
ResOtged, That the Government of the Uni
ted States and its people, with an occasionalex
ceptlon among the reckless inhabitants where
this rebellion was fostered, have wisely and
studiousy avoided all interference with the
concerns of other nations, asking, and usual
ly enjoying. a like non. interference with their
own, and that such is, and should continue to
be, Its policy that the intimations of con-
templated departure from this sound rule of
conduct on the part of some of the nations of
Europe, by an Intervention IN our present
struggle, is as unjust to them as it would be
to us, and to the great principles for which
we are contending; but we assure them, with
solemnity of conviction which admits of no
dlstrust or fear, and from knowledge of, and
firm reliance upon, the spirit and fortltude Of
twenty millions of people, that any attempt
thus to intervene. will meet resistance un-
paraleled in its force, unconquerable in its
| persistence, and fatal to those whom it is in
tended to aid; and that it will tend only to
strengthen and elevate the Republic.
| ResotUed, That the skill, bravery, and en-
durance exhibited by our army and navy
have elected our admiration and gratitude +;
that we behold in these qualities the assur.
ances of sure and speedy success to our arms,
and of route and discontinue to the rebels /;
that we urge the Government to aid and
strengthen them by all means in its power,
and carefully provide for sick, wounded. and
disabled soldiers and their families prose-
cute the war with increased vigor and energy,
until the rebellion is utterly crushed, the in.
tegrity of the Union in all its borders restor-
| ed, and every rebel reduced to submission,
or driven from the land and that, to accom-
| phsh these ends, we pledge to our rulers our
| faith. our fortunes and our lives.
| ReSotred, That we approve OF th" Adn1tntS-
trGtion Of the President Of the United States
and of the measures recommended by him fo7
the prosecution of the 'car, the suppression Of
the rebellion, and the welfare of the country
that we sanction as wise and expedient the
call for 100000 more troops, and earnestly
exhort our countrymen to rally to the stan