The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-08-14
PROCEEDINGs OF THE WAR MEET.

L "ho !" - S'S~'Ss
!" ton. The following officers were the
elected:
y VICE TRANSFORMATIONS Culbertsou
of Center township; Robert Cover, o
e Ca,s Daniel F. Comstcck, Of Pioneer
q Hon. Ed Wright, of Cover; :. n
). Hough,on, Of Fremont; Solomon Carr
- .op, Of Dayton Washington A k,cey
Is of Red Oak Hon. J. NJ Kent, Of Mas
e silon \. f. Young. Of Inland: Herr.
Sherwood. Of Springfield; George B. Sa'
II gent. Of Pennington James II Leech
- Of Sugar Creek; Levi Jennings, Of ReeA
i ester; Preston Roberts. Of Iowa; Jobs
II. Painter, Of Spriusdsls: A. b;uos''
o Of Linn.
+. SEcRErAKlE..-S. s. Daniels and y
H. Roush.
MARsBALS-Willsri Hammond. Esq
assisted BY David Pla;nsr and II c. Fl
att, Esq's,
The Presiden, then read the following
letters, which had been received in re
sponse to limitations to address. the meet.
! ing:
NrscArISL Iowa, Az: ass til, 1854.
Hon WV. H. TrrHrIL Upton. Iowa.
! DEAR STA Until las, evening. l had
expected TO be present At your war
meeting" to morrow bu, fad pressing
business will prevent l believe the
government is now in earnest in its eff
forts to suppress the rebellion, restore the
Union, aud protec: the liberties Of the
people, BY maintaining the Constitution
and enforcing the Laws.
Yours truly, anc With respect,
EDWARD H. THAYER
DAVENPORT. July 81. 1862.
Hon. wv II. TrIBlLL. Upton. Iowa.
DEAR SIR II have the honor to ac-
knowledge your invitation, on behalf of
the committee, to attend and speak at the
Great Mass Meeting of the loyal citizens
Of "Old Cedar" to be held on the s,h
pror. Please convey to the committee
and accept for yourself my thanks alike
for the invitation and the complimentary
manner in which it was extended. Ire
greet to say that, having already ASST gned
causes for trial on that day, my official
duties will pcremptorily detan me here.
If it were at all practicable, l should re-
joice to be with you on that OCCASION
Such meetings arc Of great utility. They
tend to promote enlistments, and Ia
strengthen, not only the arms, but the
courage Of the Government. Let the
voice Of loyal Cedar be heard for the va,
for stern, sharp, uncompromising, over
whelming, war. Let the President be
invoked to prosecute the war 90 the prin
ciple that rebels and traitors have nc
privileges, no rights, not given by the
strictest construction of the rules of war
Let him be invoked to proclaim that he
knows but two c'asses-loyal and dlsloyal
that there are no laws for the benefit OF
rebels or there property, slaves included !;
that the last slave belonging to rebels and
pseudo Union men has been returned; land
that, without respect to lineage or color,
he will gladly accept the services of every
man Who is willing to handle a spade or
gun in the holy cause Of the Union.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN +. DILLON.
Hiram Price, Esq, Jacob Butler, Esq
and J. Swiueford, Esq, addressed the
meeting in able and patriotic speeches
The following resolutions, which hat
been prepared by a committee. were rea'
by Hon j. II. Rothrock, and unanimous
" adopted
Resol,ed, That We, the citizens Of c.
dar county, in Mass Meeting assembled
in view OF the alarming crisis in our n;
tonal affairs, at the present time, whe
hordes Of armed rebels and traitors.
battle array, are waging a fierce au
bloody war. with the avowed purpose
breaking up and destroying the Unto
and subverting the Government, belle
, it to be the paramount duty Of eve
n loyal citizen to devote time, innuenc
). money, property, aud life itself if nece
sary, to aid in maintaining the suprema
It of the Constitution and Laws, aud t
perpe,uity Of that Union founded by 0
J. patriotic forefa,hers 'to secure the BILE
10 sings Of Liberty to ourselves and our o.
a, terity"
Resolred, That this county will prom
is ly furnish the number Of men required
re her under the recent call for troops
Sc crush out the rebellion and We, as 10
It. citizens, speaking for her, aud in
name. pledge ourselves that OLD CED
l. will cheerfully raise any additional 70
J. that NAV be required of her for the su
ly port of the Government.
lly Resolved, That we do hereby solem
o. pledge ourselves that the families of tn
citizens of this county who now are,
err who may hereafter become, soldiers in
in Federal army, shall net want for the n
i'll. essaries and comforts of life; and in
der that the funds necessary therefor II
.h be contributed in like proportion by
to our citizens, we do hereby recommend
our Board Of Supervisors that they
&c crease the allowance to soldiers famili
m and that it be made to apply not only
families of married men but in other
IN ses whero necessity may exist for su
allowance
r. On motion it was ordered that the p
r. ceed'ngs be published in the Upton A
~ vertiser and Cedar Democrat.
# SELF. GOVERNMENT,
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