The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02
BIGGs' PLANTATION, La, April

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Believing that an expression of the true
sentiments Of Iowa soldiers in the field
would at the present time strengthen the
hands of their friends at home, meeting
of the officers of the 3Oth Regiment Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, was held on the 10th
Lieut.. E. B. Heaton was elected Secretary
and the following named officers were ap-
pointed Committee on Resolutions, to-
wit: Captains A. Roberts and John e
Ford, and Lieutenants James P. Milliken
W.. H. Randall, M. w. Parker, E. B.
Heaton and ii. L. Creighton. The Com
nittee reported and the following were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Traitors to their country
Southern emisaries and other evil disposed
persons in the Northern States, are making
extraordinary efforts to mislead the people
by Misrepresentation in regard to the
measures necessarily adopted by the Gov
eminent for the suppression of the rebel
lion in the seeding States, and by the cry
OF peace! peace! when they well know
there can he no peace, but by the success Of
our arms and submission to the laws Of our
country; and whereas their opposition and
sympathy with the rebels, openly pro-
claimed through the public prints. and
manifest eXultation in their success and our
defeat, is, to all intents and purposes, Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy, and con-
elusive evidence to us of their evil designs,
we think it becomes us, as soldiers, fight
ing the battles of our country, as well as our
friends at home, to give expression to our
sentiments in condemnation of these trea-
sonable practices and of those minions OF
JEFF. Davis and the so-called Southern Con-
federacy, SO actively engaged therein. To
this end we declare:
i !. In the language of the lamented
Douglas, That there can be, in the present
condition Of affairs, but two parties. the
one patriots and the other traitors u
I 2. That in times like these, traitors
should be treated as traitors, Stunned by
all honest men and brought to rconClign
punishment-treason practices should
be ferreted out and the actors, aiders and
abettors thereof suffer the severest penalty
of the law. -
g. That the only road to peace is in a
united, vigorous and successful effort in
crushing the rebellion, the prosecution OF
the war on a scale vast enough to crush the
rebels in the South, and an efficient execu-
ton Of the laws against treason in the
North.
4. That the men who, as pretext for OPP
posing the Government, pirate of enormous
taxes, arbitrary laws, suspension of the
writ Of habeas corpus, violation of the
Constitution, and who oppose the Govern
ment in the enlistment or CONSUMPTION of
men for its armies, are traitors or dupes of
traitors, and only await the time and OPP
portunity to put their more reasonable
designs into practice, and that we hold all
such as our enemies and the enemies of the
country, who, by the clemency of those in
haV cd IN
go UNPUBLISHED.
8. That we have no sympathy with any
party, or body Of men, not in favor of a
vigorous prosecution Of the war until the
last armed rebel foe returns to his allegi-
ance, or is made to bite the dust. And we
conjure our friends at home not to be mis-
led by peace meetings or peace proclama-
tons, but to stand united and steadfast in
support Of the Government and its armies
in the field.
6. That we never will consent to the for
nation of another Government out Of any
part of the United States or Territories, and
to conserve this end, we support the Con
stitution and the laws of the United States,
and endorse every necessary measure of
preston of the rebellion and preservation
Of the Union; and if slavery be in the way
our united voices are, "let it die, and let
the Government liva?'
z. That we ask our friends and neighbors
at home, and all true Union men, to lay
aside party prejudices in this hour of peril
to the cherished institutions Of our country,
purchased with the blood of our patriot
sires, and rally with us around the emblem
OF freedom, which an armed and barbarous
foe has dishonored and trailed in the dust.
.. mat, as soldiers, we are willing to en-
dure the hardships incident to our calling.
ana 10 meet the enemy on the field of bat
tie, TO preserve our cherished form of Gov
ernment-the peoples Government. But
IN doing this, we desire that there shall be
no lire in the rear" to cripple our efforts
and prolong the war, or the time when we
can return to our loved ones at home, with
our glorious flag waving over every CITY.
town and hamlet in the land.
y. Ihat we fully approve and endorse all
the acts OF the Governor of our State. and
of our Senators and Ranrasantati,rna 4.