Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-04-10
Resolutions on the State of The Country,

Resolutions on the State of The Country
Passed by the lSla Rey't, Pa. Vols
At meeting of the Officers of the ISIS
Regiment Pa. Vols, held at Camp Hum
phrey, Va, Apri! 2, 1868, the followin.
Preamble and Resolutions were unani
mOusly adopted, and agreed to by the mel
on dress parade:
Whereas, the clouds of civil war are
banging over Us, and casting long shade
over the light of our once glorious Union,
imperiling our liberties and laws, our for.
tunes aud our hopes, and the brightes,
and highest hopes of mankind; aud,
Whereas, the administration of the gene
raj Government has been and still is faith
fully and honestly engaged in employing
the best means calculated to dissipate the
storm-cloud which has gathered over the
land, and to exterminate treason and the
prominent causes which led to the present
fearful calamites ; and. Whereas, q party
OF disloyalsts, in the Northern States, are
endeavoriny to weaken the bonds of our
common Uoion aud embarrass the Nation
81 Administration, aud lend, by every
effort, their moral support to this infa-
nous Rebellion /; therefore,
Resolved, That We hereby express and
affirm our unh hnching devotion TO our
country, free and undivided, and our love
for its starry flag, the noble ensign of our
nationality, which has breathed the inspi-
ration of free government, and the song
of human liberty on evory sea and shore,
and entwiDed around its shining folds the
prayers and blessings of every kindred and
naticn; that We will stand by and main.
tain its honor pure and untarnished, till
the last vestige of treason shall sink into
a night Of woe, and the supremacy of the
Government shall rise in triumph over
every State of this Union.
Resolved, That while Treason is in
arms aud the Government in danger of
being overthrown and destroyed, it is the
first great duty of every citizen to discard
all partizan feelings, and lend a united
sfor, to suppress the rebellion, and, wbeth-
er right or wrong, to stand By the Govern.
ment until Law and Order reign supreme,
aud Peace aud Prosperity fill united
land.
Resolved, That there are bu. two sides
to the contest now going on; the one be.
ing unconditionaily FOR the Government,
the other, AGAINST it that he who arrays
himself against the Government, at this
time, or endeavors to embarrass its actions
in the prosecution Of the war with view
TO make party capital, is breeder of fac.
tious discomfort is more odious in the
eyes Of true patriots than were the Tories
Of the Revolution, and deserves the inexo-
rable contempt of the Volunteers in the
field, as we'll as the keenest execration of
true loyalty everywhere, for be brightens
the hopes and strengthens the cause of
treason against US.
Resolved, That the States now 10 rebel
lion have Withdrawn from the Union with
out any reasonable cause, and have pro-
voked civil war which has cost the nation
Thousands oe its nobIest sons and involved
eGoverpment in vast national debt, and
Justice and Law, and every impulse of
Patriotism alike forbid any compromise
with them, other than an unconditional
submission on their part to the laws and
constitutional authorities Of the United
States. The experience of the past con-
vinces US that the only safe and perma-
written by the sword aid proclaimed
abroad BY the thunder of artillery. Peace
on any other terms than an unconditional
surrender Of their arms, and ackuowledg-
ment of the constitutional laws of the old
Union, would bring eternal disgrace upon
us as q nation.
Resolved, That we consider the Conscrip-
tion Act as a measure tending to an
carly termination of the war; and ask
that it be early and impartially enforced ;
that We look upon all party counseling
resistance thereto as recreants aud trai-
tors Of the blackest dye.
Resolved, That We give our cordial sup.
port to President Lincoln, believing hin,
to be actuated by an honest desire to
bring about speedy termination Of the
war and to defend at all hazards, and to
the last extremity, the principles of equa
Justice and constitutional liberty, and tc
maintain for ever inviolate the glory o
our institutions, and the bonds of ou
unshstterred Union.
Resolved, That Andrew G. Curtin
Governor of Pennsylvania, BY his zeal
energy, and untiripg devotion, has exbib
tied 10 eecondug the National Executiv
10 crush the Rebellion, and the anxiety
he has ever manifested for the health, hap
piuess, and interest Of the soldiers, ha
eudearcd himself to US all, and shoul
receive the grateful thanks Of all tru
patriots.
Resoised, That We have as all goo
soldiers should have, uufailing confiienc
in our distinguished leader, Genera
Joseph Hooker; and will follow hir
wherever honor aud duty lesds, until th
supremacy of the 'O.d Flag" is unisel
sally secured.
LII Col. W B. SHAUT, Pres.
L. L. NJ. MORTON, Sec.
Committee-Cspt |. b. Davis, Cap
J S. Hsuham, let Lieut.. d. B. Wilso1
let Lieut. Chts j. A. Chapman, i
Lieut.. Jos. j. R. Orwig.
wrD. b. M'Grernr writes from Po
Royal that the Lew'sburg boys are a
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