Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-02-19
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING.

AT called meeting of the officers of In
diana regiments in the field in the Depart
ment of the Cumberland, held at Murfrees
boro. Tenn. January 22i. 1868. Lieut..
Col. James I. Embree, 5Sth Indiana Vol.
unteers. presiding. and Lieut.. Frank Rid
dell. 37th Indiana Volunteers and A. G..
5. ID Division, Centre, acting as Secreta.
ry. a committee consisting of Col. John L.
Wilder. 18th Ind. Col. Norton G. Hun
ter. SD Ind. Major Clarke Willis, 5lst
Ind. and Chaplain John III. Lozicr, 37th
Ind, was appointed to prepare a memorial
and resolutions expressive of the sense
of the meeting touching those interest
which will be presented fer the action OF
the Indiana Legislature. in which the in
terests of the soldiers are especially invOlv-
ed" ~ 10 1a sE. ~,
The following memorial and resolutions
were presented by the committee, unani.
mously adopted by the meeting. and or.
dered 20 be furnished to all the Indiana
regiments in the Army Of the Cumberland,
in the vicinity of Murfreesboro. with the
request that the same be read to all the
members Of the several regiments for the;,
approval or disapproval, by vote. and sub
mitted to the officers Of said regiments fol
their signatures. lesar..
MEMORIAL. lstis
To tie General assembly of tie State OF
Indiana: s@e i-4
The undersigned officers and soldiers ot
the Indiana volunteer regiments. submit
ting with patriotic self sacrifice to the pol
icy which denied us a voice in the late
elections, and approving the wisdom ol
that feature Of our Government which Sc.
cures the civil from the influence of the
military power. nevertheless desire to p1r,
ticipate in the preliminary councils which
are to shape the popular ideas of the State,
and consequently to control the actions oil
its Representatives in the General Assem-
bly,. .+s
We speak as soldiers. because our lives
are staked upon the issues Of the presen,
struggle; as citizens. because at no distant
day those of us who survive are to share
with you the respon sibilities of citizenship,
and to experience in common with the
people at home the results of your present
deliberations. s-' - - se
Whatever prejudices may exist agains,
any interference by the military in the af-
fairs Of State. certainly even the most rig
i'd guardian of the public interests could
not expect the army to wait with indiffer.
ence the result of deliberations which wo'd
not only affect the common interests of the
people but also the lives and fortunes oi
those who have taken mp arms to defend
the integrity of the Union in . contest
with the common foe in the field. asam
Defeat strips the citizen Of his fortune
and his political enjoyments; the soldier
Of both these and bis honor. and il may be
his life. It requires no argument to con-
vince an intelligent mind that . war sus-
tanned by. a. united people and waged with
that energy and determination which pro-
ceeds only from undivided councils, pre-
sents fearful array of casualties. with 4
better hope of success. than sluggish
contest waged by q party. and merely sus-
tanned in the wrangling Of faction At home.
In other words. it requires more lives to
sustain government hampered and re-
stricted By the jealousy Of political parties.
than to sustain one supported BY tho voice
Of united people. 20 s sss -.
As well might you expect the fettered
victim to stuggle successfully with his uns
tlAmelled oppressor. Is to hope FOR nstion
to snbdue its enemies when its energies are