Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

FRIDAY. MAY Is,
o9 Resolutions Of the 3Oth Iowa.
CAMP BEFORE VlcKsBURG, 30th Rec. Iowa J
| Vol. NIFTY, BIGG's PLANTATION, La,
.h- dl ~ IN APRIL IA, 1858. \
Believing that an expression of the tru
sentiments Of Iowa soldiers in the field would
at the present time, strengthen the hands O
| their friends at home, a meeting of the officer
of the 3Oth Iowa Volunteer Infantry was hell
on the evening of the 10th inst, Col, Oharle
H. Abbott, presiding. n s s-5
Lieut.. E. B. Heaton was elected Secre tarv
and the following named officers were ap
pointed committee on resolutions, viz :.
Captains A. Roberts and John E. Ford. ant
Lieutenants James P. Milliken, W. H. Ran
dali, Moses w. Parker. E. B Heaton and 81
l.. Creighton. re drc 0tg.
The committee reported the following pre-
amble and resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted: taa-i ...-t7
WHEREAS, Traitors to their country, South.
ern emissaries, and other evil disposed Ger
sons in the Northern States, are making ex
traordinary efforts to mislead the people by
false representations in regard to the measures
necessarily adopted by the Government 70,
the suppression of the rebellion in the seced.
ing States, and by the cry of peace, peace
when they well know there can be no peace
but by the success of our arms and submis.
sion to the laws of our country and whereas
their opposition and efforts to embarrass the
Government, their sympathy with the rebels
openly proclaimed though their 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 conclu.
sive evidence to US of their evil designs, VIC
think it becomes us, as soldiers fighting the
battles OF our country, as well as our. friends
at home, to give expression to our sentiments
in condemnation of these reasonable prac.
tices and of those minions of jeff Davis and
the so called Southern Confederacy so active.
ly engaged therein. .,'.-
To this end we declare re
list. In the language of the lamented
Douglas, that " there can be in the present
posture of affairs but two parties, the one pa
triots and the other traitors"
I'd. That in times like these traitors
should be treated as traitors. Stunned by all
honest men and brought to condign punish.
ment , REASONABLE practices should be fer
reted out and the actors, aiders and abettors
thereof suffer the severest penalty of the law.
Sd. That the only road to peace is in a
united, vigorous and successful effort in
crushing the rebellion, the prosecution Of the
war on scale vast enough to crush the
rebels in the South, and an efficient execution
OF the laws against treason in the North.
4th That the men who, as a pretext for
opposing the Government, prate of onerous
taxes, arbitrary laws, suspending of the writ
OF hdbeas corpus, violation Of the Constitution,
and who oppose the Government in the en-
listment or conscription of men for it. armies
are traitors, or the dupes of traitors, and only
await the time and opportunity 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 authority have too long been per-
mitted to go unpunished. '1+-
9th. We have no sympathy with any party
or body of men not in favor of . vigorous
prosecution of the war until the last armed
rebel foe returns to his allegiance or is made
to bite the lust and we conjure our friends
at home not to be misled by peace meetings
or peace proclamations, but to stand united
and steadfast in support of the Government
and its armies IN the field. 9 f 1.i
9Th. That we will never consent to the
formation of another government out of any
part of the United States or its Territories,
and to conserve this end we support the con-
stitution and laws of the United States and
endorse every necessary measure of the Ad-
ministration having in view the suppression
OF the rebellion and preservation of the Union,
and if slavery be in the way our united voices
are, let 1t die, and let the Government
live" hail. gl Dg@ Aip s sVasa
. 7th. That We ask our friends and neigh
bors at home and all true Union men to lay
aside party prejudices in this hour of peril to
the cherished institutions of our country, pur-
chased with the blood of our patriot sires and
rally with US around the emblem of freedom,
which an armed and barbarous foe has dis
honorcd and trailed in the dust. a.4t.fssa. .
8th. That, as soldiers, we are willing to
endure the hardships incidents to our calling
and 10 meet the emery on the field of battle
to preserve our cherished form of Govern.
ment-the peoples Government - but IN
doing this we desire that there be no fire in
the rear to cripple our effol is 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
9th. That we fully approve and endorse
all the acts of the Governor Of our State. and
of our Senators and Representatives, in Con-
gress in their efforts to preserve the integrity
of the Union, and to this end hereby unani-
mously pledge ourselves to stand by them in
enforcing efficient execution of the laws
against traitors and tories at home as we'll as
abroad. Id uss y. s.-ycigTarar f.-e r.-..,
10th. That the Haukeye and Arqus of
Burlington, the Gate City of Keokuk, lo,oo
City Republican, Mascatine journal, and
papers throughout the State be requested to
publish these proceedings 7e-a - .y q. ri
7 al anrCoL. CHAS. Fl. ABBOTT, Chm.
LIEUT.. E. B. HEAToN, Sec'y. f. -o..u .,
We, the undersigned, being all the COM
missioned officers present Of the Both Iowa
Infantry Volunteers, concur in and fully
endorse the preamble and each and all of the
foregoing resolutions, and -thereunto sub
scribe our names :tfy-ga Jfs} sr s4;9sa1rr
l1.fr,s CHARLES H. ABBOTT, Colonel. .r-
ojni WIN. G.; ToRRENcE, Lieut. Col. n +
-.s 9. G.. Ros1Rs, Actg Surgeon. os-
gist N, 5. PnUs, Asst Surgeon zafrog i
Rufus Goodnougb, Captain Co. A., s,r
David Litner, i.osb lst-Lieut.. {. B,
t. James P. Milliken, I'd ~" . -+-..
Aurelius Roberts, Capt. .4r" G, fl
Hugh E. Creighton, 2d-Lieut. g !" III.
w. q. RAM 1all, Capt. Sd,
Geo, w. Elerick, 1st-Lieut." 9. -
Joseph Smith, .d- Capt. E, f,.,
Moses w. Parker, LIST Lieut." g g +,
JOHNNY ). Middleton, I'd :" g 81 ~.
John F. Ford, .r Capt. q F, ,'.
P. II. Bence, 1st-Lieut." 6 ,,a
=. Geo. A. Miller, I'd, e" g, {. g. :
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