, 1863-01-01
LOYAL ACTON Il i Of ! THE BOARD
The Chicago Times denounced
by the Board, and the Direc-
tors requested 10 Exclnle
itfrom Change.

For the past few weeks, the disloyal course
Of tho Chicago Times has excited feeling Of
deep and stern indignation among all classes
Of LOYAL citizens. It's yenomous attacks upon
thc Government, it's palpable encouragement
to the rebels, its bare-faccd attempts to pro-
ycke a collision III tho North, its bitter as
saults upon New Englandcrs, its brutal cpl
thets towards the entire clergy Of the city,
and Its opposition to every individual meas
ure tending to suppress the rebellion, have
created q popular feeling Of denunciation of
the strongest character. This feeling has
been largely shared in by the Board Of Trade
Of this city, an unconditional loyal associa-
1ion, which to-day has three regiments and a
battery in the field fitted out by 1t, and today
is caring in the most generous and patriotic
manner for the families of the soldiers sent to
the wars by them.
The feeling first manifested itself some days
since By refusal upon the part Of some Of
the members to furnish quotations to the
commercial reporter Of that paper, not from
any dissatisfaction with the reporter himself,
but from the fact thai the paper be represent
ed was dis1oyal. This WINS but the beginning
Of the condemnation.
Yesterday, during the regular session on
Change, n. r: Fairbanks, esq, called the at
tention of the Board to the resolutions ap-
pended below. He prefaced them with few
remarks characteriziug the paper as disloyal,
and stating it as 4 duty the Board as loyal
organization owed to itself, to henceforth ex-
clude it from Change He asked for IN cx-
preston Of opinion, desiring every member
to think carefully before voting. Mr.. F. then
read the resolutions as follows:
WHEREAS. The articles appearing almost daily
in the Chicago Times newspaper ARE calculated to
give aid and comfort to traitors engaged in most
WHEREAS. In publishing SUCH matternB charging
upon the Administratiou-inits Its efforts to put down
TIC rsbe!lion--the murder Of the fathers. sons.
every oihcr crime IN the category,-Baid paper is
doing what lies In its power to create discor1 and
at the Feah G TIE loss e the
WHEHEAs. The eatd paper iH in the practice
Of making the most outrageous aud uncal1cd.Eor
attacks upon the private character and standing Of
our most respectable citizens, thereby causing it
to be deserving Of unmcasured reprobation !;
.Issolred. By This Board of Trade. while dis
| claiming all partizan feeling and being actuated
By other motive than the public welfare and the
fair fame OF ourcity. that the Chicago Times is u-
worthy OF countenAnce or support and that the
Directors arc hereby requested to exclude it from
the reading room Of this Board.
Reaxred, That this Board know of no objection
to the commercial editor Of the Chicaso Times,
personally, but inasmuch as his presence on
Change, TO certain extent, tolerates the paper,
he is hereby excluded from the rooms, as q r..
porter for Haid paper.
The yotc was taken, and resulted in the pas
sage Of the resolutions By an almost unani-
nous as we'll Us laundering "aye," only two
or three voices being heard in the negative,
after which the Board resumed its business as
usual.
The loyal people Of Chicago express the
came verdict, and will sustain the action Of
the Board Of Trade as cminently proper and
| loyal. It was duty they owed themselves as
| a loyal association. The .7ou,7.al intimates
that the various railroad companies in the
city arc talking Of pursuing d similar course