The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-11
The Vi; !. = =, 'ssuurI Democrat
Inc voice of Illinois SoIdisr. s,.
inh DEMONSTRATION SUSTAINED
GOV. YATES ENCOURAGEu-
THE TRAITORS WARNED

SfklNGFIELD, Feb. s. 1863
The following resolutions sneak for
themselves, and should prove a warning
to those traitors in Illinois who are piy.
ing all the aid and comfort in their now.
er to the enemy. They must have a
clustering effect upon the men in the
Legislature who have been scheming and
| plotting ever since they have been here
In the interest of jeff Davis:
CoRINTH, Miss, Jan. 80. 1863
AT meeting of the officers of the d;f.
ferent Illinois regiments stationed at this
post, the following proceedings were had.
Inc meeting being called to order, Lieut..
Colonel Phillips, of the 9th Illinois. was
elected President, and Adjt Letton, Goth
Illinois, Secretary
Colonel Chetlain, of the 18th Illinois
stated that the object of calling the nj,
nols officers together, was to adopt reso.
lutIons to show Governor Yates and the
other officers of Illinois, and our friend.
at home, that we are still in favor of the
vigorous prosecution of the war, and that
we will uphold our President and Gov
ernor in all their efforts to put down this
rebellion.
On nnotion,a Committee on Resolutions
was elected, consisting of the following
officers:
Col Chetlain, 18th Illinois, command.
ing post; NJ. NJ. Bane, 5Oth Illinois
commanding Sd Brigade; Lieut.. Colonel
Wilcox, SD Illinois; Colonel Burke.
Goth Illinois; Col A. J. Babcock. 7tb
Illinois; Col. Mersy, 9th Illinois. com.
manding I'd Brigade; Lieut. Col Morrill
9th Illinois.
The Committee on Resolutions sub.
mitted the following, which was unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, Our Government is now
or DO, .-, ---l- g ----..sI.--1.
half; and,
WHEREAS, We have beheld with feel
ings of sadness and deep regret, the bit
ter partisan spirit that is becoming dan
gerouslv vindictive and malicious in
our State, the tendency of which is to
paralyze and Illustrate the plans Of the
Federal and State authorities in their
efforts to suppress this infamous rebel
lion; therefore,
l. Resoloed, That having pledged our
most cherished earthly interests to the
service of our common country, in this
hour of national peril, we ask our friends
and neighbors at home to lay aside all
petty iealousies and party animosities,
and, as one man, stand by us in uphold
ing the President in his war measures, In
maintaining the authority and the dignity
of the Government, and in unfurling
again the glorious emblem 'of our ma
tionality over every city and town OF
rebeldom.
2. Resolred, That we tender Governor
Yates and Adiutant General Fuller our
warmest thanks for their untiring zeal in
organizing, arming and equipping the
army which Illinois has sent to the heldi
and for their timely attention to the
wants of sick and wounded soldiers,
and we assure them Of our steady and
warm support in their efforts to maintain
! for Illinois the proud position OF pre-
eminent loyalty which she now occupies:
3. ResoEred, That we have watched
the traitorous conduct of those members
of the Legislature of the State OF llli-
nois, who, misrepresenting their con-
stituencies, have been proposing cessa-
ton of the war, avowedly to arrange
terms of peace, but really to give time
for the nearly exhausted rebels to re-
cover their strength, and plotting to d.
vest Gov. Yates of the rights and au-
thority vested in him by our State con-
stitution and laws, and to them we calmly
Be,oGre of the terrible retrtoutton
thai is falling upon your coddjutors al
the South. and that as your crime "a
ten fold bLacker, ,ciH sUiftly Snlite you
, min tenfoId horrors, should you persis
-, ,,orr damnabIs deeds Of treason
, ResoLred. That in rendering our
= thanks to Gov Yates, and assuring MIN
of our cordial support IN his efforts Z
2 crush this ihhuman rebellion, we arr
t deeply and feelingly in earnest. We hav'
!, left to the laws he is to enforce all tina
t i dear 10 men-our wives, our children
d onr narents, our homes; and should tn
T. Iootbsome treason of the madmen VIII
a ore trving to wrest from him portion {
r his inst authority render it necessary, /
T. his oninion, for US to return and crus
g ont treason there, we will promptly ODE
= nroner order SO to do, for we despise
d sneaking traitor in the rear much MOI
t. than an open rebel in front
d 5. ResoLred, That we hold IN detest
ID ton and will execrate any man, who
~ tbis struggle for our national life offe
r, factious opposition to either the FEEDER
ly or State authorities, in their efforts
,g measures for the vigorous prosecution
I'll the war, for the suppression OF this uo
II less rebellion.
an 6 Resolred, That we are opposed
he all nronositions for cessation OF hosti
ne ties or compromise, other tnan 'nO
sr. See Fourth PaSc'