The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-03-26
From the New York Evening Pos
The Loyal National League.

| We direct the attention of our citizens
to an organization which is rapidly form
ing in this city under the above name. i
The enrolment list, copy of which is
exposed fer signature in the office of the
EVENING PosT, bears the following title
which clearly explains the purposes of
the League:
awe, the undersigned, citizens of the
United States, hereby associate ourselves
under the name and title of the Loyal
NATIONAL LEAGUE. r.
I "We pledge ourselves to an uncondi-
tioual loyalty to the government of the
United States, to an unwavering support
Of its efforts to suppress the rebellion,
and to spare no endeavor to maintain un-
impaired the national unity, both in
principle and territorial boundarv. =
"The primary object ofthis League is
and shall be to bind together all loyal
men, of all trades and professions, in a
common union to nQintain the power,
glory and integrity ofXhe nation"
Among the various Programmes and
constitutions of loyal leagues, Union
leagues. and Union clubs, we have seen
none which so we'll supplies Ne great
need Of the time and so thorouAhly an
swers the broad name of LEAGUE asNhis.
There is no money test Of entrance, Md
only condition Of admission being WIN
lincncss to sign and abide by simple
and comprehensive pledge of loyalty to
the government and to the idea as Wei
as the substance Of National Unity.
Now that the most poisonous of the
doctrines of the Cafhou"it"S, those dee
trines in which the Southern rebels seek
their apology for the most hcin3us crime
in history, are boldly put forth by rebel
sYmNathizcrs, it seems appropriate that
loyal mon ,hould band together to main
tain the substance and adhere to the clo-
riou5 idea Of National Unity.
General Rosccrans. in his patriotic
general order issued to the Western army
on the birthday of Washington, happily
expresses this idea:
Out of respect for the memory Of
| Washington-whose iilustrious virtues
We revere. whose wisdom, justice SURE
scfsacriGcing devotion to aationas ~.
we resolve to initiate ourselvesl
to our children-we will q az AZ
to each other the pledges alr ass
by our past tolls and suffez;~ss n
many of our brave coiiaui1 q. AZ
ready sealed with their ~
transmit the freedom We III ~
Washin gton unimpaired to thI
Of our nation, 'one and anasJ34tE NJ I,
we will perish in its defence, beq II X da
ing a name glorious to them and 4 ~
to the rebel cons spirators whose vii 7. +
ccptions have arraycd our bre' sd
against US"
This is the battle cry of the brave pat
| riots who, with their breasts to the foe,
stand between the nation and the parri-
cides who seek its ruin.
That nat onal unity which they :" e
themselves to maintain on the battr GaaJd
let US all pledge ourselves to defend oat
home. Thus will our brothers in the
field be encouraged to feel that their pri
vations and suherings are not in vain,
and that the lives they offer up at the
shrine of their country's unity shall not
be useless sacrifice.
There is strong feeling in the public
mind on this subject, and action has been
delayed in the expectation that some Of
the organizations row projected would
build on this broad foundation-but up
to this time no plan has presented itself
SO broad and desirable in its purpose as
the present. "
We do not doubt that the League tl.,s
initiated in this city will spread thro. h
every village, town and hamlet in tile
loyal States, encouraging the loyal and
striking terror to the hearts Of the tral-
tors who, not daring to take open part
with the rebels in arms, still stand be-
meath the fostering folds of the national
banner and seek to break in pieces that
unity Of which it is the honored emblem,
and without which it is a meaningless
rag.
1t is proposed to take large hall, with
convenient reading and committee rooms,
in some central place, where the members
of the League may meet at all times,
and where, at stated periods, lectures and
addresses will be delivered.
va n loyal Club Is forming under te
declaration of principle printed aboves
Its object is ''The encou agement Of ff
riotic sentiment and opinion" IhIsfs
as it should be, and we hope to see many
such formed on the broad and compro-
hensive basis of Aho Nationa! League
Their members will, OF course, make
part of the parent society.
UNHANDsoME.-T Democrats in
the Pennsylvania House of Representa-
tives refused, on Friday last, to give the
use of their Hall to Governor Johnson,
Of Tennessee, and Governor Wright, Of
Indiana, to address the members and Ct
liens. They cannot bear to hear lerify
and patriotism speak in their beng g.
D&g- 4 gentleman who converse,n.
Gently with Hon. John Minor Bottssssys
IL Al. Nf