The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02
Union Meeting IN Davis County

EDITOR OF dAWk-tYE:-OH tle Alu VI
April large and enthusiastic Union Mass
Meeting, composed Of the citizens of Davis
and Appanoose counties, met at the Pres
byterian Church in West Grove, Davis CO.,
Iowa. The house came to order by calling
Rev. w. H. Watson to the Chair. The fol-
lowing committee were appointed to draft
resolutions, viz: James Stansberry, An
drew White and Phineas Colliver. Able
and patriotic speeches was then delivered
by Hon. NJ. s. Jones, and the gallant and
intrepid Capt. S. A. Moore, of the Second
Iowa, who, with the brave and generous
rank in the immortal charge upon Fort
Donelson. Long live all such men to do
battle with our enemy at home or abroad.
When the speakers closed, the committee
offered the following preamble and resolu-
tions, which being voted upon separately,
were unanimously adopted: ~.
:. WHEREAS the Government of the United
States is now engaged in suppressing a
wicked and unjustifiable rebellion against
the Government of our fathers and where
as we believe it to be the duty of every citi-
zen of the United States to sustain the Gov
ernment at all hazards and without any
conditions whatever, therefore
Resotced, That in the present crisis there
can be no halfway ground, and there
to the duty Of every citizen in sustaining
the Government and making it's power re-
spected by its friends and feared by its en-
emies.
ResotUed, That however much people
may differ as to the policy of administer
ing the Government, there ought not to be
any difference as to the necessity of sus-
tanning the Government; and that in our
judgment there is no question of policy
now in dispute between the parties as they
existed at the last National Election, and
consequently nothing that ought to bind a.
man to his party and against the interest
of his Government.
Resolued, That there is but one legally
constituted authority to execute the laws
of the United States, and that by virtue Of
the Constitution such authority is for the
present vested in Abraham Lincoln as the
Chief Executive Of the Nation, whose
sworn duty it is to see that all laws of the
United States are carefully and faithfully
executed; and we heartily pledge our
calculated to bring obedience to the laws
and respect for the Constitution, and that
| to oppose the efforts of the Administration
simply from prejudice, manifests want
of patriotism inconsistent with the duty of
good citizen.
RESOLVED, That the present rebellion is
entirely without any justification, and that
any attempt TO apologize for it's existence is
calculated to give aid and comfort to the
enemy and produce dissension among the
people of the loyal States.
ResolUed, That while the Proclamation
of Emancipation is now before the Ameri-
can people, and while we may not be able
to see its utility and necessity as war
measure, yet it is one of the measures pro-
posed by the Administration to cripple the
enemy, we therefore pledge ourselves in
behalf of the Government for it's enforce
ment, or in other words, we are for our
country right or wrong, against traitors at
home or enemies abroad.
Res0lUed, That we favor Union State
Ticket, and that any man who is not will
ling to have his name upon unconditional
Union ticket, is not fit to. hold an Office
within the gift Of the people.
ResolUed, That the editors ofthe Burling-
ton Haaok-Ege be requested to publish the
proceedings of this meeting.
w. w. WATSON, President,
JOHN sCoLLIvER, Secretary.