The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-10
THE VICTORIES.
Great Celebration Proposed.
New York TO the President.
The Citizens OF New York Invite Pref.
/. dent L.incoln 20 Set Apart n Day for
CeIebra tion n-Compiimeuts 10 Feder-
al Generals.
Press Dispatch. ]

New YORK, April o.-Ihe committee
appointed at the Wall street meeting ot
Monday to make arrangements for pub
lie celebration met at the Custom House,
Collector Draper in the chair. The fol
lowing address and accompanying reso-
lutions were adopted:
The Citizens of Ner York to 4. Lincoln,
President of the United States:
With devout thankfnlness to Almighty
God for the graeiOns protection he has
vouchsafed to ms as 4 nation during the
perils and conflicts of the civil war, We
desire to acknowledge his merciiui good
ness, aud to join in reverence Tor his holy
name. In the confident belief that the
measure would be in accordance with
the principles which have guided your
counsels in the execution of the great
trust committed to your hands, we re-
spectfully request that day be deslgna-
ted, in your own good time, which may
be set apart, when the whole people may
be invited to assemble and meet together
to offer praises and thanksgiving for the
brilliant successes which under Divine
Providence have been secured to us by
the persistent energy, sagaclty and hdel-
ity of the government, and by skill, IN
tegrity and selfsacrificing devotion OF
the army and navy engaged in maintain.
ing the power and preserving the life OF
the nation for the countless blessings
we enjoy under the benign influence OF
free institutions and for the cheering
prospects opening before us OF an even
more united, prosperous and happy colln-
try We remain your friends and fel-
low citizens.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolpsd, That the address be duly sup
Piled with the signatures Of the Commit
tee of Arrangements aud such other clti-
zens as NAV desire to unite in the meas
ure of grateful duty, and transmitted to
the President.
Resol,ed That the people of New York
are filled with admiration at the splendid
combination and dashing bravery which
has marked the movements OF the con-
flict in the battle fields of Virginia, Geor-
ria and the Carolinas, and that Lienten-
ant General Grant, with Major General
Sheridan and soldiers and officers under
their command, have covered themselves
and the American people with impelish
able renown.
Resolrsd, That while also the command
ing generals who have borne the national
colors over fields of victory deserve and
will receive the plaudits of gratitied
people, their names shine out with pecn-
liar luster, our hearts are full and our eyes
suffused with Joy when we utter the
names of Sheridan, the soldier, the sue
cessful leader, and the chosen warrior
Grant, and of Sherman, Thomas, Scho
field, and Terry, Meade and Others who
have filed the measure of our cOuntry's
glory.
Resolred, That select committee Of
five citizens be appointed by the chair,
to be announced hereafter, to carry into
effect the last preceding resolution,
Resolved That copies of these proceed.
ings be transmitted to the President and
Lieut.. Gen. Grant, and published; that
the address to the President he engrossed
and signed by the members of the com
mittee, Hamilton Fish, Moses Taylor,
Moses H. Grinnell, Hiram Walbridge,
A. T. Stewart, Simeon Draper, Col Sims
Saul Sloan, P. NJ Wetmore, and others.
1t was resolved to place the address IN
the rotunda of the Custom House on
Monday, where all citizens will have an
opportunity to sign it before it is for
warrled to the President.