Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-10


The Committee appointed blythe Wall St.
meeting on Monday to make arrangements
for public celebration, met at the Custom
House, Collector Draper in the Chair. The
following address and accompanying reso-
lutiOns were adopted:
ADDRESS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Citizens Of NeW York to abraham Lincoln,
President Of the United States
With deVout thanklulness to Almighty
God for the glorious protection he has
Vouchsafed to us as a nation during the
perils and conflicts of civil war, we desire
to acknowledge his merciful goodness, and
to Join in reverence fer his Holy name, in
confident belief that your measures will be
in accordance with the principles which
have guided your ccunfels in the execution
of the great trust committed to your hands.
We respectfully request that day be des-
ignated 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, Bsgacity and fidelity of
the Government, and by the intrepidity
and self-sacrifcing devotion of the army
and navy engaged in maintaining cur hon
or 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 now opening
before Us of an even more united, prosper
GUS. and happy couHtry. We remain your
friends and fellow citizens.
RESOLUTIONS.
ResoLved, That the address be duly authen-
ticsted with the signatures of the Commit
tes of Arran gements, and such other citizens
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grateful duty, and Transmitted to the Presi-
dent.
RESOLVED, That the people of New York
are filed with admiration at the splendid
combinations and dsshing bravery which
has marked the movements of conflicts on
the battle fields of Virginia, Georgia and
the Carolinas, and that Lieutenant General
Grant, with Major General Sherman, and
the soldiers and officers under their COM
mand, have covered themselves and the
American people with imperishable re-
noWn.
ResoLued, That while all commanding
Generals who have borne the national col
ors over fields of conflict deserve, and will
receive, the plaudits of a grateful people,
their names will shine ou5 with peculiar
lustre, our hearts are full and our eyes suf-
fused with Joy Whenever We utter the name
of Sheridan-soldier, successful leader and
chosen warrior Grant, and of Sherman and
Thomas, Schofeld and Terry, Meade and
others, who have filed the measure of their
country glory.
ResolUed, That tbs General leommandingin in
conformity with the terms of the resolution
under which tits appointed, will select tit-
ting time and an appropriate manner, to be
hereafter determined, to celebrate the VIC
tories achieved in securing the final triumph
of the Nation, to the end that the people
of New York may have an opportunity to
evince their gratitude and affection for the
tue great leader of the American army,
Ulysses s. Grant, and the gallant officers
and soldiers whose deeds have rendered his
name immortal.
ReSolUeG, That select committee Of i've
citizens be appointed by the Chair, to be
announced hereafter, to carry into effect
the last preceding resolution.
Resokved, That copies Of these proceed
ings be transmitted 10 the President and
Lieutenant General Grant, and published ;
that tho address 10 the President be en-
crossed and signed by the members of the
Committee present, including Hamilton
Fish, Moses Tay lor, Moses H. Grinnell, Hi
ram Wslbridge, A. T. Stewart, Simeon Dra-
per, Colonel Howe, Samuel Sloan, P. NJ.
Wetmore, and others.
It was resolved to place the address in
the rotunda Of the Custom House on Mon
day, where all citizens will have an oppor-
tunity to sign it before it was forwarded to
the President.