Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-06-28
DisuniOn SANDER Rebnkad-

At a meeting of the Soldiers john.
and CIymer Club of York, held a. n.--
rooms on the evening of june 6tE. lqss
Col. Levi Maish, President called ,,a ~
tention Of the meeting to the misrcp-....
tations of Forney's Press rcspcc,irr 4
organization of the Club, and other H.
ters connected with the same, and r-r-
ted the sense of the meeting in r.---s
thereto. ii. Clay Mcintyre moved ii
appointment Of a committee to draft -.
olutions expressive Of the sentiments
the soldiers on the subject; where nm
the chair appointed the followin- cnm.-.
tee for that purpose: IL Clay 1IcIa.-
VIM. L. Patterson George Biarmaa. Il
II. StaIlman, Jas. c. Metzel, U-ur, E-..
stock, Geo. Odenwalt, Jr., Thom E.-
ell, VIM. l. Reisinger, john Fas. I
Wesley Baum, Edward II-IGich. r-
cite Slusser, jerome Heidlcr, Frau Xxi.
Ter, Joseph Gleason, Dennis Grimm.
Daniel Laumaster, Geor1e $ Frev. Co.
rad Keene, and Henry Bon.
The committee retired and after G.--.
Grafton reported the fOlLowing sa--u.
and resolutions:
WHEREAS, Our attention. has l...
been called TO certain statement a.i-.-..r
published in Forney's Pres, ami -
widely republished by Di,unian F
throughout the country, setting forth
twenty Of the signers to the johnson
CIymer Soldiers Club of York have
dead over one year, and that at less. ...
others are descrters and substitutes.
fore.
.'Reeo'red, That we denounce fa,a-.
statement as a base and implEeu. t---
hood, and well known 10 be such.
by those who first coined it, anl Ir la.
who have since given II curgaer. t..4t
every name on the list Of mlml.r- 4 tE.-
club represents a true and living ua4 g.
this borough, and whose record as 81 sod
iers and whose. character rs a citizen las
never heretofore been assailcd or d.a5..l.
and who, if opportunity offered, w.-l
furnish to these malignant slaul-ra.s -a
palpable evidences Of their eata.- al
true sJiiia'y qualities, as would u-. &.
likely to be soon forgotten.
"Ias5ircR. That it Ill becomes CEr
John w. Forney, whose sham m.ltag
title accorded by wide stretch Of r-".-
esy, constitutes the only connection a-
tween his name and the manly virtues vi
a sUldiers-whO was always found, du-
ring the long years on war IN places e
ease and safety, distant equally from IL.
privations of the camp and the periIs a
the tield-whose patriotism was of a..
kind which achieved fat offices and Lac.s-
tive pay for himself, instead OF y.c.- ~
for his country's arms II i'll become
to libel the soldiers of the johnson uI
CIymer club of York, who rendered be-
orable service to their country in tie fAl,
and many of whom bear upon the. bod
les the sears Of honorable wounds received
in battle.
''Les0lred, That we reiterate our ls--
mination to support the reconstrucUou j.
icy Of President johnson IS embe5r.-
the only true and practical mode ot a5
ting our national difficulties and restoring
the Union Of these States on the basis .-
the Constitution and thai we ui.I with
equal activity, promote the ele-G.u O..
Hester Clymer as Governor Of igaus. j.
vania, in the full assurance that he w.
administer the Government rs 0ur ia.l.-
made it, and zealously cooperate WILL
US in sustaining the policy Of tLe rs
! dent"
LEVI MASH, President.
WM. ii. ALBRIGHT, Secretary.
ell II.