The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-07-12
Soldiers Platform.

AhMhaAIh CyOANlCEb u H4LNNOENue
The Indiana soldiers meeting atm
dianapolis, is represented as an i'm
mense gathering and overAowing with
enthusiasm. The speeches were full Of
the fire of patriotism. The resoiu-
tions, which we give below, speak for
themselves. They say:
Whereas, The warm which we wero
recently engaged, to maintain the su-
premacy of the Government and hon
or of the flag, has, by the blessing of
God, ended in glorious triumph Of
the national arms; and
Whereas, The hosts Of armed trait
ors who gathered so defantly against
us, have been overthrown and scatter
ed, and the bastard banner of treason
no longer taints the free air Of our re-
deemed and regenerated land; and
Whereas, The disarmed and van
quished traitors of the South, aided by
! the friends and abettors of treason in
the North, are now seeking to wrest
from the great Union party of the
country the conduct of the Govern
ment, and to give it into the hands OF
that party which has been the enemy
of the soldier and Of the country; and
Whereas, In such strife we, part
Of the great army and navy of tho
Union, cannot be idle or disinterested
spectators; therefore,
Resolved, That treason Is an odlous
and Infamous crime, worthy Of severe
punishment; that the leaders in re-
bellion have, by thci1 criminal con-
duct, forever forfeited all political
rights, and that those who followed
them into the bloody ranks Of treason
should only be again admitted to tho
privileges OF American citizenship upon
a full and hearty compliance with the
and reasonable terms prescribed by
=, Congress in the proposed amendment to
the Constitution.
, Resolved, That those In the North
g who sympathize with traitors, who
9 were sad when our shouts of victory
d proclaimed a fleeing and discomfited
: enemy, and rejoiced with Unsurpassed
} and devilish glee when the tide of
battle turned against us; who SIAN
E dered our motives, disparaged our
achievements, apologized for the bar
barities practiced upon our prisoners,
. and proclaimed the war failure, are
0 greatly more deserving our contempt
S and loathing than those who stood in
4 arms against us, and we hereby pro-
claim to them that we reject with
scorn their treacherous and hypo-
critical offers Of political fellowship.
, Resolved, That in the present lead
ers of the Democratic party in Indi-
ana, we recognize the same men
, whom we learned to know and hate
as the organizers of the reasonable
association at home which threatened
our tresides with devastation, and
gave their encouragement to the des-
perate enemy in our front.
; Resolved, That we repudiate tho
: demand of the Democratic party for
= the immediate and unconditional adj
: mission Of Rebel Representatives into
Congress, and hold that the people of
rebel States should only be admitted
D to such representation after they have
complied with the reasonable demands
of the present Congress, and have cleo
ted men who can honestly take the
q test OATH
+ Resolved, That before the people of
the States lately in rebellion are read
mitted to a representation in Congress,
the basis of representation should be so
t changed that Union soldiers, who
e fought to preserve the nations life,
: should have ut least an equal represen-
tation with the rebel soldiers who
+, fought against it.
Y Resolved, That in the coming can
( vass in Indiana we will stand, shoul-
der to shoulder, in the maintenance OF
, the principles which we haze hero
, avowed, and as abroad we were victo-
| rious over armed rebels ON the battle
field, so at home we mean to be victo-
, rious over unarmcd rebels at the ball
lot-boX.
5 These have the ring of the true metal.
> They show where the soldiers are like.
l ly to be found in all contests for their
: country's safety,