The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-01-20
Convention of the Returned Sol
diers of Cecil County.

| OF letll county, hcid AT ElktOn. Jan. TN,
1866, Col. Jos. C. Hill was called to the
chair Capt. c. l.. Wingate appointed Vice
President and Frank Titus, Secretary
Capt. Jos l.. Mahan, Lieut.. John McCauley
and Lieut.. John +. Wilson were appointed
Il committee to draft resolutions. The fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolred, That this meeting form itself
into Il permanent organization, to- be called
the "Sodiers' League Of Cecil county,
Resolred, That a county committee be
formed for the purpose Of calling such meet
lngs Of the League as they may deem neces-
Sary, until Il more perfect organization is
completed the committee to consist of
representatives from each District, as fol-
lows:-lst Dist, John ID. Hail. 2nd Dist,
W. j. Hudson; Bird Dist. Lieut. John
McCauley; 4th Dist, DR.. r. H. Tntt; 9TH
Dist, Lieut.. John L. Wilson; 9th Dist,
Lewis &. Harlan; 9TH Dist, John S. Chris
tie: Sth Dist. Lieut. Lewis Cummings 9Th
Dist, Jacob McCardell.
Resolred, That the petition of the soldiers
Of Cecil county, asking for an appropriation
of bounty for the soldiers Of 1861 and 1862,
be laid before the State Legislature.
RcSoieed That Col Jos. c. Hill be APP
pointed General Delegate to meet the Ma
tiona Convention to be held at Washington,
on the 22nd inst.
The following preamble and resolutions of
convention held at Baltimore, Dec 9th,
1863, were also unanimously adopted:
Whereas, 1t is an indisputabe fact that
the soldiers from the loyal States who par
ticipated in the recent civil war have re-es.
tablishcd upon a tirmcr foundation the Con.
sttuton Of the United States and the union
of the States hereunder: and
Whereas, 1t is eminently proper that the
gallant deeds and suilrringS experienced in
their line of duty should be properly apprc-
ciated by their tellowcountrymcn in this
generation and postcrity hereafter; and
Whereas, The sons Of the old Maryland
Line Of yorc have exhibited in the late civil
war-marshalled under the National standard
the indomitabe spirit of their ancestors,
which fully equalIed the spirit cvinced by
any troops Of our National army in said war
and determined to be as far in the van now
as their late comrs les in arms from the other
loyal States in thcrnoblc undertaking of the
previous period therefore, be it
ReSolccd. That we will cooperate most
earnestly with all other Icgions throughout
the Republic. to secure to the soldiers who
enlisted in the years 4. d. lSil and 1862,
the same amount Of Government bounty paid
to the soldiers in 1863 and ,G!, and believe
it to be the sacred duty of the General Gov.
eminent to do those brave veterans this act
of simple Justice
ReSo'red. That we will 60, operate with our
late comrades in arms in other State, for the
purpose of mcmoralizing the next Congress
to appropriate and set apart for the soldiers
who participated in an honorable degree in
the late civil war, fair quota Of the public
lands, the property Of the General Govern
ment, and more especially to provide some
manifest inducemcnt to actual settlers Of the
class of IN as aforesaid.
Resoircd, That we believe it to be the duty
of the next General Assembly of Maryland
to appropriate the same local bounty to all
the honorably discharged soldiers who seryed
thus honorably in the late civil war, that was
so generously bestowed upon a number of
the same.
ReSoired, That it is the duty of all truly
patriotic citizens to assist, in all the walks of
private life, the returned loyal and honorably
discharged soldiers, more especially those
who have been manned for life in their coun-
try's service.
Reso'red, That politics and religion must
not be permitted to mar the unity Of our
order. And it shall be the duty of all mem
bcrs Of the Soldiers Legion to assist any Of
their former comrades who are members of
the Soldiers Legion, and to further their
substantial interest, irrespective of their
political tenets and religious creeds. But it
shall be the sacred duty of all to advocate
the principles of Free and Representative
Government, and the maintenance Of the
Federal Union in contradiction to all other
political dogmas.
ReSotced, That by our speedy and com
plete organization and mutual assistance to
one another, we can rest assured of that sub,
stantial sympathy and respect for our Order
from the public to which we are entitled. and
would enjon it upon all members of the Sol.
diers' Legion that they Immediately obtain
the badges Of their respective Corps de
Armies, the same to be metallic, and have it
at all times visible. an emblem of worth that
cannot fail to engender feelings of respect
and admiration for the wearer in the breasts
Of all patriotic citizens
Resolced That the convention pledge itself
to the opposition of all persons who have
given evidence of their want of full and com.
plete sympathy with the soldiers of the Union
and the cause represented by them.
RcSolred, That we, as soldiers of Mary
land, earnestly protest against any change in
the Registry Law of this State, except so far
as to protect the officers of the law in the
discharge of their duties.
And further
Resoloed, That the above proceedings be
published in The Cecil Wing
On motion, the meeting adjourned until
tho D0nd nf Enhruory 1890