The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-06-07
The Soldiers Go. Convention

Cambria county met in Council Chamber,
Johnstown, Penna., June l, 1866. The
meeting was organized by the election of
Lieut.. COL r. Ryckman, Pres't. Capt S.
W. Davis, and private S. r. Warner, Vice
Presidents; Capt. w. B. Lowman, Secre-
tary.
Captains VIM. r. Jones, David Hamil-
ton, III. G. Beamer, S. W. Davis, and
private VIM. Price, being appointed a
committee on resolutions, reported the fol-
lowing, which were adopted:
ResolUed, BY the honorably discharged
soldiers of the United States, residents of
Cambria county, in convention assembled,
that as citizens In peace, we bear the
same devotion to the flag of our country
which we manifested as soldiers in war ;
we believe that our services were honora-
BILE, and their results glorious, and sense
of duty to our fellow comrades, who lie
buried in Southern battle fields, demands
of US that their graves shall be decorated,
and respected, that their widows and Or
phans shall be maintained and educated
as the wards Of the nation, that the dem
ons in human form, who, under the au-
thority of Jefferson Davis, violated all the
usages of modern warfare, by starving and
numbering our friends and brothers In the
prison pens Of the South, shall be made to
suffer condign punishment; and that 10y
atty and treason shall not be confoundeG
by indiscriminate laudations and reward
of those who struggled to save, and those
who did all in their power to destroy, the
Constitution and Government Of the Uni
ted States.
ResOlUed, That while we bear no malice
against the confederate soldiers who lately
confronted US in arms, we are mortally op-
posed to the Southern politicians whose
foul conspiracy caused the late civil war,
deluging the land in blood, and also to
their confederates in the work, who were
cast down by our victories and rejoiced at
our defeat, who resolved that the Udr acas
a failure, and did all in their power to
make 1t so, by opposing every measure in
tended to sustain the soldier In the field ,
and strengthen the war power of the gov
ernment, and who Iow strive 70 restore
to place and power In the nation, men
whose souls are black with perjury, and
whose hands are dripping with the blood
OF our comrades, that they may repudiate
our public debt, repeal our pension laws,
aud render our toll and suffering vain, by
giving to our defeated enemies all the sub
stantial fruits of victory.
ResOlred, That we confidently look to
the great National Union Party, which sus-
tainei us through years cf doubtful COL
flct, for just settlement of al political
questions now agitsting the country, which
shall make treason odious, reward loyalty,
and establish peace and liberty, on found
ations so deep and broad that time cannot
prevail against them.
Resolved, That it is the height of i'm
pudence In Heister Clymer and his party,
who opposed our right of voting in the
field, to solicit our sufrages now that we
are at home. Their newly acquired love
for the soldier is appreciated at its true
value, and, remembering them, We will do
what we can in the fall elections to make
the copperheada lcng remember US.
ReSoived, That We have no part in the
sympathy expressed by copperhead pa
ners for the health and comfort of that
arch rebel Jefferson Davis, and while we
would not retaliate upon him the hor-
rors of Salisbury and Anderson
vile, We think II he "a not punished
for his crimes, that laws are pow erless, the
galloWs should be abolished, and ell prIt~son
doors should be thrown open and their in
mates turned loose on the world.
rReSolUeol, That in General Geary We re-
cognizc one who has shared with US the
hardships and dangers of the tented field,
an able commander, brave soldier, true
comrade, and patriotic citizen, and we fol-
low him once more to battle against the
hosts of treason, with the confidence of
achieving glorious victory.
ReSolved, That in Andrew G. Curtin,
we recognize tire patriot and our true
friend, and as an Indication of our graft
tude, we respectfully urge the Senator
from this District to present his name as
a candidate for U. S. Senator, and use all
honorable means for his election
ResolUed, That our delegates to the sol
diers' convention are instructed to urge
upon that body the duty of using all its
influence to secure the immediate passage
of the bill equalizing soldiers bounties,
and also the law increasing pensions of the
widows and orphans of soldiers, and the
MANNED heroes of the war.
The Convention proceeded to nominate
delegates to the Pittsburg Convention
The following gentlemen were elected:
Capt's. VIM. r Jones, w. b. Lowman, S.
W Davis, Francis NJ Flanagan, and j.
G. Stineman.
The Convention then adjourned.
IMPORTANT CoNVICTIoN.-Prooa