The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-10-04
Resolutions Of the Pittsburg Sold.
iers' and Sailors Convention.


The following are the resolutions of
the Soldiers and Sailors Convention, as
reported by Gen. Ben Butler, Chairman
of the Committee, and unanimously
adopted by the Convention on Wednes-
day last: a.. -.a.--,,a,-s-M r44 aaalGa
Resolved, That the action of the pres
ent Congress in passing the, pending
Constitutional Amendment is wise, pru-
dent and just. II clearly defines Amer
lean citizenship, and guarantees all his
rights to every citizen. IT places OH a
just and equal basis the right of repre-
sentation, making the vote of a man in
one State equally potent with the vote
of another man in any States. 1t right
eously excludes from places of honor
and trust the chief conspirators, guilt
lest rebels, whose perjured crimes have
drenched the land in fraternal blood.
1t puts into the very frame of our Gov
ernment the inviolability of the Ma
tionai debt, and the nudity forever of
all obligations contracted in support of
| of the rebellion.
| Resotred, That it is unfortunate for
| the country that these propositions
| have not been received in the spirit of
conciliation, elemency and fraternal
/ IceflIp III W lltCll lIiet "Cic ohctcu, Us
/ they are the mildest terms ever granted
| to the subducd rebels.
| Rcsokrc0, That the President, as an
! Executive officer, has no right to a poll
cy as against the Legislative Depart
ment of the Government; that his at
| tempt to fasten his scheme Of recon-
/ struction upon the country was danger
| OTIS as ii is unwise his acts in sustaining
/ it have retarded the restoration Of peace
and unity; they have converted COLI
quered rebels into impudent claimants
| to rights which they have forfeited and
places which they have de>ecrated. Ii
consummated it would render the sacri-
! fees of the nation useless, the loss Of the
lives of our buried comrades vain, and
the war in which We have gloriously
triumphed what his present friends at
Chicago in 1864 declared to be a failure.
| Rcsotred, That the right of eonquerer
to legislate for the conquered has
been recognized by the public law
of all civilized nations by the operation
Of that law for the conservation Of the
good Of the whole country, Congress has
the undoubted right to establish meas
ures for the conduct of the reyoltcd
States, and to pass all acts of legislation
| that are necessary for the complete res
toraton of the Union.
II Resotued, That when the President
claims that by the aid of the army and
navy he might hare made himself Dicta-
tor, he iosutted erery soldier and sailor
in The Republic. He ought distinctly to
understand that the tried patriots of this
nation can never be used to overthrow
civil liberty or popular Government
Resotued, That the neutrality laws
shailld be SO amended as to give the full
est liberty to the citizen, consistent with
the national faith that the great Union
Republican party is pledged to sustain
liberty and equality Of rights every.
where; and therefore we tender to all
people struggling for freedom our SYM
pathy and cordial cooperation.
Resolred, That the Union men of the
South, without distinction of race or
color, are entitled to the gratitude of ev-
/ s,.a. la:-al ealiinr and sailor svt,a so-rod
his country in suppressing the rebellion,
and that in their present dark hours OF
trial when they are prosecuted by thOus-
ands solely because they are now and
have been true to their Government, we
will not prove recreantt to our obligations,
but will stand by and protect with our
lives, If necessary, those brave men who
remain true to us when all around are
false and faitlllcss.
Rcsoieed, That, in recognizing the
army, justice to the volunteer officers
and soldiers demands that faithful and
efficient service in the field ought tG
have place in the Army and Navy of the
Union.