The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-05

/ ed soldiers who support President John.
son and the Union was held at the Dem
ocratic Conservative Club Room last
night, Capt. Porter smith in the chair.
Lieut. Milton j. Smith was called ny
on to deliver an address as declaration
of the principles of the True Boys In
| Blue" whereupon he came forward and
delivered the following
ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
! OF WEST VIRGINIA,
GENTLEMEN The soldiers and Sailors
of Ohio county, having met and organ
lied into a society called the TRUE
BOYS IN BLUE" send greeting to all their
late comrades in arms, throughout the
State and county. We have fought side
by side through the terrible struggle of
four years which has just closed. We
have waded through blood for the main.
tenance of the Union of our fOrefathers,
and were successful. Thank God that
the lives of our comrades and our OWL
blood were not given 10 vain. Bat, com
rades, since we have fUished the great
work for which we started out, and hav.
ing besn disbanded and sent home, a set
of politicians. who never smelt powder
NOE carried a musket, are striving
to accomplish the work which
we fought against, and to destroy the
Uniop which we imperilled our lives
to save These men, having q majority
in both Houses of Congress, declare
that ten of the States composing the
United States are out of the Union We
regard this assertion as an unmitigated
falsehood, and III making it they give
the soldiers the lie, for we fought, and
some of our commands laid down their
lives to prove that the ordinances of Sc
cession were null and void, and that
those States aever acre out of the Union.
These men, headed by Sumuer, Stevens
& Co, are DOW talking about impsach-
Ing President, Andrew Johnson, for
carrying out the policy Of his lamented
predecessor, Abraham Lincoln This is all
that the President has ever been guilty
of, and in calling him o traitor they
also call rs traitors, which we also know
10 be fdlseh1 pod
We regard the efforts now being
made by the radical parry to introduce
negro suffrage into our country with
horror and loathing, and we we will do
all in our power TO prevent any such
calamity from being foisted on the
people Of the United States.
We call on ali true soldiers of the
State of West Virginia and in the
Unit States generally, to come forwa' d
and aid us LII maintaining the principles
herein set fortE, aud we will again stand
hand in hand where we always STOOD, in
defence OF tho Union, the Constitution
and the enforcement of our laws"
All true Union papers are requested to
copy the above.
The address was received with loud |
cheers, and unanimously I'D, pied
Lieut.. Col. Lane, o. Wetzel county, |
being called upon, appeared and ad |
dressed the meeting ii his usual happy |
style. The Colonel made some witty |
aud pointed hits, aud was frequently ill.,
Lerrupted with rapturous applause
At the close of his remarks the olnb |
vent into an election for permanent Off.
GERS of the Organization. when the fol-
lowing named persons we're unanimously |
elected TO the positions designated:
Capt Porter Smith, Presidents; Lieut.
Milton j, Smith. Recording Secretary,
and VIM II T-.'s, o.
tary. o1ution WAS unani.
The following TesoIuCion ""'
nousIy adopted: pl,oI,
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Club Room at halfpast Elk
o'clock on Saturday evening next, and
70 in torch-lisht procession through the |
,rincipal streets Of the city, and thence
% the Court House, and have a grand
reunion Of soldiers