The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-24
Meeting of the Union National ~
mittee.

Meeting of the Union National o.
mittee. n.
At meeting of the Union Nationo, n
mittee at Wizards hotel on the 18th =,
were present its chairman, Governor Were mere
of New Jersey j. D. Defrees, secretar m"u,
Indiana; John B. Clarke, of New HI ~, VI
shire; A. B. Gardiner, of Vermont. w
Clafiin, of Massachusetts,; J. s. Fowl. Y;
Tennessee; b. c. Cook, of Illinois. ar q Ot
ernor Kirkwood, of Iowa; H. W. Hnfuov
of Maryland N. B. Smithers of Del.w"aan'
w. j. Cowing, of Virginia: William W
dom, of Minnesota ; D. r. Goodloe of Nor.i
Carolina; and Thomas g. Turner of Rboa.
Island. '-'ue
The following preamble and resolpt;o..
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the desertion, by the pr.s;d0..
of those whose generous confidence nlooaS
him in his high trust has brought the N.
tional Union party into new and nntri"d
position at time of great peril to the Gov
eminent, thereby calling for the exercise rs
the greatest vigilance, firmness, and patr;ot
ism on the part of those who would unbo,a
the principles and sustain the measures 1Fh;n S
have carried the nation through the war.
therefore,
Resolced, That the Executive Committee
be directed and authorized to max.
through organization of the Union marty
and especially in the so-called seeded States
and tor that purpose they may establish
headquarters in the city of New York. an
point secretary and such assistants as thev
may deem proper, and to take such other
measures as may be necessary to give effect
to this resolution.
Resotced, That the members of the Union
party In every part of the country be REQUEST
ed to correspond with this committee by adj
dressing its chairman at the headouarter,
aforesaid, giving information as to the state
OF affairs in their several localities, with the
general condition and requirements of the
Union cause.
The Union National Executive Committee
is composed of the following members:
Marcus L. Ward, chairman. Newark, N. ].
s. A. Purviance, Pittsburgh Penn.
John b. Clark, Manchester, N. H.
VIM. Clafin, Newton. Mass
IL. H. Starkweather, Norwich, Conn.
N. B. Snithers, Dover, Del.
H. ". Hoffman, Baltimore. Md.
The following resolution was offered and
adopted without a dissenting voice:
Resotred, That the Union National Com
mittee congratulate the people of Nebraska
and Colorado on their admission, by Con.
gress, into the Union as States, and they
would respectfully express to the Legislatures
of those States their confident hope and ear
nest desire that the acts of admission by Con-
gress may be promptly accepted by them,
placing themselves thereby on the true ground
of equal rights to all men as proclaimed in
the Declaration of Independence.
The following resolutions were also unani-
mously adopted:
ResolUsd, That this committee congratu-
late the country on the steady growth and
progress of national and patriotic sentiments
throughout the Union, as evinced in our last
State elections, and we look with confidence
to the future to confirm the success of the
past, and to secure the fruits of our fairly
won triumphs.
Resolved, That, anxiously DESTROYS that the
States lately in revolt shall be restored to
their forfeited position in the Union and to
representation in Congress at the earliest day
consistent with national integrity and ma
tional security, and disclaiming all impulses
OF vengeance or resentment, we would re-
spectfully submit to Congress and the coun-
try this avowal of our earnest conviction that
no reconstruction can be just or safe which
does not secure impartial suffrage to all the
loyal people of those States.