The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-14

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AN, ADJOgRHED injecting OF TIE E41
OHFICERs, S0LDIERs, AED SAILORS Asso
CITATION vas field In the Billiard Hotel iss
evening, C5lone1r Egbert A the tchAfF, a1<
Lioutcnant- Colonel Merrill lsscrAfakg.aT aTh'
minutes q, the last meeting Nsre read ~,
ors4ss4y Object Of the Association. go,
The COMMITTEES, on permanent .orespiza'
tion submitted constitution and by-hws
They reported that they had adopted q
the'nams'of the kDociationsos id.7 lar
InsEA officers, Soldiers; and Sailors Union
-ofq sidabiaTEof Rchnund;i' sauz geir&d
and ,thst the ebjscts stof thisAssecisttorii
atjtolsbor for Misrepresentation ef Hbersy
and the Union Of the United States Of
America; to maintain. the Constitution
thereof ind the supremacy .of the laws
to gsustain the Gov ysrnment against all
enemies,T BOTH foreign and q domestic ;sto
thxart the designs Of; traitorsa and disloy-
alists; 10 protect, strengthen, and defend
Al loyal men; to I'D In. securing such le-
gislation HI Virginia as win relieve the
Stats ffom3its present condition. Of desc
lation and despoudency, andsto place the
enactment Of suitable Laws on such .; firm
national repre- sentative republican .basia
as viii ever after deter disorganizers snd
fdalcontents from attempting the deStrucl
tion.of Estate fabric, whosegrest end 1ud
aim should be- the. protection Of its rciti-
zens, the fostering 5 of industry, the de-
velopment Of material wealth, the edu;
cation Of her youth, and the virtue and
Intelligence 0faher children, whether 'na-
tive or adopted.ns723igni q t:1sSG5gsTa!
The constitution and by-laws2 We're
adopted. :, ,s:, 49,, rr. ,i. rs,ft
On motion, Il was resolved that the As
sociation meet every Tuesday night at
O'Clock, and that the officers be elected
every six months.il tEsl1uGt 7aT ,<j on
!. ,aas ,aztl.srP ornament O 0ffcers. sGi ,a;'ans
5 The election Of officers for the ensuing
six months was then commenced, and re-
snlted as follows: Colonel George. T. ,Eg-
BERT president Colonel 81. P. Clinton,
vice president; !; Lieutenant John 81. Stone,
treasurer; Lieutensnt-C Colonel y n 80 s.
Merrill, secretary s'2izs E2tG giTo1G e@91E
On motion, the Chair appointed the
following gentlemen as the executive COM
mittee: - 2'.teSS .71''''i ''si' - 80 '.''''
Majors s. L.vAnnible, Captain G.. W. .Bo-
hanon, J. M. Batterman, D.. B. Parker, and
J.J. Underhill. .s,1, as,,; Us.!s sT ,roi3
The resolutions offered by Surgeon W
@. Mansfield at the last..meeting, and laid
on the table, were, on motion, taken up,
read,7 and the further consideration of
them indefinitely postponeds2ig ceis..i zsd
On motion of Colonel Merrill, the Exc
cutiye Committee we're instructed to call
q convention Of the officers, soldiers, and
sailors of the State to assemble in this city
in September next. In answer to q ques.
ton Of . member of the Society, Colonel
Merrill stated that the number Of ex-of.
ficers, soldiers, and sailors in the State was
LOO. .sT2r3iA a'l2 So. ac2 ,sj.-i as'& s24S'
IA Colonel Merrill spoke in favorof his mo-
tion. sHe wanted the old soldiers to come
here, and define their position s. wanted
those who had fought their way musket in
hand to this city to have their say In the
coming election, and not let the so-called
Union men carry the day-men who had
voted for the ordinance of secession, and
now attempted to rule. He wanted the
soldiers to have their share OF the Govern
ment patronage-not those men who were
for secession SO long as it was advantage-
ous, but when they found it otherwise be-
came the "loyal men Of. Virginia" :" He
alluded to the bravery of the Virginia sol
diers, and though he thought them mista-
ken, he would much prefer to shake them
by the hand if they accepted the situation
than those of the class above alluded to.sa
Colonel Egbert opposed the motion. ! He
said that he was also willing to testify to
the bravery of the Virginia soldsers; that
he had found that out by sad experience.
He thought that It would be useless to call
q convention of Tho old officers and SOL
diers, as he did not think their number
sufficiently large to accomplish anything
separately. The Colonel said that the re-
marks of Colonel Merrill might be miscon-
strued by their enemies; that it might be
said they had only organized for the pur.
pose Of securing the Offices of the Govern
ment., He repudisted the idea, as did
several others who spoke on the motion.
On motion, the following was added to
Colonel Merrill's motion :i1,&s 1dj o Goti
81" To confer together as to the best means
to bring about q speedy reconstruction Of
the State under the regulations prescribed
by Congress" !,
Colonel MerrilPs motion, with the addf-
tion, was then adopted; after which the
Association adjourned. 2 ~ To (.
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