Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-04

MEETING OF THE WHITE BoYs IN BLUE
There was large attendance at the meet
ing of the White Boys in Blue last night
The Brigade was called to order by Mr.. j
B. Miller. Mr.. Sarber was nominated fol
Chairman and duly elected. On motion O
| Mr.. Gale, Mr.. w. Fl. Stuart was nominated
\ as Secretary and elected, -,s.., .--,, srr
II The following resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted: 1,as Tai II.
b Resolued, That the efhanks of the Frank
= lin Brigade of the White Boys in Blue are
hereby rendered to the Muskingum Brig
ade of: White Boys in BlHe for their attends
aDce at our mass meeting on the Goth, and
especially to the gun squad for their pres
e1ce with their gun and for the one hun
iGdred rounds fired by them in honor of the
great mass meeting and the orators of the
day.
/, The resolutions adopted by our comrades
in GAINESVILLE were read amidst great ap-
plause.
= Tie following resolution was adopted:
= Resolued, That the thanks of the Frank
Lin Brigade be rendered to- the s White
Boys in Blue " of Newark for their attend
ance at our Mass Meeting last Monday,
Sept. 30th. ......-
The following preamble and resolutions
were read, and created great excitement
among the old veterans, and unanimously
adopted:
z WHEREAS, We, the sswhite Bows in Blue. -
of Franklin county, Ohio. have seen with
regret and indignation the following article
that appeared in the Columbus Morning
Z ..JotTnaL OF the Both ultimO, entitled The
Democratic Pow Wow Commenced - zrn.
'.THE DEMOCRATIC Pow Wow CoMMEN-
cED.-Probably for the first time in hel his
tory. our city was yesterday disgraced bv
political parade on Sunday. About 130
or14O men. under blue flag bearing the
words white Roys In Blue headed by a
drum and fife marched do Wn High street
about tour o'clock for the purpose of meet
ing Voorhees, and Pendleton at the depot.
These persons were mostly Germans
and Irish, and claim to have been
soldiers. 1t is possible that they may have
hung about the army for a short time, but
they have toreuer forfeited their title to the
+ name of American soldiers by doing hon.
age to the men who will be known in all
history as the Arnolds of the Great Rebel
Ion. It was emi emily tit and proper that
these fellows should violate the established
Gus umS of Christianity while STOPPING to
this dirty work. 1t was rumored that 500
Gray Boys in Blue from GAINESVILLE would
arrive eOn the train with Voorhees, and
Pendleton. Tbev came, making grand
display of just 15men." - 80 4 .,i:l :
And, WHEREAS Because we differ in our
political opinions with some who Were of
ficers in the, army, the base insinuation
was made aDdthe lying accusation brought
against US that we were mere hangers-on
about the army, and that we have forever
forfeited our title to the name of American
soldiers; and, '.- - 'a' IL - ~ 't
'g WHEREAS, AS all of us have fought, and
many of us have bled in the service of our
country, and have suffered and starved in
Southern prisons, the falsehoods and in
situations about us in the foregoing article
from the Journal are ungentlemanly and
beneath the dignity of true soldier,
though a political opponent, to indite !;
therefore,
Resolued, That the Journal proprietors,
and especially the individual who wrote
the article referred to, deserve the censure
and reprobation of all true soldiers and of
every honest man for permitting such a
base libel to appear in its columns.
ResoLued, That we will use our best en-
de ivors, and call upon our late comrades
in arms to assist us therein, to withdraw
patronage and support from the paper that
has thus Iibelled the soldiers of this and
other counties, unless a suitable and salts
factory apology is made, and the hbetlous
charges retracted as publicly and in the
same conspicuous manner in which they
were made. Es,.s 55Hzss..- 10 Ifs VI. f.... 81.
Resolved. That we demand of General
Comfy, tue editor of the Journal, as our
right which he is in honor, as man and
an officer, bound to concede to us, that an
apology for, and a retraction Of the SANDER
upon US as soldiers of the republic, be
forthwith made in his paper.
Resoluea, That these resolutions be pub
fished in the OHIO STATESMAN, Columbus
Crisis, and in all papers friendly to the
"White Boys in Blue" and that certified
copy of the same be forwarded in writing,
by the Secretary of this meeting, to Gen.
Comfy, the editor of the Columbus Morning
/. Journal. syse-.e-s q w. ~ "a ...- 60
On motion, the meeting adjourned till
Saturday evening, Oct. 9th, at ~ O'Clock.
w. Fl. STUART, Secretary.