Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-23
THE gOEDIERs AyD sAYLOss.
a Large and Earnest Meetins-Ap-
Pointnienf Of Delegates 60 New York
Patriotic Meeting.


a Large and Earlest MeetinE-Ap
Pointnlenf Of Delegates 60 new YsTa
Patriotic Meeting.
NASHVILLE, June p, l568.-In pursu
ance to call made for meeting to ap
point delegates TO attend the Soldier and
Sailors Convention, which meets at the
city of New York on the 4th prox., large
number Of soldiers and sailors met at the
Maxwell building yesterday at PPM.
The meeting was organised BY appoint
ing General A. R. 2. Dawson President,
and Colonel 2. P. Clark ard Major Frank
Reeves as Vice Presidents.
On motion, Colonies Frank P. Cahill and
james Chamberlain, and Msjor. /. D. Wal
ker we're appointed committee on reso-
lutions, and General Trauernicht, Colonel
L. N. Walker, and ]. K. Rugg, were APP
pointed committee to nominate delegates.
The COMMITTEES having retired, General
Da wson addressed the meeting in an earn
est and appropriate manner
The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which was unanimously
adopted: ~rs sag vvf
Whereas, The prosperity and future
greatnes OF our country nor depends main
ly upon the promotion Of peace, harmony
and good viii toward all men and having
confidence in the gallantry, honor and in
tegrity Of those who were lately arrayed
against US in battle, and believing, when
they surrendered to the armies Of the Uni
ted States and took the oath of allegiance
to the United States government, that
they did so honestly and in good faith
and whereas, their conduct since the close
Of the war has been such as 10 challenge
even their most bitter political opponents
to point. TO one single instance where true
soldier Of the Confederate army has will
fully violated his parole and whereas,
under the practical workings of the pres
ent proscriptiVe policy of the dominant
party in the South, loyalty to party and not
loyalty to the Constitution and government
of the United States is the requisite to en-
reimbursement; therefore,
Resolved 1st, That the policy Of the pres
ent dominant political party in disfranchis-
ing large proportion Of the citizens of our
country is not only contrary to the spirit
and genius of our government, but unwise,
ungenerous and coWsrdly in the extreme,
and unworthy Of the sanction of any one
claiming to be victor in the recent san
culinary struggle for the preservation of
the glorious republic in which we live,
and for the perpetuation of which we
periled our lives, and now pledge our for
tunes and sacred honor.
Resolved I'd, That we are in favor of uni
versal amnesty and pardon for all past po-
litical offenses in connection with the late
war.
Resolved Sd, That the faith, integrity,
and credit of the government must and
shall be maintained, but that the onerous
and burthernsome taxation, to which we
are subjected, requires the strictest econo-
my in administering the affairs of the
nation, and the most rigid adherence to the
law in discharging our national debt, and
that the currency which we received for our
services, in defending the life of the nation,
is good enough for the discharge of the
nations obligations TO the bondholders.
The Committee on Delegates reported
the following named gentlemen-who were
unanimously elected:
DELEGATES.
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