The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-16
The Grand Army of the Republic
in Ohio.

IN Uhl0,
AZ the late SEMI annual Conveu.
tion Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, Department Of Ohio, held
at Toledo July 2, the following
resolutions we're adopted
The delegates from the several
Posts Of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Department of Ohio, in Semi.
Annual Convention assembled, do
hereby resolve
l. That wo recognize our obliga
tious to the Givcr Of all good, for
the protecting care manifested over
our organization, in thai under His
guidance, it has nourished to dc
greco almost unprecedented in the
annals of the benevolent enterprises
OF the country. aud that brotherly
love dwells in all our borders, and
actuates our conduct to one another.
., That We have no new platform
Of principles to cuuuciate, cut adhere
to the cardinal principles of our
order, desire to preserve the friend
ships formed under many trials, aud
dangers, at tho cannons mouth, in
the camp, on the weary march, aud
in the hospital
}. That no political preformont
or ambition is allowed to control or
influence our Organization, but that
we desire to excel in kind works, and
render material aid to those who by
laud and sea, have fought for the
preservation of those sacred rights
handed down to us by our fathers.
4. That We desire to secure to the
survivors of the late war, a proper
appreciation on the part of the gov.
ernmcnt anu people, Of the services
rendered by the soldiers of the I'm
ion in giving them preference over
the civilian, in the office, in the
counting room and the workshop.
s. That we will care for aud pro-
tect those who have been left widows
and orphans by the sacri fee of those
dear to them on the alter of their
country.
8. That We extend tho right
hand Of fellowship to tho various be
nevolent and charitable organization
ofour land, who, like ourselves, are
endeavoring in an humble way to
initiate the example of the Divine
Master in going about doing good.
2 That the diubolical outrages
daily being perpotrated upon UnioL
citizens in the South by the society
Of unhung rebels called the Ku Klux
klan, convinces us that tho victory
for which wo fought so many years,
is not yet ours, aud will not be com
pletely within our grasp until the
lives aud property Of loyal men are
respected thrOuSuUut tlio lvusth aud
breadth of the land. And we call
upon the various District Comman
ders TO so perform their duties that
this vile band of midnight murderers
and assassius shall be completely OK.
terminated, and their aiders and
abettors brought to n realizing sense
of their duty and the obligations
they are under to the loyal masses
and the government, which in the
midst Of wrath remembered mercy.
8. That we will ever maintain
true allegiance to the United States
of America, and as in the past, so in
tho future we are ready at all times
to uphold and defend, at whatever
cost, the pormanency of free institu
tions, universal liberty and equal and
exact justice to all men.
9. That the Grand Army of the
Republic and the nation at large owe
a debt Of gratitude to our honored
chief General John A. Logan, for
his General Order No. IL, designa
ting a day in each year for the
purpose OF decorating the graves Of
comrades who died in defence OF
their country, and that the noble
manner in which the women of the
lana, ever last at the cross and first
at the tomb, lent us their aid in
carrying out the good work, entities
them to our everlasting praise and
esteemj and we hereby pledge our
selves on each recurrence of the
anniversary "to gather around the
sacred remains, and garland the pas
slonless mounds above them with the
choicest flowers of spring time; tc
raise above them the dear old fac
they saved from dishonor; and il
their solemn presence renew ouI
pledges to aid aud assist those whom
they have left among us, as sacred
charge upon a nations gratitude, the
soldiers and sailors widow and or
phau.'