Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-18
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAE
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NrLgE>S D- PRISONERS o. rag VAR
FiT7sErRG. Sgpi. >-Au a iiouruci meeting
OF iri,CI' - 81 the war convened iu the cham rr~
oI THE common council YESTERDAY n n, q n
Harry N l.re was chosen perrusne-tt prF>f,Ia-r-
Wiz vice gre ,iteu.-. secretaries. chaplain ami
treasurer ON tE-ing the chair Gel.
White returned = tuEs for the honor en-
TERED urou him. lie SAT- they hal
l.assti long az weary h11rs in prison
YEAR, none a. them were a-hsmed - confess
'tat thew laa CrvC1 in she YnTiTrutisrv. |An-
lis".e.l The general rNJriiu r.y referred O. r'.s
time 1h,v spent together w..1ia rebel va.
Al. ,ou.o recall the sadness aud suffering 90.
tie Libby and thHlcs'Dn i-.~or~. hat there
w2S t'a,ker sYot in Georgia. which rho
name A'tdr- orvliie >uEZCS-F. NJ Ga s
Il soldiers showed more valor than those who
were captured in the caunps5-rS of 1~rn an q
Is .. The FoUrth Of july. l. 3. witnessed a
IA. sad occasion, when that dav IVES nor . Dee
celebrated hy the prisoners. AT would rpmep
tei when gns older had drawn from htS bosom
a rag mace from the shirt and blouse of a com
Tade, and they all enioyed an olG-tashionel
Fourth Of Julv celebration. " aeu the o-Iar
was given to take the nag down no man dared
disObey the command.
AT the close Of the Ger erals remarks, the toll
lowing preamble and recDlution were offered
and adpted:
Whereas the country has shown its LOYALTY
and gratitude in many places by erecting m )uu-
mentS 10 soldiers who fell during the war: and
whereas there has been no memorial erected 70
the memory OF the soldiers who perisheiin rebel
prisons: Therefore,
RsSO'rsd, That the association take rnpasu-as
TO erect monument to the memory of orr :al-
low comrades who persisted while prisoners OF
war, aud tor that purpose we pledge ourselves
to use our best eNertiOnS.
The following resolution was also afOrted.
RcSC'r"9. That wher this association shall qf-
louTn. II shall be 10 meet in Pittsburg on July
%. lsI2.
After discussing arrangements for part ciua-
ting III tie DAY light procession. tho association
Adjourned until o'clock this morning.
TIE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
PITTsUvGC, Sept. lN-Fhe convention re-
assembled in the Opera House this morning
Rev John Sands, Of Pitisburg, made a PRAYER.
Af,cr music the committee On resolutions re-
ported through their chairman, Gen. Joseph e
Abbott, resolutions, which were Unauimgu-Ir
approved by the convention:
First. Il is "A source of unmin Eled pleasure 10
meet again, and TCyiyirg the memories OF orr
campaign ior union and liberty thence . draw
Lessons for present duty sRi future guidance.
Second. We reaf.-m our devotion 70 the uui1-l
OF the states. The arIitranenr of the war has
docT6ed nat We are one nation, with one tag.
with liberty and equality before the law for an
men. ard that national authority l. essential -
establish, protect and defend tie liberty and in
allenablc rights Of the people.
Third. We enter our solemn protest against
transferring the control OF the army and navy.
treasury and the entire government enforce
ment enforcement OF the constitutional amend
mentS with the execution Of TIE laws themselves
to "A selfish and corrupt coalition, cump0Sei
chiefly o. elements, but recently in Open hos
tlity 10 them all