Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
A Raminiscence of 1863.
HOW HENDRICKS. ASSISTED IN THE ORGAN
IzATION OF a DISLOYAL CLUB IN OHIO .

HOW HENDRICKS ASSISTED IN THE ORGAN
IzATION OF a DISLOYAL CLUB IN OHIO.
Letter in Cincinnati CoDln1erciaZ-Ga-
zctte: In the latter part Of April, 1868,
a number of the diSlOyal citizens of But
Ter county, Ohio. who We're in sympathy
with the rebellion, but who lacked the
nerve to go south and fight for their
"principles upon the field Of mortal
conflict" made arrangements for form
ing what was called u Vallandjgham
Club" Tn Y sent notice to the Hen.
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, inyIt-
ing hin to attend an assist them in the
or anization Of he club. Mr. Hendricks
very promptly accep eel ef the invita-
tIOn and was prcso% at the organiza-
ton, whose place Of I.eeting was called
the "Stone School House" in ST. Clair
township, Butler county, O. The club
was formed, consisting of seventy inem-
bers. Officers were app0 .nted and their
du les assigned them. A committee
was appointed to prepare resolutions ex-
press ng the principles an prescribing
Ne work to be done. Whilst the resolu-
tions We're being prepared Hendricks ad-
CIR sscd the club. AT the clos Of he
andres the committee returqe with he
following resolutions. which were
Rc&vtCed, /. That A braham LincoIn is
=" Nero Of America, and for his many
rri.nes, Hisdemeanc~s, and fragrant vi1-
- Ious OF coastitu i0nal obligations
ought 10 be impeached.
?. That the clergy Of the present day
arc tie Devils select and inspired repre-
s~n'ative5 preaching IVY, hate. malice,
Ecn""anc'. blood and murder, instead
Of lnve, CHARITY, christianity, and the
doctrines OF Christ. aa,t do hereby re-
ceiye our unqualified ana indignant re-
buke.
). That we are i'll favor Of an armis-
tice and.# national convention, compos-
Cd Of delegates from all the stairs, to
meet as such place as may hereafter be
dcsjgIat q, TO consider rms Of reace:
u reunion of all the st ties; that being
impossible q reunion Of the sou h aud
W. st at all hazards.
4. G. L. Vallandigham, our noble and
fearless I preventative in congress. for
his bold end manly opposition to ex@ GU
tive usUrpation and unconstitutional
enactments, deserves and receives oar
warmest thanks.
). That this government is q demo
cratic machine, and that none but demo
Gratis know how to run it: therefore we
VIII vote for no man for an office unless
he gives positive proof that he is a SQUAD,
substan ial Vallandigham democrt.
G. That Abraham Lincoln and his
Ininio>s i'll bower are using their utmost
eudeavors to c.nerahze the government
INTO one general head by obliteratinS
state lines; passing bills TO indemnify
the president for a bitrary arrests, a>d
for tnrolling the mlliti5, etc; and we
hereby denounce such exercises of pow
er as usurpstion and tyranny.
T. That violence begets violence, and
accordingly that spirit of mob law which
has become to manifest itself in various
parts Of tbs country ought to be met by:
violence, and therefore we recommend
bullets.
4 committee was appointed to secure
the publication Of these resolutions in
the Cincinnati Enquirer and Columbus
Statesman, but both of these journals
declined to publish them, aud they were
sent to the PIT sburg (Pa.) Post, a dene-
cratic paper, which published them IN
its issue Of May s, 1883