Morris tribune., 1886-08-18

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The following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously passed by
Stanton Post, No. 33, Department of
Minnesota, q. A. r., Mt its regular
meeting, held Friday evening, July
10th, 1886:
WHEREAS, During dabate in the
House of Representatives, on May
2Sth, the rebel Gen. Wheeler, of Ala
bama, (who with his cavalry during
the late war of the rebellion was
creator terror to the people of his
own state, and its sister states in re-
bellion, than he was in the Union
armies) saw fit without cause, and
entirely without povocation, to make
q most unwarranted attack upon the
memory of the illustrious Edwin M.
Stanton, our great secretary Of war;
and delivered most uncalled fer and
incorporate speech-continuing for
more than an hour, wherein he as
sailed the character of the illustrious
dead in venomous manner; and
WHEREAS, The said rebel, Gen.
Wheeler, made use of language unfit
to be used or tolerated in the congress
of the United States-and
WHEREAS, The said rebel, Gen
Wheeler has by his acts, violated his
most solemn oath-wherein he swore
to defend the Constitution of the
United States and to defend the
United States against any and all
enemies of whatever character and
nature-thereby torfeiting the respect
of all good and loyal citizens of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, the said rebel Gen.
Wheeler has taken advantage of the
position he now holds as a member
of congress (Which position he holds
through the clemency of the loyal
people of the North) to vilify and
malign the character and official acts
of a great and good man; and
WHEREAS, The Hon. VIM. P. Hep
burn, Representative from Iowa, did
in a mastery manner call the rebel
Gen. Wheeler to account for his
wicked utterances, and did defend the
memory and the official acts of the
late Mr.. Stanton, and did administer
a proper and deserved rebuke to
Wheeler; and
WHEREAS, The Hon. VIM. ID. Kel-
ley, representative from Pennsylvania
on Monday the 3lst day of May, in the
house of representatives, did also
manfully defend the character and
official acts Of Mr.. Stanton and in
words of patriotism and loyalty did
reprove and properly censure the rebel
Gen. Wheeler for his cowardly and
shameless attack upon the late Mr..
Stanton; therefore,
RESOLVED, That Stanton Post No.
33, Department of Minnesota, G. A.
F., denounee the words of the rebel
Gen. Wheeler as altogether uncalled
for, unnecessary and unbecom ing a
citizen of the United States; and we
have no respect for man who has SO
far departed from a proper sense OF
honor as to add insult to injury, as
the rebel Gen. Wheeler has done, in
that after having fought against his
own country and his own flag, he has
insulted the memory of a. great and
loyal officer of the United States-an
officer whose loyalty and at the most
critical period of its existence, and
whose answering integrity and
honesty shone out in the brightest
lustre, when he was surrounded by
traitors and rebels who were scheming
to overthrow the Government.
RESOLVED, That onr thanks are
due and are hereby extended to
Representatives Kelley and Hepburn
for the patriotic stand they have
taken In the defense of the name OF
the late Edwin NJ. Stanton-We hon.
or those distinguished gentlemen fol
their high sense of patriotism, and
their loyalty to their country and to
the defender of their country, in thus
so promptly resenting an insult Of
fered to such i'm the halls of congres
RESOLVED, That we deplore the
condition of things that makes il
necessary for one of the oldest and
staunchest friends and councillors o1
the Government during the dark years
of anxiety and doubt, from 1851 tc
1866, to feel obliged to rise in his seat
In the House of Representatives
more than twenty years after the
close of the late war for the Union, to
defend the fair name of a great and
good man-now dead, who was
famous for his uncompromising loyal
ty to his country and fidelity to his
great trust, when nialiciously assailed
by man who never received any
thing but kindness from the United
States Government until he turned
traitor thereto.
REsoLNED, That copies of these reso-
lutions be sent to the Hon. VIM. d.