The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-05
THE BOYS IN BLUE.
The Men Who Did the Fighting Reply to the
Glorifcation Of Treason.

AT a meeting of Lookout Post No. 1873, of No
blesville, Ind. held on Saturday night, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That the war of the Union was right and
so settled by the highest tribunal known to and
should be so accepted by jeff Davis and the Sou.h.
Resolved That the war waged for the right,
ana It's righteousness cannot be changed by lapse of
time or by any explanations play of words.
Resolved That jeff Davis and his followers were
whipped and for twenty years we have been willing to
forgive but not to forget; but of the opin-
ion that they were not whipped enough and chat we
stopped too soon.
tree made for each other and regret that his
neck has not long since been broken by coming in con-
tact with it.
Resolved That the prominent display of rebel flags
and other embems of the lost by the people of
the South is direct insult every loyal man In the
United States and should not be tolerated by the
eminent, and we hereby emphaiically condemn the
being calculated to foster the spirit of rebel
lion and treason and dangerous to the we'll OF
the people and our Union.
Resolved That we resent with indignation and with
ali earnestness the reasonable doctrine proclaimed
at Montgomery. Ala. and other places in the South
recently and ask that the general order it
stopped; and if need be- offer services to our
common country and Union to that the order is
promptly executed We denounce such sentiments as
reasonable and dangerous to country an insult
to our blood-bought Union, and unworthy to be ut
tered beneath the folds of flag that has thereby
been spit upon and dragged in the DUST and that the
same is condemned by every loyal American citizen,
Resolved That it is the opinion of the members of
this post that if Benedict Arnold had returned to
America and boosted OF his treason his neck would
have heen broken by the Revolutionary Fathers; and
thatJef Days is Benedict Arnold in having tried to
destroy the Union after his solemn oath to support
its Constitution; and now. when he defends treason
and boasts of his hellish record, brand him as
Benedict Arnold and we believe that he merits the
odious title
Resolved That the reafirmation of the doctrine of
State Sovereignty by Jefferson Davis in his speech
at Montgomery Ala, is an attempt to keep alive in
the hearts and minds of the people the doctrine
that led to secession and the wicked and causeess Re-
belon; and all such doctrines and public declarations
we unqualiiedly condemn.
Resolved, That the thanks of Lookout Post, No.
133 Noblesville, Ind, be extended the Indianapo
lis Journal for its patriotic editorials and ringing
tort to Jes funeral Grafton and his enthusiastic
cepton by exrebels.
Resolved, That we the members of this post, will
ever revere the names of the Union soldiers; the
of Lincoln and Garfield the illustrious and
never to be forgotten Grant. departed chieftan
General Hancock, Morton and others we not stop
to name who were true to the Urion and our cause.
We will teach children about fresides VINO
they were, and that the cause contended for was
home. union and universal liberty; that the foe
met in battle was brave and courageous but that
were right, forever right, and they were wrorg-
wrong beyond all excuse
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