Year: 1868

L6A6O Es


The following resolutions wer,


adopted by the National Council O


America in session at Chicago, Ma,


18th 1853. So a


Resolved, First, That we deem tho


Union League of America of vital i'm


portance to the success of the Repub


lican party, and the maintenance OF


loyalty and liberty and equal rights


in the Union. and urge its being Wig
orousIy retained and reorganlzed in


all the states, as the right arm of the


Union party.


Second, That we pledge the loyal
people of the North, to uphold, pro


teet and defend the loyal people of
the South from injustice, oppression
and assassination, and to this end
will use all the means in our power
even the resort to arms, if requisite
in defense of their right to life, lib
erty, and the pursuit OF happiness


Third, That we would express
our high appreciation of the sublime
patience, forhearance and magnani-
nifty, of the negroes of the South,
and their devotion as soldiers
throughout the Union during the
war of the rebellion, and OF their
hearty loyalty, zeal, and becoming
department since, showing that under
the circumstances in which they have
been placed, they have justified the
in their hands the highest
boon OF an American citizen, the bal
lot and illustrated the truth that it
is wise and always safe to act with
equity and justice to all men, with
out regard to race or color.


Fourth. That impartial suffrage is
a cardinal principle of the Republi-
can party, and should not be aban-
doned, and that we urge upon the
several States and upon Congress the
adoption of such measures as will Sc
CURE the right of suffrage to every
American citizen impsrtially.


Fifth, That we fully indorse the
action of Congresa, and consider that
the hour is past for hesitation. CON-
promise and ieniency toward those
who support aud defend traitors and
endesvor TO restore them to power,
and that the loyal people of the
are unanimous in the senti-
ment that all who defy and trampie
under foot the acts Of Congress Tor
the maintenance Of the principles
our soldiers and sailors fought and
died to secure, ought to be hurled
from power by the use of every loyal
and constitutional means devised, aud
that any one, whoever he may be,
that has been recreant to his duty in
securing this has failed to meet tae
Of the loyal people OF
the country, viii be marked by men,
and will receive the indignation and
he so richly merits, and will
be denounced in thunder tones as an
servant whose place should
be filled by true patriot; and We es.
pecially feel called upon TO condemn
the traitorous conduct of the Senators
who disappointed the hopes of every
loyal heart in the land in voting for
the acquittal of Andrew johnson,
whom they knew to be guilty OF the
crime charged, and deserted their
country in the hour of its peril, and
we class them with those traitors to
their party and countrv-Cowan,
Dixon, Doolittle and Andrew John
son with the assurance that trait
or's doom awaits them.


Sixth, That we recommend to the
Union National Convention the nom-
ination of that tried soldier, judicious
man and reliable loyalist, U. s.
Grant, for President, and of an un-
doubted Republican, and proved,
statesman for vice Pres
ident.