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its support was damnable, diabolical wickedness, and should find no apologist; and that, while we grant them the boon of life, they shall not be restored to positions of honor and trust by any influence which we possess, and this shall apply to all aiders and abettors of treason where-ever they exist as ulcers upon the body politic. We must keep before the people, not boastfully nor arrogantly, but with dignified persistence, that we are the people that saved this country, and but for whom this fair fabric would have been crushed, and anarchy reigned supreme.

But for us, all the institutions of learning, every enterprize tending to ameliorate the condition of our people, and advance the great interests of our country, would have been swept away. We need but remain faithful to each other and combat the classes before enumerated. There are thousands of patriotic citizens in every county of the States of our Union who have always appreciated our services, and given us the meed of praise due us, and who stood by us and our families while we were doing battle for our homes and firesides. If we remain true and faithful as citizens, as we have been to our country as soldiers, we can always calculate upon their co-operation. The earnest and laborious attention of Soldiers' and Sailors' Leagues, wherever established, should be given to gathering the names and facts of every man's military history, of that particular locality, who has faithfully served in this war, and sacredly preserve the record. The families of those who have dies, or have been killed, should receive the especial and fostering attention of the surviving men of the army and navy. If this is not done as a sacred duty by such organization of soldiers and sailors, many a brave man's wife and children will suffer. We owe it our fallen comrades to attend to this matter.

The patriotic people of the loyal States, men and women, did their part nobly during the war, and merit the lasting gratitude of every soldier, and their continued co-operation can confidently be expected in the future; but it becomes our special duty to look to the welfare of those of our own household of braves, and all all in our power to their comfort. The war has demonstrated that the support of most value to the soldier and sailor, while battling for his country, did not come from those were actuated by political motives or self-advancement, but from the patriotic citizens of our country, who always came up in the hour of our nation's trials. Let us prove ourselves worthy of the continued confidence and esteem of these citizens, and by a calm, dignified and combined demand for the hire of which the laborer is worthy, await its payment, ever keeping in our hearts the motto, "Our country, now and forever, one and inseparable."

The discharged soldiers and sailors, temporary residents of Washington, D.C., representing a nearly every state in the Union, have already formed themselves into a league, and are actively at work to promote the soldiers' and sailors' interests. We respectfully urge and invite our comrades in every section of the country to form themselves into similar leagues and effect a speedy organization, with a view to the calling of a national convention of soldiers and sailors at an early day, who shall determine the character, aims and object of this league, mould and estab-