Reconstruction: A Letter to President Johnson

LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY. 863 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. DECLARATORY RESOLUTION. The object of the Society is expressed in the following Resolutions, formally adopted by unanimous vote of the Society, at its first Anniversary Meeting, Feb. 13, 1864; and at the second Anniversary Meeting, Feb. 11, 1865. Resolved and declared, That the object of the Loyal Publication Society is, and shall be, to publish and distribute tracts, papers and journals, of unquestionable loyalty, throughout the United States, in the cities and the country, in the army and navy, and in hospitals; thus to diffuse knowledge and stimulate a broad national patriotism, and to aid in the suppression of the Rebellion by the extinction of its causes, and in the preservation of the integrity of the Nation, by counteracting the efforts of the advocates of a dis- graceful and disintegrating Peace. And further: By the dissemination, North and South, of well-considered information and principles, to aid the National Government in the suppression and final extinction of Slavery, by Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to reconcile the Master and Slave to their new and changed conditions, and so to adjust their interests that peace and harmony may soon prevail, and the Nation, repairing the ravages of War, enter upon a new, unbroken career of liberty, justice and prosperity. Persons sympathising with the design of this Society, and wishing to contribute to its support, may send their contributions to LE GRAND B. CANNON, Ch. Finance Com. 863 Broadway. N. Y. by whom receipts will be promptly returned. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. President. FRANCIS LIEBER. Treasurer. Secretary. MORRIS KETCHUM. JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, Jb. Finance Committee. LE GRAND B. GANNON, Chairman, JAMES A. ROOSEVELT, WILLIAM E DODGE, Jr. T. B. CODDINGTON, JACKSON S. SCHULTZ. LEVI P. MORTON, GEORGE C. WARD. Publication Committee. JAMES MoKAYE, Chairman, JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, Jr., DR. F. SCHUTZ, GEO. P. PUTNAM, W. C. CHURCH, THEODORE G. GLAUBENSKLEE, CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED. Executive Committee. WILLIAM T. BLODGETT, Chairman, CHRISTIAN E. DETMOLD, , CHARLES BUTLER, SINCLAIR TOUSEY, J. BUTLER WRIGHT, GEORGE BLISS, Jb., OLIVER K. KING.

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