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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 8 : Civil affairs in 1863 .--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River . (search)
"Union Meeting" in Berkeley.
--A meeting of "Union-loving" citizens was held in Martinsburg, Berkeley county, Va., last week, and after the adoption of a long preamble and resolutions, nominated C. M. Shaffer and B. M. Kitchen for the General Assembly, and John Janney for the Northern Congress.
Alluding to the meeting, that conservative journal, the Alexandria Gazette, says:
We have not a word to say against the worth, respectability and intelligence of those who composed the meeting.
Their language is earnest and determined — but it is respectful, and, as citizens of a free Commonwealth, called by law to decide upon the subject which they discuss, they are entitled to hold and express their opinions, in their county meeting, freely and fearlessly.
It is probable, too, that some not agreeing with them in their conclusions as to the best course now to be adopted, may unite with them, in dissenting from some of the movements in this State.
But when they ask if this can b