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[House.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 6, 1865.— Ordered 
 to be laid on the table and printed. 
 
 [Presented by Mr. Baldwin.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS 
 
 Adopted by the Staunton Artillery ^-February Is^, 1865. 
 
 At a meeting of the Staunton Artillery, held at their camp near 
 Fishersville, on the 1st of February, 1865, Captain A. W. Garber 
 was called to the chair, and Sergeant A. S. Spitzer was appointed 
 Secretary. 
 
 Lieutenant A. H. Fultz offered the following preamble and resolu- 
 tions, which were unanimously adopted : 
 
 AVe are fighting for our libert}' I The despondency talked of 
 does not exist in the army. The same spirit animates us now which 
 inspired us in 1861. We are determined never to acquiesce in any 
 accommodation short of the independence of our Confederacy. 
 We believe this to be the spirit of the whole army, and we appeal 
 to the people of our loved homes to respond to it ; especially, we 
 demand it of our Congress. We do therefore 
 
 Resolve 1st. W^e know no such word as fail in this contest. 
 
 2d. We will never consent to a???/ peace which does not assure 
 our independence and liberty. 
 
 3d. We ask our Representatives in Congress to present our hum- 
 ble views, and to pledge us to stand by the glorious South till the 
 last man has shed his last drop of blood. 
 
 On motion of Sergeant John Butler, 
 
 liesolved. That our hearts have been cheered, and our hands 
 strengthened, by the evidence of kind feelings aSbrded us by our 
 fellow-countrymen and fair country-women in the bountiful repast 
 provided for us on the 28th instant, and we now renew our pledge, 
 given nearly four years since, to defend their liberties and ours, to 
 the bitter end. 
 
 A. W. GARBER, Chairman. 
 
 A. S. Spitzer, Secretary. 
 
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