. . . in Conference assembled, have resolved that this rebellion
is most wicked and ungodly, and should immediately be put down; that they
heartily approve the act of the Legislature requiring ministers to take the
oath of allegiance before solemnizing matrimony; and that they will not hold
communion with nor recognize any preacher who is not truly loyal to the
Government of the United States.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 2
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