CHICAGO, June 3, 1863.
(Received 10.38 p.m.)
Hon. ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, President:
At a meeting held
to-day in reference to the suppression of the Chicago Times, by order of
General Burnside, the following was adopted:
Whereas, in the
opinion of this meeting of citizens, of all parties, the peace of this city and
State, if not the general, welfare of the country, are likely to be promoted by
the suspension or rescinding of the recent order of General Burnside for the
suppression of the Chicago Times: Therefore, Resolved, That upon the
ground of expediency alone, such of our citizens as concur in this opinion,
without regard to party, are hereby recommended to unite in a petition to the
President, respectfully asking the suspension or rescinding said order.
The undersigned, in
pursuance of the above resolution, respectfully petition the President's
favorable consideration and action in accordance therewith.
F. C. SHERMAN,
Mayor
of Chicago.
VAN H. HIGGINS.
WILLIAM B. OGDEN.
E. VAN BUREN.
SAMUEL W. FULLER.
S. S. HAYES.
A. WARRINGTON.
THEODORE HAYNE.
WIRT DEXTER.
A. C. COVENTRY.
W.A. HOHN.
C. BECKWITH.
HENRY G. MILLER.
M.F. FEELEY.
We respectfully ask
for the above the serious and prompt consideration of the President.
LYMAN TRUMBULL
ISAAC N. ARNOLD
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 23,
Part 2 (Serial No. 35), p. 385
