THE 2 61 4 75; UN IO N L EA G UE C L UB NEW YO RK HOUSE FIFTH AVENUE CORNER or EA T THIRTY-NINTH TREET , S S MDCCCLXXXVII Or a z uar 6 1 86 . g ni ed Febr y , 3 o ora ar 1 6 1 86 . Inc rp ted Febru y , 5 - No 2 6 as tr l o s . C ub H u e , E t Seventeenth S eet , M 1 2 1 86 O a . pened y , 3 - w -s x o s a so cor. as e Club H u e, M di n Avenue , E t T enty i th Stre t , O r I 1 868 . pened Ap il , - - o s cor. t tr t Club H u e, Fifth Avenue , Thir y ninth S ee . O a 1 88 1 . pened M rch 5, Press of ' P POTHM S ons G . S New York grzsiaznts. R BERT B MINTURN O . JONATHAN STURG ES CHARLES H MARSHALL . JOHN JAY 1 866 to KS 3 S UL Z JAC ON . CH T WILLIAM H PPIN J . O SEPH H CH ATE JO . O JOHN JAY GEORG E CABOT WARD HAMILTON FISH WILLIAM MEVARTS . CHA NCEY MDEPEW U . O fftzm for 1 8 8 7 . DE T P RE SI N . CHAUNCEY M . DEPEW . V -P DE N TS I CE RE SI . L G . O O . O E RAND B CANN N , J SMEPH W H WE , O . C RNELIUS N BLISS , JA ES C CARTER , VERMILYE H L O . JAC B D , MARS AL B BLAKE , G . O HENRY BER H , WILLIAM W AST R, O O O . L . EVI P M RT N , J HN H HALL , GM . L JESSE SELI AN , WILLIAM $ RIDD E . E E TA Y S CR R . P GRANVILLE . HAWES . T EA S RE R R U . GEORGE MONTAGUE . X E TI VE COMMI TT E E CU E . L VAN SANTVOO RD a a A FRED , Ch irm n . a — a of Secret ry the Secret ry the Club . CLA SS OF 1 887 . H L M O E . GAY BIRDSEYE B AKE AN , J SEP , O RAY M L O BENJAMIN BREWSTER , R BERT HA I T N . VAN SANTVOORD ALFRED . n ea e l 6 Tbe Unio L gu C M. M I TE E N I BRA Y AN D P I T N S CO MT O L R UBL CA I O . H a a . G HENRY BRID MAN , Ch irm n A . O a . SAMUEL G LDSCHMIDT , Secret ry HABI R HAW G . S WILLIAM M , DAVID FRANCIS , E O W . O SETH . TH MAS , ARGYLE WATS N , C O . EDWARD . SAMPS N COMMI T E ON AR T T E . H a ma WILLIAM . PAYNE , Ch ir n . O F c a . GE RGE . CRANE , Se ret ry W . O RICHARD BUTLER , HARRY WATR US G R O O L O . O . E RGE SHELD N , G RD N WENDEL C MMI TTE E P AL E F ORM O ON OLI TI C R . ma a . WHITELAW REID , Ch ir n C c a . CLARENCE . BUEL , Se ret ry O O . O FRANCIS F RBES , TH MAS M N RTH , . O OO CEPHAS BRAINERD , D B ST J HN R SA, X Mc L . O . FRANKLIN A PADD CK , ALE ANDER AGNEW, E . B . HINSDALE , RICHARD A . ELMER , O AY O X O J HN J KN , TH MAS L . JAMES , O OO THE DORE R SEVELT . F I N AN CE COMMI TE E T . O . J HN A WEEKES , SALEM H . WALES, G L O . LE RAND B . CANN N , WILLIAM H EE , GEO RGE BLISS . 01 TOR S A (1 . O s. O J HN BARNES , WILLIAM H R SS , JAMES H . DUNHAM . The i on ization of the math. $11 2 (153mfor a g utinaal 0mm NEW O 1 1 86 Y RK , January 5, 3. SIR o f The urgency the present great national crisis, and the revolutionary schemes which unprincipled men are plotting to accomplish , make it the imme diate duty of all loyal citizens so to organize them selves as to give the most efficient support to the national cause . C o f It is , therefore, proposed to form in the ity New York a Club which may be known as the O to National Club, the bjects of which shall be f cultivate a pro ound national devotion , as distin gu ished from that of sectional feeling ; to strengthen a love and respect for the Union , and discourage whatever tends to gi ve undue prominence to purely local interests ; to discu ss and urge upon public attention large and noble schemes of national ad vancement ; to elevate and uphold the popular faith in republican government ; to dignify politics as a pursuit and a study ; to reawaken a practical interest in public affairs in those who have become discouraged ; to enforce a sense of the sacred obliga tions inherent in citizenship ; and , finally, to bring 9 I O Tfze Union League Clab. to bear upon the national life all that a body of earnest and patriotic men can accomplish by united effort . It is believed that an association o f such men o f C under a simple organization a social haracter, frankly exchanging views upon great questions and ac actively engaged in disseminating them , could fo r complish a noble work . The only requisite membership , besides unblemished reputation , should be an uncompromising and unconditional loyalty to the Nation , and a complete subordination thereto a of all other politic l ideas . Should these objects meet with your cordial approbation and sympathy, and should you be dis posed to take part in the proposed organization , you will please address one o f the undersigned at e your earliest conveni nce . o Very respectfully your bedient servants, O O 6 as 2 th W LC TT GIBBS , 5 E t 9 Street . G O . as z l st O . E RGE T STR NG , 74 E t Street W as 2 oth . O r . HENRY BELL WS , 59 E t St eet O R . 62 . C RNELIUS AGNEW, 3 Fifth Avenue h O C . O 8 as t . GE RGE ANTH N , 3 E t 35 Street O 2 61 G e GE RGE GIBBS , re ne Street . G O G F . 2 as a th re . E R E ALLEN , 4 E t 4 St et O 61 . WILLIAM J . H PPIN , Pine Street ma nion r s g g am. The undersigned agree to associate under the n ame of The Union League , and to adopt the f ollowing fundamental articles of association , to wit 1 . The condition of membership shall be absolute and unqualified loyalty to the government of the n o f ff United States, and unwaveri g support its e orts fo r o f the suppression the rebellion . 2 r . The prima y object of the association shall be to discountenance and rebuke by moral and social influences all disloyalty to the Federal Government , and to that end the members will use every proper means in public and private . r n o u r 3. We pledge ourselves by eve y mea s in power, collectively and individually , to resist to the uttermost every attempt against the territorial in tegrity of the Nation . To the r meet necessa y expenditures , each mem T ber shall pay to the reasurer, annually in advance , the sum of ten dollars . There shall be a standing committee consisting o f nine members, who shall have a general supervision f o f o the concerns the League . 2 Tfee Uni L e C I on eagu lub. There shall also be for the present a committee on admissions, consisting of seven members, whose duty it shall be to pass upon the name of each can didate , who may be presented for membership . The officers of the League Shall consist o f a a Secretary and a Tre surer, to be elected with the committees on the second Wednesday in January in each year hereafter . Members of similar organizations , elsewhere estab lished en and recognized by this League, shall be in New titled , when York , to all the privileges of as membership , subject to such regulations the Standing Committee may determine . O . MURRAY H FFMAN , EDWARD S BARMTLETT , O . O . J HN J CISC , FREEMAN J BU STEAD , X ALE . VAN RENSSELAER , ALFRED L . EDWARDS, AY WILLARD PARKER , CHARLES A . J , . O WILLIAM C BRYANT , W . S . BR WN , O . O R BT L . KENNEDY, J J . J NES , O . CHARLES KING, J HN E WILLIAMS , O . WILLIAM CURTIS N YES, HENRY L JAC$UES , E G JAMES W . B EKMAN , FRANCIS B . CUTTIN , R O . O GE RGE T STR NG , FRANCIS LIEBE , M O O O O O P W . TE PLET N J HNS N , HAMILT N H PIN , H O . J . BUTLER WRMIG T , J HN A STEVENS , JR . G CHARLES D . S ITH , C . R ILMAN , H G O . O . E RGE C ANTH N , W DRAPER , O M O HENRY W . BELL WS , BENJA IN C LLINS , O O O W LC TT GIBBS , CHARLES C LLINS , M oK AYE . JAMES , WIMLLIAM A BUDD , O . GE RGE GIBBS , SA UEL W BRIDGHAM , O . THE W DWIGHT , HENRY A SMYTHE , G A O K O . E RGE PETERS , GURD N BUC , 1 4 The Union League Club. W G O O L . O . E RGE CAB T ARD , R BT KENNEDY , O .