The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-10
UNTY.s OHIO. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1863

i The Returned Soldiers Turn the
i Utica League Meeting into u Me-
/ Cleiinn Conycntfon.
| Thereturnel soldiers who accepted the kind
| invitation of the managers of the League
| cliques in New York City PRosPEK NJ. WET-
MORE, HENRY j. RAYMOND LEONARD w.
/ JEROME & Co.., to visit the rural districts by
attending the Utica League Conyention on tho,
9th of May, and have good tins generally,
| free of expense, did not serve for two years in
the army without acquiring some little know
Hedge of strategy. The League managers no
doubt, thought they were bamboozling the
/ soldiers. but The result shows that ths political
tintrguers were completely eutgcneraid. The
soldiers took the League batteries and turned
them with most effective and des ructive sre
upon their would ld-be-eommanders. So far as
the yar-worn veterans. were concerned, the
4 Utica demonstration was purely a Mcclellan,
ovation The Utica Herald, an organ of the
Leagues, says in, its report of the convention !:
/ About this point of ,Termaine,s remarks a
! party of soldiersti in Zouave uniform-the 9th
New Yo k-approached the stand shouting
lvociferously, and carrying on . wooden frame
a likeness of Gen. Mcclellan, decorated with
eyersreens. They held it up near, the stand,
and cheered for Mcclellan as the next Pres,
ident. s. o..., T., & - ,yft.,,.sg
| The Obserrer, another Utica PAPER, states
in its report.of tie proceedings at the con-.
yenticn; fsFar - si,9,. s.;i....e
| Early in the afternoon the soldiers began to
tsshow their hand The New York Zonayes
procured a banner bearing q handsome portrait
of .McC Clellan, and with it they went from one
stand to another, followed by the sol1fers, and
at each stand the proceedings were interrupted
while the volunteers gave cheers, loud, cnthusi,
astic and prolonged, for tho only Gcrcral of the
Army, of the Potomac in whom they have con-
fdehce The banner was shaken in the face
of TremaIn while he spoke, and his diatribe
against the Democratic. party interrupted by
the patriotic or1tburs of the defendersYof the
haglo Gen. Bruce was silencedo for time in
the same way "a prominent Republican of
this city attempted to expostulate with the
soldiers, but they good natured'y hustled him
aboat and tore his broadcloth. SIS Gu gffGs Is
The following is from the New York Herald
report rofathe Utica Convention Is
B While Termaine was speaking company of
soldiers worked their way into the crowd and
begsn7 an incessant cheering for Mcclellan
Word was sent to Col. McQuade that the sol-
dies were trying to break up the meeting -
He went immediately to see what the trouble
was, and found that they were cheering for
Mcclellan. He told them that it was very
nice to- cleer for s.Little Mac, !" but complaints
had been made that they we're breathing up
the meeting AT that they commenced cneer-
ing, ior Coll Qua3e. Similar demonstra-
Ions were made at the other stands. y .ii55ao
A recess was taken about 81 o'clock until
evening A let OF soldiers Immediately took.
possession OF one of the stands, and commenced
eheeriasz- for -McGlellan,- n,-and yraisiug him as
general; declaring him to be the only man
that could lead the army of the Potomac on to
victory denouncing in bitter terms the pol
iticians in Washington, congressman and Sen
ators, opposing Mcclellan because he was
settling The war in business like manner, and !
was interfering in their schemes to make cap
ital out of it ris g sss5 arr "a zilii 3as tEA>
The remarks of the soldiers on these points
were greeted with great applause by their com
rades. s me of the n declared that many of
their comrades were butchered at Frederieks
burg to satisfy the intrigues of the politicians
''Down with the Washington political conspira
tors" and others would cry, ''3ive us McClel
Ian to lead and We will all return to the war;"
This demonstration by the soldiers was kept
up for nearly an hour in that style. It, in fact,
seemed as though they could not say too much
in praise of "Little Mac" or denounce in bitter
enough terms the intrigues against him at
Washington.
whilst Mr.. Bruce was speaking at one of
stands, soldier in an officers uniform mount
ed barrel and declared this gathering an Abo
htion sell that he had not heard word from
the speakers, and then commenced cheering
for Mcclellan. The soldiers of the Tenth
regiment rallied around him and joined in :hc
cheers They kept the matter up for some
time, cheering first for Mcclellan and then
Porter. The result was, the crowd around the
stand nearly ali left, and they were obliged to
send for the band, who played the s"Red
White and Blue" before the audience would
return Their cheers were interspersed with
sorans for the politicians, Mr.. Townsend
was also interrupted in similar way.
During the recess some Of the Zouaves waited
upon Gen. Nye at the hotel, and tcld him that
the only way TO put down this rebellion was
to place Mcclellan at the head of the army,
and that it was his. Nye's) duty to tell those
gathered here SO. Hundreds of other instances
of this kind took Place 1t, in fact, was McC1el
Ian first last and all the time, With the soldiers.