The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-06-09


fore you commit 80 rash an act as that
and thereby recognize secession. We don't
recognise il in Tennessee. (Apphuse.) We
deny that We have been out (Applause.)
We maintain that the minority irst voted
US out, and then a majority whipped the
minority out Of the State With bsyonets.
and drove over portion Of our men 10
their ranks, but we are here to participate
IN your deliberations and tolls. The delega.
tion that our State sends up to you would
scorn to 20 to. the Chicago Convention
they would decline having anything to do
with The late Cleveland Convention. Gap.
plause.)
We are for the Baltimore .Lincoln.arming.
ofNegroes Convention. Applause- We
are for the Convention Of the party that are
resolved to put down this wicked, this infer.
nal rebellion. at all hazards and all costs OF
money and lives. Our Convention instruct
ed us before we left home. to advocate for
Abraham Lincoln first, last, and oil the time.
[applause1 and the idea suggest to You az
an inducement not to throw out our delega-.
ton. is that we may take il into our heads
before the thing is over to present a candi-
date from that State in rebellion for the
second office in the gift Of the people. Ap-
plause. 7aalt@i s7 15a1 g' Dc .1Ew o. b
We have men down there whom II has
been my good luck and bad fortune to fight
untiringly for the last twenty-five years.
Andrew johnson, for the first time in the
providence Of God, three years ago we got
together on the same platform, and we are
now fighting the Devil, Tom Walker and
JEFF Davis side by side. (Applause.)
After few more remarks. Mr.. Brownlow
closed. and on motion the Convention id.
journed.
New York, May 5.-The meeting in Un.
ion Square last evening, to tender gratitude
to General Grant and his armies, was /.
monster affair. Upwards Of 81. 900 people
were present. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. Addresses were made by Sena-
tor Pomeroy, Congressman Rollins. Gen.
walbridge, Jas. T. Brady, Gen. T.F.
Meagher, and others. 2f .".a y]stao
The resolutions spoke Of the successes ct
Fort Donelson, vickskurg, Chattanooga,
and the present advances Of the Potomac
army, and the army Of the Cumberland. and
closed with declaration Of unalterabie de-
termination to unite In the prosecution Of
the wsr with oil vigor and might.
Letter from the President.
New York, June 4th - Following Il the
Presidents letter to the meeting tonight.
ExEcurrvE MANSON, WASH, june 3D.
Hon. r A. Conkling and Other Gentlemen.
Your letter inviting me to be present at
the Mass Meeting of loyal citizens, to be held
New York on the 4th inst for the purpose
of expressing gratitude t. Gen. Grant, for
his signal services, arrived yesterday. r
1t is impossible for me to attend. l lap
prove, nevertheless, whatever may tend to
strengthen and sustain Gen. Grant and the
noble forces now under his direction. My
previous high estimate Of Gen. Grant has
been maintained and is strengthened by
what has occurred in the remarkable cam
paign he IS now conducting. While the
magnitude and difficulty Of the task before
him, does not prove less than expected, he
and his brave soldiers now in the midst of
their great trial; and trust that at your
meeting. you will shape your good works. so
that they may turn to men and guns moving
to his and their support. ngt 3a
$40 Yours truly,
tSigned.l @ A. LINCOLN.