, 1865-11-11

Rfa Explanation Of hia Course In the
Recent Canvass.

Recent Canvass.
To the Editor Of the Chicaso Evening Journal:
In your Issue Of last evening is the follow
Ing personal allusiop:
s'Dur ftierd Ncdin, Of the TRIBUNE, has bad
much to r. iase1y nbOns new .yste@ of spsllln
bis recent spell As boiter of Union romin.tous.'
Conceding the wit Of this paragraph and the
right OF the reader to indulge in a smile at
my expense, sou will pardon me for lcnyins.
the IL bad SPELL" Whenever the English ian.
gupge Is spelled as nearly right rs was lny
graphic Improvement. voted for such q
ticket as II was the duty Of the Convention
to hare uoninattd-suc ticket us would
repeat tomorrow. The yictors should b. sat-
tstled With their triumph.
They will make nothing by indulgiug In
partisan persecution. There Is surely no good
grounds for rejoicing oyer the defeat o: sdch
Osborne, Taylor, Bridges, Smith, Davis,
Fieldca1np, Gilmore, Bolton, James, Bnssg,
Grpsyenpr, Gould, Goodhue, Mclean, Hand,
Farrell, Atkinson and others. These heroic
mcu emhody too much oftha fame, glory aud
patriotism Of Chicago to: be treated with
10 deride or abuse the Coo good and true
Republicans who saw f1t to disregard the
edict Of packed Convention, and voted for
them tor, VARIOUS public places. an proud
to confess that voted for nearly a1l OF these
men, and call the act one o, the best ''spells"
Of my life.
/ Insist that the astonishing SACRIFICES made
By the citizen soldiers, the great deeds they
performed for the Republic, md the incalcu-
liable benefits they secured TO ua who re.
mained at home, places us aIl under On etet-
nal debt Of erstitude and load Of obligations
which we shall never be able TO repay, how
ever willing. All that the hero and the mar
tyr can do ior bis fellow they have done for
us. mn amazed that sorlil selilshncss got
such control of-a Republican Convention Ms
to- disregard the claims Of the Dationss
eayiors, and to bcstow the offices in the gilt
OF the party On ctrilfaus nf no special merit
Or capabiliiy, and that, too, IN the tase OF
coin, and Of a joint resolution Of Congress,
Recommending to the loyal people Or the
United States to give tie returning veterans
the preference tn both public and private en-
ploymcnt over the :. stny at home - applt-
cants. lam erc,1 surprised that any ciTili1u
batt1e.eenrred veteran. would a. soon think
of striking q woman OF minister, as 70
snateh nm Office out Of the fingers Of eurvi-
wing defender Of the Union belonging to my
parry. Bolt why sir. were TO do otherwise,
! would never dare look soldier in the face
i or iouer 1,lm my band: 1t was the Convention
tbat ho'ted It's duty MAE true 10 mine,
stDcnocr1ts'' On the eoidicrs' tickct-how
'conld rote for theue | answer, they were
not put there by my advice or consent, nor
By The desire Of the soldiers. voted for none
in getting up tho soldiers ticket, advised
that the "bo1t" should not be allowed to c1-
tend beyond correcting the faults committee
By the Convention. / said to them that Il
any "Democtats" were put on tho
ticket, the cry Of consorttng with copper
In1fA nttA
sympathized. with the svldiers, for. every
| Uemou11ic vote that would thereby b. SC.
cured, as had but little faith In Democrat
| {c'' sympathy or affection for the gallant boTa
| who had 50 thoroughly ch1st1sed and subln'
gated the rebcl1fous right wing Of that party,
and the result justified the sonnaness 0f the
opinion, for more Of them voted for the ''reg-
certainly great blunder to put civilian
'Democrats" on a soldiers ticket, md that
Is what occnsIoped Its defeat.
l furthermore objected to running candi
date against General ea1omon. believing hin
TO be worthy and well qualified, aud contend
entitled TO fair representation. = regarded
1t aa great mistake TO run soldier agalnst
soldier, and violation Of the principle oE
which the bolt was ua1e--n0t outstanding
no man IN Cook county IS more deserving Q
handsome testimonial Of public favor than
the gallant General Osborn.
The Republican ward managefs do not ottct
make more effort to get out full vote, no
docs the press often put forth more trantt
appeals to GO to the polls, yet look at the re
turns-only 1850 votes cast, al told, In /
city continuing to-day not a vote less thai
G1,W0. Hero are 18, $40 men who refused t.
Giepu7it their ballots, fully one-ha1fof whom
are Republicans The regular ticket recelve'
$500 votes, Of which 1,5G0 were cast by Dem
ocrats, leaving 5000 Republicans 10 vot
the regular ticket, out of the 1890
Republicans In the city. Don't tel
cngo was satisfied with the work .
the Convention. The quiet protest Of 500
Republicans who declined to endorse It, ant
gurtled. II the tslate''- '-mak6rs, reckonin;
on the continued forbearance Of the rank ank
file, shall, at the next Republican Convention
treat the soldiers as scuryity ns at the las
ono, they will wake up on the morning atte
the election to tlnd that the "bolters ~ hav
the - clique" Republican party alsciplin
is pretty strong, but not strong enough t.
bear repetition of the late strai6 put upon il
l ttpcercly hope and trust that ut tutur
Republican conventions the Claims OF the sol
djers will receive such recognition that ihcz
for boiling. The eoldiera' ticket must not b
regarded as '*seccssionn movement, as th
"bo1te1s" had no thought Of leaving the Re
publican ranks. There was no quarrel witt
The principles Of the party. The scopc q
the 0bolth was confined to an attempt u
correct what was believed to be wrong actloI
on tic part Of the Convention. 1t was In th
nature Of an appeal to 2 higher conrt-or ap
peal from the decision Of The delegates to th
constituents of the delegates at the ballo
bo8, which Inst decision Is f1nal.- Tue appea
not having been sustained, for the reason
named, the friends Of tho soldiers will quietl.
wait for the next and subsequent conventions
10 make ample amends for the short coming.
Of the late one. I nm confident that til
party will not permit the Court House peopl
10 repeat the ..erab-game on the soldiert
4 {nr snrne yrnrs tn carnc t. MEDILL