Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-07
The oleveland ConYention.

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The Cleveland Convention.
A soldier writing from lebanon, Ohio,
thus addresses the office seeking juht6 of
military gentlemen who have called the
soldiers johnson Convention at CleVe-
land on September II
Am mistaken 10 believing that you
are actuated by the most sordid motives
Which one Of you that has not now loi,
expects to have, a place at the hands OF
him you. serve ? Custer, who. heads the
list, gets a Lieutenant COlOuelcy In the
regular army as the price of his souLA
Loomis, the tail of the list, is appointed
Assessor. of the Second District Of Mich
igan, and that shows what he charges for
himself Steedman-any one who knows
him would be certain he would 90 for the
lions share-expects the portfolio of the
War Department But this is bone
that must be fought for with those ,pinks
ofdisinteredness the Blair family, Full
lerton, who has been hanging on to Steed-
man S coat tails all summer, sells himself
for the position of Private 3Secretatyr to
the President Being nearest tothe table
and handiest to the dish, he expects the
richest sop al G McCook finds his price
in being permitted to retain an Ohio asses-
sorship And so i might go through the
list, and If there is que that has not a
place, or expects one, " let him speak, for
him have offended. ".oa-.t'. "a 30 que =.
.Thereis buttone things gehtleafab, fBat
exceeds your eupiditgsn and Bhatli5,y yonr
impudence. The eOolpess with which
you invite the soldiers who fought only
to put down rebels, to joih you in restor
ingfheml to power that you may Secure
the olpmentatO fiOffibe. is tho teTysub- :.
Unity of impudence.v iMhy,9 G9d' bless
your souls, for what should the soldiers
90 rup to Cleveland on the 17th of Sep
tember p To helpyod' td get abd hold
Offices ? But your iInptId rncG ae0eeedS
that of the devil himsel!se Doultyou supa
pose we understand your m0tives-2 Do
you suppose the soldiers are going to let
you stand on their backs to enable you
to pluck the golden apples ofpublc pat {
ronage Sell yourselves, gentlemensg
that you have a rlght. TO. dO-eXcept any
reversiOnary interest the devil may have
ia yOu--but don L undertake TO Sell the
soldiers They are notion the mark ket,
and won't go to Cleveland at their own
expense to be huckstered off by you, $50
much per head. Y on say
The intention of Congress- Seems to be
to deprive them Representation justs0
long as it suits theIpurposes4 Of the Rad
ical party" ....f.s... ~, .
s / think you know that to be false; or,
ifyou don't, the fellow who writes your
aud signs your names for you
evidently does knOw that it. is utterly
false. Congress has taken the position
that none but men of unquestIOned loy-
atty shall hold office in the Government.
and, SO far as Congress eau effect itanone
but loyal men shall elect 0fficersy In
other words, that loyal men, and none
other, shall control the Govern ment
And If this cannot be fully attained, then
that sach guarantees shall be provided 10
the Constitution itself as wall ever insure
the ascendency Of loyal men, and provide
ample security for the future good con
duet Of those who have attempted to
overthrow the Government And IS tbis
right The difference between gou and
Congress is just this \ ou insist that
these rebels whose arms are red to the
armpits with the blood o our fellow sol.
diers and WHO refuse to- even express
sorrow for their conduct. shall be placed
on equality of rights with the loyal mani
who fought for his country, with no other
guaranty for the future than their mega
tive assent to Henry j. Raymoud's 5 Phii-3
adelphia platifudes.e While Congress de-4
mands that before these rights shall be
uDOn traitors, ample aud com
piete guaranties against future miscon
duct Shall be given by eonstitutional5
provisions. AndWe agTeeWIth Congress.
Gentlemen, in parting, let me say 10 you
that In seeking to secure the operation
of the Soldiers, you have only succeeded
In securing their contempt Y Ou may get
a few bounty jumpers and ''shsdaddlers' "a
to 60 with you, but not a corparaFs guard
Of the genuine soldiers. You. know how
apt the soldiers are at coming phrases to
express their feeling and Opinions, and
In this region your foolish display Of
yourselves has won for you amOng,t the
boys the name of the Fuss aud Feathers
Battalion of the Bread and Butter Brig
ade. e."a' lai br4al ai 3ha931a Eih45i' aTei
IH@ -aWg. .--ll.--l.- ~. La..altfa. ag-.E
Jiigi1 aa-1g
h 10 sod ADraham Lincoln. ---