The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-22
The Cleveland convention.

The Cleveland Convention.
The only reports of the proceedings Of
the Soldiers and Sailors Convention. held
at Cleveland, last week, have reached us
by telegraph. We have now some Of tho
details. During the last days session. a.
number Of kilograms were read, among
which was one from II. G. Norton, dated
Albany. saying he had deserted the South
ern loyalists, and was en- route for Clcvc-
land to expose them; one from cone hun
drcd merchants and citizens of New York
assembled at Union Square," sending
greeting; and the following from Gen. N.
y. Forrest and other Confederatcs:
MEMPHIS. September II, 1866.
To the President of the Soldiers 0,,d Sail
ors' COnreutiO,1 at Cleceland:
The soldiers of the late Confederate
army met here to-day, and deputed the
undersigned to congratulate your Conyen-
ton IN Your effort to restore peace and
quletude to the country, and express their
deop sympathy with Your patriotic pur-
pose; and, further, to assure you that the
Confederate soldiers are entirely willing to
leave the determination Of their rights a
citizens OF States and of the United States
to the soldiers of the Union, and on our
part we pledge security of life, person,
property. and freedom of speech and opi,
Mon to all A mass meeting will be be- held Md
here tomorrow, (Tuesday niSht,) to give
formal expression to these purposes and
sentiments.
Signed by n. L. Forrest, Lon. Trems-
dale, nj. {. Gallagher, Thomas Jordan, j.
IIarnsey Ma.thcr james H. Chalmers and
S. j. Dupris.
To the above, tho following reply was
scnt by telegraph:
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CONVENTION.
CLEVELAND, September IL, 1866
TO ". u. Forrest, Thomas Jorcian, ". T..
Guuo'rdy, James X. chalmers aud others,
The National Union Convention of Sol
diers and Sailors assembled here are pro-
foundlv Sratliied for the patriotic scnti-
ments expressed in your despatch We
hail with pleasure every effort to restore
peace, prosperity, brotherhood and atfec-
ton throughout our entire country. War
has its victories, but peace and union are
blessings for which we will manf,llly con-
tend until harmony and justice arc restored
under the Constitution
Gordon Granger, Pre- 'ident Of the Con-
vcntion; q. \. Shu!-ter, John f. Foot,
Thomas Crittenden, J. Il. Stect,mal, rhos.
Ewing, Il. T.. Bramlettc
At the afternoon session, an address and
a series of resolutions, i'll substance aS fol-
lows, We're adoptctl:
The Union soldiers and sailors who
served i'll the armies and navy of the
United States in the rcccnt war Tor the
suppression OF the resurrection, the main
tcnancr of the Constitution, the Govern
mcnt and the flag of the Union, grateful
to Almighty God for His preservation of
them through the perils and hardShips of
war, and for His mercy in crowninS their
efforts with victory, freedom and peace,
deplorlnr the absence from our midst of
many brave and faithful comrades, who
have sealed with their lifc-blood their de-
Votlon to the sacred cause of American
nationality, and determined now, as hereto
fore, to stand by the principles for which
the glorious dead have fallen, and by which
their Survivors have t:!umphcd, being
assembled in national mass convention, in
tins city of Cleveland, Ohio, this 18th ,!av
OF September, 1866, do resolve and declare
-hrst, that we heartily approve the reso-
lutlons adopted by the National Union Con-
ventlon, held in the city Of Philadelphia on
the 14tr, If August last, composed =. dele
gates representing all the States and Tor
rltorics of the United States; that oar
o! Ject IN taking up arms TO suppress tho
late rebellion was to defend and maintain
the supremacy OF the Constitution, and to
preserve the Union with all its dignity and
equality and the rights o.! the several
states unlmpaircd, and not i'll any spirit of
oppression, or for any purpose of conquest
ana suDJuSatlon; and whenever there shall
be any armed resistance to the lawfully
constituted Authorities of our National
Union, either in the South or in the North,
or III the East or i'll the West, emulatnS
the sclf-sacriticing patriotism of our Hcvo-
lutionary forcfathcrs, we will again pledge
to its support our lives, our fortunes and
onr sacred honor.
After disposng of some general bust
ness, the Convention was brought to a
close by singing the doXoloSy, and a bcnc-
dlctioA. The correspondent Of the National
IaeNigencer, from whose letter we have
condensed the above, saws: The closing
scenes OF this Convention were grand and
impressive bcvond all description. The
whole proceedings had been digniiied and
orderly, butt moro enthusiastic than any
but body OF soldiers could make them
PoLITICAL RIOT IN MIsSouRI-BLooD-
sHEp.--A st. Louis despatch says:
After the adjournment Of the Platte