Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-23

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diana met on Thursday at Indianapolis,
for the purpose of electing Delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention. Their res
olutions, and the fact that they were pre-
sided over by bully Meredith, the man
who made himself infamous by his brutal
assault on Hon. G. W. Julian last fall, the
telegraph has already given TO an anxious
world. There are, however, some lea
tares of the Convention not furnished by
the telegraph which we deem eminently
worthy of consideration. Not least OF
these vas the bomb-shen thrown into the
Convention by Hon. John Hanna, U. s.
District Attorney for Indiana. who, being
an ohiee-holder, was gladly welcomed,
but who demonstrated thst he valued office
less than principle by offering the follow
ing resolutions which startled the Con-
vention like a thunder clap or a cannon
shot:
NResolped, That, for the past five years. We
have Justly regarded the traitors OF the
.DOAEA anu NHC O0BBlA8S
as common enemies of the Government.
That each did all they could to disrupt and
destroy the Union of these States. That, as
c~nnfederates in crime, they waged a war OF
death and desolation against the Govern
mept of our fathers, under circumstances OF
cruelty and perfdy earcelypsralleled in tho
most barbafous ages. That, while there is
much we are disposed TO forget and forgive,
vet we csnnot be false to liberty, to the
memory of our martYred Lincoln, and the
patriot dead of the nation, by baSely a
doning that glorious and victorious Union
marty which ever rallied in defense of the
nations life, and through whose instru-
mentality, by force of arms, q eauseleas re-
belliou was suppressed, the supremacy Of
the Constitution and laws Vindicated, n
| peace restored to the country.
81 ResolreH, That es this hallowec Union
partv was equal to the crisis Of armed rebel
lion, and to-day exists as the only party,
FIRST in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of ali true patriots, wisdom, pru-
dence and patriotism, as vel as a due re-
gard for the experience Of the past alike
demand that We cling 10 it as the sheet
anchor Of the nations hope, and, therefore,
we respectfully decline to recognise the
approaching Philadelphia Convention as q
true exponent of the Union party OF thla
country; that the character Of many OF the
delegates already appointed is a sufficient
warning TO beware Of political guerrillas
who don the Federal uniform for deception,
surprise and treaehery.
aResoEDed, That we scorn 10 be msdestools
in the hands Of traitors and CopperheadG,
for the disruption and overthrow Of the I'm
ion party; thstwe have ever, and do now,
oppose the heresy Of secession, either from
the Union or the party which saved and
preserved it neither will we be absorbed
bv a party, one-half Of which was recently
In arms against the Government, snd the
other half, through their representatives at
Chicago, proclaimiag the encouragement to
their confederates That the war to suppress
them and save the Union was a failure"
The excitement caused By the resolutions
was immense, and the CONSERVATION ofths
conservatives at the thought that a radi-
cal had got in among them was very ludi-
erous.
Another interesting feature of the con-
vention was the speech of D. S. Gooding,
Marshal of The District of Columbia, and
q lambert light among the Johnsonians.
Here are a few gems from his speech, as
reported in the Cincinnati Commercial:
"The name Of rebel had become so famil-
iar to him that it had ceased TO have any
effect upon him, and he could associate with
that class of men as well as be could with
those fanatical AbolitiOnists. He hoped the
reporter would put that down"
Die your soldiers 20 into the war 10
make the niggers your equail These radi-
cals intended 10 force negro suffrage upon
the people, and had now only postponed
the question until after the election. There
were no more Union soldiers than Demo-
cratic soldiers, but nevertheless, the Demo-
Gratis did their duty, and, now that the war
was over, they could not be gulled into the
support of any party that would make the
niger their eq1al.D
"He stated the issue to be that of uni
versal suffrage. He would give no vote Of
his for any man, either for Congress or Rep
resentative, who was a radical, or in favor
of universal suffrage. Beat the party beat
tho leaders, but save the country. The divi-
sion must come, so help him God he would
stand by Andrew Johnson's restoration pol
icy-the Constitution and the laws. There
could be no heading together.
she demanded that a mourner's bench be
immediately instituted, and all Republicans
and Democrats invited to partake of the
political Eucharist under johnson and if
they will come upon this platform We will
forget and forgive the past, and live togeth-
er in harmony and peace.
"He had taken al the stock in the niger
he was going to. His contract with the
Union party ended with the war. The Pres
ident was opposed to the Constitutional
Amendment. Mr.. Seward, the father of the
Republican party, was also opposed to it.
There was no Justice in such a thing while
eleven States were denied any voice in the
matter"
The delegates appointed by the conven-
ton are mostlJ.to fortune and to fame I'M
known. of%ne twenty-si& we only re-
cognize the names of Daniel Kilgore, D
S. Gooding, John S. Davis and Sol. Mere
dith. After the business was concluded, a
series Of Copperhead hsr argues was in
dnlged in, in which Merean, Crawford,
wilson and others participated, and the
convention adjourned amid the mutual
fluctuations of Democrats and conserva-
tives.