The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-09-27
TIie johnson Convention.

If the military Convention which has
just met here to endorse President
Johnson's mode of treating the rebel
lious States had not proven to be a
thorough fzzle, we should be alarmed
at their consequences. 1t is certainly
against all propriety, and against all
previous experience if not against the
army regulations, for officers in the reg
ular service to take part in political
Conventions. In this case it appears
to have been done with the appreciation
Of the President himself A life long
General on the verge Of the grave,
makes & journey from the banks Of the
Hudson, at the peril Of his life, in order
to read vindictive political speech in
person. A youngster in the regular
service has turned politician, and is I'M
Hedging himselfin the usual style Of am
bilious youths. He has just received
promotion to g Lieutenant Colonelcy
in the new regiments, end left
the Presidents side to be pres
ent here. Another officer Of the Reg
ular Army presided over the Conven-
tion,and fastened to greet ''our friends
lately in arms against u.s." at the head
of whom stands Forrest, the head muir
derer at Fort Pillow. Leading officers
Of the late Volunteer Service are appl=
cants for appointments in the Regular
Army. Does President Johnson re
gard attendance at such meetings re
commendation for such appointments
Is he intending to make the Army a
political machine? Is my policy to be
one of the tests for promotion into the
new regiments? Does he intend to
follow tie C->amplc Of President Polk,
and degrade the Army in the eyes Of
the nation? What makes this cause
more significant is the closing words of
the resolutions Of these military patri-
OTIS. They intimate quite broadly that
they expect "my policy will give rise
to another disturbance. In that case
they pledge their lives, fortunes, &c,
to take up arms. What leads them to
expect resistance to lawful authority ?
Is Congress q lawful authority? The
President says it is a revolutionary
body, Forrest says the same thing, May
or Monroe and Admiral Semmes are of
the same opinion.
This Convention, the President,
Mayor Monroe, and n. B. Forrest
shook hands all around. What does
all this mean? The President is urg-
ed to insist that Southern rebels are of
right entitled to their seats. That is
the substance of the Philadelphia res
olutions, adopted by the Democracy of
New York and by the Army Conven-
ton at Cleveland. All this may be
consistent with patriotism, but it is q
queer way Of showing it.
If this Convention had any popular
strength or any political vitality or en-
thusiasm, we should be alarmed. It
calls itself National Convention
Nearly one-half is from Ohio, say
300 out of GEO, and nearly one-half Of
Ohio is from this county, all self-ap-
pointed. Is Cuyahoga County repre-
sented in the dispatch to Forrest p
Take out the officers of the Regular
Army and those who hope to be, and
what becomes of this National Conven-
ton?
Save for some spiteful passages in
the speech of General Wool, and few
incidents like the tardy recognition of
General Grants name and the enthusi-
astic cheering for the rebel butcher of
Fort Pillow, there was little of signifi-
cance for good or harm in the meet
ing. Dizziness was the prevailing char
, acteristic. The only practical use the
Convention can be turned to is as a
foil to set off the assemblage Of the
real "boys in blue at Pittsburgh next
week Cleveland Herald.