Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-21

johnson Democratic Soldiers Con-
vention at Cleveland was almost a com
plete failure. So far as It's influences
on the interests of the party are concern
ed it had better have never met. The
attendance was much smaller than was
expected. and there was but little enthu-
siasm. Gen Wool was made temporary,
and Gen. Gordon Granger permanent
chairman. Nothing was done except to
exchange dispatches with some Memphis
rebels, including Fort Pillow Forrest
and NJ C. Galloway. the notorious duel
ist and editor of the Memphis AralaneHe,
and to adopt two resolutions. one endors-
ing the Philadelphia platform. and the
other declaring that the war was wageG
to maintain the Constitution and the
Unisn, and pledging that future resistance
to the constituted authorities in any part
of the country shall be in like manner
put down.
The dispatch received from Forrest
made the ridiculous statement that the
Confederate soldiers were willing to leave
to Union soldiers the work ofrecoustrue-
ting the country. The Union soldiers
took that matter in hand in 1861 without
the consent of Mr.. Forrest, and they have
settled the relations of rebels to the IN
ion much contrary to their will and ex-
pectations. But to this generous q sen
timent from Forrest it was necessary for
the bread and butter generals to reply,
and accordingly 1t was moved by New
York delegate that a suitable response
be made to oar late friends i7l arms against
as. Gen. Granger, the chairman, then
stated the question to be whether "
suitable response be forwarded to oar late
friends in arms against Us, which raised
a great shout of laughter. Granger then
corrected himself and put the case, those
lately against the United States, now our
friends" and the motion was carried
A dispatch was accordingly sent to Mem
phis and was read to a meeting Of rebel
officers aud soldiers at that moment being
held in the Court House square. Forrest
asked three cheers for the Cleveland
Convention, which were but family Civ
en-. Rebel Gen. Chalmers then addressed
the meeting-so the telegraph says-and
declared that Gov Hamilton ought not
to be tolerated in the South He abused
BrownloW, and said he dare not go up
a dark alley IN Memphis" While deelar-
ing he loved the principles Of the South
for which he fought, one cried out. " We
will fight for it again, By God p Rebel
Gen. Hume next spoke, and said in the
course of his remarks that " If they could
c01Uince the North that theSouth woulddo
right, the Radicals would be ovarWhelm-
ed. They must therefore be arise as SER
penis and harmless as doUea -
There is but one other circumstance 4
connected with the Cleveland pow-woW
worth mentioning, and that is letter of
Gen. Grants written on Tuesday to the
chairman of the Executive committee of
the Soldiers and Sailors Union, in which
he says that he . sees with regret the ac-
ton of any officer of the army taking a
part in the political dissen-
tions of the day" Here is a wholesome /
titbit for Messrs. Wool, Custar. and other
officers of the regular army who attended
in full uniform a political scramble for
bread and butter and promotion. They
who understand the full force Of such a
rebnke can readily believe that Its repe-
tition will not be necessary.