Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-28
FROM nILLERsBURG.
johnson Ratification Meeting-A COM
pIete FizzIe-Treachery of RepubIi-
can Omee-HOldeFs-


Especial Correspondence OF the Cleveland LEADEEl
MnLERsBURG, Aug. 2Tth, 1866.
In pursuance of call signed by about
dozen of Andy, Johnson's bread-and-
butterflies of this place, meeting was held
in the Court House las: Saturday night for
the purpose of endorsing the proceedings
of the Philadelphia Convention. Much to
the chagrin aud modification of the little
knot Of hungry leeches who imagined they
could sell out their party in this county
to Andy johnson and the copperheads,
the Union men did not turn out en- nlGsse.
After ringing the bell four or five times,
the chosen few arranged themselves in the
Court House and organized by selecting
Godfrey Corbus, (brotber of the Postmas-
teri chairman, who, after taking the chair,
made short speech, well calculated to re-
ceive the applause of copperheads, but
disgusting to Union men and false to his
course during the war. His abuse of the
great theory and sound policy of univer-
sal suffrage was more worthy one of the
cowardly traitors of this town, than a man
who had occupied his position in opposi-
ton to the rebellion.
Lieut.. T. T. Dill and B. c. Brown
were chosen secretaries. But Brown, who
had sneaked into the court house and
chosen an obscure corner, thought one
Secretary was sufficient and allowed the
duties to be performed by Lieutenant Dill.
4 Captain Sherlock was then called upon to
read the address and resolutions of the
Philadelphis Convention, after which res
olutions were adopted endorsing the same
and pledging the support of the Union
johnson men for the election of candi-
dates for Congress, awho are known to be
in favor Of the restoration policy of the
President" This, of course, is sly way
of binding themselves and their few fol-
lowers in favor of John B. Young, the
copperhead candidate in this District, in
| opposition to Hon. Martin Welker, our
present true Representative who has taken
so firm aud SO radical course during the
whole of the past session of Congress.
An Executive Committee was then
formed composed of the following men
B. C. Brown, John Caskey, Capt Sher-
lock, John Corbus, and Capt. VIM. NJ
1 Ross. Of course these men are holders
and chief aspirsnts for the petty offices in
the gift of the Administration. But no
such men as the first two. named on this
| Committee can be so ungrateful, SO devoid
/ Of principle and so treacherous TO such 8
benefseoor as the Hon. Martin Welkel
has been 10 them, is a mystery to honest
men here. He has always been their
true and tried friend both politically and
pecuniarly, and yet they will abandon
/ him at this crisis for few spoils, and
suffer themselves to be made the tools OF
| Copperheads. Let them sell themselves
If the price is small it is more than they
are worth, for these txo worthless canIfo
control score of votes in this county
The meeting was > slim affair-not tive
dozen persons all told being in the cour
house st any one time. a few soldier
were induced TO go into .he movement fo
tho same eobiect-offce-and also for th'
purpose of attaching to the meeting som
little respectability.
The writer has no objection to soldier
holding public offices-on the contrar,
they should have the preference, but le
them seek them hoEorably and remail
with their friends The great mass of tn
Republican party Of this benighted coun
Try are as intelligent and as radical on a.
the great issues OF the day as any On tn
noble Western Reserve, and the SCUM
policy so ably advocated by the LEADE
{ meets with their cordial appreciation.
UNION.