Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-06

FsOns syracuse.
Z syARACvsK. SEPT. 6---Wetting Hall Vas
tiiksi q nsrn W uelexates. nnsiRsrs of loyal
people, and large audience. Al o'clcSk
the Cow ntlon Wss called 10 osdes Judge
Frcclaan, Of Albany, was cbueesi tesnporsc
Chairman.
tx S~r,aier. Madden moved 10 substitute
The name ofsuen Chas. NJ Van Wick, oil
sullivan lie said it was we'll known thai
until within the past Two or three Years TIN
,uxer OF organizing our cnnventions h"i
t,ecn usarped by outside body. II was tis
III bit ot the Chairman Of State co0vcDtt' ms
IN calling tire convention 10 order, 10 nann
a temporary presiding officer, and though
"a mis- AIKEN idea If courtesy, WAS hot quts
iioncd Az in A body outside ol The Con
y.niion has assumed to take The RAINING q,
Goth the temporary and pernan ut pr.sid
srg officers out ~ the Convention. Gen
Van " ick had served his country vel la
would Ike To see Judge Freeman set cleo
Tor pcfInancni Chairman and would suppor
him, bu, he hoped the Convenlion wouiu
choose Gen vsn Wick Temporary Chair
main
Geo. w. Curtis said the Convention
should consider he question proposed. The
Convention is charged with the considera-
non of the very eravest questions that hav,
arisen during the present crisis. II has
been the habit for the State Committee H.
suggest The name Of n temporary Chair
man, and unless we have lost faith in uui
Committee, he could see no good reason tor
dND& riding Va pre- lcs. Y,.g M.
Mr.. Spencer favored tho motion Of Mr.
| Madden. tbs question was put and was
decided that the ayes had il.
Subsequently the nOniiuxtion was mad,
by acclamation. Judge lreinain and Jas
Bell were appointed IL conduct Gen. Van
Wick to the chair. On reaching the plat.
form, Gen. Van Wiek delivered the follow
ing address: re
Five years ago had the honor TO pre-
side over the deliberations Of the Republi
cans Of the Union party OF the State o.
New York. just engaging In the stern
cDailict Of arms, standing on the same plat
form a. now, with same destiny before ant
same bsnnev over us, We were pleading
then that this great trust beQucathcd by Oul
fathers should not without q struggle h.
surrendered TO the demands Of rebels W.
are lAjs day pleading thss the results %
the sictosy over treason shall not bc aban
d0ned, that we shall publicly proclaim sha'
the blood Of three hundred thousand p,
riots has been shed in vain. The same bai
tie :. is ssll raging. but, transferred t.
another form. CStMrheais conspitine
with threats, appealing to cowardice
Knights OF the Golden Circle, and Sons a
Liberty, the nations oil traitors and crown
heads. All these are against W. " day
With us were tnc stout arms of an army o
soldiers, the exertions OF millions at home
the prayers OF every heart painting for lib
erty. All these aids and holy influenced
| are with us TO day except the few who ar,
looking from u near stand point have tell
| constrained To i3rm an alliance with thos,
they lately despsod, but We have now thu
memories and rs .er:iye of thousands of bat
| ties while rallylng by our Side, are the sl.ir
no q lte gs<al Army .Ot lAttiDlic martyrs o
Lyon. Kearney, Sedgewick and Mcpherson
1 aiNt Last, tAvuRh least our Nv II beIused Minds
worth, cherished in his HE his memory viii
be yrecn forever. The tLickcts of the vii
dsrn.ss on the fcllpt .G.tlysbufg anon;
The clouds of Lockout Mountain, Ut Vkks
OuTr AMI Port Hudson, OF the brave sailor
who firssl the last shot from out llpc waite
that were swallowing up the gallant crew
| Of the Cumberland with the flag of thei
country flying above their opening grave
that gallant spirit band which ent on, iron
The tortured, starved and murdered flesh n
Belle Isle, Libby, SALISBURY and Anter
snnviile, the spirit too ot that great christiui
patriot while living were the friends of hi
assassins, the yili1oers OF whose memor,
when lea are AUw the boon c,impan,on
around the festive board and r. joicing in I'll,
patronages oil man who has betrayed IT,,
trust ol the people How can the dead bod,
OF rebellion prevail against the single issu,
! made up by the President Of the Cutie,
States before the people; shall the State
lately in rebellion In immediately restore.
their rights t"ricjtcd ~ treason, or shall She,
wait until she results achieved by blood ii
| the thlst sAHll lie rtrnlyA scatest by con
slant ACKNOWLEDGING johnson ma,
call Us Constitution breakers Doe
he not remember that the great Lincoln 10
supIitessing the rebellion, The linking q
tiui lite bell by Seward which Consigned I,
Eors Lafayette, NOSthern traitors WilhO,I
trial by jury or benz lit Of clergy. Every &C
oi Congress 10 raise revenue or army wa
| denounced rs unconstitutional. James III,
chAnan pronounced not only seces sion bu
It's eocrsi II or Suppression unconsl iiu, mnal
let us run no such hazard again, hut engray,
| soiemnly ON the foundation Of the Repub
lIc,thc reasons Of the war that bad men in III,
future can read and understand then,
President johnson. in his pilgrimage I,
lay the COrncr stoae OC monument 10 on,
81 the statesmen ~ ,hc repubhc, b greeted
and cnststaincd BY nksn Of all parties, tax
ing the great heroes Of the arniy 10 create
ealAusiasm; the icmsgosue. ptetcndiu,
~ ~ nae ot the sribanss Vi The people, ye
openly ignores their Representations
even withdrawing from their control til,
stsslsaSent Of the great issue before III,
| country, IS giving the choice ever yieldts
by Grant, that Of military obedience. Ii
New Orleans he allows the creatures Of tn
rcheiiion 10 suuDteSs Nm assembly If Cnio,
men, while the bitter maliguity Of his ever,
speech clearly indie ties che purpose to at
tempt the suppression Of the America Con
gress ~ IN usufpaikn II the loyal men dsr
elect one in opposition to bis policy. HI
brands an independent press rs corrupt
merccnary and subsidized. because it zoe
not fiatter his egotism Who but he in th,
land has the poNtes To subsidise the press
| and who before h6a nsetl il So haselv