The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-08
ARMY or pllIE REppHLlo,
fhe Report Of the Delegates 10 the
Fittsbnfk Soldiers I0h sDntl0H.

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Those Of your Delegates VIM at.
tended The Soldiers aud sailors Con
vaniioa beld et Filtsbafg an Aeptem-
Der 2liil and gbtli, beg ieaye tofepefI
az fdllaws Hsf s0ftts FmNFf
The Convention was a sueeessbei
yohd all eHpeetatiehsI u was the
efandest, most imposing, majestic
asssmblags ever seen Ia this country
o. anywhere else, Trying 10 deAetibt
IL by giving details would convey 10
idea Of It's magnitude o. Importance
As for the number Of Delegates. wh9
represented the states from Maine
tetiTeEas,a not by hundreds aud in
single instances, but by The thousand
as ief the character Of the men who
sat ID aonaHil aud the dignity Of tlief
deelafatiehs.H for their enthusiasm,
patriotism aud their Afm determine
ton, that rebels shall Ake back seats /,
taf the honor bestowed by the people
upon their defenders, the professions
and festivities. for ali these and stbef
things We must necessarily refer you
10 what the papers have already pub
lished heretofore. We will Only say
that our own noble State was repre-
laaatdJ tNAidelegailon df about ODE
hundred and twenty five men, aud We
nattef ourselves, that they did repre-
sent her In every way 10 full satisfaas
ton, lIy a good deal Of strategy and
a bold advance, we mhhaged 10 got
seated just before the speakers stand,
and wieh At roll call ID WAS asked.
Where Ia lndians7 our spokesman,
General Milo y, Haseall, responded,
" Hieht here IN front, where she always
was" More than three thousand men
then shouted three cheers for Indiana
with a will, Our friends. William
Warren aud General Streight, were
elaeted Vice Presidents, and General
Dan, MeCauley, Of the famous old
Eleventh, acted AZ Secretary Of the
Convention, II may be well TO
state, Ia connection Herewith, right
here, that Ii was on the instance Of
the Indiana delegation, that tho Sol
diers' and sailers' Convention Of
PittAburg, did what the Dread aud
Butter Convention Of Philadelphia,
aud the Atragglera' Convention at
Cleveland did not aee iii 10 do, On mo
ton Of an, fbdianiah, the thousands az
sembled rose In silence from their
seats, IN honor Of our martyr Pfeai-
dent, Abraham Lineoln-tho most
impressive ceremony wa ever Witness
cd, II was General Streight, Of In
diana. on whose motion the we'll
timed resolutions was passed deelar.
ing Il 60 be the opinion Of the Con
ventiea, that
1T ID the duty of Congress- 10 direct
the President 10 remove from the
States lately In rebellion all arms aud
munitions of war not required for i'm
mediate use by tho portion of tho
army on duty there, aud that hefeafa
ter no arms or military stores not
needed for immediate use shall be
stored in any State lately in rebellion
until auoh State shall have been rei
eognised by CongfeAa AZ having 70,
eumed les place in the union.,f
Il was Major Wilaon, of Indiana,
Adiutant General of the Grand Army
of the Republic, who, observing tho
Delegates from Virginia aud Kansas
(the two. States, between which the
fighting just ended began AT Harper'a
Ferry altting aide by side, suggested
three cheers for them, In order that
The humble individual at the White
Houae may have something to ahed
tears over, And again, Il was Gen,
Straight, who urged upon those
whom tho rehala did not succeed
in atatxihg et Libby, Anderaenvhle
aud other dena, tho necessity of an
aaaeciatien, aud organised union Of
the surviving prineaera Of war, for
the purpose of making fully known
10 the world the almoat Incredible
horrors aud atroeitiea committed by
the Southern henda, and TO settle ee-
eoanta with them when the proper
time ahall have arrived, et
In addition to all thia tho Indiana
delegation heartily co-operated with
the boys from the other States
IN making up that platform
which in plain and unmiatakable
words conteins the views and opinion