The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-09-20
BREAD AND BUTTER
SOLDIERS CONVENTION,
CONGRESSIONAL RUMPs,
CONVENTIONAL RUMPS.
THE SENTIMENT OF SOLDIERS.

On last Saturday afternoon, Mt hall
past ! o'clock, the Johnsou-my-pol'
cy-Soldicrs Convention, called to
lappoint Delegates TO the Cleveland
Convention, met. Such an cxtraor-
Idinary attempt to accomplish pur-
Iposc against all parliamentary rules in
Convention, was never before oxhib-
tied in this city. While the call was
extended to all Soldiers Of Seneca
county to be in attendance at the
Convention, the managers of the affair,
whose bread and butter in measure,
depended upon the success Of their
scheme, when they discovered that
the unanimous sentiment Of the vast
number of soldiers present at the
Convention, were avcrso 70 the john
son policy, took an unhoard Of course
to accomplish their ends. Tho door
of tho Court house was kept locked,
and after organizing outside, this
more than rump Convention, opened
the doors, and before the crowd had
got in, one Of their spcakcrs-a Capt.
Clnrkson, who is not a Captain, aud
never was anything but high pri-
valo in The signal corps, commenced
speaking. Only those who adhered
to "m my policy" either in the orgaui-
cation of the meeting, or the proceed
ings thereafter, had voice. This
was tho kind Of invitation given to
soldiers, If they wcrc johnson men
they could have n voice. If not
they could have none.
Let us sec who are the movers in
this Convention.
Captain A. Koga's name heads tho
call. Who is Capt, Kaga2 He is n
Imam who was'onco in the ranks of the
lRcpublican party, aud editor of this
paper. He went over to the johnson
Democracy, aud his expectations o'
Office explain, IN toto, his zeal in the
johnson cause.
J Mr.. Frank Bakcr, was elected Chair
man of the Convention. His military
record, in brief, is this. He served
sixteen days in u three months rcgi
mcn--was taken prisoner without 4
nght-parolcd and went home. llC
crpccts, and has hc inside Fdch, it is
presumed, for the Asscssorship of this
District. Adjutaut Norton, was SEQ
rctary, and doubtless, has his slice il
. prospectus.
q Gen. Cummings, who addressed th
convention SO earnestly, ,cds idtcl
Idppointcd assessor IN his District
rice, somebody's hcdd qE This ac
counts for his zeal. All these me
have expectations, and over the head
of the soldiers they expect to sail INF,
thom. The Soldiers of Seneca coun
ty were present in large numbers, an,
gave them plainly to understand, tina
7 If delegates were appointed in spit
of all rules, they must not go there T.
represent the sentiment of the Sold
icrs of this county, as Johnsoniau,-
Tho whole thing was u concoctc,
scheme TO invciglc soldiers into com
mitmcnt to tho Johusonian pre-
gramme. Names were got to the ca
by false representations, aud half {
) thcm rcpudiatod the call before til
Convention met.
The resolutions indorsing Prcsidon
Johnson's policy, wcrc voted dowI
by an overwhelming majority. New
crthclcss, the Chairman pronounce,
them carried,
Below we give the speech of Mr.
Clarkson. 1t will be sccn that som
pointed questions were put TO hin
, aud the soldiers were nothing 10th {
, let it be known that they condcmnc
tho whole affair.