Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-10-04

, tne iaSOr Ol Almighty God- L there
; fore am requested to call upon Gen
, eral Moody to open the proceeding
, ofthis Convention with prayer"
Rev. Grsnville Moody, of tn,
Methodist Church, formerly Colone
Of the 74th Ohio, came forward ane
offered prayer BY request of Gen
eralBarlow, choir OF 200 ladies' oe
eupying the gallery OF the hall, unit
ed .in singing the Star Spangied
Banher." every delegate joining in
the chorus.
Gen. Barlow then read the call
under which the Convention is as
seu,bled. At the conclusion Of the
resding, he said:
''Comrades-In the discharge of
the duties you imposed upon Your
Committee, they were made acquain-
ted with facts relative to the author
Of the call. l will read the letter
which relates to it:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF INTERNAL Revenue,
WASHINGTON, Sept %, 1886.
''DEAR GENERAL-The bearer of
this, L. Edwin Dudley, for his actiyi-
ty in relation to the Soldiers and
Sailors Convention, like John Roger
in the reign of Queen Mary, is the
/ first martyr In our Department l
need not detail the embarrassment
his application for two days vaea-
ton caused to the Department; but
the result is that he must either fore
/ go the Convention or resign.
''Mr- Dudley has long been in our
Department, and is faithful, intelli-
gent and useful public servant"
The signature to the above was
not read.
General Barlow then read the fol-
lowing:
"WAsHNGToN, d. c., Sept 20, '66.
"SR-Having been refused leave
of absence which / asked, to enable
me to attend National Convention
Of Soldiers and Sailors, to be held at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seplem
ber %, 1866, hereby tender my re-
signation of my clerkship in this Of
fee. Idesire to remark, in this con-
nection, that the time fer which ap-
piled was but two days, with permis-
sion to use three days due me upon
former leave, from which I return
ed before its expiration. l feel 10
hesitation in taking this action, for
deem it a pleasure and honor to make
sacrifice for the principles which /
believe are right, and upon the vim
dication OF which l feel that to desert
the Union party, which sustained the
country in her hour Of peril. would
place me in the same light that it
would to have deserted the Union
army and Joined that of the rebels
Il contingency not to be entertained
until i have lost my recollection of
the few sacrifices which l was per-
mltted to make while serving my
country as soldier. l should feel
that l had proved recreant to my
comrades who lie buried where they
fell, or were inhumanly starved by
those fiends in human shape, to whom
it is now proposed to give the right
to make and administer laws for
Union men.
81 shall attend the Pittsburgh Con-
vention, because j believe that by so
doing can do some little toward Sc
curing the final triumph of those
principles for which so many of my
comrades have died, and which we
had right to expect had been Sc
cured by our terrible sacrifices.
Hoping that you will accept my |
resignation,
81 am very respectfully,
"Yeur obedient servant,
."Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary
of the Treasury"
Cries of ''read the name and sig
nature"
General Bowman-That was writ
ten by L. Edwin Dudley. The Com
mittee have offered him to you for
your temporary President. Great
applause.
The question was put on the nom
ination of Mr. Dudley for temporary
Chairman, and 1t was carried with en-
thusiastic cheers.
On motion, Amos Hordy, of Maine,
and General Farnsworth were ap-
pointed Committee to conduct Mr..
Dudley to the chair.
The Secretary announced that
there was telegram at the desk for
Captain o. H. Bennett, oil New York.
Gen Love, of New York; hope
there is no telegram here from Gen
eral Forrest, or General Chalmers,
or General Morgan. Great laugh
ter.
General Barlow-In introducing
the officer of your choice / wish to
correct IN error which has been made
through the public prints. Your
presiding officer was private sell
dier of the Thirteenth Massachusetts
Volunteers, and never was a commits
stoned officer. [Great applause.
MR.. DUDLEY's SPEECH.
Mr.. Dudley then came forward
and said:
"Soldiers and Sailors of the Re
public-This honor is quite unex-
pected, and, might truly say, quite
undeserving. 1 know it would be
proper for me, on this occasion, to
make some remarks, but as l have
contracted a severe cold. which will
prevent my voice from heing heard
at any distance from the stand, l
will say but few words. l am glad
to see ysu here, fellow soldiers l
am Glad to know that the soldiers OF