American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-09-12
The Southern Loyalists'
CO NVEN 10 M /.
The Meeting in Independence-squar
AN IMMENSE TIInONG.
Speech of Senator Wilson.

Il
the eity'this evening The rain in the
oorlv mart of tho evening cooled otr Tho
atmosrhere. and the peonle turned ont in
loroe Numbers 10 attend the vorious no
litical meetings. At the Union League
house there sas an immense mass meet
ing which was attended by the Republ
lican Inyincibl,s and the " BOYS in Blue, .
who marched with fnll uniform Of oil.
.lotb can and b,t carving torches BE
fare ,bey arrived the street in front of
the League hou;e was crowded with cit
INNS and saseghes were beinc made in
side and wifh,ut Senator Wilson spoke
nsi.e 10 large auiie4co of the League
and southern deleuates
sr,,rc,, on sr,. ,ro, ,,rsov
n, cp,,,y,v ~, F,ntow.C,rt.
yrvN Nv friend NJ Gibson insists unop
:, ,ha,l .l..u s,y r,r1 or tyo n vou
:, ai.b, co,t.;nlv boye no words to
.n,+., horo - ,.igbt tEot c,, 6rc The hearts
.ar,ho ma, Who b,va witnessed Il Q snec.
,oeIo that have seen 10 day. and have
..,,,o ,or, f,,,, Afasy,chusatts with 9th
or oontlemcn Of NV Snte to give the
r;.,b, hand Of tcuowshin not to Traitors
rnr,nont.nt i,pito Loyal men who stood
by tbe gss for four wears. Applause I
Wo have not co,no here to walk arm in
arm with traitors who have been pardon.
Oh ar .c,k pardous but we come here to
ioin with YOU Of PENNSYLVANIA in taking
hy The hand aud giving a hearty welcome
10 the noble men who are true to the old
fla, Of our Country. IApplause. We
are to.d sometimes that there are no 10y
NJ .nea N The late R.bel States, but we
have .,,a tras l.yal men to day We
b,., -.,.,,l ;5en by the hand. We
bsu. Id lhsm welcome, and we bid them
.,,,d s.,..! and we mean 'by our bal
I'm. IN Inc ututo !, seq il that we give
=, .,n he prgtccr;op Of he lag of our
c,untrv rAp,lause.l 4 We are not here
MS q National Convention from Northern
States 10 mike platforms pass resolutions
~ Transact publie business OF any Kind.
ii, "a u. hcrs +, moo. tbesa truly loyal
g. hssr IA If rsoressn .at;on Of the
,..,,ap,f gtr,irs IN The Rebel States
.a 4, ba,r fr5m ;liom Who s rasrcnsi-
h,a FIR lie Sins tbat have made our eoun.
t.c,,e, b,pa tbeir beods with shame and
.orrov dprin,, tbn 40 or 40 da,s rAn-
,,l,usa We are hera TO hear what they
have o1s ia saw mi let them saw lust
What ,bcy think and we. the men of
,Lo lovo S,5tcs win saw what we have
,,t to saw We will read what they saw
aud vote as we feel for the cause of our
c,unt,v opr whole cnnntrv and tho Ib-
o.,;os ,pa ,iabts ne al man nnIarsel
4 Ia1a il tr4ypltnP oyer the ,.QtIDfrV n
,colI oroo,;z,a wake rLauohtor Ma.
k,no snceches Eoastinr of what they
are eoipr to do. Well gentlemen we
tbo1cbt in onr simpiieity we lived in i
country where the reople were the mas.
tor. and CONGRESS and Supreme Courts
that we lived in a country where The
yc;oo IF tho nconle wos to he heard to he
rs,ened 70 and to be obevea; but We are
tola w.b a. ,,,cb omnbosis \. I.on;o
yTy,b ubor ho saia .. am the State
oro t.l2 br To presidcn. that la
lac = n.,rev wbicb bo means to carry
o,. Wal oort,ons, va have = Con-
cross or a ba1r ol men sharing in the
Government callipr itself a Congress-
rroro thara w,s = cry in the crowd oc.
casioucd bv the effort of a polieeman TO
t,ke ont disorderlv character bv the
nock The molcontsnt voc;ferated MANY
t;mo. 81 am am American ,oldior Of
,Iroo r.rs IA w;th he ebr;oks wero
- nc,oJ ,bos, or ,bo crowd dot him