The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-27

leaders are so deeply and thoroughly
connected with this rebellion that they
never can occupy am honorable position
III this country, except upon the condi-
ton of making tho rebel cause honora-
bic. They mnde an attempt, mt tho
very beginning, to place the rebel sol
dier upon an equality with the Union
soldier.
want, now, to mention fact that
occurred Mt the Philadelphia ConVeu-
ton, which 1 believe is not very gener-
ally known. 1t Is very significant
fnCt, however, and wUs stated by Judge
Hughes, in public speech, at Masonic
Hall, III indianapolis, ut which time
the Judge called upon any member of
tho lndtMna delegation to contradict the
statement. They appointed II commit
toe, composed of one or two from each
State, to prepare resolutions to DO sub.
mitted TO that Convention as Il plat
form. They prepared the resolutions,
and got through with their lnborS on
Wednesday, night, and tho resolutions
were to be submitted to the Convention
on the next day. In this platform
which they had prepared they had in
serted II resolution cOmplim0ntInS tho
rebel soldier and the Union soldier lust
alike for their bravery. They put tho
rebel soldier and the Union soldier upon
perfect equality; and why should not
they? There We're IL good many more
rebel soldiers in that Convention than
there were Union soldiers. They did
not go there for the sole purpose of
thanking Union soldiers, but in their
resolution they thanked the American
soldier, without regard to the section
of country from which ho came, aud,
i'll less than II year and II half after this
was over, placed the rebel soldiers
and tho Union soldiers upon nm equal
ity. But Mt O'Clock on Thursday
morning IL delegate from Indiana, who
seemed to have more sense than any of
the rest of them, got up from his bod
ana had the members of the committee
called up. He had them assembled ut
the Continental Hotel before daylight,
and told them that if that resolution
went to the country in that form it
would grind them to powder in the
North; that tue time hnd not come when
they could dare to go before the North
ern people and put rebel soldiers on an
equality with Union soldiers, and COM
pliment them. Therefore, the rpsOIu-
ton was chnnged, It's said, by striking
out the word "Amurican," and insert
ing tho word Federal" before "sOl-
diGTS."
| Week before last l received II paper
| published at Augusta, GeOrgia-lhe
! augusta Sentinel and CITOmicIe-editrd
by II rebel soldier, who was member
OF the committee which formed the
Philadelphia platform. He says in his
| paper that the change was not made
with the consent of IA minority of the
| committee, aud thut, in its present form,
ern DeonIe. He SAYS tI,"I F" ,I"ior;,v NJ
| the I.OInmittnn IliI not C.CnSo,'t ~ en-
out the word Americ.T on5 jrSort tTa
word Federal, and that they don't feel
| bound by the resolution in its present
form.
unimus OF thnt Convertion- SI,n"
/ Won the spiril thni nnimotes tkis n"rtv
IA spirit that hp,,i,1s hofCrn tI,, ,rri,s /;
grown over the graves of vonr s5i'ii"rS
bv putting the rebrI on ~, eT1nf;Tt. NJ, +
the Union soldier I want 70 al, ~
don't care what his nOIitirS uInv Iia =
he is ready To nlnro ,t,a raIo) sriIior 49,, :,
Inn onnnlifv viii rio ITn;n,S st'i'i;o. ~ -,
Give This marty :he mower and ,%o,, Iii
pension tie rShnI sGIdjor os rrn Il -,
nOrtIprn s0ljjpr L;S ,,.;,''.,,, - ~. ~;
orphan. They will rive him ionntv ~, -,
We have uivpn Onr sold iarv I,o,,,Ht,. go,
mn euIulit@, boCnra ,I,c l"I, - -, ,I,. I,'U
Will demand. md what ti,e,, ,v;iI l,,',.S
But. my frirnIs a CGnH.ortior 80
place only last week mn hcr" t'"G ~ rIowa ,T"H
land. called II SoIii"rS, nuJ So;IorS
Convention. nssemGle,l for tho H"rn"s,
of rntiCving "mv nolicv. :" the r5nIic,, =,
l IN I'M
received n dispntch. You know fLnt
sometimes one Convention viii t"IS
graph another, and send their commit
mcnts or their endorsements Thn,
Convention RECEIVED n disnntTL frn,,
Memphis. Tenn. Who ,y,,s IL Give
by? II was signed hv the bmtcher n
Fort Pillow, General Forrest tho Hood
lest ana the bluclLcst cri,ninnI IN ~,
Confederate army. tho man who nav,
M 10 massacre over gOO ITnion a.,
ut the capture of Fort Pillow mi,
man, together with General ChII
mers -nnOther man tint ,v;i
speak of dircctlv-scnt n disrotII
to the Cleveland Convoptinn i,
substance this: "The soldiers n ~,
Confederate army svmpathiZe with v0'
and conRratulnte Won in vonr otTnrtS n
restore the Union.T c9n NOT ,,;,,o ! !
all, but thmt was the substsnce CF II
The Convention received this tlisDatcI
from General Forrest with thrna oh eorS
and then those cheers were asked fn,
Forrest himself. the butcher 0f For
Pillow. and they were given NV tLo
Convention, IcSnCess when I rncoivo[
that nCws, il shocked me thnt onv NOD,
of men in the North could be F0Hnd ~
this early noriOd. to rccnive with cLoor,
an Insulting disputch from the bIOodins
of all rebel butchers.
Il T0niy refer 10 this ns'n stray bu+ {;
is vSry Significant straw II S%ov',
the nniinns Of this Marty ,,I,ioI, o,',
never Innko these NSrtI,Srn IaoJor. 20. -
trcason respoctabIe. exccnt Hn0n ~"
condition Of mnlIin,r the raSai CO.. W.
honorable. and the ITnion conso I;S
honorable. These men nre connpcto'
in sympathy. in action. in record viii
the rebellion, aud thev can never star
right in history unless the rebeIIion -"
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