The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-09-18
Tho Soldiers Convention.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
UNBoUNDED ENTHUs1AsM
Maj Gen. W DOL Called to the Chair
The CONVENTION ADDRESSED By GEs. EWING

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=. CLEVELAND, ONO, sept tis;Trhe SoqlTeT
and Sailors Convention, IN response 10 cali
from those favoraoie'to tine Perey OF fresl-
dent Johnson snd tne aeuon oiA'ne' fniadsi-
pnia oonvsn''on OF Augustus, met 't IN THIS
CITY To-Day. -.
a pavilion loo ieet IN length py ~ In
breadth had been erected IN the PARK iof the
use OF the Convention. AT . o'clock the
delegations entered, preceded by band OF
m,s;c and xo,o .oo,od. of,.r vvh;.h Al. .,ova
from the outside wss admitted and s,eS tse
tent To liz utmost c.tacitv ~ .aIs7 .Frri7 a,
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rreVious 70 tne organization quite spr-
tied scene was Witnessed, the delegations
rising and cheering with ali their might suc =.
cessfully for "the old tag" Gems Guitar,
RousseauI Wool, y, Mc( ELAN. ,.thef Constit~li
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tion' tno snrrtysh States, anu Ahoy
johnson, After q brief breathing spell cheers
~ ~, .ta'.so y, ',' 'h ny
American army, Lien. Steadnan, and Gov.
Bramlette, o. Kentucky, Az tho cheering
-, wa s..,.!,.a 800 a. .,u,.-...otIl
"aS eaneu TUT anu given ~ esc ~ esse, tnere
was . scene OF wild enthusiasm, delegates and
spectators rising and swinging their hats and
shouting most vigorously. w., ii, D.,
49,, By previous Arrangement. Gov, Bumlette
EIa,;ns,ca M; ,,.t1 .roh,, n wo,,T., ~,
Oldest Major General in the United States
md rrnhah,,, n, Tho vor,d a ,t.,,~or,-,,
Au' pio.""y III '"' "'''"' 20 ~ nAPo''Hy'
President ,f. ....t. -,.-r5 les IA %
,rt Gen. Wool was received with loud CHEERS,
ulu uuuftSstu tffo CUuVoutfUu uS IOllOWB.
- 9ENrLsnsH Grateful thanks for your cheering
welcome, A more fattefing and sgrssAbls position
could mot have been assigned q me than tbs one
Just conferred N presiding officer, lslthopgh but
heroes the true defenders 81 their country and lbs
Union. BE assured u WIN eyer DO remsmbsrsd end
appreciated Al the most precious incident Of long
military career. The object Of this great military
convention; II understand II correctly. is to con
slider the principles Demonstrated BY the Nstionsi
Union Convention u PhiladelphiA and the restora-
ti6n policy Of President Johnspn., On, these spb-
jects would simply remark that The sooner Con,
sre:. recognises ~ STATE: dsSIsfsd By n.o ny
psfts Of the Union and Admit their loyal rsprsssnt
atves to seats in the halls Of cohgtsss and permit
them 10 particpats In tho national lsgislation of
the country the sooner win be sllayed the fears
and lptrshensions Of the psopls 81 the dangers
which again menace the poacc n the country and
the perpetuity Of the Union with tbs most Bitter
and vindictivs feelings, ''''''' y.
nA war OF words fol thirty years was carried on
Between the Northern rndical boIitiouot Nd tn
'slavekolden Of the Southern States and eycrythhe
vas said snd done TO keep aiive the eontroyerkyr
and II finally eliminated In rebellion 10 the nrfne
Of 1851 which, for atrocity, the sacriAne OF kvps
the expenditure Of untold millions of money, u,
loss Of property fUfoWed by psstilsnce famine nd
dssostiop has nd p&fisl In thS history u pstots,
~xsAfiAy DO asksd With propristy what h. PreS.
dent johnson done thaths should b. denounced u
traitor and threatened With fmpsa NJ? Il Ii lor
anything more than for the exercise Of the most
noble and generous efforts to conciliaie and brips
back into tho folds Of the Union brave people and
make the United States what they should be "a
united great people? II ought not TO be forgotten
that slavery, which engendsred tho rebellion, has
been removed and three or four millions Of slaves
have boon declared free by amendment Of the
Constitution Those Of the Southern States most
interested in the abolition of slavery, which do.
prived thom Of q large amount OF what they cpllkd
property and which they had considered III III.
portant to their interest and welfare quietly cub
uitted to the amendment Those who prepared
the amendment omitted to guard against what
would follow. '- '.s, y ~ -'"N
When too late TWAS discovered that the freeing
Of four million slaves would increase the southern
representation In Congress from twenty-five to
thirty Representatives This was to be overcome,
s'. .ns sooon radicals should lose their contrpl
other amsndnsnt Of the Constellation Failing n
these efforts all that bitterness Of feeling has been
radical, Of The East and North sSd ,bs soutss,U
shareholders, Another civil war Is foreshadowsd
uhiess tho Hoeumen sro pIhceu on On equaiity win