Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-10-05

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All honor to the brave old soldier who,
! having fought traitors form his hearth
stone. now helps to fight them from our
national halls of justice and legislation.
A dispatch from Gen. Fremont en-
dorsing the Convention, and a similar
one from Gen. MeAilister, of New Jersey,
whose name had, without his authority,
been placed on the call for the Cleveland
Convention, we're read, Gen Logan was
detained from being present By sickness,
The mention of his name by Gen. COch-
Tane as the Organization Committee 8
first choice for permanent Chairman
/ awakened immense applause, lasting for
/ several minutes.
During the morning session yesterday
1.-The Committee on Resolutions reported
/ through It's chairman, Gen. Butler. The
4 l2enersl, as he stepped forward on the
| platform, was greeted with tremendous
| applause. The resolutions he was about
to read he said had been unanimously
adopted by the committee. He then pro-
| eeeded to read the report, every senti-
ment of which was received with enthusi-
astic favor. At its conclusion every del
Iegate was ready to vote for it with his
/ whole heart, and it was accordingly adopt
/ ed with thQnderOus aye that shook the
/ building. There was not a single mega
/ tive Gen. Butler was then called upon
/ to address, the Convention, and three
I cheers were given Tor Tns only man who
had dared to hang traitors. His speech
/ will fall ike q bOmb-shell IN the Copper
head camp.
An additional resolution, providing for
/ the organization Of a National Soldiers
and Sailors Union, was adopted. Also
one declaring it to be the sense of the
| Convention that no arms or military stores
should be permitted to go to the South
except such as are necessary for the use
of United States troops. Thanks were
returned to the loyal ladies of the couu-
| try for the sympathy and material aid
| furnished the soldiers during the war,
and for their unwaYeFilg support of the
| Union cause. The loyal press and loyal
! leagues of the country were also rendered
the gratitude of the Convention, as were
the kind and hospitabIe people of Pitts
| burg, who had so generously entertained
| the delegates. And here il will be prop
er to remark that the Delaware County
/ delegation will hold IN long and grateful
remembrance the whole-sOuled hospitali-
| ty received by them from the gallant fel-
/ lows of the I'd Ward Club of Boys IN
Blue. This Club deserves too the com
| pliment of having made the finest appear
| ance in the great torchlight procession.
| Among its most active members is Capt
/ D. M. Howe. formerly of Delaware.
/ One of the most entertaining features
/ of the Great Convention we're some rec
/ itations by the celebrated and patriotic
/ tragedian, james b Murdoch. His exc
cution of Sheridan's s ride, aud i" The
/ Veteran moved the great audience with
| a swell.of enthusiasm, as the mighty deep
/ is moved blythe wings of the storm. Many
| an eye bEimmed with tears while the
| heart swelled with the memory Of the bit
| ter trials and glorious triHmphs of the
| great struggle, brought to mind By the
/ poets fanGies SO pOwerfuliy expressed by
| Mr. Murdoch 1t was an occasion to be
/ fully appreciated only by those who had
witnessed the stirring scenes so vividly
/ Ideplcted, and one to move the hearts of
such to the very bottom.
! During the afternoon many eloquent
/ speeches were made, including one by
| Capt Moham, Of Illin0iF. While he
/ leaned upon his crutches he told how he
/ had become at the battle of Shiloh. the
| worst wounded man present" Early
/ In the action ball broke his right arm.
/ Continuing with his company cannon
/ badly mutiIated his right leg, and while
lying by log on the field a splinter
struck him in the side, breaking a rib,
/ and passed through his chest, prOtruding
( from his back. He had received these
/ wounds while fighting for the same prin-
| ciples in behalf Of which he had come to
/ the Convention. He closed with scath-
! ing denUnciation Of the johnson policy
/ which would sell the country to traitors
! A resolution was unanimously passed by
/ a silent rising vote. declaring that the 10y
/ al soldiers of the Union profoundly cher
/ ish the memory of Abraham Lincoln, and
/ that his life was taken by the men who
are now elamoring for equal rights with
| US IN the Government After several ell
/ oqueRt addresses, the Convention ad-
| iourned sine die. Mere words cannot do
justice to this truly. grand occasion, and
| by only those who have with essed it can
/ it be fully appreciated. Coming here
j from all parts Of the land the men who
I fought for no bOunties and who expect
no Office, have once more greeted their
old comrades in arms and have renewed
/ their VOWS of fealty to Union and Liber-
| ty. Here where the great guns were
! moulded that spoke death to treason, the
/ veteran soldiers have in like manner
forged the thunderbolts that will strike
traitors dumb, and falling upon the head
| Of him who dares defy the chosen Con
gress of the people, will make him under
i stand that he is their servant and not
/ their master.
The extremely Radical sentiment man
| Tested in all the proceedings clearly dem
/ onstrates that the men who fought the
/ battles of the country are ready to take
their stand upon the broad platform of
| Impartial Justice. Every proposition
/ looking to the political equality ofall 10y
al men was vociferously applauded Not
one. third of the delegates but were ready
to declare that eUeTy man true 10 the flag.
/ without distinction Of color, ought to
/ have every right belonging to an Ameri-
can citizen. The veteran soldiers enthu-
siastically pledged themselves to stand by
4 the loyal people of the country, no matter
/ what their race They declared them
/ selves on the side of liberty and equality
/ of rights everywhere. and extend their
| sympathies to every people strugg ing for
freedom. They say that Congress is the
proper authority to reconstruct the cOun-
| try, that the terms it has offered to the
| whipped rebels are mild enough. and that
treason must be made OdiOus and traitors
punished. This is our platform aud up
on this line we will ightit out, God help
ing us. rs aIela A. +. l..
| The following are the opinions of the
Union soldiers and sailors of the country
upon the questions of the day, expressed
by their delegates in the great Convention
Bv the soldiers and sailors of the Army
and Navy of the United States, in conven-
i tiOn assembled be it
/ ReSoJUed, That the action of the present
i Congress in passing the pending cOnsClGu-
| tiOnal amendment is wise, prudent and
/ Just. It clearly defines American citizen
ship, and guarantees all his rights 70 every
citizen. 1t places on a just and equal basis
i the right of representation, making the
| vote of man in one State equally potent
with the vote of another man in any State.
/ It rightfully excludes from places of honor
and trust, the chief eonspiFatOrs and guilt
/ lest rebels, whose peFiured crimes have
Idranphed the land in fraternRl blood, 1t