The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-09-21
d, y, 9egNayEltsE4LasE SEPTE BER 9b 1865

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iQn tbs. leyepingIof the Ri inst there
was held in the City of New York an
immense meeting of soldiers and 'ssafl2
9rSs, to aPR@oipElSI de Itss ionthe SCH
dters and sallOrAs CQnYelti0p, TO be
| held ne Cfevehnd on tfd i7tii iifist. sOf
0his slimmenseI Afed dtAR d5enei9a ytdlg
HiAEeg was iel dutnd, ilrosi den t,a anepbna
taking the chair ,hemadeithe f9llowipe
| tetoquent speech and powerful appeal to
! The soldiers. He shows WHERE General
Grant Stands. .noaahOb "oibHh
aiRbadoliis speech, and then1handitt to
s9ldisEswboohaEe beenin and through
the war, for them TO read: .y4ma
| osGrEcni 9E qENERP4L =, .qa4IHELHER
General IIillyer spoke, as follows 5,idW
I Soldiers and Sailors of Now, York.
Survivors OF the War! 7" FOR fhis Dis
tihguislied mark Of eohfdenee and
Consideration thank yodI ID am most
profoundly sensible Iof the honor Of
presiding over those. who have laid
aside the Irresistible logic OF. Successful
arms, and appeal to the calm reason.
thchsol5eisi iudgement The enlightened
conscience, apd the Ghriatianized hui
mpnity OF, their cepntrymen, On, the
Nth day of this month there assem- !
bled in tic city Of PHILADELPHIA a body
of Representative lfhchfrom avefg State
and Territory. ofItbeso9 Emitted States,
to take council together how they
could best cure thewounds of this ter
fible war-how best restore peace and
fraternity to those Brethren who qhad
beenso long alienated : but, most fof
all, howi they could best sub
serve that object for which the war
was waged by the armies of the United
States-the preservation of the Union
and thepmaihtenance of the Federal
constitutional Cheers. 1t was my
good fortune to be present at that Con.
veption, and q more honest, earnest
loyal patriotic and .magnaniinous body
of men never before assembled on this
continent aEApplause.l I That Conven.
ton has finished-its work. Its addres.
and declaration of principles are. sub
mitted TO the country fer its verdict
and we, fellow7so oldiers and sailors, ar,
assembled hefe to-night to pass oui
judgement upon1it. Il came back from
that Convention with the abiding'con
fidence that the battles of this rebellion
had not been fought in, vain; that The
weariness Of protracted marches, thai
the sufierihgs Of hunger and thirst aht
exposure, that the agony Of diseaseanC
wounds and death, from which y0r
never shrank. were but high Affections
which had worked out for the nation
"a far Tore exceeding and entornal
weight of gloty.r Renewed cheers.
Unity Of purpose, harmony, fraternity
common devotion to q common flag
inspired the thought and action of ev.
cry member of that assemblage, That
Convention assembled to determine
and appeal from the politicians TO the
peopleAfforl passion aiid prejudice tc
reason and conscience. That appeal
was made at the suggestion Of the
President Of the United States-rap
plause whose courage and wisdom, ahc
patriotism. and denotion To tho min ri
pie and unswerying fidelity to the Con
, stltution, had enabled him to withstand
the storms of fanaticism and drive
: back the vandal hordes who would
have destroyed the beautiful structur,
of the Constitutional liberty for which
your comrades died, and for Which yor
suffered ] thank God that appea
was not in vain. From Maine to Mis-
, sissppi, from the North, from the South
from the East, from the West, from the
/ lakes and rivers and the gulf, from
highland and lowland, came back the
, echo 9 FHt 1a sI Htlt-'I rit f.
M "We'll rally round the ldg boys, al'
10 Wen rally once again" ,,....fl d.. =
Thirty-siX stars again threw theil
trays into one grand focus, where nigh
be seen in letters Of living light
, 9Union and liberty, now and forever
one and inseparable." [Applause.1
1T is a sad commentary on the weak
ness and wickedness of human nature
that no sooner had the disunion party
, Of the South dald down its arms. wheI
all seemed bright and beautiful anC
Ia 4 4.