The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-06-27
Communicated.
A Text with Short Comments
Thereon.

No. "a, of the date Of juno Ia, 1857,
the Bird. Paragraph IN the lst. column,
Of the End page ofthe Morgan Coun-
ty Herald
TExT.-If our Democratic friends
are 30 suddenly devoted to the honor
and interests Of soldiers, why is it that
they have no soldiers on their State
ticket They are very willing to take
a soldiers ballot, but not so willing to
give them office; that would be dong
honor to men who fought in "the dam
nable crusade" against Southern
traitors. Gentlemen who prate so
much about the interests of FOLDERS
ought to give SOHO proof of their SIN
corlty.'
COMMENTS ON THE TEXT.
The Republican alias Union(O alias
Radical County Convention, has come
and gone. In Town Hall, June 10,
1867, the Radical political pot boiled
and bubbled. All kinds of spirits,
white, black, blue and grey, mingled
in the Caldron. In the hurly, burly,
toll and trouble, the real and deserving
Soldier ofthe war, settled at the bot.
tom whilst the Military froth and
scum foated on the top.
Excel. F. B. Pond, (the hero Of
Fort WagnerO now Commander of
the G. A. r. within this Bailiwick,
after many efforts and much struggling
in years gone, now looking wistful-
y towards tho Capitol, thinks ne secs
the promised Land" and makes an
effort to be IL Representative. Ponds
Soldier services in the late Rebellion
will not %injure him much among Reb-
els. They will never hold him answer.
able for any great damage done their
cause. As n military man he is I'M
known to the enemy or to fame.
1t is said, he thinks and SO expresses
himself, that, he is no better than q
negro, and that the negro is better
than many of the white soldiers who
fought out and survive the Rebellion.
He therefore declares himself in favor
ofthe proposition now pending before
the voters of Ohio, to strike the word
''White" from the State Constitution.
and thereby onfranchisc the negro and
~disfranchlse the white man.
Has it occurred to this valiant Elk.
Col. hat if this darling measure of his
and his friends is successful that il
will enfranchise some 5000 Buck ne
groes of Ohio and disfranchiSe more
than 10000 white soldiers. Some OF
whom valiantly fought at Fort Wag,
ner' when and where tho dmbiti on,
Elk Col. was non est inventuS Stick
pin thcrel Stop and r~eflec.l
The political pot again boiled ant
dubbed and IN j. G. Murdock, Ser
geant of the G. AR, was found anon.
the top scum, and Lieut.. Il. l.. Simpson
II soldier of the 18th Ohio, all shot anC
shivered TO pieces by Rebel bullet
went to the bottom by the force of Rad
zeal ballots. In this intensely Loya
: Convention, Lieut.. Simpson could onl,
Command about Is votes out of 81
Do you call this dong "honor to me.
who fought in the damnable crusad
against Southern traitors?" Lieu
Simpson ia recognized as q white maj
and moreover thinks the race of me
to which he belongs q little better tina
" the African race. This may be tn
II cause Of has defeat.
u The political pot again boiled an
. dubbed and as usual precipitated I'll
=, good at tho bottom, .
u Mr.. J. r. Tavcnncr, said to be a goo
I and accommodating officer wis nom
mated for the 4th term az years) I
Is Recorder. Corporal James NJ. We
o Of the 9th Rcgt, minus a leg, lost
in the war, is rejected, receiving OF
ly about one dozen votes out OF s
~ given
- THE honor and interest Of Corp
raj West, the services he rendered Il
or Country IN the late Rebellion, the G.
n hibition of his wooden leg stampir
N over the floor aud sounding in the ca
m ofthis PatrloticW assembly had
N influence. The laborions lim2ing st
ofthe manned and crippled SoIdit
be- had no extensive sympathy with t
he political managers who profess so mu
Id devotion to the honor and interest
If. the soldier. "They arc very willing
". take Soldiers ballots but not so wi