The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-06-04
From the Ohio State Journal.
LETTER FROM GENERAL MiNDERSON.
He Executes the Duties OF hts Advise
ory position-HeaIthy Advice TO
"Conservattye Soldiers"
CANTON, Stark County, Ohio, |
May 26th. 1868. {

May 26th, 1868. |
Editor Ohio State Journal:
DEAR SIR: "A friend at Colum-
bus has sent me clip from late
number of your paper, by Which !
SEQ that o lato State Convention at
Columbus has appointed me as
delegate from the 18th Congress-
ional District tothe "National Con.
seryatiyo Soldiers and Sailers'
Convention to be held in the
City Of New York on the 4th day
of July. 1t is just to myself, that
in as public a manner as nfy name
has been announced as such dele
gate, should say that | do not
propose 10 be o membef Of that
Convention. am not, and never
have been in sympathy with the
objects it seeks to accomplish. j
have not yet forgotten tho cause
for which "our bravest fell" and
am not so EXCEPTIONALLY generous
that | am ready to give up the
fruits Of the victory SO hardly won.
| l cannot but ask myself, OF what
mean thing | have been guilty,
that should DO the recipient Of
tho praise implied by such ap-
pointment at the hands Of hen who
have deserted the flag under which
they once fought? Tho cool i'm
! pudence of tho insult was not fully
appreciated by mo until on reading
the proceedings l found | was ap-
pointed an advisory member. Let
me for moment overcome my
/, distasto to touch pitch and be de-
filed by accepting that advisory po
sition.
| advise that if there be sucl
, scarcity Of material among the late
Federal soldicry OF Ohio that The
Convention is forced to 60 int
Radical ranks to select ropresen
tatives that it goes into ono o
"our erring sister States" anc
0 makes choice of some who wor'
F. the grcy, 70 respond on the Al
q day of July at New York, whel
the roll Of Ohio's delegates is call
= cd.
+ 1 adrise that the rebel Forrest
the modern Herod, who massacret
, tho iunocents at Fort Pillow, ant
whose namo was cheered by Con
servative Democratic soldiers il
y Convention assembled at Glove
3 land, would be proper man t
!. represent Conservatism
4 / aduise that, "for tho cultivo
:, ton of iraternal feeling and com
u pleto forgetfulness Of the "late lii
!. tie unploasantncss," thcro be
!. union of those three oonservativ
a societies--the White Boys in Blue
y the Knights OF tho Golden Circl'
and tho Ku Klux Klan.
A IddUiSe that Democratic Cor
If sorvatism forms its ranks this ia
q TO mako tho fight against Graz
and Colfax under tho old colo
- - "stars and bars" and under II
u old leaders, tho Rebel General LIZ
II and jeff. Davis.
;. Lastly, lot mo aduiSe that PR
!. pose to continue to fight on Il
a old line, and vote and work fC
y Grant, Colfax and Victory.
D. The Democratic papers throug!
80 out tho State, in compliance vii
ID a resolution, have given publieit
,r to tho fact that have been adop
n ed by those who "cry for bread
st as an "advisory member. Do
ask too much to request that the
:, give as much publicity'to tho ia
+" that / repudiate association vii
> those who, once wearing tho p
y, ~ triotic blue, have doffed it for Il
~ ~ Rebel GrayP
y In the full hope and convictic
y that true soldiers everywhere W
=, = continue to stand by their cole
- and the right Of Radicalism, ! al
40 truly yours,
~ CHARLES f. MANDERsoN