The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-20
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General Conference Pro
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Soldiers and Sailors National Con-
Yentinn.


CHICAGO, May 19-The Soldiers
and Sailors National Convention as
sembled in North Clark Street Ger
maa Turner Han to day, at II
O'Clock. The various delegations
formed in line at half-past ten o'clock
In Randolph Street, near the Court
House Square, and marched to the
place of meeting preceded by VOss
4 Deans Light Guard Band.
Immediately In rear Of the band
was the war eagle Old Abe, which
belonged TO the Wisconsin delegation,
and was brought BY them TO the Con-
vention.
As soon as the delegates were seat
ed, cheers We're proposed tor General
Logan, OF Illinois, Governor FentOn,
Of New York, aud General Grant,
which were given with a will, as were
three gr0ans for old Grimes and 9TH
ers who voted against impeachment.
Tie song Old Grimes is dead was
started, and most of the delegates
present joined In singing it, at the
close of which the Convention was
OrzanIZ I'd.
The States Of Rhode Island, New
York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Tennessee, Delaware, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Caliiornia, Georgia, Yer
mont, kentucky, District of Columbia,
West Virginia, Ohio, Arkansas, Mis-
is9ippi, Nebraska, Maine Missouri,
Docatah, Alabama and Illinois were
represented by large delegations At
noon the Convention was called TO
order by Mai. W. 5. Morse, Chairman
Of theExecutive Committee, after
which Rev. John Fellows, Of Wis,
opened the session with prayer.
Gov. Fairehild, Of Wisconsin, was
unanimously chosen temporary Chair
man, and was conducted to his seat
by a Committee of Three, appointed
by the Chair Gov Fairchild, being
introduced by the Chairman, was re
ceived with enthusiastic applause, and
said " Gentlemen of the Convention
. iu behalf of the State OF Wisconsin,
whose soldiers you have honored to-
day by the election of myself as your
temporary Chairman, / thank you. L
shah receive it as honor to the
State and to the soldiers of WIscOb-
sin. i DO not take it as personal TO
myself at all.
L am very glad, indeed, my friends,
t9 meet 30 many of the old soldiers of
this Union Army; and [ was glad
last night, IN a little meeting Of a few
of the delegates, to know why we
come here. | understand we come
here representing nearly a million
loyal hearts. Great applause. We
come here. to muster IN for thre
years or the war. We come here to
swear by the love we bore those men.
that we wll never tremendous. ap-
plau5e] forsake the Union, for which
they shed their blood. We come here
to swear by the good old flag we
fought for. [Applause.l We come
here to swear by the widows and or
phans Of our comrades that we viii
never give up the fight until this
country Is recon -tructed upon the
basis of equal and exact Justice ID
all men. Do you swear it for your
comrades? LApp,ause and cheers. ]
No man In all this land, my
friends, could have fought better than
the soldiers did, and as we say upon
our great Wisconsin banner here, Sd j
vii, be With every State In this Union.
The Union soldiers viii hgh1 as they
fought when the Union men Of the
South demanded q certain plan Q, re-
construction, which Is plainly writ
ten 10 the Constitution; aud the rebels
Of the South demand another plan OF
reconstruction. l say the Union sol q.
diers Of the North, aud all good
friends of the Union soldiers of the