Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, AND
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL con-
i MENTIONS. ff8

turner nan, III ChlcagO, on the i''h-
.fsjor W. S. Morse, of the District OF
Columbia, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, called the Convention TO order,
and prayer was offered by Rev. Samuel
Fellows, of Wisconsin. General Fairchild,
Governor of Wisconsin, was chosen tenn
porary Chairman, and, on assuming that
position, returned his thanks for the honor
conferred upon his State and the soldiers
of Wisconsin in the selection of himself
rs temporary Chairman of the Convention.
He was glad to meet so many old soldiers
of the Union army. He understood they
had assembled to represent nearly mil
lion of lOyalmen who fought under Grant;
they Lad come to muster in for three years
or the war-to swear by the widows and
orphans of there comrades, that they will
never give up the fight until this country
is reconstructed upon basis of equal and
exact justice to all men. As inscribed
upon the little Wisconsin banner, so ii
will be with every State-the Union
soldiers will vote as they fight. He con-
Guided: when the Union men of the
South demand a certain plan of reorgani-
Zation which is plainly within the Cen
stitution, and the rebels of the South de-
mand another plan of reorganization,
say that the Union soldiers of the North,
and all good friends o. the Union soldiers
of the North, will give to the Union men
of the South that plan of reconstruction
they ask, so that in every section of the
South, in every school district hope they
will have school districts there in few years
Ilaughterl-in every school district of the
South, a Union man can stand up before
God and declare his love for the Union and
IL Ill.
fight will continue, and we will be at the
'front.'"
His remarks were received with great
applause.
Committees on permanent organiZati sn
and on resolutions were appointed.
Pending the action of the committees,
patriotic speeches were made by General
Hawley, Colonel Halstead, General O'Con-
nor and General Sickles.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
ton then made their report naming for
President ofthe Convention ajor-General
John \. Logan, of Illinois, together with
a Vice President and Secretary for each
State delegation.
At this stage of the proceeding General
Grants father came into the room, and HE
appearance was greeted with tremendous
applause He was escorted TO the plat
form. and speech from him being loudly
called for, responded as follows:
when look upon this large band of
braves, who are the representatives of that
mighty host who sacrificed the comforts
and peSSe of home and quiet life, who
donned the army blue, risked their health,
their limbs and their lives upon the battle
field for the cause of their common country
when / look upon you, my heart swells
with ,,riIo and pafriOfiSua AnnlarSp
There is another circumstance that adds
very materially to that, and that is, you,
rs the representatives of that great, mighty
house of braves, recognize one of my
children as your leader Loud applause
and three cheers When / first came to
the Northwestern Territory with my
father, / was a mere child. There was not
in all this country perhaps 10000 white
inhabitants. The whole country was one
unbrOken wilderness, occupied by the
beasts of the forests, and the Aborigines of
the country. There were no school houses
or institutions of learning then. The ten
thousand inhabitants have swollen TO as
many millions, and that unbroken wilder
ness has become highly cultivated coun-
try, and, instead OF being the home of wild
animals and covered with the wigwams of
the Indians, is occupied by intelligent
people, who have built large cities, which
are ornaments to the West. School houses
and churches are dotted all over the great
prairies, and / ask myself, although have
been here long time, and have grown up
with its growth, what have | done TO con-
tribute to its glory.
Ia Voice. "Gave us boy" and
cheers.
Mr. Grant was so overcome by this un-
expected reference to his noble son that
he could but feebly utter: II thank you
very kindly for ting compliment you have
paid me-" He then retired.
Geneal Logan was then presented to
the Convention, and addressed II at some
length, in an able and patriotic speech, con-
Guiding by respectfully declining the nom-
ination of President of the Convention,
and recommending Governor Fairchild
for the position.
seconded, and he was made permanent
President.
General Cochrane was called for, and
addressed the Convention, after which
resolutions rendering to the Convention
the Inequalities of the city, were read
and accepted, and a vote of thanks ten
dered the Council for IFS generosity.
Colonel James ii. Haggerty, of New
York. being called upon, delivered an able
speech, followed by Colonel Stokes, of
Tennessee.
General Logan, on behalf of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, then made report
as follows:
RssoUed That we, the soldiers and sailors,
fully recognize the claims Of General Ulysses 5.
Grant TO the confidence Of the American people.
and believing that the victories won under his
guidance in war viii be illustrated by him IN
peace by such measures a. will the fruits OF
our exertions and restore the Union upon loyal
basis, we declare il a. our deliberate conviction
that he IS the choice of the soldiers and sailors
OF the Union for the office OF President OF the
United States of America
Rssoired, That in the maintenance OF those prin-
ciples underlying the foundation of our Govern
ment, and for which we fought during four years
OF war. we pledge our earnest and active support
that the Republican party Is the only political or
ganization in our judgment that Is true TO the
principles Of loyalty, liberty and equality before
Resoyued, That speaking for ourselves, soldiers
and sailors, who imperiled their lives to preserve
the Union. believe that the impeachment Of An
for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and
his trial before the United States Senate, have
presented unmistakable proofs Of his guilt. and
that whatever may be the Judgment OF the tribu
nal before which he is arragned and proved guilty
by the people, we regard any Senator who voted
or who may hereafter vote, for his acquittal, ha
fallen short of the proper discharge of his duty il
this hour of the nations trial, and Is unworthy o
the confidence and appreciation Of loyal people
RssoiUed, That the soldiers and sailors recognize
no difference between the native and adopted cti
zens, and they demand that the Government pro
tecf naruralized citizens abroad well a thoss
OF native birth
A motion that the resolutions be unani
rlously adopted was put and carried amid
tremendous applause.
The following preamble and resolution
were offered and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS Andrew johnson has repeated,
proclaimed the illegality the present Congress
therefore
Essoiced- That the loyal Senators of the recon
strtcted States are entitled TO immediate adms
sion, a reconstruction Is N much needed In tn
United States Senate as il is in the South.
On motion a committee was appointed
to convey to the Republican Nationa