The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-06-04

pdlQ-We nave lOuS SluCo IeSdAucu
him as man eminently selfish.
Copperhead HOnOrs Declined by
a'SOldier.
The following manly letter, to
the Cincinnati Gazette, from our
talented and accomplished friend,
Gen. Chas. F. Manderson, explains
itself. Before the war the General
was staunch Democrat, and voted
for Breckenridge, while we support
ed Mr.. Lincoln but as soon as the
South fired upon Fort Sumpter,
General Manderson volunteered as
private in the celebrated 10Th
Ohio Regiment. He soon became
not only its Colonel, but its idol,
and welded the sword at its head
with consummate ability, till he fell
almost mortally wounded in the
conflict that gave us Atlanta. For
his unwavering devotion to loyalty
and liberty and distinguished servi
ces in the field, he was rep eatedly
and justly promoted. We commend
the letter especially to those sol
diers of Wyandot who have aban-
doned their colors to cooperate with
those who did all they dared for the
success of the rebellion:
CANTON, STARK COUNTY, O.,
May 26. 1868
A late State Convention, at Co.
lumbus, has appointed me- as del
egate from the Seventeenth Con-
gressional District, to the "National
Conservative Soldiers and Sailors
Convention to be held in the city
of New York, on the 4th of July.
Will you help to relieve me from
the results of such unmerited in
suit by permitting me: through you,
to say that do not propose to at
tend that Convention 1 am not,
and never have been, in sympathy
with the objects it seeks to accom-
plish. 1 have not yet forgotten the
cause for which "our bravest fell"
and am not SO objectionably gen
erous that I am ready to give up
the fruits of victory so hardly won
I can not but ask myself of what
mean thieg have been guilty, that
1 should be the recipient of the
praise implied by such appointment,
at the hands of men who have de-
serted the flag under which they
once fought2
The cool impudence of the insult
was not fully appreciated by me
until, on reading the proceedings,
il appeared was appointed an ad-
visory member. Let me overcome
my distaste to touch pitch and be
defiled for moment, by accepting
that advisory position.
l advise that if there be such
scarcity of material among the late
Federal soldiery Of Ohio, that the
Convention is forced to go into
Radical ranks to select representa-
tives, that it goes into one of "our
erring sister States and makes
choice of some who wore the gray,
to respond on the 4th day of July,
at New York, when the roll of the
delegation from Ohio is called.
I advise that the rebel Forrest
the modern Herod, who massacred
the innocents at Fort Pillow, and
whose name was cheered by Con-
servative Democratic soldiers, in
Convention assembled, at Cleve-
land, would be proper man to rep
resent Conservatism.
l advise that, "for the cultivation
of fraternal feeling and complete
forgiveness of the 'late little un-
pleasantness,'' there be a union of
those three Conservative societies,
the White Boys in Blue, the knights
of the Golden Circle and the Ku-
Klux Klan
l advise that Democratic Con
servatism forms it's ranks this fall
to make the fight against Grant and
Colfax under the old color, "the
stars and bars" and under the old
leaders, "the rebel General Lee and
jeff Davis.
Lastly let me advise, that pro-
pose to continue to fight on the old
line, and vote and work for Grant,
Celfax and victory.
The Democratic papers through
out the State, in compliance with
resolution, have given publicity to
the fact that I have been adopted
by those who "cry for bread" as 4
delegate, and "advisory member
DO ask too much to request that
they give as much publicity to the
fact that I repudiate association
with those WHO, once wearing the
patriotic blue, have doffed it for the
rebel gray?
In the hope and full conviction
that true soldiers, everywhere, will
continue to stand by their colors
and the right of Radicalism,
l am, truly yours,