The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-09-26

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time. In the dark days, in which thu
unity and nationality of the republir
were imperiled, they were at the per
ilous front. In these bright hours o
peace it is but fitting that they should
have front seats, and realize also tht
justice and gratitude of their country
men. Yours truly,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
"COl.L. 5. Dudley, Chairman"
GREETINGS To GRANT.
A delegate now moved that the
$4,000 soldiers here assembled in Con
vention send greeting to General U
S. Grant, President, with the assur.
ance that they will give to him theil
united support in November. The
motion was unanimously adopted
Then the Secretary read the following
communication from an ex-COnfeder-
ate:
WHAT EX-CONFEDERATEs THINK.
"NEw ORLEANS, La, Sept. Z.
nTo the Soldiers and Sailors IN Con-
UentiOn assembled at Pittsburgh,
Sept. Il, 1872.
'BRETHREN: We the undersigned,
who have fought against you in the
late war, through differences of Opin-
ion and other causes, and who now
feel the necessity at this time of pre-
serving peace and harmony through
out our glorious republic, and of eras-
ing all differences caused by the late
war which would have never occurred
had it not been for the encourage.
ment and promises of assistance held
out to us by this same party who are
! striving to renew the old issue; and
that as to Horace Greeley, we have
every reason to believe that he has
been more or less responsible for the
many enmities and misfOrtunes to
which our people have suffered, we
can not consistently, though Demo
Gratis, abide by the decision of the Bal
timere Convention, as We are welt
aware that that Convention had no
representation from our State; that
none of our prominent leaders were in
sympathy with it, and that we con-
slider that it was under the control en-
tirely of the mercenaTies of Horace
Greeley, who has been our enemy for
the last thirty years. We believe
that General Grants magnanimity to
General Lee and the Confederate SOL
diers, and his efforts and success in
making laws to wipe out all differ
ences, and to have a just and humane
policy, has done much more to en-
dear him TO US. We feel that in this
hour of our Republics crisis, that it is
our duty TO show the people of the
United States that we accept the re-
suit of the war, and feel the necessity
of showing practically that we sre in
earnest, and are worthy of being call
ed loyal citizens of the United States.
To such as Greeley and Brown, who
attempt or presume the use of us for
anything antagonistic to our princi-
piles, We desire to state emphatically
that we will not permit it. We but
express the sentiment of our people
who feel that in the success of Gener-
al Grant in the coming campaign the
happiness and prosperity OfOur people
depend the safety and integrity of the
the whole Republic will be secured.
To the Convention we desire to state
that our action in the coming cam
paign will show our loyalty"
Signed by George Golden, of Louis
lana; Thomas Alexander, of LOuisi-
ana; Abraham Johnston, of LOuisi-
ana; George Roche, of Georgia; ThOs.
Colgate, Of Georgia; Walter Scott, of
Missouri; James Stevens, of Texas,
and seven hundred and eighty-three
others.
On assuming the chair, Gen. ohm A.
Logan returned his thanks for the hon
or conferred by choosing him to act as
Permanent Chairman of the eonven-
tion.
At the conclusion of Gen. Logan's
remarks, Hon. Henry Wilson was es-
corted to the stage by the Marine
Band, of Washington.
After the demonstrations of ap-
plause had subsided, the Senator
spoke as follows:
SENATOR WILSON'S SPEECH.
"Be assured, gentlemen, that 1 am
glad to look into your faces to-day,
and l am grateful to you for your gen.
representative assemblage of brave
men who saved my country on the
battle field. l know something of
the origin of the great civil war. /
know something of the self-sacrif-
cling patriotism of the men VINO left
homes, fathers, mothers, sisters,
brothers, wives, and children, and
barred their bosoms against the blows
of the enemies of the country. /
know that they were never inspired
by hate, but by love of country and
love of liberty, and history will re-
cord the fact that the great uprising
of the country in the spring of 1861
was an uprising of patriots, and not
an uprising for hate or for vengeance.
You loved your country, and your
whole country. You loved the peO-
pie of your country, and the people of
the whole country, and through those
four years of blood you labOred on
struggling on alike in victory and de-
feat, inspired by lofty patriotism, and
never guided by vengeance, and to-
day you meet here to do something
mOre-tO perpetuate what you won
on the battlefield, and that, too, for
your country, and for the aggrand-
izement of no set Of men on earth.
Gentlemen, it was my privilege dur
ing those four years of bloody strife
to act as chairman of the Military
Committee of the Senate of the Uni
ted States, and l am proud to say to-
day that in all the legislation of Con-
gress; in all the combinations of the
many thousands that came before US,
we always endeavOred to do justice to
the brave men who were fighting for
the country, and we never asked
what their political sentiments were.
1 know something of the self-sacrifi-
cling men that went to the field,
fought, bled, and many of them died,
to save the country, and, gentlemen,
while l would perpetuate no feeling
of hate, while / would be generous,
magnanimOus, and loving to all pOr-
tions of my country, God willing, /
would never forget the self-sacrificing
patriotism, heroic valOr, and cOnse-
Grated devotion of the men who
fought to save the country. 1 would
build monuments all over the land
for those who died for the country.
l would keep the battles on the sa-
cred flags that were laid away. ]
would, if had the power, write the
grand deeds of the defenders of the
Union in letters of living light on the
broad arches of the skies, so that all
men, through all generations, ,sas they
look heavenward, might be inspired
by their noble example.
"YOu come here to-day, gentlemen,
to encourage your cOuntrymen, who
are striving to carry out in the action
of the country what you fought to es-
tablish. May God prosper and bless
you in these efforts, and am sure
your words, your example, and your
courage will inspire our cOuntrymen,
and we shall win a glorious victory
for the cause of our great party to
which We belong, and which we be
lieve to be the party of patriotism
and the party Of liberty in America
"Gentlemen, in the dark, troubled
night of war, when you were strug-
Cling in the front of the rebel legions;
when our hospitals were filled with
sick, wounded, and dying men, we
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