The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-18

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/ Court House he proved himself al AetIl
eient and gallant soldier. Comrades o.
Pennsylvania, II is clearly your duty with
out reference to politics, 10 see that 90 gal
liant and true comrade isnot harmed By
IlIefnaliciots slandeiB of ldeak kning poliii
clans. You have but for q moment Il
think ol the course pursued during the
war by his opponent, Mr.. BuckRlew, II
order to find the strongest reasons for tht
hrmsupport. Of Hartranft, Comrades
my personal duties require me 10 leave
you before the deliberati0n Of your meet
ing arc concluded, 5As,y all know, aIf
epgrossed in civilpursuits. fhAve neveI
In my lie solicited m office, and never ex
pectto. I can therefore speak to you my
unbiased sentiments. l beg Of you to
make every honest effort to re elect Grant
and to elect Gen. Hartranft 10 the Office
Of Governor Of the great Commonwealth
ot Pennsylvania. It gives me great
pleasure, comrades, togRnnounce TO you
that the National Committee proposes to
you as your temporary Chairman our gal.
lant comrade so well known to every sol.
der in the land, Gen. ]. r, Hawley, Of
Connecticut. zan !sT. +.
Gen. Hawley then came forward and
thanked tho Convention for the honor
conlerred--in short, delivered an address
which ELECTED frequent and earnest ap.
plause. ~ u > - nv
General Hawley said that he especially
desired TO repudiato the idea that any
thing likC hate still existed;between tho
States that were farrayed against each
other during the war. The General brief.
ly reviewed Grants record as o soldier
and a statesman, and dealt with Horace
Greeley with considerable severity. o
Coll E.! Dudley, Secretary of the
National Veteran Executive Committee,
handed the President a roll containing
the names of $4,000 soldiers favoring the
re election OF Gen Grant.
The roll Of the list Of States was called
and Committees on Permanent 0rganiza.
ton and Resolutions appointed.
While the Secretaries were preparing
the roll Of the States and Territories,
Gen. Hawley read number OF letters
and kilograms from different sources to
the Convention. Adispatch was received
from the Seventy.ninth Highlanders, Of
New York. who, with thousand OF their
friends, were celebrating the anniversary
Of the battle of Antietam. They sent
their greetings to their old comrades, and
promised TO meet themin In November for
Grant. A letter from Gen. Grant, under
date Of Long Branch, September Goth, was
also received. The letter has been pre-.
viously published, but the reasons which
he assigned for declining the invitation
to participate in the proceedings of the
Convention Swere enthusiastically re.
ceived. - s5'' '-S e d.
The Convention adjourned at halfpast1 /
o'clock to meet at 8 o'clock. Senator vii.
son will be present during theproceedings
this afternoon.
at tthe Prisoners Of War Convention in
the Council Chamber this morning, Gen.
Northcott was chosen temporary Presi.
dent. No business Of special importance
was transacted.
Adjourned until 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
PITTSBURGH, September 17.-The Con.
ventiOn was again called to order at three
O'clock by the temporary Chairman
After which the entire audience arose and
united in singing, "The Battle Cry Of
Freedom" Alelter was then read from
Gen. Sickles. The following from s.
Colfax was read by the Chairman.
SOUTH BEND, September 13;&.T2.
My DEAR Mr.. DuDLEY.-I appreciate
highly the honor Of your invitation to the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention at Pitts.
burgh on the 18th, but regret that I can
not be present, having promised to be In
Nathan, Mich, with my family at that
time. In the dark days when the unity
and nationality OF the Republic were i'm
perilled, they were at the perilous front.
In these brighter days Of peace, tits but
fitting they should have front seats and
realize also the justice and gratitude ol
their countrymen. Yours truly, rI r.
+ SCHUYLER CoLFAY.
Col. L. s. DUDLEY, CGGirmdn! j
A delegate now moved that the fifty
thousand soldiers here assembled in Con-
vention, send greeting to Gen. Ulysses
8. Grant, President with the assurances
that they will give TO him their united
support in November. The motion was
unanimously adopted. Then the Secre-
tary read the following Communication
from ex Confederatessto the soldiers and
sailors id convention assembled at Pitts.
burgh, September 18th, 1879:
New ORLEANS, La, September II, 1872,
-Brea.Ten I'VE, the undersigned, who
fought against you in the late war through
differences of opinion and other causes,
and who now feel the necessity at this
time Of preserving peace and harmony
throughout our glorious Republic, and
of erasing oil differences caused by
the late war, which would never
have occurred had it not been for the en-.
couragemGnt aud promises of assistance
held out to us BY this same party, who are
now striving to renewthe old issues; and
that to Horace Greeley VIC have every
reason to believe he has been more or
less responsible for the many calamities,
and mislortupes to which our people have
suffered. We cannot consistently, though
Democrats, abide by the decision Of the
Baltimore Convention, as we are well
aware that that Convention had no repre-.
sentation from our State; that none
OF our prominent leaders were in
sympathy with it, , and that we
consider 1t was under the control On.
tirely of 4the mercenaries Of Horace
Greeley, who has been our enemy for the
last thirty years; that Gen. Grants's mag.
nanimity 10 Gen. Lee and to the Confed.
crate soldiers, and his efforts and success