The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-21

tney were wiIiing 70 DC loyal He then referred "a
the disanection In the republican party, and said
tnere was no such disaneotion among the soldiers.
The address was received with much enthusiasm.
and when the name OF General Grant was men.
toned the entire Convention rose to It's feet and
cheered Justify. Colonel A. d. Ketchum and Colone,
! L. p. Dudley were chosen temporary secretaries.
| and Committee on Credentials was on
| motion. appointed. resolution offered TO ap-
| point a Committee on Permanent Onicers of tie
Convention ead plan for permanent organizs.
ton-to CONSIST Of eight, one from each judicial dis
trict. -
Of one from each O0pgressi anai district. A dis
cussiOn ensued, and 1t being iCtlmated that there
rom each congressional district, the Chairman
stated that the late trains had brouXht IN large
as OF @ FINALLY the e was
congressional district, and It was carried
on motion Of Colonel Murray coNmittee
The Committee ON Credentials then reported,
the when 1t was stated that forty-Ono out OF Che
sixtyOne counties OF the State were represented.
On motion It was then decided to leave the choice
| OF permanent Chairman to the Convention, and
Major General George II. Sharpe, of New York, was
General Sharpe then addressed the Convention at
the the cona inc cr da n e eGs
honor OF their old commander and the welfare Of
The following despatch was read dated Saratoga.
August 20, 1879
To the S, rsss'pssr o. VETERANS Convection L.
Kind greetings old comrades and very sorry not
to be able e a be with you to-day wish yoI re-
win be patrotic and wise Yours in ndeity the old
The Committee on Permanent Organizations was
then named by the delegates from each Congress
sional district General Charles II. Van Wyck was
then introduced to the Convention by the Chair
situation and the duty Of the soldier lie criticised
notSns the 1ss ss vsn;
done, done: but we cannot live and i progress
The speaker proceeded at length to discuss the his
tory OF the democratic party and criticised the con.
themselves liberal republicans IN leaving the party
with which they had acted to perpetuate the Union
at its close three hearty cheers were given and
band Of music played Hail Columbia" and the
The Committee on Resolutions then reported as
| fOll0ws:-
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their prayers Who sG '% bowed i Knee 70
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Ting at the front 70 defend ii who know that eterna!
rebels RSls, to power Tn. and nd place - ,,.,
NE Tammany democracy inc kux Kan that We
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struggle for the preservation q the Union.
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place in his and that pledge earnest
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Resolved, That the Soldiers and Sailors organizations
hereby
RsSrs eps%be
| TO attend that Convention In body.
| The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
General stewart L: woodford was then intro
eeSed with three hearty cheers. " General
WooDFoRD addressed the Convention. He said
here and nowhere else. As for the reconciliation
30 much spoken Of he said the soldiers OF the Union
wanted It based justice 50 chat IL Il might be last
ing. He said the honor OF their old commander had
been aSSaed, ana then proceeded to speak or tho
character OF General Grant, auding to q number
OF instances OF his honor and unsehshness-his
honorable action In returning to General Sherman
his protest against hts lGrants action, and his &C.
from Nashville that he CThomas) was right and he
| (Grant) was wrong. The speaker then proceeded
to speak OF the duty OF the soldiers, and declared
that they would now again fight 1t out on the line
| they had adopted.
| The Committee on Permanent Organization OF
the Convention reported number Of vice presi-
port was agreed to. Also resolution that State
Central Committee be appointed, to consist OF one
charge OF the State organization, which was agreed
to- The districts were, on motion, filed as lar as
1t was possible tonight, as fOllOws:-
Second, william A. Rowan; Third, f. G. Robinson;
Fifth, Captain John +. Dowey; Sixth, Captain Ches-
ter D. Southworth; Seventh, General James Q.
Colonel George +. Hopper; Tenth, Colonel A. P.
! Ketchum; Twelfth Captain ]. T. Mater; Fourteenth
General George II. Sharpe; Fifteenth, Major Robert
tieth, Captain Fox; Twenty-Arst General J. Il. Cur
| it's; Twenty-secOnd, John Beatie; Twenty-fourth,
Captain John e. Northi Twenty-seyenth, Captain E.
d. Geer; Twenty-nnth, Captain Henry II. Curtiss;
Thirtieth. Samuel W. Brazier; Thirty-drst Captain
William J. Morgan. ,
f. Delaieid Smith was then called on and ad-
the recognition due the soldiers who fought for the
perpetuatiOn OF the Union. He said that they were
benion, and said, moreover that whenever they
were forgotten then Horace Greeley would be
elected President and not till then.
The Convention then adjourned.
SENATOR CONKLING SERENADED
After the Convention OF the State Soldiers and
Sailors had adjourned, the delegates, in company
with many outsiders, proceeded to serenade Sem
ator Conkling and the Hon. Ellis II. Roberts, men,
Der OF Congress for this district. Each responded
and i alluded briefly 70 the national topics.
After the serenade guns were fired and great
enthusiasm was manifested throughout the city.