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The Soldiers and Sailors Convention,
Enthusiastic Meeting Of thc Erue ssiuc al
Pitfsbur%-Spcecis by sscH. burnside
Gen. EawIey Chosen for Chairman.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, Sept 1.-THE convention
was called to meet at eleven, but the delegations
were not seated until half an hour later Mayor
Samuel Harper introduced Gen. J. Il. SmetGer
who delivered the welcome address. Gov. Geay
follow d in short speech, at the conclusion of
which Gen. Burnside addressed the convention,
giving an account OF The ORIGIN of the cOnven-
ton, after which he said
comrades: You have before yOl great duty
TO perform, second only o which deyolv1 upon
you when you left yOIr homes - battle for the
preservation and integ. ty of Tue nation. 1t is
but a lew short Yeas since yOu retu,I0d TO your
peaceful purSui ", and on now find yourselves
confronted by 4 70, .nidablc lali on, composed
OF bad and we" < men, who We're .lther in open
hostility to the no ty of the COVE. hment or
IN active cOl'US I.u 3 enc MIC of their country
during the OF its greatest trouble
This combna ON has | en- enhanced
in numl 1r by the r. on Of few diSappoint-
cd, disconcert ] and dilGD lated mel who acted
with the republican pa au ne The war, and
large IN" 'Oriiy Of whom have been heavy
weights upon The republican p!rty ever since
had, du. n" e war, SLIGHT personal expo
rience which iilus IA tle 'ur which these
men pursued. Al nv comrades Of western
Pennsylvania, Indiana ard Ohio, will remember
that was compel by St Use of duty TO arrest
MIR. Vallanf CHAM lof II enable conduct dur
ing the war. lOJ VII - rem nber that |
gave him fair W.. ling by issuing general or
der. In DISREGARD Of that order he continued TO
counsel resistance TO the autho ty of the gOv-
eminent, and lr3t l him. Mr.. Lincoln,
in his kindn S of heart, urged me to
release Mr.. Vallandlgham, and gave me
names of distinguished citizens who told him
| had made Il verv serious mistake in making
the arrest; that ar Vallandigham would be
considered martyr, and that the political en-.
mics of the administration in Ohio would at
once make him Their standard-bearer as candi-
date for governor, and elect him by an over
whclmng m9io.ty. | represented to MIR. Lin
coin that was upon the ground, and knew the
situation bet r than these gentlemen, and that
Mr.. Vallandigham should not be released unless
superior autho.ity so ordered. Lincoln said to
me that he would not interfere, but had simply
given lNce at the instance of prominent citi-
Zens, among whom was Mr. Trumbull of Hi.
nOis What was the result of LinColn's dcclin-
ing to interfere, as urged by Trumbull and
others? Vallandigham was put forward as
candidate, and beaten by the gallant Old war
horse, Gov Brough, by over 100000 majority.
The action of the people of Ohio at that time
demonstrated their loyalty to the government;
and doubt not that their action in the present
campaign will be quite rs strongly illustrated.
Twill not detain you, comrades, by discussing
political questions of the day. You will have
them fully discussed by other people who are
skilled in public DEBATE. Besides, | am quite
satisfied that you are fully posted upon such
topics. Men that have served in the field and
staked lives ID regulations upon an issue so
important to your country, cannot approach a
political canvass like the present without appre-
eating Eeenly the real issues of the contest. 1t
will not be amSs for me here, however, TO say
that Join you in the belief that Gen. Grant has
been gallant soldier; that he has done service
to the country in the field in which he cannot
be oveT7Estimatcd; has conducted the affairs of
the government since he has been chief mays
trate with great discretion and integrity, and
shown himself every way iavOrably disposed TO
peace at home aud abroad, and entirely free
from personal selr-seeking and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
We are here to express to the country our
continued confidence in Grant aud our purpose
to elect him president for second term. / am
quite sure we do not make ourselves misuuder-
stood to-day by expressing any i'll feelings
towards our late enemies in the field, because we
have no such i'll feelings, and we know the
Ratchet is buried, and we are disposed to do all
in our power to cooperate with the people in all
sections of the land in forwarding the prosperity
of the country. But for rulers, comrades, let US
select men who in the hour Of the country's
peril were true; let us, of all things refuse cur
support to men who believe there was a right Of
secession.
Aud now, comrades of Pennsylvania, desire
to express to you the hope that comes from my
heart General Hartranft, your candidate for
governor, is my old comradG and tried friend;
he went into the field with us at the first battle
of the war, and joined the North Carolina ex
petition at Annapolis; from that time until the
end of the war we were together on the field of
Roanoke, Newborn, South Mountain, Antictam
Fredericksburg Vicksburg, Knoxville, Camp
bells station and Blue Spring
In the Rapidan campaign, from the Wilder
ness to AppomattoX Court House, he proved
himself an efficient aud gallant soldier.
Comrades Of Pennsylvania, it is clearly your
duty, without reference to parties, to see that
so gallant and true commander is not harmed
by malicious ISLANDERS of designing politicians.
You have but Tor a moment to think of the
course pursued during the war by his opponent,
Mr. Buckalew, Ing order 10 find the strongest
reasons for a firm support Of General Hartranft.
Comrades, my personal duties require me to
leave you before the deliberations of our meet
ing arc concluded. As you all know, / have
never in my life solicited an Office, and never
expect to do so. | can therefore speak my I'M
biased sentiments. / beg of you to make every
honest effort to rc-elect Gen. Grant and TO elect
Gen. Hartranft 10 the office of governor of the
commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
1t gives me grl pleasure to announce that
the national committee propose TO you as your
chairman our gallant cOmrade, so well known
to every soldier in the land, General Hawley,
of Connecticut; and now, comrades, let us Join
in an appeal 10 our late enemies in the field the
confederate soldiers, TO step in front and Oblit-
crate the great wrong they have done their coun-
try.
Gen. Hawley came forward and thanked the
for the honor conferred on him in a
shot address, which ELECTED frequent and earnest
applause.
Col. l.. L. Dudley, secretary of the national
veteran committee, handed the president roll
containing the names of $4,000 soldiers in favor
of the reelection of Gen. Grant. The roll of
states was called, and committees on permanent
organization and resolutions were appointed,
and the convention, at 100, adjourned to meet
at O'Clock. Senator Wilson will be present
during the proceedings this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Letters of regret were received from Gen.
Sickles and Schuyler Colfax
A delegate moved that the soldiers here as
sembed in convention send greeting to Gen. IT,
5. Grant, with assurance that they give him
their united support IN November. Unanimous
ly adopted.
The secretary read the following communica-
ton from ex.conlederate soldiers;
NEW ORLEANS, Sept, II.
Brethren:-We, the undersigned, who have
fought against you in the late war, through diff
ierences of opinion and other causes, and who
now feel the necessity at this time Of peace and
harmony throughout our glorious republic, and
of eraSing all differences caused by the late
war, which would never have occurred had it |
not been for the encouragement and promises
of assistance held out TO US by the same party who
are now striving to renew the old issue; and Hor-
ace Greeley, we have reason TO believe, has been
more or less responsible for many of the calam-
tiles and misiortunes which our people have sui
iered. We cannot consistently, though demo- |
Gratis, abide by the decision of the Baltimore |
convention, as we are well aware that that con-
venton had no representative from our state;
that none of our prominent leaders were in sym
patty with it, and that we consider il was under |
the control entirely OF mercenarics Of Horace |
Greeley, who has been our enemy for the last |
thirty years that Gen. Grants magnanimity to
Gen. Lee and the confederate soldiers, and his |
efforts and laws TO wipe out all differences and to
have just and humane policy, have done much
more to endear him to u.s. We feel that in this |
hour of the republics crisis, it is our duty to
show the people Of the United States that we |
accept the result of the war, and feel the neces-
sity of showing practically that we are in earn
est and worthy of being called loyal citizens
of the United States; that to such men as Gree
ley and Brown, who attempt or presume to use
us for anything antag0nistic to our principles
we desire to state cmphatiCally that we will not
permit it, but express the sentiment Of our peO-
pie, who feel that upon the success of General
Grant in the coming campaign the happiness
and prosperity of our people depend, and the
safety and Integrity Of the whole republic will
be secured. TO the convention we desire to state
that our action in the coming campaign will
show our loyalty.
tSigned) George Golden, Thomas Alexander.
Abraham Johnston, Louisiana; Geo. Roche,
Thomas Colgate, Georgia; Walter Scott,
Missouri James Stevens, Texas, and seven
hundred and eightyrhree others.
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