In supporting the policy of President Johnson he made a large sacrifice,--large enough certainly to free his action from the slightest suspicion of any other motive than conviction of duty.

General Ewing has since adhered steadily to the Democratic party.
The fourth of the National Conventions which this remarkable year witnessed, was that of the citizen soldiers and sailors, held at Pittsburg on the 25th and 26th of September.

Nine out of ten, perhaps even a larger proportion, of those who had defended the Union with arms, were hostile to the President's policy.

As soon therefore as it was attempted to secure a political advantage for the Administration by calling the Cleveland Convention, the great mass of Union soldiers demanded that a convention be held in which their true position might be proclaimed.

The response was overwhelming both in numbers and enthusiasm.