The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-10 00:00:00

THE CHICAGO CONVEIV7ION.

The Convention assembled in the Opera House,
much regret being expressed that a wigwam had
not been erected, as the building only held three
thousand, and a full third of this number claimed
seats as editors. Few ladies were present, and
hundreds of strangers could not get in. Massa-
chusetts and Carolina entered arm in aim, black
and white. Governor Trask, of Springfield, ap-
peared as one of the South Carolina delegates. All
Southern delegates were accepted, notwithstanding

the Constitutional doubts, as well as those from
Colorado, in spite of President Johnson's veto. At
noon on Wednesday, the 20th of May, the Conven-
tion was called to order by Governor Marcus W.

Ward, of New Jersey, who spoke briefly, after
which Bishop Simpson offered prayers. General
Carl Schurz being temporarily voted to the chair,
eloquently reviewed the history of the Republican
party, declaring it to be the work of the future to
secure the fruits of the p.tst and adapt the country
to the changes wrought by the war. " We mourn
our loss," he said, referring to Lincoln's death, " by
what he left behind him." While true to their prin-
ciples, Repubhc.tus should be true to their party,
and he counselled wisdom and justice to the
Southern minorities, to the coloured race, and to
our national creditors, closing his speech, which
was a perfect platform in itself, in the midst of
hearty applause. B. R. Cowan, of Ohio, Luther
Caldwell, of New York, and F. J. Richards, of
Tennessee, were appointed temporarary secretaries,
and a committee of one from each State was ap-
pointed on credentials. The Committee on Per-
manent Organization was as follows :—W. E.
Lovett of Cal., John Evans of Col., A. H. Rying-
ton of Ct., Wilson L. Sumner of Del., B. E.
Chamberlain of Fla., W. H. Watson of Ga., Amos
V. Babcock of 111., George B. Buskirk of Ind.,
Seth A. Crane of la., John A. Bartlett of Ks.,
Oscar 11. Burbridge of Ky., George C. Penance of

nor Solomon of Wisconsin and ex-Governor Brown
of Georgia, amid great cheering for Hawley, Brown,
and the retiring chairman. General Hawley ad-
dressed the Convention as follows :—" Gentlemen
of the Convention,—l tender you my most grateful
thanks for the high honour you have conferred upon
me. Deeply impressed by a sense of the responsibility
of the'position, I earnestly solicit your indulgence
and your aid. We come together charged with the
momentous duty of selecting the chief rulers of. the
great nation which leads the world in the pro-
motion of freedom and equal rights. (Applause.)
The indications of your purposes and spirit,
already given, assure us that you will maintain
the noble character of the Republican party. 'We
unavoidably recall at this time the Convention
of 1860, with its profound anxieties, its fresh, pure,
and glowing devotion to liberty, and its enthusi-
astic acceptance of the wager of battle, tendered by
slavery and secession. (Applause.) It now seems
clear to us that God then ruled our council. He
made our declaration of principles manly and severe.
He gave us Abraham Lincoln for President. (Tre-
mendous cheering.) God send us like wisdom and
success to-day. He tested us in a manner and to

an extent which the liveliest imagination could not
have anticipated. Posterity, we hope, will decide
that we stood that test with the spirit worthy of a
free people. Countless treasure and 300,000 lives
offered were the evidence that we were solemnly in
earnest. We offered our lives and our property,
but it was not enough; we laid our prejudices of

race and class on the altar ; and the consciousness
that we, at least, deserved success redoubled our
nerve. The same high resolve rules to-day, and
the honest men of this country are ready for equal
and even greater sacrifices, if they be indispensable
to the declaration on this continent of liberty and
equal rights to all. We learned the first lesson
when we found that we must make all men free and
call them to the battle-field. We learned the second
lesson when we found that we must still move and
give impartially to all men a part in the government
we were endeavouring to restore. (Great applause.)
With a clear and fearless expression on the essen-
tial and important questions at issue, which the
people will understand, and no ingenious device in
words can obscure, or avoid, passing by all per-
sonal and temporary controversies, working in per
feet confidence that the American people mean to
do right and will do it in the end, we may feel sure
of triumph. The power of a nation of forty mil-
lions must be behind the just claims of the poorest
working man of whatever race, and to recover his

just wages its majesty must be felt wherever the
humblest loyal man appeals against personal vio-
lence and oppression. (Cheers.) Every dollar of
the national debt the blood of a soldier is pledged
for. (Enthusiastic cheering.) Every bond in letter
and in spirit must be as sacred as a soldier's grave.
(Renewed cheeri.) We must win, gentlemen, and
we shall win. It is the old fight of liberty, equa-
lity, and fraternity, against oppression, caste, and
aristocracy. It is the old fight to make the world
better, with malice towards none and charity for
all. (Loud applause.) We may halt for a moment,
or- change the direction, but the good cause
always goes steadily forward. It is related,
and whether true or not, the incident is well
invented, that on the evening of that awful
battle of the Wilderness, when the legions
of the Union army had fought all day,
rather by faith than by sight, in the wild woods
and tangled brush, that some man asked General
Grant to step backward a little and reorganize, and
that he replied, "We have done very well. Gen-
tlemen, at half-past three in the morning, we move
forward." (Long-continued cheering.) We accept
his spirit and his words. Perhaps lam not antici-
pating in saying that we shall accept him again in
person as our leader. (Loud cheering.) Thanking
you again, gentlemen, very heartily, for the honour
conferred, I await the further pleasure of the Con-
vention. (Applause.) General Sickles, entering
the hall here, was received with cheers, and the
remaining officers of the permanent organization
were then announced as follows :—Vice-Presidents
—Gen. Warner of Ala., A.
IVl'Donald of Ark.,
James Corey of Cal., J. 13. Chaffee of Cal., W. F.
Pierson of Ct., Lewis Thompson of Del., 11. H.
Moody of Fla., Foster Bloddgett of Ga., Jesse K.
Dubois of 111., Walter J. Gresham of Ind., G. M.

Hendrick of la., S. S. Prouty of Kansas, Joshua J.
Speed of Ky., W. P. Kellogg of La., A. D. Fessen-
den of Me., Henry Stockbridge of Md., I). W.
Gooch of Mass., henry Waldron of Mich., Horatio
P. Vanclerc of Minn., Thomas L. White of Miss.,
A. J. H Irian of Mo., B. Saunders of Nebraska, N.
_ _

Walker of Nevada, E. Gould of N. 11., John S: Irick
of N.J., Chauncey M. Depew of N.Y., Albert
Dockery of N.C., N. C. M'Farland of 0., J. Failing

of Oregon, J. K. Morehead of Pa., G. Green of R.I ,
Carlos J. Stolbrand of S. C., T. A. Hamilton of Tenn.,

J. Burch, of Va. ; S. D. Karns, of West Va. ; and
Edward Solomon, of Wis. Secretaries—Thomas
D. Foster, V. Dell, C. B. lligby, F. B. Salomon,
B. Thal, Joshua T. Heald, J. Rhombeur, G. G.
Wilber, J. P. Root, C. R. Hog,Ae, J. H. Easton,
Lewis Viel, W. C. Goodlie, Col. C. W. Lowell,

Stephen D. Lin&ley, E. F. Waters, Ge3rge G.
Briggs, W. W. Scott, A. Worley Patterson, J. C.

S. Colby, L. Maxwell, G. N. Collins, Francis B.

Ayer, Robert C. Bellville, Luther Caldwell, J. W.
Holden, C. Kinney, M. Ramsey, A. C. Harmer,
Mr. Pahter, W. E. Rose, J. M. Finley, W. P.

Horne, Col. J. D. Ringan, Edgar Allen, Joseph
T. Hoke, Charles Seymour, J. H. Longnecker. Mr.
Swift, of Indiana, attempted to nominate General
Grant, but was suppressed. The committee from
the Soldiers and Sailors' Convention charged to
present their proceedings was announced to be
in waiting, and the following gentlemen were
elected to receive the delegation :—General Coch-
rane, of New York ; General Carl Schurz, of Mis-
souri ; Colonel Craig, of lowa ; Mr. Crippett, of
West Virginia; and Mr. Sweet, of Illinois. Gen.
Fairchild, after the delegation had been conducted
to the front of the platform, presented the resolu-
tion that nominated General Grant for the Presi-
dency, and was received with loud applause, and
was accepted on the motion of General Cochrane.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, whose presence was
notified by Mr. Conway, of Louisiana, was invited
by the chairman to say a few words, which were as
heartily received as those of a " reconstructed and
repentant rebel," and were in truth the words of a
brave and honourable soldier. Gen. Lee, of Louisiana,
chairman of the committee on credentials, reported the
names of the delegates from the several States. In re-
ference to Pennsylvania, he said that there appeared
59 delegates, whereas that State was entitled to
only fifty-two votes, and the committee recom-
mended that the fifty-nine delegates be admitted
to seats upon the floor, and that they be authorized
to cast the fifty-two votes to which the State is
entitled, such being the wish of the Pennsylvania
delegation. The committee recommended allowing
the delegations from the several territories the right
to seats upon the floor and the privilege of casting
each two votes, the same as was accorded to the
District of Columbia. In relation to Maryland, the
committee recommended admission of the Creswell
delegation, but they accorded seats on the floor to
the contestants without the right to vote. The
committee recommended the admission of the re-
gular delegates from California, headed by Corey
and Sears. In response to query, the chairman of
the committee said that the delegates from the un-
reconstructed States were entitled to seats and votes.
The committee considered that the action of the
Convention in the morning effectually settled that
question. The report was then adopted. Mr.
Barker, of New York, from the committee on the
order of business, reported the following rules :
" First - Upon all subjects before the Convention the
States shall bo called in alphabetical or ler. SeCond—
Four votes shall be cast by the delegates of each State,
and each congressional district shall be entitled to two
votes.. The votes of each delegation shall be reported by
the chairman. Third—The report of the committee on.
credentials shall be disposed of . before the report of the
committee on the platform and resolutions are acted upon,
and the report of the committee on the platform shall be
disposed of before the convention proceeds to the nomina-
tion of candidates for president and vice-president. Fourth
—ln making the nomination for president and vice-presi-
dent, id no case shall the calling of the roll be dispensed
with. If it shall appear that any candidate has received
a majority of the votes cast, the president of the conven-
tion shall announce the question to be, "Shall the nomi-
nation of the candidate be unanimous 2" But if no candi-
date shall have received a majority of the votes, the chair
shall direct the vote to be again taken, which shall be re-
peated until some candidate shall have received a majority
of the votes cast. Fifth—When a majority of the delega-
tion from any two States shall demand the vote to be
recorded, the same shall be taken by States, the Secretary
calling the roll of the States in the order heretofore stated.
Sixth—ln the record of vote by States, the vote of each
State shall be announced by the chairman, and in case any
State shall be divided, the chairman shall announce the
number of votes cast for any candidate, or against any pro-
position. Seventh—When the previous question shall be
demanded by a majority of the delegation of any State,
and the demand is seconded by two or more States, and
the call sustained by a majority of the Convention, the
question shall be proceeded with and disposed of, accord-
ing to the rules of the House of Representatives in such
case. Eighth.—No member shall speak more than once
upon the same question, nor longer than five minutes,
without the unanimous consent of the Convention, except
that the delegates presenting the name of a candidate shall
be allowed ten minutes therefor. The rules of the House
of Representatives shall continue to be the rules of this
Convention, so far as they are applicable and not inconsis-
tent with the foregoing rules. Ninth—A. national Union
Executive committee shall be appointed, to consist of one
member from each State territory and district represented
in this Convection. The roll shall be called, and the de-
legation from each State, territory, and district shall name,
through their chairm in, a person to act as member of such
•
committee."

Mr. Thotnpson, of Indiana, its chairman, stated
that the report from the committee on resolutions
might be expected early, Thursday morning. The
Convention then adjourned till ten o'clock, Thurs-
day.

May 21.—The Convention was called to order at
a quarter past tea o'clock, Mr. J. P. Gulliver of
Chicago offering prayer. As the Committee on
Resolutions were not ready to report, Charles S.
Spencer moved that the resolutions of the New
York Union League Club, presented Wednesday,
be placed upon the records, and proceeded to make
a speech in support of his motion. The resolutions
were read, and the only one creating any sensation
was that denouncing the Republican Senators vot-
ing against Impeachment, which was received with
great applause. The motion to recall the resolu-
tions was tabled, having been decided out of order,
under the rule requiring all reSoltitions to go to the
committee without debate. Hassaurek of
Ohio, formerly United States Minister to Ecuador,
made an eloquent party speech, and was followed
by General John M. Palmer, the Republican candi-
date for Governor of Illinois. General Palmer's
declarations that Andrew Johnson stood in the way,
and should be removed, were greeted with hearty
applause, which was increased when he said, " But
we propose to submit these issues again to the
people, for decision at the ballot-box, and obtain a
verdict which will place the question beyond all
dispute." In conclusion, he urged that a man be
nominated for the Vice-Presidency who should
have no temptation for the assassination of General
Grant, saying that "if the Baltimore Con-
vention had made no mistake in 1864, Abraham
Lincoln would have been alive to-day to wel-
come General Grant on the fourth of March next."
Generals Thayer, of Nebraska, Cochrane, and
Sickles, of New York, Lyman Tremaine, of New
York, and Colonel Forney, of Pennsylvania, were
invited to speak, but successively declined. General
Cochrane, hoWever, took the stand, bat just as he
was commencing his remarks, the Committee on
Resolutions entered and reported as follows :—The
National Republican party of the United States, as-
sembled in National Convention at the city of Chi-
cago, on the 20th of May, 1868, make the following
declaration of principles :
" The National Republican party of the United States,
assembled in National Convention in the city of Chicago,
on the 20th day of May, 1808, make the following declara-
tion of principles :—First. We congratulate the country on
the assured success of the reconstruction policy of Con-
gress, as evinced by the adoption in the majority of the
States lately in rebellion of Constitutions securing equal
civil and politicill rights to all ; and it is the duty of the
Government to sustain those institutions and to prevent
the people of such States from being remitted to a state of
anarchy. (Cheers.) Second. The guarantee by Congress
of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South was de-
manded by every consideration of public safety, of gra-
titude, and of justice, and must be maintained, while
the question of suffrage in all the loyal States pro
perly belongs to the people of those States. (Cheers.)
Third—We denounce all forms of repudiation as a national
crime (prolonged cheers), and the national honour requires
the payment of the public indebtedness in the utmost good
faith to all creditors at home and abroad, not only accord-
ing to the letter, but the spirit, of the laws under which it
was contracted. (Applause.) Pourth—lt is due to the
labour of the nation that taxation should be equalised and
reduced as rapidly as the national faith will permit. Fifth
—The national debt, contracted as it has been for the pre-
servation of the Union for all time to come, should be ex-
tended over a fair period for redemption ; and it is the
duty of Congress to reduce the rate of interest whenever
it can be honestly done. Sixth—That the best policy to
diminish our burden of debt is to so improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower rates of in-
terest than we now pay, and must continue to pay
so long as repudiation, partial or total open or,
covert, is threatened or suspected. Seventh The
Government of tbo United States should be admi-
nistered with the strictest economy, and the cor-
ruptions which have been so shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical reform.
.flighth. —We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession of
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected him, and the cause
he was pledged to support ; who has usurped high legis-
lative and judicial functions; who has refused to execute
the laws; who has used his high office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws ; who has employed
his executive powers to reuder insecure the property, the
peace, liberty, and life of the citizen ; who has abused the

Tribune fell into the error that the word was
" Watch Him." At the same moment a dove with

its wings painted red and blue, its body represent-
ing the white, was set at liberty, the band

playing "Hail to the Chief " and " Yankee
Doodle." The excitement which had been on the
increase at last found vent in song and accompa-

nied by the band the Convention gave " Rally
round the Flag." A solo and trio campaign song,
music by George F. Root, entitled, "Fight it out
here on the old Union Line," was sung and received
with great favour. When the excitement had some-
what subsided, the president was directed to tele-
graph his nomination to General Grant, and Mr.
Schofield, of New York, moved to proceed to the
nomination for Vice-President. Mr. Lane, of Vir-
ginia, named Henry Wilson, seconded by Lieute-
nant-Governor Claffin, of Massachusetts ; Mr.
Lane, of Indiana, nominated that tried and time-
trusted patriot, Schuyler Colfax, upon which there
was great cheering, seconded by Mr. Parker, of
New Jersey, as the candidate and representative of
the young' men. Mr. Dutcher, of Michigan, also
supported Colfax, whose name, when mentioned,
was always hailed with cheers, and Mr. Brown, of
Pennsylvania, spoke enthusiastically for this can-
didate, although interrupted by other delegates of
the State, declaring that he would vote Colfax first,

last, and all the time. Mr. Hassaurek, of Ohio,
presented that " champion of human rights, Benja-
min F. Wade, the child of the people, a self-made
man—(wild cheers)—one of such incorruptible
viatue that the people know him as honest Ban.
Wade. Let the Convention say to him for

the people, ' Well done, good and faithful servant.' "
Carl Schurz, for a large majority of the Missouri
delegation, seconded Wade's nomination—(cheers)

•and said "If he is nominated there will be no

temptation to assassinate Grant." Mr. Spalding,
of Ohio, said that for the first time his State had
united on a candidate, and would give Wade 42
votes. Mr. Jones, of North Carolina, declared his
State was ready to " Wade in," and would give its
support to the old Roman veteran. Mr. Tremaine,
of New York, named that State's favourite son
Reuben E. Fenton, and was ably supported by Mr.
Storis, of Illinois, who declared Mr. Fenton to be
the standard-bearer in the canvas for defeating
Horatio Seymour. General Logan said that Illinois
would cast 15 •votes for Fenton, 11 for Hamlin, and
3 for Colfax. Mr. Warmouth, of Louisiana, sup-
ported Fenton. Mr. Wood, of Kentucky, nomi-
nated ex-Attorney-General Speed, of that State.
Mr. Sands, of Maryland, nominated John A. J.
Cresswell, of Maryland. He said that he had asked
his delegation to refrain from obeying the instruc-
tions of the Maryland Convention, but they de-
clined peremptorily. He must acquiesce, reserving
the right to cast his individual vote for Wade.

(Cheers.) Mr. Forney, of Pennsylvania, as chair-
man of the Republican committee of that State,
nominated Andrew G. Curtin. Mr. McClure
presented Governor Curtiu's claims as the represen-
tative of the hundred thousand Pennsylvania Repub-

licans, reminding the Convention that as the State
cast her vote next November so will be the decision
of the canvass. (Prolonged cheers.) Mr. William-
son, for lowa, nominated James Harlan, and Mr.
Whittemore, of South Carolina, indorsed Mr. Wil-
son. (Cheers.) Mr. Crafer, of Alabama, named
William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania. (Partial ap-
plause and boisterous laughter.) Mr. Seymour, of
Wisconsin, supported Hannibal Hamlin, but stated
that his delegation gave Fenton seven, Colfax six,
Hamlin two, and Curtin one. Personally he thought
it wise to retrieve the mistake made at the Balti-
more Convention, when Hamlin was displaced.

General Shepley, for Maine, nominated ll:innibal
Hamlin. (Cheers.) Mr. Souther, of Pennsylvania,
supported Governor Curtin. He said that the Con-
vention ridiculed the asserted opposition to Lim.
Mr. Humphrey, of Alabama, said that his delega-
tion respected Mr. Kelley and Mr. Wade, and the
other nominees, but part of the Convention sup-
ported W►lson. Mr. Roster, of Illinois, seconded
the nomination of Hamlin. He said that Hamlin
would unite the party of the whole nation. Mr.
Hubbard, of Weal'Virginia, called for a vote so
that the delegations might show their hands. (Cries
of " The vote ! the vote !") Mr. Martin, of Kan-
sas, nominated Samuel C. Pomeroy, of Kansas.
Gen. Sickles, of New York, who was greeted with

cheers, supported the cl.,tims of Gov. Fenton, as one
of the group of war governors who supported the

patriotic Secretary of war, Stanton. (Moderate ap-

plamze.) As the call of the roll for Vice-President