The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

THE DE.IIOCRATIC CON VEN77ON.

New York was in a state of great excitement
when the City of Boston left on the 4th inst. The
leaders had assembled in great force, especially the
friends of Pendleton, the rank and file having fol-
lowed him in shoals from the West. The Conven-
tion was to meet in the new Tammany Hall, cal-
culated to hold 3,000 spectators. It was known
that on Saturday the Convention would only orga-
nize, leaving the nominations till. Monday or Tues-
day. The New York and Ohio delegations held a
conference on the 21 instant; the former pro-
nounced for Hendricks, and the latter declared
Pendleton to be the sole choice of the West,
affirming that he would receive 386 votes on
the first formal ballot. A private meeting of
the Kentucky delegates on the same day also showed
a majority for Pendleton, as did the Kansas dele-
gates, who said they would support that candidate
as long as there was a chance of his nomination.
The Missouri delegates split between Blair and
Pendleton, and it was announced that Mr. John-
son would receive the compliment of a.few votes on
the first two ballots. The Southern delegates held
a general meeting on the 3d to decide their
course. Maryland and some of the Illinois dele-
gation did not reach the city till the even-
ing of the 21. The former favoured Chase,
who, by a letter privately circulated, ap-
pears to be committed to much more advanced
Democratic principles than supposed. Hendricks
and Hancock, for President and Vice-President
were generally talked of at the hotels. Rooms had
been engaged from the Ist July, and, as far as
known, the delegates were to be quartered as fol-
lows :—New Hampshire, Everett House ; Ver-
mont, Everett House ; Connecticut, St. Nicho-
las ; New York, St. Nicholas ; New Jersey,
Metropolitan ; Delaware, St. Nicholas ; Penn-
sylvania, St. Nicholas and Metropolitan ; Mary-
land, New York Hotel ; Kentucky, New York
Hotel; Louisiana, New York Hotel ; North Caro-
lina, New York Hotel ; Mississippi, Everett House;
Michigan, St. Nicholas ; Indiana, St. Nicholas ;
Ohio, part, St. Nicholas ; Missouri, Metropolitan ;
Alabama, Metropolitan.

The New York Evening Post rays :—" The new
Tammany Hall, which is to be dedicated with such
a loud blast of trumpets, in an architectural point
of view does not reflect credit either upon the city
or the organization by which it was erected. The
large hall, which is on the upper floor, will hold
about four thousand persons, more than half of
whom will have to stand up during the proceed-
ings. The platform, at the north end of the room,
will accommodate about 100 .persons,and will be
occupied by the officers and distinguished guests.
In front of the platform tables will be arranged to
accommodate 100 reporters. In the rear of these
tables between 600 and 700 chairs will be placed
for the delegates. The remainder of the floor and
galleries will be occupied by persons holding
tickets of admission, which will be distributed
equally among the delegates, so that but few
residents of this city will be able to gain ad-
mission. The equal distribution of tickets will pre-
vent the crowding of the rooms by persons from any
one point, and thus protect the Convention from
being overawed or influenced by the partizans of
any candidate. It is probable that the meagreness
of the accommodation will cause much dissatis-
faction on the part of thousands of persons who will
be unable to obtain admission. The decorations
of the room will be splendid. No expense has
been spared in making it as brilliant as possible,
and the combination of paintings, bunting and
other ornaments, will reflect much credit on the
persons having this work in charge."
The New York 7 itnes thus described the prepara-
tions :—" The great ball is fully dressed and cano-
pied, and very beautiful it appears with festooned
coats .of -arms, the blue satin fringed with gold, the
gre it chandelier of a pattern of unique beauty, and
the draped flags. The walls, too, are pictured with
the heroes, philosophers, and martyrs of the Demo-
cratic faith, being adorned with the imperial photo-
graphs of Chase, Pendleton, Hancock, APClellan,
Hoffman ,Van Buren, &c., but the rough-lined visage
of Andrew Johnson, grown battle-scared on their
skirmish line, is noticeably absent. The Demo-
cracy does not stop with these portraits, but hangs
up also oil paintings of Jefferson and Washington,
and seeks somewhat inaptly to teach the lesson of
4 civil oupremac,y by a picture of Cieficral Jackson

before Judge Hall at New Orleans. Taken as a
whole the hall presents a sight worth some expen-
diture of time and trouble to look upon. The
seats have all been placed, and the space
allotted to each delegation already apportioned.
Within the railing that separates the delegates
from the auditors the seats are arranged in three
tiers, designated as right, left, and centre. We give
the places assigned to the different States, pre-
mising, for brevity's sake, that the States range
from front to rear on the benches -in the order in
which they are named, and that the numbers at-
tached indicate the number of seats assigned to
the State. On the right are Virginia 20, North
Carolina 18, Pennsylvania 52, Ohio 42, loWa
15, _Mississippi 14, Maryland 14, Minnesota 3,
New Jersey 14, Missouri 22, West Virginia 10, and
Connecticut 12. In the centre are Texas 12, Ver-
mont 10, Massachusetts 24, Alabama 16, Sitith
Carolina 12, Louisiana 1.1, Wisconsin 16, Noy/
Hampshire 10, and New York 66. Upon the left
are Maine 11, Florida 6, Kentucky 22, Delaware 6,
Kansas 6, Tennessee 20, Illinois 32, Rhode Islan 18,
Michigan 16, Arkansas 10, Oregon 6, California
10, and Georgia 18, making a total of 37 States
and 634 scats."

Frank P. Blair sent the following manifesto to
the Missouri delegation on the 2,1 inst. :
" There is but one way to restore the Government and
the Constitution, and that is. for the President elect
to declare the Reconstruction Acts null and void,
compel the army to undo its usurpations at the
South, disperse the carpet bag State Governments,
allow the white people to reorganize their own Go-
vernments and elect Senators and Representatives. The ,
House of Representatives will contain a majority of De-
mo,-...rats from the North, and they will admit Representa-
tives elected by the white people of the South, and with
the co-operation of the President it will not be difficult
to compel the Senate to submit once more to the obliga-
tions of the Constitution. It will not be able to with-
stand the public judgment, if distinctly invoked and
clearly expressed, on this fundamental issue, and it is the
sure way to avoid all future strife to put this issue plainly
to the country. I repeat that is the real and only ques-
tion which we should allow to control us. Shall we
submit to the usurpations by which the Government has
been overthrown, or shall we exert ourselves for its full
and complete restoration ? It is idle to talk of bond`',
greenbacks, gold, the public faith, and the public credit.
What can a Democractic President do in regard to any of
these with a Congress in both branches controlled
by the carpet baggers and their allies ? lle will be
powerless to stop the supplies by which idle negroes
are organized into political clubs, by which an army
is maintained to protect these vagabonds in their
outrages on the ballot. These, and things like these, ea
up the revenues and resources of the Government and
destroy its credit, and make the difference between
gold and greenbacks. We must restore the Constitu-
tion before wo can restore the finances, and to
do this we must have a President who will exe-
cute the will of the people by trampling into
dust the usurpations of Congress, known as the Recon-
struction Acts. I wish to stand before the Convention
upon this issue, but it is one which embraces everything
else that is of value in its large and comprehensive ro-
sults. It is the one thing that includes all that is worth a
contest. Without it there is nothing that gives dignitY7
honour, or value to the struggle.—Your friend,
" FitAxic B. BLAIR."