The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-05-24
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

We had the good fortune to be present a
the National Convention held at Chicag
last week, and we think we are safe il
avering that no National Convention eve
assembled in this country where such !
complete state Of harmony, unanimity
and good feeling generally, was manifest
ed. Delegates, as well as the thousand
OF outsiders, upon consultation, all ex
pressed willingness to lay asile person
al prejudices and unite upon who ever wa
thought to be The winning man, and it wa
soon discovered that that man was homes
old ABE LINCOLN, Of Illinois, the maj
who, by his own unaided industry, ha.
fought his way up from the position of al
humble fiat boatman to the ranks Of Amer
ica's greatest statesman,
A similar state of feeling existed in re.
gard to the nomination Of candidate for
Vice President, and ns soon as ii was dis.
covered that HANNIBAL HAML1N, of
Maine. was received with the most favor
by those present which fact was ascer.
tanned by the first ballot-he was at once
placed in nomination 10 the midst Of the
most enthusiastic and deaiening ap.
plause.
!. And it was just SO with everything that
was done in Convention. When the plat
form was reported by the Committee, we
thought the shouts Of the vast crowd
would have lifted the roof off of the
Wigwam in which they were assembled.
The gallant Pennsylv anians, and there
were hosts Of them there, made the very
earth tremble when the tariff resolution
was unanimously adopted by the Conven.
ton.
The crowd Of outsiders, or those who
were not delegates, was variously estima-
ted at from forty to fifty thousand; and,
althcug h the Wigwam in which the con-
vention was held is capable Of holding at
least twelve thousand persons, the one
third Of those desirous Of witnessing the
proceedings could not be accommodated
Indiana and Illinois were boisterously in
favor of the "old rail mauler," and
pledged their States for him by large ma.
jorities. In fact it was evident from the
enthusiastic demonstrations on the oc-
casion that there is no man living who
has such hold on the affections of the
people Of the northwest as old Abe
Lincoln" At the mere mention Of his
name the crowd would run wild with en-.
thusiasm, and when the nomination was
announced the sons Of the old Keystone
joined in an impromptu procession, with
old rails, sticks of cord wood, brooms, &C.,
on their shoulders and bearing banner
with pennsylvania good for 10000 for
old Abe, inscribed upon it.
Seward was represented by thousands
Of warm and ardent friends. who urged
his nomination with commendable zeal
but when it was determined that he was
not the "winning man" for tue occasion,
they threw up their hats for "old Abe
and pledged their State as being good for
any majority that may be required at
their hands.
But. we have no room to enlarge on
this subject: suffice it to say that the con.
vention was decided success, and that
everything that was done was accom-
plished with that wild enthusiasm and en-.
tire unanimity Of feeling which is always
looked upon in the political world as
harbinger Of success. The ticket is all
right. the platform is all right. the feel
ings and desires Of the people are all
right, and we predict that the ides of
November will bring to us the cheering
intelligence that old Abe is our President
and that for four years from the 4th
day Of March, 1860 the country will be
all right. So mote it be.
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