, 1862-09-04

svn TO the Republican, Ps-ry-TAe |
FnlI Elections - Military MATTERS.
DC DC.
rsp. eial Correspondence St. Louis De.nocrat,1 |
SPI1sGFlELD, H., August II. 1861.
Few ptrsous, even in this State, reallze to !
the fuii exteat the dahger which threatened !
Ili.ois and indeed the Union generally, on |
! account OF the prosprct of the adoption Of
the new consti;u:iou- HID th= parties who |
figured in that convention: land it was com. |
postd OF the wilicst poli!icilus in the state,)
bnt sncceeded, there is no foretelling what
woald have been the consequences Indeed, !
/ it Is tair to presume that the State would
| hav.. been precrpitated into the throes Of a
! political and revolutionary conyulsiou, which
| would have put stop to all recruiting, par
i al,zed business Of every kind, and possibly
! nl-de Illinois the theatre Of just such r.
h+lion as that which now desola1rs the cntise
| South.
| Ine plan of the men who controlled tue
! constitutional convention was well Ibid, and
+. OILY failed OF full execution because they
: n1ietook The spirit and temper Of the people.
F., But, eyen as 1t Was, have no doubt, aad tue
"conspirators " nox lsgislated the governor
OFT of office, the constitution would haYe c IT.
ritd. OF coaree, hid not tue governor been
removed, q great portion OF the evil to be an
! tie1,atfd from f1lt. ado ption OF the cunstiEu-
tiou would nave been avoided. At one time
dullng the convention, it was resolved in
caucus, I learn, not 10 remove the Governor;
publican, when he heard ct it, protested SO
Strongly that the democratic CAUCUS recoa-
sdered their decision, aud went the whole
tisdre, 60 that the malignity and political
ambition Of Wentworth oraTeachtd thEm-
selves; and he was also unconsciously instrl-
/ mental il defeating constitution which he
would have Elren all but his life to carry, and
: with the defeat OF which all his political hopes
| AMI aspirations are buried.
It will bc thought strange to disress liz
tIe) that e man Of Nentworths position in
| the Republican party, which did SO much for
him, (acfualiy, for Tie matter Of that, picking
, ; him out OF the slough into which the De-
i nocracy had flung him after he had ceased to
t b. OF use to thenl.) should hare SO inconti-
! n,Dtly betrayed that party upon the very first
chance offered to him. For be it re1nemo octed,
: the Republicans, although they had elected
:. Wentworth twic- mayor Of Chicago, bad nt7-
Iosillon. But this is easily seen, when the
rial position in which Wentworth stood, per-
sonaIiy, to the Republican party is Under
. stood. That position was simply this. Ere.
yious!y to tie presidential election, went
wcrsh in his paper at one time or another,
published editorial articles each one Of which
Conveyed the idea that the particular per.
= sou spoken Of vas a Candidate Tor tie
presidency, and more, that he was Went
wGrth's particular choice. In this wal
!, 3te5t1s Bates, c.. ii. Clay, Criltendeo, Day
tou, Jvhn Ball, uAle, Seward, Hamlin ant
x G,bcrs were eereral!y put forward IS Went
: werth's first choice, and, no doubr, the arti
= clcs vert forwarded to the subjects Of them
Only Old Abe Lincoln was nor pufcd. Went
y worth knew butter. He was we'll satisfied
with Lincoln for subordinate position. I
would no: do for linn to PROPOSE q citizen =
<. his own State 1or POST to O., which ' ~ ni,za M
O. ger things have happened no doubt though
r. this as1ute Nire-puiler. Another reason to
IA lot prcer:iug Lincoln was, that his Il g
friends we're by no means W:'s friends Il
- might as WILL 20 for Judd or TTunoul1 IS fo
N Liucoln; and Wentworth NEVER was known t
:" so for j man Who was IN aspirant, or who,
aEv thance might be, for thr same Office in th
y. State or ua'ion hi1nscli Finally. Went wort
ST. s,ttled upon Seward, but the nomioatio
Jailed Hence forth he bad nothjnymore to hol
e e,l tlum the T. publican party, and he bent d
iii his energies towards its destruction. Ffo
a the cay OF Iincoll's nomination he coz
oh" , 1uenced q series of political movements,
ad apparently Il most extraordinary charicte
FIRST he tried, by representing Mr. Lincoln
be John Brown abol1tionist, to deteat hin
n When this failed and A1r. L. was elected, /
@A' wrote the most violent articles, ia order
, fan the ta1ne Of Northern = lssion. No dou
= = were copied extensively into Southern paper
u aud the influence they thus exercised d
H' much to embarrass Mr. Lincoln in his tn
delicate position, as tie first Republican pr
idrnt ever caltd to administer the COVER
ment. Finding the rebellion, which he did
nj, lnuch to create. in tun blast, what did Wei
v orth do? Did he throw himself into the iii
lninet and deadly br, ach - Did he aid t
,oa. government, by word or pens 4 man
Al. lis sreat moral courage and isnwensc ply
fae cul frame, should ceTti3ly possess sou,e II
II te1ial pluck. BY no means. On the oci
= hsnd, the momvnt he SAW the danger, he
Co the {as lie tbough1) sinking ship. H. cio:
up his paper. lie said no more in favor Of
Ca 1uln rights and human freedom. On the ct
trary, be whis1led them down the wind, q
RI waited, Micawber like, for something elss
~ turn up. u- had not loug to wait. The c.
.1;u stitutional convention came upon tile CAFE
Sno By the sid OF Democratic Votes he was eli
o'aF ed, and calle down to Springfield ready
take hand in tie new deal and oticate
ore Of the chief mourners at the funeral
city the Republican party In the State.
3tate @ This digressiou is necessary, in order to
the luetrate the condition Of things in the ST
data at the time Of the session Of the convent
IN Of Our national affairs presented very gloo
aspect. There were disaster in the fl
:aE trouble in the cabinet, and muttered thre
from traitors at home. TWAS settled BY
- Democracy, the caucus Of which was IN
Ga The fuE control Of the Knights Of the G il
Circle, that series ct determined assa
should be made upon the national and 81
), administrations. It was also settled t
ice. Wentworth, q professed Republican, sho
. be put forward as the principal attach
parry, in order to give more effect TO the
position. In this way the convention
. weeks did nothing but denounce presit
ELI Lincoln, Gov. Yates and the State OIL
geuerany. All sorts OF charges were Il
now AID hints thrown out, that, could " tue
be uncovered" it would appear that frlui
mo. character neyer before heard Of, existed
~ - people besau e a;arnled-distrust aud fear
excited. Finally, upon full Investigation, c
apnv, single charge and every 1nuendo of fraud
Goals TO the ground. and President Lincoln and
north 19 Yates were fonnd to have "done no:
nnT- worthy Of death.' Still the origiaa1 p1ogEa
r must be carried out; the sentence OF d
had been pronounced in democritlc eau
the governor Was les;islated ont Of Office,
ra. desperate attempt made By side i5st
bank, negro, and other articles, %Nc--to I
,, aud the constitution. Tnank God, however
.,.,-z failed, and the secession manster was S
'u s17' gled al its birth. Many OF those who comp
the convention have since been arre5le
treason, aud all in It who supported the
stitution are politically dcfu1cL
f'co l That bargain vas made by Wentw
mt NC with the Democracy, is fully evident fro1
i they course, and also by the declarations mat
steia1 otGsF Nsshington by " Dick Richardson"
II L.. Richardson heard that the constitution
It Will adopted (the news was at first telegraph.
rent that etiect), In one Of his II 1a=rr5 moods
spoke about as follows. "Well, boys.
Tho worth has performed his contract. We
...tl Auo for him for the convention, aud he pro,
A. ~ .bt to support the old party riuht at