The New York herald., 1863-09-10
H'e We $ ~
Opening Of the Political
Campaign.
THE SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION.
Grand Rally or the War Party In
Illinois,
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Our Springfield Correspondence.
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Observation-Disclosures tCGh the
she'd al Vandaita--hass Convention al SprinoEeid
Otiec'-P -Persouni-Serere Efos' &c.
10 tho winter OF lS6O6i this city OF consdcra
bic note but since that time has passed out OF pub
lie mind Before the President eect started his mono
rabIe TO Washington Springfield place OF no
lite importance. FaIher Abraham vanished
in tho Eastern horizon the capital OF Illinois assumed
vented quiet, and the influx Of visitors sud.
| denly ceased. During those days OF excitement
| tho columns OF tue HERALD tecmed almost daily
! with Springfield correspondence, and the various
movements the political chessboard carefully
noted rhe depar Of the Presidential party for tho
nation capai the signal for closing the aforesaid
c,tcrs Once Springfield has become Of sufficient
Importance 10 Justify the writing Of at least Icticr
Political matters in Illinois at present curious
aspect. No election 10 of for time and vet
both wings OF the political army working with
um' q, energies. The republicans Industrious aud
noisy tho democrats are SILENT but tue less di
| gent Ech c>p cAses confidence OF beirg in tho
cendarcy and is di uit for unpreudccd outsider
TO si,isy himself which siie correct Each Claims TO
emb odimen Of honesty and rccltnde accuses
the other of making OF the most dishonest
secure its aims Each party has its leaders organs
bus,y work vifying any aud all measures that the
ether may adopt Tho quarrel, taken all ia AL, Is as bit
ter IS ever known in New York during the rainy
| days OF election excemens.
The grand divisions OF this political corps darn may
| be se down three in namoe. Tho republicans the
democrats and he peace democrats Tho old lines
have been nearly lest that The given above
rireiy employed Tho terms Of cndcaru,cnt and affection
townrd the other designate the republicans
bo,,icnists, III democrats copperhcads
the democrats rcncgndes From the best of my
information judge the aboitionisls aud coprerheads
be nearly equal in strength, and tho rcneea!es
al, hall,
ard coppcrhcads b h have their secret societies, with
grips srs aud passwords the former beng known az
Union Leagues and tito iattcr "K. G. C.s" am net
inside The curt I'm In regard 10 these two orgauzttons
end can only sp,sk from hcarsay. NY inform it,on
sidcr reliable can be obtained by outsider and
neutral
Throughout Iiaos told that the Un,ou League or
garzuion will numDer not far from hun
drcd and twenty five thousand is rolls
The OK. G. C.'s" about sevcnty.Gve thou
eand strong. The disparity OF strength arises from
fact that the latter society mach careful thaa
The ormcr in its selection CT members. hIany
refused admission who Il ready to do the bidding or tho
leaders, but who Judged unsafe " be trusted with
cre matters Of importance. The oGtsice ecent OF the
coppe ads ADDED 10 tho fortunate portion that
Permitted pass the pcneraa, viii make tho cno
strength nearly e,uat 10 th,t OF the Union Leagues Tn,
war twenty five thousand strons-arc
thus paceC upon middic g:oGnc py tnc Two Wings.
They { in osioc die terms TO either PARTY of
extremists.
In conversation with thc several leaarg OF the
'.intcrmcdalc" element Grd they know ,hsir iuppr,
IA political point OF view. and are determined to
make their weight felt. 1h arc AS tenacious about
obtaining The fun eStcnt OF thcr rights"
misguided Soothcrn brethren IN the ra'my days OF
son The, have no, yet made up their minds "a
dec sion u will be difficult u obtsin q mod
lcaon They win probably demand that a military
be run as cndiiatc Gr The ncxt Ircsidcncy. Who il
shall be they have not themselves decided General
Grant IS mentioned by few, The ground that he
been ihe most s;u commander yet the field aud
because tic was n democrat before the General
osecrans has hrcn referred ~, but only in casual
No definite decision appears 10 BE- we'd upon
any platform. fhc pont prosecute the
war thoroughly eucrgeically using AL Necessary
neas TO crush The febc' AMI place beyond The pcs
| sihliv OF recurrence.
Tie republicans and war democrats Of Tlirors nre
united uron The great qu sti of subdnns the nsnr-
win te to SET fec al persons II African 10.
eu before the war can be considered safely over While
lhe latter think IL may be nacessry 10 do 81 bu arc no,
set ed u IL. On the questions &C internal manage
men they are pretty well oncd, and whenever cleo.
tion takes place We shall nnd them working together.
Give the ccmocrats their fair and fu share OF the
nominations, and the two viii unite readily water
| md whisNey.
Tie CO pehcads peace democrats OF Illinois are as
much IN avor % the war as then opponents but op
posed to measures for it's prosecution. They the
rebellion ru, down bat they do not the necessity of
soldiers N toe hed they refuse TO light aud arc evi
deuty making their rersl in earnest. should be
\ "a -,
twi be NJ chlii play - long as there is no attempt
carry oat the Conscrpton law Ia Illinois do be
lese there will I've any trouble The political contest
may bec-me exciting but Il viii end IN words Bp,
tic enor, oncDt Of the draft VIII the adsnaiicn
| Of the peace clement and Z they mako good one hall
| their the Is Dlccishcd VIII ersne have II from
doubted authority that arms have been distributed %
considerable extent IN many localities the NEE,
| ing sent weekly, or weekly, FOR hri.
| Collisions frequently occur between the friends of
| desertcis and the military squads that wcie sent
TO search up ahscuiccs from tue army. During
| the past two weeks there have been no les
than four of these encounters, one n thcm being
&C considerable importance II occurred at Van
daa, Iaypt!e county, last week. On Monday Provost
Mushal and posse while engaged arrestng dcserters
were fred npon the Provost Marshal mor,ay wolnt.
ed. The insurgents afterwards assembled at vandAlia
Sns sSa IIf niei ee "a. ray grga ihsy We're @
iosn unless the prisoners released The prisoners
we're given up 70 them aud the insurgents rared tri
| umphanty.
terror Of Illinois. could send yon the details of half
dozcn similar affairs but they would be devoid Of IN
Is strong dsloyal clement iu Illinois, that l. ready
| brerk forth at any time
Sd rroxno at which all IN favor OF tie prosecution ~
1.-the war invited TO be present il Is designed
to unite the repablcans and war democrats ou
what that basis viii be. II Is the gouora understanding
that mode q political action Is to te determined
upon for the conduct q state and home Affairs future
Many Of the leading republicans opposed the calling Of
the convention the ground that there election
pending, and with the exception ~ the wir and con.
duct, no political issues on which the reope
vlded They feared that the party might b. committed
certain line a policy that IL might be necessary to
change time moved Most Of these have with.
drawn their orpcsiton but are Still Insisting that tho
resolutions snal refer only 10 the present occasion
not he made 10 anything 10 the future The
real object OF those who started the plan calling tho
convention was to tro, out their favorito political ondi
dates will lot now give the various speculatons, but
them fer letter subsequent 70 the convention
The gathering bids fair to be the largest
ever held In the state Letters have been received from
President Lincoln and Hon. Edward Everett There will
be no lees than four stands for speakers one Of which
will be devoted exclusively to the "sweet German
| cent?
city awaiting patiently the time when he win be again
sent the field He will be of the speakers nj the
convention. Major Generals Logan and Prents will also
/ be OF the orators On the momsntous occasion.
The farmers through the central part OF the state
much alarmed account OF the severe frost last week
Haf the crop lost In Champaign aud ncghboring
counties, and nearly al vines killed Many predict
that they will have 70 import from other States
il not yet known how far the disaster extends how