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SHERMAN House., Chicago,
October -. 1864

SHERMAN House., Chicago,
October % 1864
10 The Editor Of Ne,o York Ne,os:
: In tue World Of the 10Th, | observe an ar.
tlcle, copied from the Albany Arqus relating
To Judge Advocate llolts Great Uopperhead
Conspiracy" and which contains the follow.
ing
Mr. YalIandigham was in miserable mi
nority in the Chicago Convention uo sought
to be- Chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Res0lu.
tlons, and was beaten two tu one. He led
the opposition TO Mcclellan, and after his let
ter OF acceptance, threw mp his engagements
to speak
Now, have rolrained in every speech, OK
cept the hrst--and have made many in sup.
port OF the Democratic candidates for Presl-
dent and Vice President---irom any allusiun
10 the private history OF the Chicago Con.
ventiun, and did not propose 10 refer to it
further Gil after the election But | do not
choose to suffer the foregoing 10 pass unno-
ticed even now IL would ta difficult TO CON
press more m representation, in small way,
within the same compass.
. |. Mr.. Nnllandighan WIS not "in n mis-
ernlile minority atthe Chicago Convention, 70
and no one knows il better than the man
Cassidy, who wrote aud Marble, who indors-
es the statement. The latter / hand over
to ES-Mayor Ordyke for Judgment
2. Mr.. Vallandgham was not "beaten two
10 one for the chairmanship OF the Commit-
Tee on RESOLUTIONS. Through the artiGccs of
Cassi ly, Tllden and other New York polite.
ians, Mr., Guthrie, Of kentucky received
twelve votes TO his eight Tor that post but Mr.
Guthrie was himself Rierward amphstealy
repudiated by the convention when presented
by "the ring as their candidate FOR the Vice
Presidency Mr. Valandigkam wrote the
second, the material resolution of the Chicago
Platform, and carried 1t through tho Sub-Com
miltee, Gnd the General G0mttee, in spite Of
he most desperate, persistent opposition on
the part OF Cassidy and his friends, Mr. Cass-
dy himself in an adjoining room, laboring to
defeat It. Bat the various substitutes never
nj any time received more than three votes
3. Mr.. Vallandigham did not 'ledd the on
positiont to Mcclellan. but confined his efforts
almost exclusively to the question of platform.
II did, indeed vote against Mcclellan on the
first, hut for him on the revised ballot, and
moved that the nomination be made unani
nous whereupon Cassidy threw up his hat
md shouted and he and all his fellows pro.
claimed Vallandigham a very proper man.
1. As to engagements'to speak in support
OF the democratic candidates, Mr.. V. has
fulfilled rs many as any Democratic speaker
in any State, and is now here in Illinois, on
the Same errand; and without immudesty, he
may say that he has accomplished as much
good for the cause rs Cassidy aud his Argus
The people lack "conGdence" in Cassidy
o. The secret Of this and similar assaults
on the part Of a certain class of New York
politicians ia that they cannot "use" Mr.
Vallandigham Of one thing further let them
be assured-neither ran they kiH him.
AS 10 the charge Of "conspiracy" ret
forth in Judge Advocate I1olts pamphlet and
the eleven specifications summed up by Mr..
Horace Greeley | have only TO say that SO far
as am concerned, lhcy are absolute false.
hoods ard labrcations from beginning 10 end.
| hey are false in the nggregate ard false in
detail More than that thay nre as propos-
ierons and ridiculous as they are without
foundation; and all this Mr., Judge Advocate
Holt, Mary Ann Pitman and Mr. Horace Gree
ley very wall know t"a
ri- G. L. VALLANDI0HAM X