New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-22
PRRsIDENTIAL.

Tie delegated Democratic National Conyen-
ton which meets at Chicago on Monday next,
to nominate candidates for President and Vice
President, is TO be preceded and Of possible)
guided by volunteer Mas Convention which
is to meet in that city on Saturday Of the pres
ent week. This spontaneous concern IL called
in the interest Of Gen. Mcclellan, and will very
probably accomplish his nomination, il discreetly
managed. it will Of course be numerously at
tended
The Albany Argus declares - evidently by
authority--that Gov. Seymour will not be a
candidate for President Of the United States
in that Convention. 1t is understood that he Is
to preside over the Convention itself, and is to
make tho opening speech-an efusion which
will of course DO surcharged with Pro-Slavcry
malignity. Gov. Seymour's platform to-day Is
substantially what it was in March, 1861 when
he proposed that We should escape both War
and Disunon by adopting the Montgomery
Constitution and creeping in at the back-door
of the jeff Davis Confederacy. The hook may
be somewhat disguised, but he never had any
other plan for composing our National troubles
than just this. And, if the disciples OF Vallan-
Gigham and the Woods should earnestly oppose
the nomination of Mcclellan, they will be very
likely to propose Seymour as compromise
candidate. or offer TO take him If proposed from
the other side. They may do it with perfect
safety. Vallandigham himself is not a more big
4. 4 -. r H.. uara
than Horatio Seymour.
Some of the Peace" partisans are Offering
TO acuuiesce in the nominstion Of Mcclellan if
they can have " Peace" platform, and the or.
rangement il likely to be made. But there is
danger in giving way too far TO the r" Peace
leaders who are morally certain to wreck the
concern if they are allowed TO have their will Of
it. TIN Sunday Mercury (McClellan) thus
lsOunds the alarm:
I "a platform deliberately considered must be submit
| ted at Chcago. The people viii not rally to The sup
port Of any DeIprossed measures. mysterousy moot
ed. They want to know tho exact s'etns Of the caut
date II he be nominated IN truckliDg crRvenly
spirit, Northern men will not Rave him cor his prlncl
pies II bis bin Of IA filed with stones for TIE
North nnd sugar plgms for tho South Apologies Tor so
csssion delcnse Of armed rebellion studied plea for
Slavery and nj. is sopbisrie bcgotton Of ohsequious
ness misrepresentation Of the origin Of the war. and
libes upon Northern spirit and integencein eiWofd,
any appearance Of doughfacesn-wil ALLEVIATE from the
Chicago nomlnee huDdfe0s OF tbosrnhs OF proved men
who would support him and who will therefore. be
forced TO vote Tor other candidate as tie only a.
Tentative Of submfsion 20 parcel OF arrogant and
| domineerng Sseeesionsts, who hnys butchered our
sons and brothers IN their mad effort 20 destroy the
L Mon and porpetuate Slavery We VIII lot show the
white feather, We are weary Of The war rs Lincoln mas
managed IL; but rather thon acknowledge ourselves
coward, md incompetent. viii hold 70 the sword for
eveI."
These be brave words: but We venture 10
predict that the platform will nevertheless DO
vague and unmeaning, and that ID will not pre-.
cIude party support Of the ticket by nineteen
States, who would far sooner vote for Lee or
JEFF Dayis directly, than even for Vallandigham
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