The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-06-22
Baltimore National Convention.
As Described by Bent. F. Taylor.

lightning and immortality together.
But may try to give your readers, in o
breath or two of short sentences rough
sketch Of the scene. When reached Bal.
timore, on Tuesday evening, an organization
had been Effected; Maine and Oregon had
met together, and Little Rhody sat at the
Golden Gate; mob, a civil, loyal, purpose
ful, and yet mob, had become an organ
Of ooice, and the voice was ready to speak.
The morrow was TO be Pentacost ami yet
no Babel. Inspired with one hope, one
faith, one love, they were 20 have but one
uttorance. Ii was nota deliberative body,
for their was nothing to be weighed. Ii
was not all executive body for there was
nothing to be done. There was something
TO sag, and it said it We all knew what
it would be, but we listened for it. Men
traversed half a continent; nay embarked
on two oceans to utter it.
So it all was on Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock. Front Street Theatre is thrown
open for this strange drama with one act;
this act with one word in it. Tue lofty
ceiling is canopied with the flag; the stars
hang in clusters from column and wal, like
ripened fruit, that once shone on Bennng-
ton and Saratoga; on Nicksburg and Mis-
sion Ridge; the stars that will light the
way to Richmond, and look down serene
upon dead rebellion.
And beneath the heaven of the flag, in
one solid coluyun that fills the body of the
theatre 8 are the word bearers of the loyal
land. There is nothing strange in the
crowd that can see; sprinkles of silver
among the brown heads; brows OF care and
eyes without a cloud. Nothing strange,
until think that these men represent every
rood on the planet to-day, where the flag
blossoms peacefully out Nothing strange,
until | think that these men arc only
tongues to utter the will right loyal aud
royal of men unseen; only the machinery
for the rehearsal of grand act for the Ides
of November. Then. as l think, the thea
| tres narrow walls widen away and melt as
il they were mist, and there are only TWEEN
tvs >ven of us all: wtnN IS so eign
States and the one, poor, lone man who
writes these linesl
| forget the three semcircles of men
and women, packed in box and gallery,
tier above tier, a zone and half humanity
forgot to tell you that the old mechanics
and tinkers, in politics are not here, and
that the halls Of congress are not empted
into Baltimore. But 10 matter for that ;
the gravel of lresideut Dennson falls
sharply; the Rev. Mr.. Gaddis, of Ohio.
|,
of Revolutionary memory, might have
said fervent amen. The Federal door is
shut upon the Palmetto State with q clang.
1t opens to Missouri, ana cheers greet her
as she comes. 1t swings wide again and
Tennessee has abundant entrance There
are tears in many an eye the world counts
old, and dry as tue rock of horeb before
the prophet smote it. as Mr.. Maynard so
touchingly gives thanks for the loyal aud
! bleeding hearts of East Tennessee, and
says, Z" Ii willbe arary oGjoy to them like that
ofa great victory in the field of arms
| God knows they need and deserve it all
Was it not great thing to be in a hall so
vast that tho doors opened and closed only
when great States stood upon the threshold
And now comes the Confession of Faith.
losing nothing by the clear, emphatic ut
terance Of Henry j. Raymond. 1t cuts a
broad swath; it leaves not weed to wave
its lcnely head, for any Ossian to rave about
Cheers break in all along, like the chorus to
a song, and when, with the closing resoln
ton, warning glance is flung over the
salt water, they are all caught up, like
Elijah in chariot of fire, and adopted
with one heart and one voice. The day
wears on; the brivlest of days in all til,
calender. 1t was ten. The clock is OF
/ the StrUEG OF two. Iln word thew hay,
come 70 saw is vet nnnttered Isnmsyl
vanin writcs "for presidant Ah,,h39n
I;ncoln oi IIl;no;s y Ill;noiS l. a n,,;,nr :,
saw Abraham Lincoln oG IIlinofis I,
conld have swent through the Conve,t;n,
like the lime hnrricnne in law, 90,
summers AGO. Cheers autter rs I'm,
calmer counsels nrevni Snvs Mr. Ray
mond If has bcen assertcd thot we vi
ATTEMPT TO make the nomination rida III,
whirlwind of acclamation J,at no dnclor
a deliberate nnrnose Let the rnII of the
Stotes he caIle3 II was w;se connSaI
n call the roll If onr armv yhero everr
man cries "hereI' ~, onswers fnr b;s ,ono
rade "nead on the fald "is ,ra,d Lnt :,
caIl tbe roll ~ - broad CortI;namt ;s anS :,
lime 49, - '1O
,r.g
Anu 30 iiianols mas tie moor at 81 ah(
Si.es, u w s,Ne you AoranaIN Lincoln:
:. na.ne 10 9Gniuio'eo' 9;' % ana us answer Il
Gu nol ""1.n h.noo'". ihe SIah,te IiiiS' 7 II
uIeol Mu""'Tlns' ," T anu sae Aieghahies' ech'
n,aoo,'i. ia ne w1ia comes OUT OF th'
noni :, ~ uiu u pli Nsii,!e, anu up rom th
"th sae' ;i1 III ny ,h 1o."eoIlcu', i anu away ,roh
he WIZ WheIe rols the oregon: y
glitters from Colorado siehs from the Ce
dars of Tennessee, is shouted by rthe hunt
ers of Kentucky" across the grave of tn
NJ ll-bey of the slashes. Aud SO the rol
sounds on from Maine to Montana tn