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3 The poslponemt Of the Chicago Con-
iven'iaa toJSo late day as ihe 29lh OF
August is not pleasing 10 the great body
oi the people opposed to the continuance
OF Mr.. Lincoln and his party in power. il
we may Judge by the manner in which the
Democratic press speak of the act 1t
was. TO say the least, the assumption Of a
grave responsibility on the part of those
who have male the postponement The
Executive COmmittcef who have done
I this thing. or assumed to do it, is not the
+ Democratic National Committee, repre-
,enting all the States still adheling TO the
Union, as some may suppose. but a mere
sub committee. consisting of three or five
members. residing in the Eastern States.
appointed. not To pass upon snch grave
questions as that of changing the time for
the holding ofihe National Convention,
but simply. as its name implies, to carry
ont the decisions and wishes OF the whole
Committee. 1t would seem that their
action is not accepted as final by all the
members of the National Committee. as a
meeting of that body is called to assemble
ct Washington to-day June 30th).
There are two classes of prints which
ragard this postponement OF the Chicago
Convention with great satisfaction. The
one is the so-called unconditional peace
papers and the other the papers devoted
to the support of Mr.. Lincoln. Both
seem 10 take it for granted that the object
Of the postponement was to kill off Cen
Mcclellan as candidate for the Presi-
dency and that this object will surely be
accomplished: that in fact. Gen. Mcclellan
NAV now be fairly considered ont of the
ring rs candidate for the Presidency.
Ii snch was the object of the Peace
party. as they call themselves, they may
find, when it is TOO late, that they have
overreached themselves. The Democracy
may well look with alarm at any move
ment in their own ranks which ELECTS such
warm commentator from their opponents
as does this Of Mr. Belmont committee.
1t is but few days since the n. Y.
Tribune admitted that the Republicans. in
ISL }, recognized the secessionists as their
natural allies and best friends, and
acknowledged the services they had rem
dered in securing the election of Mr.. Lin
coin; and yesterday spe published the letter
of Senator Richardson OF Illinois. the
successor and confidential friend Of Mr..
Douglas, in which he stated that he regard
ed the Wool Peace party in New ork as
but laborers in the Lincoln vineyard. the
whole tendency of whose IN ovcment would
be to perpe.uate the present Administra-
ton in power. Can it be possible that in
1864. as in 1860, we are to have faction
who. by their i'm practicable course. will
play into the hands of the Republican
party? 1t begins to look So qars
! We are not welded to Gen. Mcclellan
as candidate for the Presidency. There
may be others as available and as
patriotic as he-lIoratio Seymour. ex-
President Fillmore. and men Of that class
But the Wood faction and their followers
need not suppose that they will be permit
tel to manipulate the Chicago Convention
to suit their own convenience and then
demand the support Of all who do not
agree with them in their peculiar notions
about peace. The friends of Gen.
Mcclellan know that when the delegates
to the Chicago Convention were appointed,
they where appointed as his fl lends, and
1t he Or some man holding substantially
the same views is not nominated they will
demand to know the reason why. Mr..
Fernando Wood. the leader of the ultra
Peace party, declared in New York the
other day that he would not pledge himself
to vote Tor Mcclellan If nominated, nor
would be pledge himself to vote for the
Chicago nominee at all. The reasonable
inference is that he and his friends will