Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08
VOL. XV---NO 81.
From the State Register.]
Gov. Stone at Baltimore.

Our readers are already aware that cor
respondents of the New York Tribune
and the Cincinnati Gazette have seen fit
to criticise very bitterly the part taken
by Gov. Stone Of this State In the pro- 8
ceedings of the Baltimore Convention
accompanying the nomination of Mr..
Lincoln. AS we were not in the Con-
vention, of course we could not know
personally of the justice or injustice Of
| these criticisms, and have, therefore, pub
lished the statements OF correspondents
in Gov. Stones defense without COM
ment. An eyewitness, however, gives
us full and clear history of the pro-
ceedings, and the facts are SO widely at
variance with the statements OF Eastern
correspondents, that we deem it no more
| than just to Gov. Stone that his action
in the Convention should be fully
| known. -s -@ -''f !a
The Iowa delegation at Baltimore, un-
solicited by the Governor, selected him
to fill Col. J. A. Williamson's place as
delegate at large. He was appointed
member of the Committee on ResOlu-
tions, and did not participate in any Of
the proceedings of the Convention until
the time arrived for nominating cam
didate for President. By preconcerted
arrangement with a lot of Eastern and
New England delegates, Gen. Simon
| Cameron had been selected to offer res
olution nominating Lincoln and Ham,
| lin together by acclamation, hoping to
carry the latter through under the inn
pulse of enthusiasm created by the name
of the former. Accordingly, after Mr..
Delano of Ohio had submitted a motion
| to proceed to the nomination of a candi-
date for President, Gen. Cameron thrust
forward his a0ritte1s motion as substi-
tute, to renominate both incumbents Of
the Presidential and Vice Presidential
offices. This substitute was received
with. cries of "No!" "No!n from all
parts of the house. For few moments
no one seemed to know what should be
done with CamerOn's motion. Great
confusion ensued, in the midst of which
Gov. Stone obtained the floor and moved
to lay the substitute on the table. This
was loudly seconded from all parts of
| the Convention, and carried by large
majority. Still retaining the floor, and
in order to show that his motion had
been made with no unfriendly intention
toward President Lincoln, Gov. Stone
moved to nominate President Lincoln
by acclamation. This, of course, was
lust what Cameron and his friends did
not want. They feared that if Lincoln's
name should be put through separately,
Hamlin's could not be. Hence Thad.
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, called for the
ayes and nays on every motion intended
to damage the Cameron game, and the
Opposition as tenaciously insisted on q
division of the question. In order to
tsecure the latter end the Delegations
from the West loudly called upon Gov.
Stone, who still held the floor, not to
yield, but to insist upon his motion. AS
quietly as possible he complied with
their wishes, and after he had accepted
of the suggestion of Mr.. Raymond, of
New York, that the vote be taken by call
of the States, the motion of Gov. S. was
adopted, and the balloting proceeded
This was the sum total of his offense,
and for it he has been subjected to the
abuse Of letter-Writers who either inten-
tiOnally misrepresented him or knew
nothing of the facts which they professed
to narrate. 1t might have been bold
responsibility for delegate from a
| Western border State to assume to meet
the Ex-Secretary of War from Pennsyl-
vania and defeat the plan which the
latter had so cunningly cOncocted, to
cut off the possible nomination ola War
Democrat for Vice, President; but the
responsibility aOCts assumed, the Conven-
ton stood by Gov. Stone in his action,
and the direct result of his efforts was
the nomination of Andy Johnson forthe
second place upon the ticket Far from
stones motions were cheered, and he
was throughout enthusiastically sus-
| tanned. The correspondents of the Irib-
me and Gazette sat near the stand in the
| front part of the theatre, near General
| Cameron, and were under his immedi-
ate eye and influence. The Western
| Delegates were thrust into the extreme
| back part of the room, and labOred under
great disadvantages. Governor Stone is
| al ~f,
the confusion he made good use Of them,
and was greatly instrumental in break.
ing up the cunning game of the Penn
sylvanian and his eastern friends. The
| correspondents state what are simply
! AeS when they state that he was Missed
or treated by the Convention in any
other than respectful manner. After
the Convention had adjourned scores Of
delegates took him by the hand, and
| thanked him for what they denomina-
| ted his "piuck" in adhering to his
raised by Cameron and his toadies.
This is a plain history of the whole
affair, and we think that our Iowa Exec
utive, far from deserving the abuse of
sycophantic reporters, is entitled to and
will receive the thanks of the Union
masses for the manner in which he dis
charged his trust as one of the represent
atives Of the State in National Conven-
ton.
Latest froEn General St2erznan-sYis loses
maaniiiess-Ss'Sii not exceed fifteen Eaun-
direei.
From the Louisville Journal June g.
DR.. Wood, Assistant Surgeon General
of the army, now sojourning in the city,
received dispatch yesterday from the
Medical Director of Gen. Sherman's
army stating that our entire loss in the
recent assault will not exceed fifteen
hundred men. We hasten to lay this
important news before the public, asthe
dispatch of Secretary Stanton, publish
ed in our three o'clock edition., is not
calculated to leave very favorable inn
press upon the mind. The assault was
unsuccessful, but not defeat. The
light losses clearly prove that the en-
gagement was not stubborn or severe
Since Sherman has developed the