The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-06-02
The Cleveland Convention,

The Cleveland Presidential Convention as
sem bled GU Tuesday last 1t is said that
about 400 delegates are in attendance, from
all parts Of the country. These delegates rep
resent various factions and parties, but they
meet on the common ground of hostility to
the administration. Wether this common
sympathy of hostility will be bond Of
sufficient strength to hold togethe such OPP
posing elements for any length eff time, re
mains to be seen. A dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune says:
This convention comes together nnder
three distinct and separate calls and will
probaly develop as many heads until its diff
.erences can be reconciled. The first is the
Missouri call headed by B. Gratz Brown, and
understood to favor the nomination of Gen.
Butlar or any other man except President
Lincoln. The second call comes from the
New York Fremont committee, and is for
Fremont first, last and always. It's engineers
are Gen Nc. Kinstry, Leonidas Haskell Gen.
Zayogni, Geo. P.Edgar and others.
The third call has its origin with the New
| York War Democrats, and originated with
| I.ucius Robinson, Gen. John Cochrane Thos.
| b. Carol, Andrew j. Calvin and represented
here by those gentlemen and a number OF
others. 1t is understood they are in favor OF
! Gen. Grant for the Presidency. and will do
all they can to secure his nomination. These
Gents claim that if Grant is nominated the
| War Democrats which constitute full one
half of the present Democratic organization
will abandon the peace men and come over
to Grant, and leave them to oblivion. They
even insist that it is an arrangement which
will secure the acquisition Of Mcclellan.
There is evidently much coquetting between
the Nc. CleIlan Democrats and those War
Democrats who are represented at this Con
vention. The advances apparently come from
the McClellanites, who think they see IN
this movement powerful auxiliary to the
Chicago Convention, to come off on the 18th
of July.
There is no doubt but that the regular
copperhead peace democracy look for great
assistance from this convention, and they
have therefore given it all the countenance
and encouragement possible. The Milwau
kee Ne0s chief peace organ in this State has
constantly urged on the Fremont men and
the original abolitionists, which latter class
is represented in this convention by Parker
Pillsb ury, Wendell Phillips and others o.
that style, Ofcourse all this encouragement
and sympathy from the copperhead, democ
ra cy has its object, which is only to increase
the chances of its own success, in the com
ing Presidential contest. They argue anc
rightly too, that third candidate for Pres
ident would draw his entire strength from
those who would not, in any event, vote
for the candidate of the Chicago Conven
ton, and therefore every vote he gets will
, be one against the regular Union candidate
and one indirectly in favor of the regula
copperhead candidate. That kind of denoc
cracy is too well drilled in party fealty t.
ever throw vote away when it comes to
trial of strength at the polls. However the,
may intrigue, and coquet with factionists ant
malcontents before election, to distract, di
vide and weaken their opponents, the ballo
box always finds them true to their part
though the country should sink in conse
quence. That this will be the case in the com
ing contest, we have not doubt.
{ Those friends of the and Union enemies o
the rebellion who fancy they have suficien
ground of complaint against the present ad
ministration, to warrant league with cop
} perheads and rebel sympathizers, for the pur
pose of effecting change if they succeed
will find when it is too late that they have
betrayed their country into the hands of it,
enemies and sold themselves for very small
''mess of pottage'