The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-07
qhe chicago convention

While of all the political conventions
Of the year, that at Baltimore must
hold pre-eminence, in Importance we
must not ignore that to be held at Chi
cago. on the Fourth OF July. That the
candidates to be pat forth by the Con
seryatives" will be defeated, none viii
deny; that they will be overwhelming
ly defeated. we presume all are willing
to admit. We have heard Of none so
sanguine as 10 suppose that they could
come anywhere near an election, much
less be elected
Nevertheless, the action Of the Con
yention will be important There are
TWO factions in the Democratic party,
as il styles itself; one for honestly
coming out and nominating friend Of
the rebels, on South Corolina plat
form, and presenting the issue of 10y
atty and treason squarely to the pubic
that all may vote independently ana
without any misunderstanding while
the other would select candidates not
Gistaste6R to the rebels, and make
poD.,ommittal platform, would play the
part Of swindler- catch votes The
latter section Of the party would en-
pioy over again the tactics Of 1862, and
which proved so eminently successful;
while the former would stand upon the
rugged issue, that JEFF Davis might be
enabled exactly to estimate his own
strength, in the Northern States, imme.
diately after the November election.
The arguments used by the pretend
ed friends Of a war on Constitutional
principles, arethese, and no one..will fail
TO see that they are pertinent: eve are
as devoted to the cause Of the rebels.
as the Unconditional Peace Men, while
our tactics are far better calculated to
serve them. With VGllandigham or
Wood as candidates, and with the doc
trines Of the Cincinnati Enquirer as a
platform, we could not get a 9Th Of the
votes in the loyal States, and could not
elect member of Congress, outside Of
two or three districts in Kentucky and
New York; and therefore, while jeff
Davis could rely upon the sympathy of
the whole party, it would be too small
to aid him"
"On the other hand, they continue,
''who could estimate the amount Of good
we could do our friends, through a sue
cess obtained under false pretences.
Did not the Indiana Legislature raise
gold twenty per cent in single day,
and was it not elected upon our plat
form And would it not have done
much more, had not the frmness Of
Governor Morton defeated ii? Did
not the Legislature OF Illinois, elected
at the same time, and IN the same
manner, send greeting to the rebels2
"Yet more still Every Conserva-
tive elected TO Congress, with three or
four exceptions, were successful by
our tactics and have they not
been enabled, by consolidating them
selves, to retard many important mea-
sures in Congress? and will they not be
able TO prevent an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting slavery? While, !
upon our platform, the rebels could not |
depend on all the potlrs, as their friends, |
they can upon all the office holders, and |
they will have power for two years to
come.
But the unconditional Union menre- !
main firm, Notwithstanding the po-
teney of these arguments; and if there |
be union of the sections at Chicago, |
it will be upon an unequiyocal South
platform, with South Caro-
linz politician as the candidate. If the |
constitutional waE men hesitate,
the split of four years since will be the
repeated. We therefore watch the de
Of politics in the Copperhead
party with considerable interest, and |
W. presume our readers do the same.