Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-11
POLITICAL.

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recent ultra Peace speech Of Alexander
Long in Congress.
A bill to permit soldiers to vote BY
proxy has passed the New York Assembly.
1t is asserted that Collector Barney, Of
New York, will be removed, and Preston
King succeed him.
It is now definitely settled that tSe res
ignation Of his seat in Congress by Frank
Blair, Jr., will take place on the 2Oth in
slant.
The total vote cast in Cincinnati on
Monday was about Ii, 900, and the Union
majority 1881 against !, ,l49 last spring.
Out Of the IL wards in the city, Is show
ed Union gain and two Union loss.
The New York News has come to a pain
full realization of the fact that the Union
party in the Connecticut Legislature will
have sufficient prepondersnce to amend
the Constitution and permit soldiers to
vote while sbsent in army organizations.
The New Nation declares that the ''pop-
ular will was never so much disregsrded
as in the case Of the nominee of the Chi
csgo Convention" It is singular thepeo-
pie have not known anything Of this
great imposition upon them hitherto.
The bearing Of the Connecticut election
upon the Presidential nomination will not
escape public attention. The Union Con-
Vention, which put in nomination the
ticket which has been elected, also declar-
ed the preference Of the Union party for
Mr.. Lincoln ss the next candidate for the
Presidency.
We find 1t reported that Dean Richmond
says "the Democrats won't nominate Nc
Clellsn for the Presidency, but will take
man whose name has not yet been men
toned in connection with the Office" We
wonder if Dean says SO.
Rsverdy johnson, Of Maryland, was
among the first to congratulate the En-
glish AbOlitionist, George Thompson, on
his speech in the Hall Of the House Of
Representatives, last Wednesday night.
Ex- Congressman Kellogg, Of Illinois,
has been appointed Minister to Guatems-
Ia. Ex.Congressmen Edgerton, Of Ohio !;
Somers, Of Maine, and MoKibben, Of Cal
ifornis, are candidates for the Governor
ship Of Montana Territory.
In commenting upon the radical victory
just achieved in st. Louis, the Democrat
mentions the fact, that one year ago the
vote Of the combined opposition for the
Office Of Mayor exceeded that Of the rsdi-
cal candidate by fifteen hundred, and the
latter being chosen through division of
the opposing parties. At the late election
the opposition was unit, being united on
single candidate, and the result is the
election Of Judge Thomas, radical, by
$500 votes.
For the benefit Of those who do not find
Copperhead in the Dictionary, we give the
following analysis:
c onspiracy.
o pposition 20 the war.
esce on any terms.
P Tracy.
E nmity to the Union.
R ecognition Of the &C. s. A."
H aired to the Government.
E srnest sympathy with traitors.
A nsrchy.
D isloyslty.
The fourteen Republicans who voted with
the Opposition against Stevens substitute
for the National Bank bill, as amended in
Committee Of the Whole, thus killing the
Ways and Means bill, and inducing Ste
vens to kill the whole bill, were: Blaine,
Hotchkiss, Hubbard, Kellogg, Myers, 0rtb,
Pike, Pomeroy, Price, J. h. Rice, Smithers,
Van Vslkenburg, E. B. Wsshburne, and
Wilson. The Opposition members belong
ing to the Commi1tee Of Ways and Means
voted the same way.
An army correspondent writes concern
ing soldiers voting in camp "We have
seen an election carried on in the Army Of
the Potomac. A regiment Of Ohio Caval-
ry cast their solid vote against Vsllsndig-
ham, voting while in the saddle and facing
the enemy on the morning of day Of al
most inoesssnt battle. And that act Of the
Ohio soldiery-citizens in loyal blue
in line across the road at Brandy |
Station, each right hand grasping the |
ready sabre, which in an hour was to hew |
the rebels in front, and the left depositing /
the ballot which was to rout the Copper |
heads in the rear, it was one of the most |
sublime and significant spectacles we have
ever witnessed, and one how truly Ameri-
csnl"
The German Union Club Of Philsdel-
his held meeting few evenings since,
and, among other resolutions, adopted one
protesting against the mischiev-
BUS plots Of those Of their felloW-citizens
who declare their determination not to
submit to the decision Of the National
onIon Convention at Baltimore, unless 8
certain candidate be nominated, believing
hat such course can only result in the
destruction of the great Union party, and
n vTn a
progress and liberty.
Bayless ". Hanna, Peace Democrat and
Copperhead leader in the
sst Indiana Legislature, has set an excel
ent example to his political friends. Be-
ng rebel at heart, and thoroughly SYM
with the Confederstes, he has
,scked up his traps, and, according to the
Evansville Journal, passed through the
federal lines into the Confederacy' It's
imposed that he has gone as an emisssrv
I the Vsllandighsmmsrs, as well as for
ne qualification Of his own sympathizing
nolinations. Why won't more Of his
reed follow the example
The Nashville Union favors the post
onement Of the Chicago Convention, and
he Chicago Tribune opposes its postpone-
lent. The latter paper, after sreuipo the
ueston at some length, says: ' Our voice
therefore for the Convention, at the
lace appointed, at the time designated,
nth the delegates now chosen and to be
hosen. We are for the nomination of
-brshsm Lincoln, of Illinois for his
lessures, his Proclamation Of Freedom,
IS arming the blacks and teaching them
hghti for his mode Of re.introducing
ne old States into the Union, as ezempli-
ed in the case Of Arkansas, Louisiana,
nd Tennessee. Wesre against intrigues,
ire-pulling, log rolling - Washington