Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-11
EDITORIAL OORREsPONDENCE.
At BaItimere-JThe COnVentiOn--The First
DRy.-ButhusIasm Of DelogaIes- Character
Of the Convention.


At BaItimore--The COnVentiOn--The First
DRy.-ButhusIasm Of DelogaEes- Character
Of the Convention.
BALTIMORE, June 7th, 1864.
The great National Union Convention
has closed its first day Of labor, and awaits
the morrow to complete the work. The
results which must necessarily transpire
are already prehgured in the sctiOn of the
Convention. Abraham Lincoln will be
nominated by scolamstiOn. The platform
will be radical and comprehensive. The
chief difficulty will Iarise undermining
what States will be allowed to seud in
delegates. The scenes presented during
the day havs been both exciting and
grandly sublime. The theatre in which
the convention is being held is very large,
admitting ofan audience Of several thous-
and. Most Of the building is occupied by
those who are admitted by tickets, there
being but little room for the tens Of thous-
snds who press round the building unable
TO gain admission. The fact that the con-
ventiOn is held in city which three years
ago shut down Massachusetts sOldi re- in her
streets, and is resolving on nothing but
free government is smong those phenom-
ens which illustrate the frantic progress
Of the war.
The enthusiasm and magnetic patriotism
which have prevailed sll day have been
immense. the vast body Of people rssOund
ing with the widest of plaudits whenever
their hearts we're touched, as men touch the
keys Of an organ, by the name that thrills
them wish sense Of the proudRess and
nobility Of their work. The spectacle Of
a flashing ocean Of upturned fs:es, throw
ing back the words of the orator, IS the sea
throws back the morning sunlight, is
spectacle as sublime as any ever witnessed
in nature-such the people proved to be
today, during the progress Of the oonven-
ton. From the moment when DR.. Breek-
enridgs, Esql the gray haired veteran Of
Kentucky, made his opening speech, to the
last moment Ofits lingering the applause
was unceasiDg, especially Of all sentiments
embOdying the most radical abolition
doctrine.
1t is q matter Of common observation
that the delegates who have gathered here
from the Pacific to the Atlantic, exhibited
great gravity and sOlidity of character
They are thoughtful, high-min led men,
They meet to give voice to the universal
sentiment Of faith in iRAbrahamLincoln
prevails throughout the land. No Con
ventiOn came more directly from the hearts
OF the masses. Among the delegates there
are few soheming politicians. They are,
like the President, plain, serious people,
bent upon q good work. ~
The careful observer in seeing how COM
plstely the Convention organized itself,
cannot but regret that the same effective
system we're not carried into other walks
Oflife- The strength of powerful organ
nation Of Union hearts and hands, was
sigually manifest in the Convention. Yea
felt, in gazing over the vast assemblsge,
that here was body that spoke for an i'm
mense number Of men, that spoke in behalf
not only Of our own nationality, but Of civ
ilizatiOn everywhere. This feeling gave
solemnity and Importance to their LAHORE
which have never chsrsctsrized any Of the
famous assemblies recorded by history.
TIE speech of DR.. Breckinridgs, from the
position he occupies, is very exOsllentin-
dicatiOn Of the spirit Of the Convention.
The full verbatim details which you have
received by telegraph, preclude any minute
account Of the Convention. 1t is enough
to portray the spirit of the the thousands
who are here.
There are many things Of detail and Of
personal character which ust omit
until another occasion.
Tomorrow you will hear Of the nomins.
tiOn Of Abraham Lincoln, nomination
which will be received with as much en-
thusissm throughout the country as it will
behere. J.H. .R.