Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-02
WOKNIN3 LEADER.
VHURsDAY sl0RNlNR. JUNE . lssa



furry Of excitement attending its dsli5er
ations has passed away, We are prepared |
to review its character, its objects, lite !
spirit, aadits bearings upon the fature pO |
liticsl history Of the country Considera
bI; putting had been bestowed upon It be-
fore it assembled. The Democratic pr sf
o throughout the country, manifeatsd for
some time great anxiety to make as much
ont Of the Convention as possible.
{, 90 The most exaggerated statements were
'.m biasOEed throughout the land ss to the
~ numbers and importance Of the cOnVen-
lion, 50 that the unsaspeoiing people in
sone quarters possibly expected a great
- mess meeting. ButitssGmness and ihsig-
-os Acance we're 8 subject Of surprise even to
those who knew how feeble the whole 81
fair would be.
Il iss strictly correct statement when
e. We say that the number of authorised del
3 exstes present did not exceed two hundred
whenever q rising vote was taken, the
delegates could, Of course, be clearly dis
Hneuished from the surrounding spects-
q tors who constituted two thirds Of the su-
dienoe in room holding about six hun
dred people, which was at no time entirel
filed. OF the six or eight individuals who
manipulated the convention, there was not
9 single man Of prominence or ability ex
cent General Cochran Of New York. He
vss An oily manager, who succeeded sd-
mirably in moulding the delegates 70 Ms
wishes, although he Wss undoubtedly dis
appointed in some Of the results Of the con-
ventiOn.
The State Of Miss ouri, in which rsbie
rsd.republicanism finds existence, was re-
presented SO largely that it Virtuslly con
trolled the Convention. Putting forward
brszen-voicsd, Dor er rufian style Of s
man, who pushed himself before the Con-
vsntion in every possible way, they carried
through their measures with rush and
fercsness that showed that they we're the
prOpristOrs Of the esta slishment, and were
bent on having their own way whatever
the consequences.
The object of the Convention, If it hao
any beside the qualification Of manifesting
malicious spite toward Presideht Lin
colin, was to affirm q more radical policy
than any yet enuncisted, and TO put for
ward man who viii carry tlem inte ef-
feet. So fsr a5 the new policy Of The
HRadical Democracy is concerned, there
is little to boast Of above what is slresiy
the feeling CT the Union party at large.
Mr.. Foster, who is the special champion
ofradicsl views, was obliged to confess in
his speech on Tuesday evening that the
Republican party bold substantially the
same views OF Che subject Of slavery as
expressed in the Fremont platform. With
s-t one or two exceptions, the Baltimore Con
d ' Tshtion might very judiciOusly adopt the
whole platform. 1t is peculiar chiefly in
the one term doctrine. There is no Union
o.. +, man throughout the land that is not just
75f asmuoh in fs1or Of the utter destruction
Of the cause and support Of he rebellion SIS
aal'W were any Of the men in the Fremont Con
hey--belieVsssiAuRm the
Constitution. Taey believe In nothing
bnt free States. Taey believe in the Monroe
doctrine. They believe il. the freedom Of
the press the right Of asylum, when ssy-
ium is not furnished to rascals and sla7e
traders; they believe in en- election Of
President and Vice; Presidsnt By the peO
Pile; they believe in integrity and eoou-
omy; in the conhsestion Of the lsnds
oEthe rebels. There may be some differ
ance Of oninion As TO whether the President
as Comnsnder-in Chief Of the Army and
Navy, or the House Of Representatives
should take Il initistory steps in order to
the reconstruction OF the States. As to
the one term doctrine, the country atlsrge
believes in it, though insisting very wisely
that there are times when an exception
to it exists. The doctrine laid down in
the Fremont Platform, those that are
vital doctrines, viii all be substantially
affirmed at Baltimore Their realisation
- will be much sooner attained By main
tsining the strict unity Of the Union party
ta than By suoh 8 disorgsni1ing scheme as
the one inaugurated in Cleveland.
II this was not true the new party
mlg0b LOOK IOf b AooAsy nuPPSA' A-S-- 49,
people. As it is, however, the Union men
Of the nation will Indignantly frOWn
down any attempts to dissever their
strength and will 60 forward in the grand
work Of restoring nationality and freedom
to the whole land.
We have commented thus ct length, not
from any apprehension that this new
movement will carry spy influence with
1t, hut from the conviction that the cop
peads throughout the land will ehdeayOr
to fan the whole affair into importance.
1t is their only chance Of success. Waere
then will be the radical truths con led
for by the Fremont pen2
The Convention, in word, was sde
up Of oily politicians from New Yo Z, i'm
petuous, hair Drained Germans n St..
Louis. several venerable sbolitioii who
hope for somsthing better than they hsya
yet received, tOgether with an admixturs
Of personal friends aud parasites Of Fre-
mont, all controlled by enc feeling-that
Of hatred for Abraham Lincoln.
American Tract Society, New York'
The friends Of the society will be pleased
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