, 1864-02-27

nation Of President Lincoln The first man
Hesitation in this direction canc in the shape
OF q "Supplement to the Louisville Vo'ks-
Ndtt," which WIS ubcrally circulated among
the Delegates, containing IN article headed
"The Freedom Convention--W1at We e1-
pect from it-n Among the things which the
writer "expected," Nas that this Conven~
lion will take the Initiative steps towards
chilling National Convention for the pnr-
pose Of nominating candidates for President
and Vice President, to be supported By the
Radicals In the ensuing Presidential con-
test"
Closely upon the heels of this "supple-
men," appeared pamphlet, Of st. Louis
origin, also literally distributed among the
delegates, entitled IA Flying Bird from
Missouri to the the members Of the Louis
vile Convention" This "Flying Bird"
proved to be 4 vtry foul bird, and looked like
a thing of Coppe1head origin. 1t first tide
fined the purposes O, the Convention" and
closed with q philosophical and somewhat
mystical disquisition upon the character and
powers Of the Constitution. It's animu= vas
maniieet in but few sentences. We e1-
tract as follows:
SIT IL rot difficult to perceive how this va. has,
fact, that too great and dangerous power has
been concentrated in the hands Of the Executive.
First. directly, and by welding absolutely and
martial Law, which has already lead to lie nHurps.
tiou OF that power which alone belongs to the peo-
pie; second. tn accommodating the patronage OF
innnmerabls Offices which eoEEnpting influences
eoyerctgn people. This laet peril endanEets tho
country most. and our fears may be realized ere
convention may take place, In ease the Presidency
should rest with The fame person for another term
I'VE, therefore, entreat the members Of the
Ioulsyii1e Convention, and ali who love freedom
no matter whatever their opinion or the personal
character or the tnlents Of A. Lincoln may he.''
= Such language from Copperhcad source
would have been regarded as simply charac-
teristic, but its introduction BY emancipa-
tionists, to influence the action Of an Eman-
cipatfon Convention, to use mild exprcs-
sion, WAS inconsldezate aud out Of place..
Then came in a mysterious manner; in
sealed envelopes, the private circular letter,
bearing the autograph Of one "samuel G..
Pomeroy, Chairman Of the Executive Com!
mittee,'' which our readers have perused
md very generally admired for its very
cogent and logical reasoning, Other docu.
ments OF like character came in quick sue.
cession, but 1t Is unnecessary to ennmerate.
They all came with concerted purpose, and
from a source which lett no doubt rs to their
origin"
These were but the outer signs, the pre-.
monitions Of Whist was to follow. The mat
ter took more certain and formal shapt
when the committee on resolutions was
3a fn1r off A1,n
organization Of the Convention The for
nation Of this committee was left with tht
various State delegations. One portion, ant
constituting large majority, Of the Mis-
souri, delegation, led by Col Chas- Moss, un
derto.k to ignore the presence Of c. D,
Drake, Esq, and few others who wetf
known TO be inimIcal to the designs Of the
tormer, by making up their members Of the
committee without consulting The latter
bnt that movement was nipped In The bad
and the committee as finally constituted was
known not to. sympathlze in the yiews oi
what We may call the Radical Radicals, who
were under the leadership Of Col Moss, and
who ovowed themselves to be the uure1ent-
Ing opponents of Mr.. Lincoln and his admin
isttatsoa; against af6liating With the
great Union party Of the Nation, ani
In feyor of calling Radical National Con
yention ut St, Louis, for the nomination o
! Radical candidates for President and Vic,
President, on the 10th of AIay, nearly q uont1
previous to the gathering Of the Nationa
Union Convention Mt Baltimore
The platform committee: proceeded to tt
1abors- They were not harmonious, as ma,
readily be inferred from the fact that the es
haustion of twcnty-four hours only produced
SIX brief resolutions. TThe seventh one, pub
1ished with the series. had no copnectior
with tic preceding onez. It was offered
amid the confusion of the closing SCENES q
The corvert;on hv cn1 Eratn1 end odon+
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49,. s.,;sh S ~ ~ oaSnrnft ~ Ca..eat,a. -,
...sae+ 49, aao.,,nat;an ~ H.. T,.oa1s
Aga1ust Inc Ie~no111IalloA u Als Lacoln-
t;,,. +ho arna,,,no,ro,,+ -ro. .o,ao g., ~,
LINE eue announcement was A1aoe II u
committee that the Convention would b.
called upon to consider the calling Of
National Radical Convention, for the nomi
nation Of candidates for President and Vic
President.
The presentation Of the resolutions to til
Convention by the Chairman Of the Commf.
tee, Col Moss, leader Of the anti Lincoln
separate forces, WAS a piece q
! parliamentary legerdema1n or strategy tia
would hare commanded the admiration Q
the most famous strategist Of the war. In
stead Of presenting the resolutions agree
| upon BY the committee, alone, rs he wTas in
strrcted, he gracefully intermingled and il
terwove with them other resolutions wlic
the committee had rejected, and still other