Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-03
The Private History OF the Chicago
ConventI0n--Better from Mr.. VAL
IandIgham--.The Part He Had In IL.

SHERMAN HoUsE, Chicago, Oct -
To the Editor Of the Neic FORK Neses !.
In the World of the 10Th, / observe
an article, copied from the Albany ar
gus, relating 10 Judge Advocate Holt's
:" Great CoppeFhead Conspiracy" and
which contains the following:
Mr.. Yallandigham was in = misera
bic minority in The Chicago Convention.
He sought to be Chairman of the Com
mittee ON Resolutions, and was beaten
two to one. He led the opposition TO
Mcclellan, and after his letter of ac-
cepsance threw up his engagements to
speak.
Now, / have refrainsd 10 every speech,
except the drst--and have made many
in support Of the Democratic candidates
for President and Vice President-ftsns
any allasion TO the private history Of
the Chicago Convention, and did not
propose 10 refer TO il further till aflsr
the election. But | do not choose to
snsfer the foregoing 10 pass unnoticed
even now. II would bs diifieult 10 com.
.press more misrepresentation, in small
way, within the same compass
/. Mr.. Vallabdigham was not SIN =
miserable minority at the Chicrgo Con-
yention, and no one knows il better
than the man Cassidy, who wrote, and
Marble, who indOrses the statement
The letter hand over 10 Ex-Mayor OPP
dyke fer Judgment
2. Mr.. Vallandigham was not "beaten
two 10 one' for the ChAirmanshin Of The
Committee on Resolutions Through
the articles Of Cassidy, Tilden, and
other New York politicians, Mr. Gnth
rie, Of Kentucky, received twelve votes
to bis eight for that pest, but hr. Guth-
RE wss himself afterward smphatically
rapudiated by the Convention when pre-
ssnied by 'the ring as their candidate
Tor the Vice Presidency. Mr.. Vallan-
digham wrote The second, the material
resolution Of the Chicago Platform, aud
carried il through the Snb-Committee
aud the General Committee, in spite of
the most desperate, persistent opposition
-. aha. s.asa-.al -Caasids and his friends.
Mr. Cassidy himself. 10 an adjoining
various substitutes never, at any time,
received more than three votes.
8 Mr. V. did not "lead the opposi-
tion to Mcclellan" bat confined his eff.
forts almost exelusively to the question
Of platform. he did, indeed, vote
against Gen Mcclellan on the first, bat
for him on the revised ballot, and moved
that the nomination. be made unani-
nous; whereupon Cassidy shrsw up hia
hat aud shouted, and he and all bis fel.
lows proclaimed yallandigham very
proper man.
4. As TO engagements 70 speak in sap
port Of the Democratic candidate, Mr.
V. has fulfilled as many as any Demo.
cratic speaker In any State, and il nov
here in Illinois, on The same errand; and,
without immodesty, be may say that be
has accomplished quite IS mach good
for The cause as Cassidy and bis Argus
The people lack confidence in Cas-
sldy
5. The secret Of this aud similar as.
sanlts on the part ofs certain class oi
New York politicians is that they cannot
'uss" Mr.. VallaBdigham. OF one thing
further let them be assured-Reffher can
they Kill hiDa
6. As to the charge Of conspiracy
set forth in Judge Advocate Hollis pam
phlst, aud the eleven specifications sum-
med up by Mr.. Horace Greedy, have
only to say that so far as am concern
ed, they are absolute falsehoods and fac
rotations from beginning to end They
are false in the aggregate, and false in
detail More than that, they are IS pre-
Poateroas and redieulous as they are
without foundation; aud ell this Mr.
Judge Advocate Holt, Mary Ann Pitmar
and Mr. Horacs Greedy very veil know.
G. L. VALIAgDIGHAM.