The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-29
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS
leading Editorials from the New FORT
Papers This Morning,
IHE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

TIL CHICAGO CONVENTION,
from no nHes
The ucctug Of this body today will cou,cu.
Hate the attention Of all pats Of tlc country.
Rebel ns well as loyal. Its po,ipouorcnt from
carly July, the time Cost d, ,ignatod for it. was
designed to settle is discosds hope existed
thst within the eight Fs,ts thus Ca.ucG 70 u5r.
comut;alism, ONE change would take place 10
tho military situation Chat would 'grch the mass
u th- party dry,iycy over 90 the side Of war, or
Of ipcO'ci ard fix The policy Of tbC convention lc-
yund all controversy.
Shou'd such disaster ovortGk, Grant and Sbcr-
man as the Rebels promised, it was Ca,ctllts
that the peace tcclip. would ect in st the North
Ike Hood, and mako the ChiosgC path clear tg
peGce platform mud candidate. Should Grant
aad Sherman, on the otter hand, consummatJ
4, their campa gns by tie capture Of Bichmold aud
Albania, Il ainly would not answer TO give up
the old cOcrCiyC policy which was so effectively
crushing out the Rebellion. But neither OF these
eyents.havC happened.
Grt mt bas gained possession Of one Of tdc two
Keys OF Richmond, but tho city il not yet his.
sherman has successfully emerged from the
dangerous dGls Of Northern Georgia, and laid
virtual siege TO Atlanta but that stronghold,
though IL would seem il must soon fall, still
battles him. Just SO FarraGut has accomplished
20 FIRST stage UC the capture OF Mobile with
.igual success, but tho cOnsummstiou Of the
Toyk is yet question. Tho military situation Is
no more favorable 20 tho settlement OF a definite
Ear policy or peace policy az Chicago now, than
q was in July, Every element Of dtscord which
was in motion then, has Just a8 free play now. We
may, therefore, count upon a scene Of intense eX-
element and perturbation
No set of politicians IN this country every had
such diicult task as will fall 10 the lot Of those
whose business IL is " unite that Convention
upon common candidate aud platform. Tho
last National democratic" Convention Of the
party at Charleston was, Il 10 true full OF trou-
Olc as this is but the great difference is that in
that case there wa a determination on tho pan OF
the chief managers 70 mako a split, while In this
case there Is similar prCdoteFm nation to avoid
one and the work OF division is always easier
than the work Ur union.
The near approach Of the draft and the Hupe-
fior resolutencss and skill O; the peace leaders
have added to the strength OF the peace section
Of this party. These leaders nos clalm With
confidence that they will control she Convention
This ID not i'm probable. Yet they are under a
great disadvantage. They have no point
9dprn5-nothing substantial TO stnnd upon.
jen Davis has explicitly declared that there CIu
be no peace short Of Confederate Independence.
The pCsoc leaders Uf the North dare NOT yet trust
themselves TO any such e und.
They, in general, knuY vlr people well enough
10 understand tnat disuuion will, on no coadi-
ton, be tolerated. In the lack Of any enc lurage-
nlent from Jetf, Dtyis for reconstruction on
peace basis, they havo been compelled to avoid
all specific peace propositions, and cOnfLe them
selves mainly 20 "a general abuse Of the war. An
armistiCe has indecu been advocated by som0 OF
them with good deal Of earnestness. Bat il
has not been IN their power " show that an
able than peace.
Upon this point Jcfi. Davis has yet had no
occasion TO aVow himself, but his newspaper
organs, as wei as other Confederate presses, have
steadily declared Tint an RrmistiCe for negotia-
ton must involve the concurrent withdrawal of
all the Federal tTuops from Confederate territory,
which, of course, Is u condition tho korthern
people would never entertain for an instant. The
peace men could carry the day at Chicago with
Infinitely more case if they had some foohold on
tern f'Ha, instead Of having 70 make their battle
In mid-air.
II is curious to SEQ what an interest this Con-
vention excites in Richmond. One would sap
pose. from the language Of the Rebel Journals,
shat the Chicago COnvantion WAS a. much 6n
affair OF shcir own as was that Of Charleston.
The Wing lectures the body on It's "mtghty
responsibility styling it "tho arbiter OF pcsco
or war" IL declares that "the Fremont faction
must be udiciously manipulated that the Con
i ycDtion should adoptno plattorm-that' common
hostility to Lincoln is all that is waited
Tho Sentinel congratulates itsolf that 'the
Chicago Con, enton will throw its apple of dis
cord in tho already distracted and discorcant
ranks Of the North - looks 70 see II "impede
.hwart or emOarrass the plans and purposes
the wnr party of the NOrh :" and eXults in the
belief that "at no time during the war have we
stood ON such high vantage groundi at no time
have we had so good reason TO insist ou all we
have evor asked = untrammcled, unconditional
independence" The Er0mtner makes free u
say that if Early can only whip Sheridan in the
valley, tive shan probably sec thorough pcacf
President nominated at Chicago"
The Dispatch is not hopeful, and thinks tha
uCthipg VIII come Of what is done nt Chicago
except there be "reyorsos TO the Yankees within
tho next two months "Thesc alone" IL says
''can cbeckmato Lincoln, and weaken his hand
which Is quite strong In comparison with th'
frantic organization led by the ridiculous Fro
mont and the Democratic party, brOlen in two
ty the peaco and the war divisions" Notwith
standing the strong temptation 70 give the Peac
party at Chicago lift, all the Rebel Journals ar
Tery careful 10 keep clear Of any declaration, o
even intiInatiOn, that any peace, not involvinl
seOaration is possible. Peace with them is smpl
equivalent 30 unconditional independence an
tbeir anxiety for harmonious action at ChiCag
comes fIom a belief that nothing viii so conduc
to that Us q defeat of Lincoln.
How infinitely superior, both in honor aud !
strength, Is tho position OF the great Nationf
party OF the Union. II rests on principle a
solid as adamant-tho indlvisbillty OF the re
public, aud the maintenance Of constitution.
authority. Away from that, the party seeks u
peace. It knows that the Government has ID
power, as we'll rs tho right, TO subdue this Rebe
lion Into return 10 allegiance, and il will hol
faithfully tC this war until that work is accOu
Biiahed. u has no ovcrturcS to pToter, no con
promiscB 20 discuss, no terms 10 accept, that d
not in olive tho recognition Of an Gnbroken NJ
Honality, invested with it, old Constitutions
Powers. On no other lr1urd does Il expect {