Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-28

Ill lull oi uIIlSoH. Loiio ooioio ~.
cussion in the committee ended, Vallan-
dignam was convinced to his satisfaction
that he was a. mere CIPHER there. and
subsidized. He was decidedly let down,
and the feeling was so positive in-the Con-
vention that he had to yield. !,
While this contest was going on in the
committee, the New York delegation was
called together, and an effort was made to
instruct Mr.. Tilden to advocate the sdop-
ton Of the resolution presented at Mon
days session by the committee. Mr.:
Tilden retired from the committee and
took part in the discussion. The real posi-
ton, that recommendation of an arnlis-
tice in its legal, international and politi-
cal bearings, was discussed, several OF the
leading men advocating it, and others OPP
posing it, which ended in the motion for
instruction Mr.. Tilden being laid on the
table by decided majority, and the COM
mittee on Resolutions then became the
centre Of anxiety and the point around
which everything else revolved.
The contest in the committee on Resolu-
tons was kept up until two or three
O'Clock in the morning, when nearly all OF
its members had expressed their views,
when committee of seven was appoint
ed to draw up resolutions on which they
could all agree upon. This committee got
together on Tuesday morning and at
tempted to discharge this duty. They
found it no easy task. With their efforts
to get together, it was found that words
meant too much, The ultra peace faction
finding that they were unable to get their
ideas embodied in Straightforward way,
labored for the next best thing that they
could accomplish. The other side, finding
that there would be bolt if they insisted
upon a platform which perfectly suited
their notions, went to work to mako it as
harmless as possible. They had by this
time become satisfied that Mcclellan
would be nominated !; all that they then
asked was that the platform should not be
so strong for peace that it would drive the
war vote from them. Never did men
work harder than Messrs. Guthrie, of Ken
lucky, and Tilden, of New York, on this
point.
One Of the great obstacles in the way
was the use of words. That of armistice
especially troubled them, and a long con-
test.was had in reference to adding re-
solution interpreting its meaning. They
were unable to agree upon anything in
reference to that point before the norning
session of the Convention. During that
session it was directly charged in debate
that II portion of the committee were pur-
posely trying to delay their action in hopes
OF bringing about combination to change
the whole result of the Convention. Tie
indignation of tho Convention to the idea
that any portion of the committee would
endeavor to accomplish that point was so
manifest that they hurried up their work
in time for the four o'clock session of the
Convention, and brought forth the result
that they did. 1t does not satisfy the
extreme men, yet they finally acquiesced
in it, although Mr.. Long, Of Ohio, Jones
and Harris, of Maryland, denounced the
idea of placing Mcclellan upon it to inter-
pref it. They endeavored to make point
against Mcclellan on account of the plat
form not being satisfactory, and in some
points Objectionable to the peace men.
| THE STRUGGLE FOR CANDIDATES.
uO w oOAS dG III OF StdllCu Ou UOlulf, uIlU
were defiant. They drew around them
some of the ultra men of the West, and
and gave ont in effect that they ran the
machine. The canvass of the vote of del
egations were given, and two-thirds of the
Convention were put down against Nc
Clellan. But the question with these men
was who they could concentrate the oppo.
sition to Mcclellan on. This was no easy
task, for the crowd that hung around
Wood we're nine tenths outsiders, and had
no voice in the Convention. Gov. Sey-
mour was finally selected as the man, I'M.
der the belief that he would so divide
New York as to efectually kill off /" Little
Mac" Then came one of the widest sys-
tens of Dragging and false statements ever
made. The ultra peace blowers stationed
themselves at all prominent positions in
the hotels and related yarns of the strength
Of seymour-how the New York de!ega.
ton were about to decide to 90 for him
and ten thousand other yarns equally as
false. They had their effect for time,
more so than otherwise from the fact that
a few persons who pretended to be Sey.
mour's friends in the New York delega.
ton gave credence and sort of endorsed
the statements while large number OIL
outsiders from New York were around
offering to bet two to one McClellan would
not be nominated, and even that Seymour
would be. This contest was kept up
with bitter assaults upon Mcclellan, from
Thursday noon until Saturday night. Al
Of this time Seymour gave no public state
ment that he would not allow his name tt
be used; while, on the contrary, the rabie
peace leaders were constantly asserting
that he had told them with his own lip!
that he was candidate. The ultra peace
faction concentrated their entire force mp
on him, and tried every dodge in thei
power to kill off Mcclellan with him. I
soon, however, became apparent, by the