Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-30

From the Shenandoah Valley.
&c:. &c, &C.. Nc Ac.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL con-
VENTlON.

CHICAGO. August 29.-The New York dele.
CATION held their final meeting 1T the Sherman
House this morning. and after brief consulta-
ton a vote was taken resulting in SO for McCle-
Ian ADD g scattering
The Missouri vote is Is for Mcclellan and .
scattering.
Neither Ohio nor Missouri vote AS unit
Indiana stood 3 for Mcclellan to 10 against
him.
Bets of four to one are Offered this morning
that Mcclellan will receive the nomination on
the first ballot
1t Is not expected that more than the Temporal
~ organization and the appointment of the usu-
al committees will be effected to day
A majority of both delegations from Kentucky
are said To be for Mcclellan
As vet little or no difference of opinion as to
the character OF the platform has been mani
Tested.
An armistce. Convention OF the States. and
the adoption of every means consistent with
christianity and civilization To bring about per-
manent peace seem TO be points very generally
agreed upon by all the delegations.
Vsllandigham is understood 10 have pledged
himself to the candidate of the convention who
ever he may be, and this is reported to be the DO
sitiOn of Fernando Wood
Hon. Ben Wood is said to hold the position
that he will support the nominee unless there ia
inee.
The Wizwam is denselv crowded, although
half an hour before the organization. and the
section of the smphitheatre set apart for gentle
men accompanied by la ties is over filed
The day is brigh, and cool. and an immense
throug, not favored with tickets, are gathered on
the outside on the shore of the lake
Tho pnuSic il furnished nv Gilrpap'S Rand 81
Boston.
A portion OF the auditory seats where the peo
pie are densely packed. has just given way, and
a number have been precipitated To the ground, q
distance Of ten or fifteen feet, but nobody is Sc
riously hurt.
Governor Seymour ard vallandgham were
received with music and vOciferous applause as
they entered the building.
Mr.. Belmont nominated ex Governor Bigler
of Pennsylvania. for temporary President which
motion Was carried unanimously
When the cheers which greeted Governor b
subsidized. he said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: l am greatly
hOnored in yOur selection Of rue To preside over
the preliminary deliberations OF this BODY Nv
acknowledg ments for this high compliment and
for the kind greeting just extended TO ne by this
vast cOncourse of my fellow citizens will be best
manifested by a proper discharge of the duties Of
L
not expected nor would IL be BETTING in one as
Stunning mere temporary presidency of the Con
ventiou that he should enter upon any general
discussion of the many topics suggested by the
unhappy condition Of our country brief allu
sion 20 the occasion and purposes Of our assem-
blase is all that will be necessary No similar
BODY ever assembled in America with mightier
objects before them, or TO which such a vast pro
portion Of American people look with such pro
found solcitude for measures TO promote the
welfare of the country and advance of their in
dividual happiness
The termination of Democratic rule in thi.
country was the end of peaceful relations be
tween the States and people The election OF a
sectional party to authority at Washington was
the elimination of long INDUCED ard acrmo-
uious war of elimination and recriminatnn be-
tween the extreme men az the North aud South
which was promptly followed by dissolution and
civiIiwsr
In the progress of that war every bulwark of
civil liberty have been imperiled and the whole
fabric brought TO the very verge Of destruction;
and now at the end of more than three wears
of war unparalleled ir modern times for its
magnitude and tor It's barbarism and desolations.
after more than two millions of men have been
called into the field on our side alone; after toe
land has been literally drenched in fraternsl
blood. and wailnC and lAmiiation are heard IN
ever corner of our country, and the hopes Of
the union Of our cherished objects are in no
wise improved Men in authority through
a feud which they have long maintained with
violent and unwise men a, the South because Of
a blind fanatcisun about an Institution in some of
the States in relation 10 which they have no do
ties 80 perform and no responsibilities to bear
are utterly incapable OF adopting proper means TO
rescue eur country, our whole country from it,
prssent lxmentable condition. Then. gentlemen.
X i apparent that the present indispensable step
10 the accomplishment OF this great work i
overihroua by the action OF the present Admin
i,t-ation: and the inauguration Of another in its
stead which will wisely AMI jealously but TEN
peratelv and justly WELD all the influence and
power Of the government TO bring about a speedy
settlement Of our national troubles on the pr;r-
cinles of the Constitution aud on terms honorable
and lust ~ all sections. North and South. Esst
and West: one which will stand unfalteTingly by
civil and religious liberty; one which instesd OF
relying solely upon its peculiar d0gma~ and doc
trine- and ravages of the sword. will refer ma
tioSal troubles to the people and 10 Tho states
under the forms Of tie Ssnssitulisa