Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-09-07
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Observation-Disclosures ON
the Candidates.

Mr.. Guthrie stated thai the Committee
IN Resolutions was ready TO report. 49,
The ie%-Oiuti"n> we're then read. as fol
lows. 3.
Resohcef That IN the future. ~ ia The
past. we viii adhera with answering ii
delitv 10 the Union and the C~onstitufioa-
~ tn" only solid foundations for our
strength, security aud happiness as a
people. and as a fraui-work Of the Govern
ment. equally conduaive To the welfare
and prosperity of all the States. both
Northern and Southern.
Resolved, That this Convention do ex
| plicitly declare rs the sense of the Amer
lean people. that after four years of fail
ure to restore the Union by the expert
ment of war. during which, under the
pretence of a military necessity. or war
! power higher than the constitution itself,
has ben disregarded in every part. and
public liberty and private rights alike
trodden down. and the prosperity of the
country essentially injured. Justice, hu
1 manitv. liberty and the public welfare
| demand that immediate efforts be made
for Ii cessation .f hostilities, with a view
10 an ultimate convention Of all the States
ar other peaceaLle means to the end that
at the earliest practical m peace
may he restored OF the basis of the Fed
! eral Union of the States.
,Resokesd, That the direct interference
of the military authority Of the United
! States, in the recent elections held in the
States of Kentucky. Indiana, Missouri
and Delaware, was a shameful violation
of the Constitutions: and repetitions of
such acts in the coming election, will be
held as revolutionary. and resisted with
all the means and power under their con
troll.
Res0lCed. That the aim and object of the
Democratic party IL to preserve the Fed
eral Union and the Rights of the States
unimpaired, and we now declare that we
regard the administrative u%surpatiOn of
extraordinary and dangerous power not
granted by the Constitution, the subver
sion of the civil by military law in states
not in insurrection; the arbitrary military
arrest; imprisonment; trial and sentence
of American citizens in states where civil
law exists in full force; the suppression
of speech and the press, the denial of the
right of asylum; open and avowed disre
gard of State Rights, the employment of.
unusual test oaths: and the interference
with, and denial Of the right Of the
people to bear arms. are calculated TO pre-
vent a restoration of the Union and the
perpetuation of government deriving IFS
Ijust:powers from the consent of the gov.
erned.
ResoLJsd, That the shameful disregard
of the administration to do its duty in
respect to our soldiers, who have been
prisoners of war, in a suffering condition,
deserves the severest Reproduction on the
score alike az pride and common human
iiy.
ResoiUed, That the sympathy of the
Democratic party is heartily and earnest
Iy extended TO the soldiers uf our army,
who are and have been in the field, un-
der the flag of our country, and in the
event of our obtaining power, they will
receive all the care. protection, regard,
kindness that brave soldiers of the Re-
public nave so nobly earned.
Mr.. Long, of Ohio. offered as an amend
ment, to come in after the first resOlu-
ton. the first Kentucky resolution of
1898, drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
Mr.. Long submitted that now. of all
other times. this resolution. affirming
State rights, ought to be readopted and
reafirmed.
The President Unler the rules the
resolution must be submitted 10 the
Committee on Resolutions.
Mr.. s. s. Cox, of Ohio, moved the pre-
vious question.
Mr.. Long hoped that his colleague
would withdraw his motion, as he desired
to move an amendment hat would
place the Convention IN a position favor
ing peace beyond the mistakes of any
equivocal language. He could not go
for any resolutions that may be construed
in their way by men of different views in
the Convention. 90
Mr.. Cox insisted on his motion. and
the previous question being ordered the
were adopted with but four
dissenting voices
1t was then moved that the convention
proceed to the nomination Of candi-
date for President.
Mr.. John P. Stocton, of New Jersey,
in behalf of the delegation from that
State, nominated General George B. Nc
trr
Nj. Cox. of Ohio. in behalf of a por-
ton of the Ohio delegation, seconded
the nomination. Mr.. Saulsbu-
~, of Delaware, nominated Governor
of Kentucky.
Mr.. Powell returned his thanks to the
but he firmly believed that
The crisis demanded that the candidate
come from a non -slaveholding
State. Believing &c. he begged the gen
and his colleagues from the GAL
ant State of Delaware, TO withdraw his
name.
Mr.. Stewart, on behalf of the Ohio del
.gation nominated Thomas A. Seymour.
Mr.. Wickliffe. on behalf of a portion of
nominated his delegation of Kentucky.
Pierce.
Mr.. Harris of Maryland, seconded the
of T. H Seymour, and prof. {
eeded to eulogize his party services and D.,
I
Mr.. Harris continued as follows:
One man nominated here is u tyrant.-I
{ was he who first instituted this policy; q
lights and liberties were stricken down. =
hat man is George B. Mcclellan. (Con- .
Maryland. which has suffered :
o much. opposes his nomination. His ,
ffeases shall be made known. This Con- I
is II jury. appointed by the peo- Z
lie, to pass on the merits of the public 6
len, whose names may be presented for .
he support of the great Democratic par
v. General Mcclellan, ] repeat. is a ty- !,
ant. (Great confusion.) he stood
ere to indict him. . -
A delegate-I call him to order. |,
The President said that he hoped there :;
no man present who would deny the n
.ght OF free speech. Certainly no DEM 4
crat will, and at the same time he =
oped no delegate would feel called up !;
n to pursue a course of remarks so of
.nsive as to interfere with the harmony
T the Convention. Harris read McClel- G
order of arrest against the Maryland
and proceeded to comment
q the same, but the confusion was so
eat that the speaker could not be
card, except to say, that the charges of
surpation and tyranny that can be
against Lincoln and Butler, he 10
In maLa and snhsfaniiafa anainsk Nc OF