Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-04
.4 From the MY. Times. .ss
The Cleveland Convention.

come rushing 10. You would judge by
their eagerness that the fate of the nation
iS depending upon it. They don't seem to
have the least suspicion what Z precious
piece of foolery Il Ell is. =
We have no desire to write yharshly of
these people. Many of them really deserve
certain sort of pity. They have been
played upon by others. Months ago, be-
fore the next Presidency began to be
thought of by the people, when everybody
was airing his grievances, little schem.
ing about the succession was natural
enough. Even sensible men, who had q
taste for il, might indulge somewhat and
fancy that something could possibly come
from il. But since the people have turned
to the matter, and q decidedly make known
their will, all D aeheming relative to the
Uuion Candidate comes ABSURD: Il was
like trying TO re.shaps past event. The
thing was settled. Every man of sense
knew that all these unanimous calls by the
Union men of State Legislatures, and by
Union State Conventions, for the renomin-
alton of MIR. Lincoln infallibly denoted
similar unanimity amopg the Union people
OF the country; and that there could be no
such thing as ioiliug the popular will. Yet
there were QuixoIic Individuals in the
Union party who bad gotten their fancies
strangely set on John O. Fremont. For
what reason they could not Intelligibly tell.
Il could only be made out that they had
some confused notion that Fremont would
extermiuRte the Saraceps, aud put things
right generally. We dare say they really
thought so-yet, had they been let alone,
they probably would have aequiesced in
President Lincoln, 1TIgfiIti
. Dean Swift tells ofschool boys in Mad
rid following Jew c6hdemHed to the stake
on account of his religion. and, in the sp-
prehension that they might loose their
sport ii he should happen 10 recant, clap
ping him on the back crying "StG Jorme
Nosys; Mosea don't give ill.," there are
wantons who have encouraged these Cleve-
land non. conformists from very much the
Same relish OF . lively time. The mere
love of q sensation was motive enough.
But the most who have been stimulating
these people 70 undertake an Independent
nomination have done so in = mischevious
spiritI Pactious themselves, they have
hoped it would help faction. Hating the
Union party, they are quick TO sieEe upon
the slightest chance of making trouble in
that party. They don't care straw what
means they use, or what doubling upon
themselves they practice, to help on this
object. Until lately they ,ridiculed John
c.. PEemoat, more uustiuAedIy than any
other nan II they deAeuuced Gen. But
ler with more bitterness m was only be-
cause he had brains which made Il impos-
sibls 70 deride him. Yet now they profess
TO think Gen. Fremont very fit man for
the Presidency. All the old teers at his
military pretensions are now lost 10 a very
solemn sense of a necessity that he should
be elected, so as 70 secure more vigorous
prosecution of the war. All of their old
gibes about the gigantic swindliug of his
friend McKinstry, aud the rest OF his ring
on the Notifications of st. Louis, are sWal-
lowed in a very solemn sense of a necessity
that he should be elected to relieve the
country of the dishonest practices of Abra-
ham Lincoln. All the old indignation and
contempt poured upon him for issuing his
famous Emancipation Proclamation in Mis-
souri,, without the authority or even the
knowledge of the Government, are merged
in very solemn sense of the necessity that
be should be elected, to put an end to
usurPation and restore the supremacy of
the laws. All Of the old disgust at his be-
ing in the hands of Anti. Slavery fanatics
now changes into a very solemn sense of
the necessity that he should:be elected to
exterminate Slavery to it's last vestage.
Aud SO these copperheads have spurred
of Fremont. It has all been done as eve.
rybody knows not because they have
changed their opinion about Fremont at
all, but desperate eIpedient for dividing
the URion party.
It was an odd sight, the Convention.
One hundred and fifty-six mentor that
was the number, as their own roll shows
nine-tenths of whom were never before
heard of, coming in from Dan and Beer
sheba, sent by nobody, representing no.
body, and yet taking upon themselves to
deny that the Baltimore Convention will
be fair representation of the people,
and assuming to themselves that function.
Since the meeting Of the three tailors in
Tooley-stTeet, who took Ection "in the
name of the people of England" there
has been nothing so droll. This "Nation-
al Mass Convention" had little adyan-
tage of the ToOley-strest meeting in num-
bers, but then it was not so homogeneous.
In Tooley-street there were three alike.
In Cosmopolitan Hall there were not two
alike. The gathering was made up of
single specimens Of every political nom
descript in the land, from JOHN Cochrane
to Parker Pillsbury, Aud yet it is
wonderful how these heteroclites agreed.
They made platform of thirteen resOlu-
tions-the biggest one, by all odds ever
known-and every resolution a little
stronger than the other. They were de-
termined to let the world sec that when
they did agree their unanimity was wond-
erful. And, as if desperately bent on
hiding their own piebsld aspect, they
strained "a point to make their ticket
match asclosely as possible New York
Major. General John for Presidents, and a
Newly York Brigadier-0 General John for
President! 1t was their idea of
union, and Of acting for the Union party.
Well, there is nothing here to be angry
at The real Union party regard it
merely asa divertinG by.play, with, per-
haps, here and there philosopher who
NAV he atudvinpt ut as one of the cnFions