New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-31
TTrr DEFE0CRATTC NATIONAL Cow
tENTECS.
The Trensos Convention Sonic,t for Pence
pIatform--'secietian i'm n Majority
The Woods and seymour, &c. &c.
From our Special Corespon Zen


cucAoo. Aug. q. 1861.
ftIy different gathering from that which as
sembled at the Old Republican wiewam fonr years
ago. is about TO convene in this city. The Demo-
cratic National Convention is about to meet. The
city is fearfally crowded despite The excellent hotel
accommodations, and the fierce Democratic surres
from stree, to larroom in The midst Of unsurpassed
excitement. Not even the sup,rabundan; loyalty Of
Chicago has saved IL from this crrsc-of ouisPcken
treason and blatant disloyalty The Convention
,sben assembled viii DO hing bat Nationai
Convention. Its more appropriate t'le would be
the JeiI Davis Convention.
ghe question Of nominations slboilinated some
what TO the question Of platform, though there is
hard struggle going on as write whether il is best
to 60 before the country on good candidate @.tha
bad platform, OF lad candidate on a good plat
form. On TIC question @. peace and arnisHoe there
isharmony-thnt j. to say, O gli.tcrug generality
Of harmony, bu, not 50 when detail. axe spoken Of
The ddegatos are generally ou'spo;on and frenh in
their sentiments and # NOT az all ilcllt toasccr
tain tie views Of the seycrl delegations. Strangely
enough, the New-York Copperheads gre leaders Of
tho War Democrats. NallandigAam is the Peace
champion, assisted by the two Woods Of NoS-
York city, and host Of small FRI from tie West;
ern States. The bar-room talk is peace, peace
peace on any terms ulou one side and George y.
Mcclellan on The othOr. Tho volume Of sound is
with the Mcclellan laeg, without doubt il rs con-
ceded, ia fact, tlat Mcclellan vii have q majority
OF ali The votes on the first ballot, as things now
stand lis mos: sauguino friends claim two-tlirds
and the nomination.
Tie Mcclellan strength lies chiefly in The New
York and Po. delegations. These two States are sup-
posed to represent the wealth talent and merits Of
the Democratic llrtyi but tho Ohio and Illinois
CopPerheads are loud ard persistent IN asserting
their right 70 be heard the score OF having the
votes. But Dean Richmond, Aug. Belmont, Ho-
ratio Seymour, Peter Cot,er 81 Co., are managing
their cards well. The Dean swore ycciforousiy in
the vestbule Of the Sherman House. at noon to-day,
that by Cd Mcclellan shall be nominated, and
this ID var must be stopped" Bat it is well
known IN private conversation that he is not for
crushing tie Rebels with the sword II they won't
accept the Olive branch. 1hcre IS considerable
speculation concerning the cou-sc OF GOV. Seymour
He talks Of peace and Mcclellan incC ssantly among
newcomers; but he has had long coniab with
Vallandigham late asnight, ard Il is ruInorcd to-
day that he is going strong on the Peace question
that he cannot in tie end consistently support
Little Mac. The Woods are telling their friend
from the West not 10 rely too heavily On Seymour
that lie lacks backbone, and that he has the power
in his own hands as Governor Of the Empire State,
TO bring the war TO an end. In certain contin-
gency which may happen, bigrow may be looked
for between Seymour AID the Woods.
Another cause of bad blood is The increasing
abuse heaped on ew-Englond by the Peace men Of
Ohio, Indiana, and other Western States. Several
personal collisions have been imminent on this ac-
count, and force Of policemen to prevent such
rows has been stationed oil day in the lobbcs OF
the Sherman land fremont Houses. The Western
Peace men claim that the Yves. has been blod to
carry on the war, while the East has done nothing
but clamor for Mcclellan and vigorous prosecution
of the war. The Eastern men strive TO Guido their
Western brethren in professions of desire for
Peace, but they wind up with a declaration that ii
Little Mac is nominated the South will submit.
10 othor candidate is talked Of bu, Mcclellan.
The opposition is bent on making strong Peace
platform, and then daring New-York 70 put Me-
Clellan on it. They scout The idea Ola War Demo
Graf on Peace platform an absurd Inconsistency.
Thus the fight wakes hot, and Fillmore, Guthrie.
VallandighaIn, Nelson and others are hardly NEIL
tioued. Cornelius Wendell OF Washington
Union memory is talking very hard for Fillmore,
but he has not created any strong current in that
direction as yet. A few Of the. Missouri men and
about half dozen from Ohio viii 90 for Fillmore
on the first ballot, but everything depends on lie
platform.
YsJGadphan Is the nero of Che toureDton.