The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-07

| expect other ami more satisfactory results,
Whatever time may be gained will BE- an advan
| tage to tie country, inasnuch as Ii will allow Of
the forming OF better informed 0pinic 1R these
| subjects.
In tho 5pinion OF the undersigned, whatever will
tend to lessen The duration and aay the acGmOny
OF the Presidential strife, which s always exciting
and disturbing In prnpo ton to the length OF the
! canvas, viii be an advantage 10 the coun;ry.
periods of war and great civil rcvulsions tine
Is reck0ned by events, and months are as wears IN
| the periods OF peace
w ,sh pure and patriotic desire to serve the
best interests CT The county, and in the belief that
they win be best served 10y p0siponemeni Of 4
political convention 10 The latest day possiyie we
respectfully ask that you will reconsider your nc
tion, and name day for the assembling cf lie
National Convention not earlier than the first ,,ay
"f September next Respectfully, your obedent
servants,
VIC Bryant, Wink Strong,
McKIye, VIM Curtis N0yps
Geo Putnam Lorenzo Sherwood,
George Opiykr.
Ne;o Yorh Siate Senator's
Ditsric.. nist-i.t
l9A II .i'ey. :9-Dan Il Cole,
ls-James zen, oI-"heney Amss,
II albert Hobbs, la--F II Hastings,
l5-James VI Cook. Sd Strong,
IS Charles J Fviger, d - IN Laim6ce- Jr.,
50 N N Alien, 23-F.eiericK Juliand,
33-,Viikes angen, Si-E Cornell,
AIS Il H0yt, 9-H Low, contest
The above list contains the names of two thirds
OF the UBionisis chosen TO our pfeseut State Sen
ate. Others, who would doubtless have sis3ed,
were not In Albany when the above signatures
were given. We understand that but two SeHa-
tors declined to aEiix their names Ed. Tibua.
This Is a flank movement by the Chase Reprbi-
cans Of New York TO defeat the nomination OF
Line In, for which majority Of the delegates to
the Baltimore Convention of the 9Th Of Juae has
been neatly cut ana dried. ihe New York Hsa d
we are afraid, Is To some extent responsible for the
movement which threatens the country with ano
thei term OF four years TO Abraham Lnco H.. For
some time last summer we advocated his claims 10
a election on high conservative grounds; but we
intended nothing more than n repetition of our
amusing Presidential experiment with olive Oak
George lite idea Of another term to ''O!d Abe
appeared to US so very extraordinary that IL could
not fail to be regarded the best joke OF the sea-
sen. and all the better from the gravest possible
treatment OF the subject. Bat Mr.. lincoln, like
George Law, must have beef, convinced hv our
arguments that he was IN. peoples choice; for
when Mr.. S4WaTd made short political visit to his
native State in the fall IL was to announce TO hts
neighbOrs that, as Abraham Lincoln was elected
President not OF party, bri OF all the United
States, common tnstce demanded that he s.nnid
be retained in Office until dc fIcto recognized es
President of the waals codntry-EeaHinG that he
WAS entitled to another term to MAKE good his frs,
election.
the hiat thus thrown oai by iIr Seward was
speedily :Olioweiup by active engineering. The
winter was thus appropriated on an extensive
scale of operations. The results were positively
datCuUGitiX O All tic uEtl l4lHCbU i1c.
tions, with the return of the first month of spring
The Republican State Convention Of New II ,mp-
shire opened fire In favor of Nr I.irc0ln and this
signal was followed by continuous v0i'ey from
Lincoln State Legislatures and state Conventions
from Pennsylvania to California. The National
Republican Committee, meantime-no doubt duly
posted Up met In Washington and appointed The
7.t June for their Pres Dental Convention, and
thus, with majority Of the delegates and the time
and place arranged to their liking, the Lincoln en-
giGeers began to fattcr themselves that tn, sue
eessiOn was settled MIR Seward, the Blair family,
Simon Cameron, Ihur.Ow Weed, and the lhevaliar
f1rney, were among the happiest of men.
But iheii rejoicinas began 100 soon. MEtterinss
Of discomfort from various anti Lincoln journals
of the pefty began to be heard, the independent
Fremont legion began TO bristie Up, Greeley began
growl, and then came the bOmbsielI of the Chase
POmer0y anti -LincOia circular. Then there was q
Cabinet crisis, aud next there was an arnstiee be
tween Lincoln aad Chase, involving The graceful
mock retirement of the latter from the Presidential
contest The late terrible speech against ,hase by
+ Blair, Jr, In tOHgtess, and his immediate ap-
pointmcnt by the President 10 all important COM
mand in the army, AID the House proceedings
thereon, show that the conflict between the Presi
dent and his Secretary Is irrcpressibie
What EeXtf The chase faction desire post
ponenfemt Of the Baslmore Convention TIL sep
tem5er, simply because they nave peen caugh'
mapping, and want time to intrigue anu 10 buy M
the trading politicians among The delegates 10 SUIT
the T purposes. Postponed or not, the convention
VIII oc out satncIlHB vi uduihs r'' as'"''S, -"
some incompetent candidate may be expected
From the bsginning OF these national party con.
ventio's we may date the beginning "f our
! troubles. The first convention candidate was
Martin Van Buren, and his convention successors
Harrison, Polk Taylor poor Pierce, poor OLD bu-
chanan, aud Linccln, the joker, are sorry cata-
| iogue The time has fully come when Inc respoi
sible representatives Of the people IN congress
should again take tbis matter of the Prcsicehiia'
nominations into their own hands
Under th!s sysiem--f,om 1880 TO seaA-we mad
such Presidents Us Jefferson, Madison and Mon
zoe; and In resum!ag II we are c0p!ldeht that
Congressional caucus will return 10 our hrst class
| men. Let the war and Union members oil Con-
gress, hefetore, hold conference or two. and
cause 1t 10 be understood that towards the close OF
| the present session they will nominate Union
ticket for the Presidency, and taese corrupt ana
demnral;ziDg party conventions will be superseded
In the meantime the events o. the impending
military Campaign will be vefy ap. to designate ihs
right man for the succession For the present, a
| meeting Of the Uaon or WIZ members OF the two
houses OF Congress, OF oil par'ies, and the ap
| po,nrment of day for the nomination OF a Con
g.essionai Presidential ticket. wiii be satisfactory
70 the country.