The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-07
THE ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE At WASH
INa10N.

mansion, and by the irieuus auu
the President. The wire pullers ana oott'e
washers are there, not here. 1t Is only .
two hours ride from one city to the other.
The delegates have begun to arrive. put
thew do not stop here, only long enough to
ENGAGE their rooms. They hurry on to
Washington where they see Mr.. Lincoln
renew to him the assurances OF their noei.
ity, loyalty, and devotion, and receive t9e. n
final, instructions. On Monday morning,
perhaps as early as Saturday night, theS
viii be back here, and then the fun VIII
begin. ,~ss.-ssG{5
rrErcT OF THE ACTION OF THE CLEVELAND
CONVENTION.
The action Of the Cleveland convention
ia regarded BY the Lincoln men as the NEST
unfortunate event that could have happen
ed to them. Up to the last moment, so
firm was their reliance upon the actual poU
er of the President, aud upon the success OF
the schemes which they had on foot
that they INDUCED the hope that the Cleve-
land Convention, after presenting strongly
the claims of Mr.. Fremont in the form Of an
address, and after making formidable dem
onstration of the strength of Fremont as it
exists all over the country, would, for the
sake Of harmony aud the unity OF the party
refrain from making nomination. and ad-
iourn to Baltimore. Such were the hopes
thst were INDUCED till yesterday, and large
sums of money had been expended in order
that thew might be realized. But yester-
day the long faces and gloomy visages OF
the Lincoln men told how deep and bitter
was their disappointment. The nomination
of Fremont and the platform adopted at
Cleveland is felt to be severe, some even
20 so far as to say fatal, blow. NOT &c
the nomination of Lincoln. That Of conrse
is secured. But at his election.
CONSTITUENCIES OF THE NOMINATION OF
FREMONT.
It is felt by the more calm, rational, and
intelligent supporters of Lincoln, that the
nomination of Fremont, and the platform
upon which he stands, will draw to him
large proportion of the voters OF the Re-
publican party, Ito say nothing OF the votes
of the war Democrats, which, they sl,ege
be will also receive) that Lincoln will be
left in the lurch at last. The views OF
these men, am satisfied, are we'll founded,
and are worthy of consideration. They
are old politicians, some of them old Wings.
Their action will have great weight in the
convention; and you ought to hear the en-
ergetic language in which they denounce
those new fledged politicians who affect to
consider Fremont and his platform as "a
mere bagatelle." They are sensible enough
to see, and candid enough to acknowl-
edge, that Fremont andraw to himself tens
of thousands of votes which under no
circumstances would be cast for Lincoln
the votes of men who are digusted with the
incompetence and weakness Of Presi-
dent who has so little selfrespect as, to adj
NIT that he is incapable of guiding events,
but is the slave of circumstances; the
votes of men who wish to see in the
White House a gentleman of refineme mt
and education, and who do not wish to be
made to blush any longer at the vulgar
Jokes and equally vulgar associations that
have contaminated the executive mansion;
the votes of men who remember Miss Lane
and Mrs. Pierce, and Mrs Polk, and who
desire to see as the successor Of Mrs. Mad
ison a lady who will not forget the dignity
and the duty of her high position.
THE FREMONT PLATFORM A THORN IN LIN
COINS SIDE.
But what gives these old politicians the
greatest concern is the platform adopted by
the Cleveland Convention. Youmay Judge
how great is their alarm on this point, hen
| tell you that under their advice, Mr., Lin
coin himself would, at this moment, gladly
go and stand upon that platform if had not
30 positively committed himself to princi
Piles so directly opposite. Dir. Lincolns
stupid aHd pig-headed obstinacy in sup
pressing newspapers and the right of free
speech, in trampling on the right Of habeas
corpus, in encouraging all sorts of pecula-
ton and extravaganza, in tamely submit
ting to national insults, in basely abandon
ing the Monroe doctrine, and pretending to
reconstruct" States only in order to Sc
cure their electoral votes, are all felt to be
so many nails in bis political coffin, and SO
many hooks on which the friends of FIRE.
mont have adroitly seized, and by which
they will raise their candidate to the covet
ed seat of power, unless extreme measures
are taken to prevent it. Respect for indi
vidual liberty, the maintenance Of the per
soual rights of free spesch and the habeas
corpus, and firm determination to uphold
the Monroe doctrine, constitute q platform
that all Republicans can stand on, and these
old politicians feel this most keenly.
"THE LITTLE SQUAD OF BOILERS
Thus you see that the sneers that were 90
freely bestowed upon the Cleveland Conven-
ton before it met have given place to well
grounded alarm and apprehension. "No-
thing formidable" said one Liucolnite pa.
per, "can come Of the Cleveland Convention
unless it dominates Grant, and not then
unless he takes Richmond" But the sit
tie squad Of boilers" as another Lincoinite
paper called them have already quite up.
set the calculations of Mr.. Lincoln's adyis-
ers. They have "bolted" to some PURPOSE.
And the most judicious friends of MIR.
Lincoln fear tb. denomination of the great
ex-rail-splitter, will, in conseo ueuce. be
bolted BY many of those on whose vote
they have confidently counted.
COUP p'ETAr IN CONTEMPT ALTON,
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