The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-16
An Inside History of tho Chicago Convon

The triekery Of tho Yankees at the Chicago Con
yention viii be amusing to our readers especial,
since they have read the sleight-of-haa letter O
Mcclellan, in which he places the platform in po
| sition described by the proprietor of the "lita
joker" by the professional ejaculation Of ..now yo,
| see it, and nov YOU don't see it, From a yer,
| long letter in the New York H,rasa written aftc,
| tie adjournment of the Convention, we find what
the writer calls an inside view Of its proceedings
We give extracts which will be found interest
| ing
| TEH srEEz;OrH or PARTIES Al THE OPENING.
VI hen the delegates first cane together there was
wle dsise1cnce III their views as to platform and
principles, aud each set stuck to tieir ideas with
| great petlnoelty. At the time each faction
declared that there too much at stake to quar-
re and they must hannonize in some way The
outside ultra peace element were much per-
sistent than the delegates and endedycfed 10 press
tileif ideas 10 the utmost 1t this fact that
weakened the peace element. The cry was iilnt-
dItteiy started that they here to break up the
Convention and re-eleot LIncoln the tide there
fore soon turned against them 1t was this that
ahelyed Wood and his pocket committee that was
not elected at Syracuse, and destroyed completely
their utuence for good OF evil.
Nallandsham lab0red under the same diiiGIltyf
ana was, Wti iliS hackers from Southern Ohio made
powelleSs IN the end. The war clement, which
really composed majority of the Convention OH the
start, ltid their plans for positive War platform
unequivocai move would strengthen the peace fac
ton, and concentrate them into strong faction
large enough to make defeat certain. They with
The ilodei,lte peace meh, tei directed every effort
10 aeeuit The Aonlnation oi Mct acllan, who, they
tli agreed the MASSES, east and west, capofed for
Finding that they could not get Il platform TO SUIT
them without split, their IicXt dodge was to make.
the resolutions general iii their tone that they
would Rot amount to much further than plelging
the party 10 the integrity of the Union and its res
tordtio, but general their terms aud let the cali
d1dtte be his own platform. The public have al
ready seen how they succeeded III lnI, At least the,
wax element consider that they ACCOMPLISHED this
point ad the entire Conventions with the exception
oi lew i@bid men from ONO AMI Mary Land, jumped
al II. H. was adopted without calling the yeas and
nays ihe only voices heard i'll the negative were
itoni d lew delegates from Ohio and Mary land.
TIE fidHr IN THE coIMirFEE OVER The PLATFORM
The contest III the Committee on Resolutions WIS
il 6tFere one. . NailtuIlgian bvaSted that he laI
the committee with llln ut least two to one. But
lie sUoh found diifereht for the first contest that
came up was III the election of chairman, i'll which
lac WAS badly beaten sixteen votes being polled
against ham. As soon as the committee met one OF
NAltiihdlshima friends moved that hc be the chair
mar ot the committae. At this, Samuel j Tilaeu
of New York, immediately opposed He ia a few
renlurks, paid high culosy to Kentucky rei.rtiua
to Hel suifeiihes III this contest, and closed by
ho,lfg that james Guthrie now bc substituted in
{he place OF NaildldIgham. This led to u spicy de-
bate, which finally resulted i'll calling the lyll and
each member OF the committee yotins for tb,. mr.
son e Preferred The result, as heretofore stated
WAS thirteen for UutlIIlr, eight fol VailauJi.l;im
.thd three scattering lust tie Icrcisc ol wLatVal-
ItndlEAih anticipated. This Was followed viii.
bitter attack upon his hcyesies Ly Guthrie IllI,2
and Other members OF the committee Whilst THIS
Waa gong Oh, NaliLndighaIn's ieuis tew about IN
Il desperate rage Iu every quartz, the CIV va
" Lhete |, gohg to be , row" The bluster VI these
iicn oA Tuesday night, when the uJnlittet were III
SESSION. was anIlU5lng, but 10 nfly tlarIlilg A
hye light looked lnlulineut.
SdlinptI tSTlt HI
tAt war uil olIatItutiulit bat Ills budget, Us he
u Sed Il uyoH The tv!nInItiee substance aud
neiitih5, when sl!nli4lred do.l 10 Il point an eu-
'lvl>euent tltii Ol himself Long before the dis
cuseion III The oU1llit;ee end,s FaiiaIdIghanl wds
,ul, iIiteu tV his satisfaction thit he was a ieIe ,I
pher there, and subsidized lie WAS decidedly it.
down, and the feeling 50 positive ia tbs Con
NeutlolI that he had 10 yield
While this contest going On III the ,Uinniitt.p
the New Jtk delegation WIS called together, ail
effort was made 10 Instruct Mr.. Tildcu 10 n,lyJ-
cate thc adoption VI the resolution presented at
Molddy'J Session BY the committee. Ar. fiidau
retired nom tie committee and took part in the
discussion. The ical position, that iet0,niucit-
ton of an 1tmiaCe ia its ie.ti, intcrgentioIla aud
political bearings, Was discussed, several vi the lead
ing men advocating II, and Others opposing it,
which ended III the motion for instItii,g Mr. I'll
den being laid on the table by decided inejolity
''lid the Committee Oh Resolutions then became the
centre vi anxiety and the point around which
everything else rc,otv,d
The contest iii the Committee on Resolutions was
kept up untli two three ocl.h ia the lslo!l,Iug
when neatly all Of lta members had expressed their
views, when committee ui appointed 10
draw up resolutions wi4isL they could ali a2ree
upon. This committee got together Cu TUESDAY
morning and attempted 10 discharge this duty
They found ii easy task. With their Efforts to
get together, 1T found that words mean, too
much. The ultr; peace faction finding that they
were unable o get their le5 embodied III straight
forward Way ab1ei iof the neat best thing that they
could accomplish The other SIDE finding that there
would be b,Jt. they Insisted
which pere>tly suited their notions, went to work
t. make 1t harmless possible. 'Ihey had l,y
this time become satisfied that Mcclellan would be
all That they then asked was that the
platform should not he strong for peace that it
would drive the war vote from them. Never did I.
mcn work harder than Me,sfs. Guthric, OF KEN
tt,cky, and ltldeI, Of New Yolil, on tins point
One 0f the great obstacles the way was tie Use
Of words. That Of arnlistice especially troubled
them, and long contest wa had i'll reference to
adding resolution interpreting lis meaning. They
were unable to Ggree upon anything III reference to
that point before the morning session Of the Con-
venton During that session 1t was directly charged
IN debate that portion o the committee were bur-
pJsCly trying to delay their action lii hoIts of
bringing about combination to change the whole
result ot the Convention The Indignation ii the
to the idea that any portion of the com,
ttee would cdyavoI to acSJn ..sh that point MAS
~ manifest that they hurried up their work in tim,
or the four O'Clock session vi the CuIVtntioii and
brought forth the result that they did. Ii docs hot
satisfy tae extreme men, yet they finally cqt.e,crd
IN it although Mr. Long, OF ono, jones and Harris
IL Maryland denounced the idea vi placing NJ ty!-
an upon 1t ~ interpret It. They endcayoIed to |
make Il point against Mcclellan vn account vi the
platform hot being satisfactory and III points
Objectionable to the peace men.
THE STRUGGLE FOR CANDIDATES
The Woods at tilst started off boldly and we've /
Reliant They drew around them some OF the ultra
ncn OF the West and gave out III effect that they
ah the nlacAlne The CANVASS Ut the vote vi dele
yaaons given and two-thiiIs of the Conve,-
I0u were put down against Mcclellan But the
question with these men was who they could con
entiate the opposition to Mcclellan on. This was
10 easy ttah ior the crowd that hung around Wood
we're nine-ttnths outsiders, and had no Voice IN t,
GoTeliior Sey iAli Y selected
- the nla uIiiei the belief that he would 50 divide
Sew ok as 10 evotually Kill oil Little Mae ~.
Then calJ ole 0I Tie widest systems vi braesil,y
l false statements ever luaGe. The ultra peace-
,oaers stationed themselves at ai prou1ilIslt no.
itions the hotels and related warns of the
treDgta of Seyinour-iow the New Tulk delt.:atiul |
fee about to decide u go fJT hilhnd Ten thousand
cf ytinS equally rs talse. They had theil effect for
time, than otherwise from the fact that few
trsons who pretended to be Sesinot,rs frleu15 iii |
he New York delegation gave eredcnce and sort ot |
ndorsed the statements while i large number oi |
iitalderS fIom New York were around offering to /
et two to one that Mcclellan would not be noiai- |
ated, and even that Seymour would be. This con- |
est was kept up, with bitter assaults upon Mcule-
N, nom Thu Hay noon until Saturday might All
tins THE seymour gave no public statement |
hat he would not allow his name to b.. used |
hl@, on the contrary, the fbd peace le.ds Is were
Jnstantly asserting that he had told them with his
VII lips that Ae was candidate. The ultra pea &C
tCtiolI concentrated their entire folce upon hun
III tled every dodge iii their power 10 Xiii OF. Me
lellau with hIIa. IL Sooli however, became apua-
-it, by Tie way that they brols at out other cand-
aes held III reserve, that they wanted to XIII oil
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