Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-01
ElIT0RIIL -0ORREsPONDENCE.
I'M First nay of the CenvsntiOn-The
Temporary OFsNnizatiOn-A Prayer
that Was Not Heard-HOw the
Cheering Went-The First Days
BusiRess-PFOsPeefs.
WEFHIE rHE DKMoeRAIIc AlIPHITHEAIRE,
CafeAgO. August 10Th, 1874.

BusiRess-PFOsPeeGs
WEFHE rHE DRNoeRAIEc AHPHTTHEAIRE,
CHICAGO, August 29th, 1874. J
To day, at Il o'clock, after much con-
tention in bar-rooms and ante-rooms over
what the Democracy should do in this
critical period in the oountrys condition,
Belmont of New York, the Shylock of
bankers and the agent Of the ROthschilds
opened the Convention in voice audible
only in his immediate vicinity, and strong
" favored with foreign, German accent.
After few general reflections, such only
as a Jew politician might indulge in, eK-
Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, is
chosen temporary President Of the Conven-
ton. The Governor inaugurates himself
into the possession of few cheers and the
Presidential Chair by few commonplace
remarks about the war, such as are retAiled
weekly by any Copperhead country news
paper. The Governor either has no big
guns to fire of, or is saving his heavy ar
tillery.
At the conclusion of Biglers remarks,
the Convention not looking for prayer,
when the minister arose and a few near
the platform with him, those in the rear
kept howling for some time, get down,
@down il front, much tothe annoyance of
the piously disposed. A devOut prayer be-
ing offered in behalf Of the Convention,
nobody doubling that they needed it, the
delegates were called by States, some lead
ing men going forward to give in the ere
dentials. As Governor Seymour advances,
he Is ehsered until he blushes like girl
Seymour evidently has considerable
strength in the Convention, and will give
aLitue Mac "a hard pull tomorrow.
Kentucky is cheered, chiefly because two
of her delegates are reported as having
good quarters in one Of Lincoln's Bss-
tiles.7 Kansas gets both hisses and cheers.
California gets q big puff. i
Aher this ceremony was duly over,
Cox, of sunset notoriety, offers resolution,
and thus gives the people an opportunity
TO cheer him Cox, Vallandigham, Olds,
Long, Governor Seymour and others of the
same species, are oheered more than all
others. During all this time the noise and
confusion has been such that but little has
been heard, save in the vicinity of the
Platform. If the outsiders could only
catch the words "ConstitutiOn," "Union,"
"Habeas Corpus" "Bastile," they immedi-
ately howled in the most approved western
style.
Now began rain storm of resolutions
ranging all the way from War to Peace,
from devotion to the Union to the most
shameless Copperheadism and secession.
Ohio has the unfortunate notoriety of in
Producing the first resolution that produces
a eonsternatiOn, namely, to admit three
delegates from each rebel state, if such be
present. They might have obtained them
at Camp Douglas, but New York took the
alarm, and denounced it terrifcally, eaus-
ing itsinstant death Up to this point it is
difficult to say which is uppermost in the
Convention, Peace or War. Vallandig
ham, on rising for the first time, is cheer
ed long and loud He has evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed his msrtyrdom and exile.
He looks as if he had been well kept He
has large eye, a bsaked nose, and, really
is not SO terrible looking man as some
honest old ladies imagine him to be. He
is a man of talent but very misguided
man. 1t is generally remarked that he is
very much tanned down since his return
from Canada Possibly he fears exile
again
Is A great effort has been made by the
Germans to get Fremont nominated. Cas-
per Butz, of Chicago flooded the Amphi-
theater to-day with a document de-
signed to convince Democrats that
their cause is hopeless, unless they
take up Frement The proposition
falls very fat, and receives not the slightest
The fact is, Fremont is in
bad fix. He neither can back out or go on
with any credit to himself and therefore
this last desperate bid for the nomination
at Chicago His next step ia generally un-
deratood to be resignation in favor of an
other Convention in September,
Tonight four or Eve mass meetings are
being held in the city, in front of the
Sherman House, fremont House and the |
Court House The Democracy of the West
are on big pic nic, and their throata are
Cox, as write, is letting off his
small fireworks in front of the Sher-
man House. He is understood to be strong
for Mcclellan
Tomorrow the Convention will proba-
bly, reach nomination and platform. AS
yet there is NO distraction evident in the
public action of the Democracy, but it is
very evident that there is slumbering FIRE
hat may burst out when the question of
nomination and platform come up for dis
,ussion. The chief fighting will be done in
he private rooms of the delegates, There
/ is said, furious war is being waged be-
ng waged between the contending factions.
No matter what differences of opinion may
axist, they are all TO be laid aside at the
,lese Of the combat here in Chicago, and
IL loyal Democratic throats are to howl for
10Th the Candidate and the Platform.
The Associate Press sends full details. I
therefore, write only concerning the spirit
If affairs, The great struggle is to be be-
ween Seymour, of New York, and AoClel-
an. Who viii beat, depends on the pri-
ate pressure that is being brought to bear.
Look out for music not the most harmoni-
,ua. -a J.H.R.