Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-01
PencIIIIngs About the Convention


its proceedings, and give no idea at ail of
the wire-working, the -holing the
talking, shouting, marching and general
enthusiasm of the outside Convention.
Some extracts from the correspondence of
our leading exchanges, which we publish
below, will give our readers clear idea of
these outer maneuverings.
TIE TRIUMPH OF WOOD AND vALLAS-
DIGHAsl.
Agate, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
says:
"The triumph of Fernando Wood and
Fallandigham has been complete. They
have not indeed odtnumbered the war men
and so secured n peace candidate, but they
have accomplished something more I'M
portant. They have taken the war party,
candidate and all, and carried them over
bodily to the peace ranks. Every demon
stration through the whole session Of the
Convention was for peace. The only man
whose entrance as the delegates were as
sembling was greeted by general applause,
was Yallandigham. These were the only
men who we're systematically applauded
whenever their names were announced, and
the speakers were outspoken and univer-
sally known peace men. Little Sam Cox
actually got Kissed down, greatly TO that
small persons amszement and chagrin,
when he attempted to get Alexander
Longs resolution choked off The only
resolutions that were applauded were
the Peace and Armistice Resolutions,
and the cheers for them were prolonged
in proportion rs their treason was Outspo
ken and defiant. 1t may be that when il
comes to making platform, prudence
may lead 10 a cautious concealment of these
tendencies behind ambiguous phrases; but
the temper of the Convention, and the
real meaning of the Democratic policy
have been revealed in the demonstrations
and in a manner as unmistakable as it is
alarming. a-r-
At the hotels last night and this morn.
ing, where the bands were playing, 'Dixie'
was greeted with loud shouts of applause
At the Convention the "Star SpangleC
Banner" "Hail Columbia, and other pa
triotic tunes were reeeivsd in solemn 81
lence, but when Dixie WIS played i
was sgain rapturously applauded.
The New York Herald thinks differently
1t says:
Wood has completely dzzled out. Tn,
moment that his game was understood
the tide set in against him A school boz
of ten years old has more influence her
than he has. He is now here despised anC
hated by the peace men, and laughed at b,
the war element. Some of the peace mel
still declare that they can nominate Sey
mour; but in the face of the undoubted fact
to the contrary, this looks very cool, to "a!
the least.
And again
One of the most singular circumstance
of the session to-day, was that the applause
for Vallandighsm nearly all came from
the audience. There was very little ap
plause for him in the body of the Conven.
tion, and nearly all of that came firm 9
portion of his own delegation.
THE OHIO DELEGATION.
It thinks that the Ohio delegation was
on the whole, the weakest delegation here
Take out eight or ten men, and the bal
anee bear the unmistakable marks of men
of narrow and contracted minds. There
are exceptions TO this rule, such as General
Morgan, Allen, Ranney, Pendleton, Cox
and few others; but no person could look
for anything else but impracticability in
the majority of the balance, or wonder that
they were ultra in their peace notions. II
they were abolitionists they would be
the bloodiest kind Vallandigham, how
ever, had hard work to get on the Com
mite on Resolutions. He was only placed
there by one majority in the delegation.
SEYMOUR AID THE PRESIDENCY.
The New York Herald says;
1t now appears that Governor Seymour
did not get vote in the New York dele
CATION. He voted himself for Judge Nell
son. The anti-McClellan votes were diyi-
ded on Nelson Guthrie,& Chas. OConnOr.
Seymour, however, made speech declar-
ing that he had not at any time the reno
test idea of allowing his name to be used
for the Presidency. No such thought en-
tered his head, as it seems to have had
entered the heads of several others. He
spent the most of last night with the ultra
men of the West, endeavoring to persuade
them that Mcclellan was the man. Some
Of that class, however, still insist that they
will nominate him in spite of the New
York delegation being against him. Some
of Seymour's confidential friends now say
that he allowed the ultra men 10 use his
name TO prevent their counteraetiRg upon
any other candidate, with a view of turn
ing that element TO Mcclellan st the pro-
per time. He was afraid that if he with
drew his name on the start they would
on some other man who would
make himself, and therefore he allowed his
name to be used toprevent it. His speech
in the New York delegation was one of the
strongest endorsements of Mcclellan ever
uttered by any person.
The Commercial says .r
1t is now evident that but for himself,
Seymour might have been the nominee Of
his party for the Presidency. His natural
-imidity led him TO vacillate, and finally to
1raw of from the contest, so that his
friends quit working for him, and his enc
mics alone continued TO keep him up as a
igure head. Seymour failing them, the
peace men took Pendleton for their leader,
.hough without his solicitation or active
5fort; but Seymour being out of the way
New York goes for Mcclellan, and that
ettles the matter
TIE TALK OF THE CROWD.
A crowd of Ohio and Indiana delegates,
n talking over General Heintzleman7a s or
Ter in reference to fire arms, agreed unsn-
mously that an open revolt was not only
but the duty of freemen. One of
hem had son in the 100 days service,
who, ne said, was being kept longer than
lis time, and under FIRE every day; and if
le should be killed, he took solemn oath
hat he would assasinate Lincoln.
The Chicago Tribune thus describes
THE PROCESSION.
At half past eight Seymour procession
vas formed at the Invincible Club room,
Desring series of eight transpareneies.
They were preceded by the Ohio Band and |
white flag displaying the words "Sey-
nour, the Statesman The transparencies
we're inscribed, Trial BY Jurv,b This |