The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-20
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
CANDIDATES BEFORE THE CHICAGO
CONVRNTION.

Prom ire Tribune.
We propose a brief review Of the names that
will first be brought before the Chicago CJnven-
ton Our review shall bo an impartial one. If
only for the reason that we have no possible in.
tercst in any Of the candidates named. Dem
ocrat might be nominated whose election might
not stem TO us an absolute calamity but this il
30 improbable, considering the character Of the
Convention, that We dismiss the possibility As
impossible Od party hacks accustomed TO the
grooves Of Iarty machinery, can never work their
wheels out Of the ruts. II is absurd expecting
figs from a thurn-trcc; or a good nomination
such rs loyal men could Join in supporting, from
collection OF the old pro-slavrry fossils CON.
posing the Chi council Of the Democratic party.
We shall therefore review the candidates in Itr-
tally and. as Cusely as VIC can, from the stand
point in which they desire to be viewed by their
Democratic adbcrcnts
General George b Mcclellan is the first man
on the list He relies mainly upon q feeling
alleged tu exist ghout the army an country,
10 the effect tuat injustice has been done to his
military talents b, this "imbecte aud bunder
ing Administration" General Mcclellan is the
incarnation OF hostility 70 Mr. Lincoln aud Mr..
LiDcOlu's policy. Tie s an officer Of hlAmele,s
personal repuie, and was highly thought Of bafore
the war by hrs brother Off ers more especially
by those Of strong Secession ai iatiOus, N q prl-
poses TO run on the War Demo ratio platform,
and vii be bitterly opposed by the Utica "Cop.
perhead" or "p, ace al. any price" faction.
Gen,ral Mcclellan has received much injury
among the older and aber politicians from the
efforts made by certain of his less discreet friend,
10 thrust him down the throat of the Convention
wiz they bT mill they. This has been done oy a
mutual Admiration Association" Of which the
Ketchum family appear to be chief bottle.wash-
ers,-MessTs. Barlow, Marble, Belmont, and the
other acknowledged friends of Little Mac" re-
pudiating all the outside efforts 10 this direction
and GEN RAJ Mcclellan himself, it is said, disap-
proving all such extra jealous advocacy.
Governor HOratio Scy mour s the next on the
list, and will appear as the special champion Of
she Central and Western States against the
alleged i,tation of the Now England Puritaus.
He is also to ne provided with second string 10
his bor, as ''graDd rcsister of the draft and of
arbitrary arTests'--a oh iracter in which many of
his "frieuds" will recognize him as perfect
master of the situation. Governor Seymour IS
gentleman by bir and education man OF old
family, and possessing large Landed stake Ia
the peace and prosperity Of the country.
He IL, therefore, the Less TO be pardOned for his
sympatbies, which are dstiuctiyely of the coop
peIhead" type; aud for his course of official
action, which has heretofore mainly tended to
produce estranRements between the forces of
the Rational and State authorities. Apart fro N
his pOi'i, al tenc s, which we hold to be Simply
eXecrable, he is parsonage who would reflect no
social discredit on the requirements OF the White
House.
He has all the external polish on which his
copartnCTS OF the SOufhetn "ch yalry" place so
high "A value; and probably there could Oo no
man nominated by the Democratic party whose
election would he fatal t. the adyOc ltes of
progress. 10 the election which placed him in
his present position ~ Governor Of our State he
was largely aud actively aided Ivy Mr.. ThproF
Weed and all the adneren of the Weed SchoOl
of politics. Whether these gentlemen wju.d
give him The same support while running against
Mr.. Linco may be cons SidGrod dou attnl.
Very certain IL is, however, that in the Central
and Western States Governor Seymours name
and antec,drnts would prove strong' although IN
the army his vote would probably fall short of
that which General McClelln coLld command.
Seymour wru Id run as positive man, o the
platform of ity 10 New Eng and ideas and
influences, whic General Mcclellan would
mainly appear as t' 'pifying want of conf ience
in the rres, nj Chtf Magistrate and his advisers.
Mr. Dean Richmond is understood TO declare
that under no circumstances would he accept
the nomination; and that be is not active
candidate, either personally or through his
frieDds, is admitted. 1t is thought however, by
many who should know, that if nominsted h
would NOT decline; aud for owa part, it would
require very clear proof indeed to m ike MS believe
that any person nOminlled for the Presidency,
with pro peCt of success, would he anXious q
back out finn the position. The Dean would
make, heyond any doubt, strong CdndiI IaJe
He is regarded as a War Democrat OF very pro.
n unced views; hut ms he never speaks ia pub
lie, and nev writes le ters, he has no record 10
ALLEVIATE from his standard the Falland gham-
Wood COpperheads Of his party.
In the railroad and canal system covering the
face oi the Union, Mr.. Richmond would Il ad tive
and experienced yO cAl agen les and alliances
He Is the Ol-typcTaroGd king of the Uuitcd
States; and has had sn much practice ard success
IN running the New York Central as q yOlticu
machine, that there can be no telling what he
wouldi or would noI do, if placed, by the nOmi-
nation for the Presidency, at the head of the
entire rnir"ad and canal system Of the Unon.
If elecUd d Presidrnt, Dean Richmond would have
no personal itching TO- the comp sition Of enltny
letters or the utteranco Of tOO many speeches
His style OF elOquenco is brief in the extreme and
bis / tiers never say word more than is aoso-
lutely necessary.
General John Dix would be the strongest
candidate the Convention at Chicago Could
select. He l., however, much TOO loyal and up
right an officer 10 hope for consideration in a
( tabernacle giving shelter to no AMY snakes OF
the Copperheud family. Had General Dix thrown
up his cummiSs on when ordered to suppress the
World and Journal Of Commerce; had he, in other
wur +, been guil OF open mutiny, hi, chances
would have amounted % absolute certainty of
becoming the Democratic choice.
Being a Icy al officer. however, aud no. forget
full Of his oArh 70 obey orders, he c>ntenred him
SILT with ntern NJ vigorous protest against the
oTocr of suppression when first received, giving
tie true history Uf the forged proclaim ttion in
full, and Announcing that he would not execute
the command sens 10 him until farther advised
of tho wishes OF the President The order of sup-
preston was hen repeated in a more pgromptory
torn, ana Gereril Dix had nOfhing fIr it, but
either g. cbey or reslen. To talk OF an oiHcer's
|. res Rning when given some ds'as,efI order IL
ahsuld, and would be an cnd Of military d.sci-
Pliue
No officers resignation is of avail until It has
betn GU &C ep,rd and therefore, eyeu bad
Generni ID X TEND. red lis, he would none the
irss have had 10 put the orders in force. fhe
General, however, + SOLDIER OF the old scho Il !;
ard, having aster ed his individual opinion by
his protest, he VI once and Without hesitation pro.
ccedec 10 obey te renewed orders If those "in
authority over him" Personally Ganvra Dix
j. q geuteu an " no would do honor 20 the Chier
MagistraCy tf the nat on. Be Is uua OF the few
surviving TCIrC ei'aiSts II that elder and hat,cr
type Of B'sii suI ship In which cBsscli attain
ments and tic p'ifrot cultivation OF the ntsllec;
were not considered derugAt,Ons frOW DcmOcrdtlc
soundnc s. Hi cluac $. however, a c not clual
h "a hs merits, aud his nomination would very
likely TO 10 lowed ~ an organize ''Oolt" of the
n Peace at Eny price c ION, 10 b1 followed b. an
"uncoudi ional peace" nomination.
y Of tie thrce o!htr candidates, little need be
\ said. kX-PTesiLCni Franklin Pierce s pipe-lay-
irg In q very adroit manner, TO secure General
i N, clellan's defeat and the reversion OF the
Il Mcclellan strength. He processes unhounded
devotion 10 the fortunes Of "Littl9 Mac" in the
fond hope that, if Mcclellan be not successful,
his friends will reclprocate iavors, and Ego s0lid'
f.r the eX-Presdent, whose residence Is a syno-
gInaa a,,1o No,