Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-19
The Cleveland Convention.

The Cleveland Convention.
The consideration of greatest interest in
connection with the proposed radical con
vention is the strength il can WELD in advan-
cement of its aims, and the probable extent
Of its dotraction from the administration
party. b. Gratz Brown, Wendell Phillips,
and General Fremont, leading the radical
abolitionists and the German voters, present
an array so formidable that the Seward
Lincoln wing Of the administration party
are aware that its defeat is inevitable if the
convention be held and General Fremont
nominated We think the call is in form
and substance declaration that the parties
have absolved themselves from all connec-
ton with the political organization which
elected Mr.. Lincoln. The NeU Nation, the
recognized newspaper organ of General
Fremont, declares that the so called repub
lican party is dead; that il was '',dishonored
and killed by the cins;aPaciity Of those called
to the direction of affairs,
The handiwork of the Secretary of the
Treasury is clearly traceable in the call. He
has become convinced that the President
will control the convention at Baltimore,
and, smarting under disappointed ambition
and the open insult of General Blair's
reappointment he has determined to defeat
Mr.. Lincoln in the election The call
says:
eve further declare that we do not rec
ognize in the Baltimore convention the
essential conditions Of a truly national con
vcntion. Its proximity to the centre of all
the interested influences of the adminstra-
ton, its distance from the centre of the
country, its mode of conyocation, the cor
rupting practices to which it has been and
inevitably will be subjected, do not permit
the people to assemble there with any ex-
pectation Of being able to deliberate at full
liberty"
''Thc corrupting influences to which it has
been subjected can only refer to the pres
sure used by the President to obtain eX-
presions in his favor from State Legislatures
| Ohio, under these influences, condemned
Mr. Chase, and he felt himself obliged, in
consequence, to announce his withdrawal
! No one imagined that it was of SO positive
character as to preclude his acceptance of
Il nomination.
Messrs. Greeley, Bryant, and others of
the administration party, recognized as
leaders and entitled to respectful consdcra-
ton, asked for postponement of the Bal
tlmore convention, which was peremptoriy
denied. Their names do not appear i'll the
call fora convention at Cleveland but they
are now in Il position in which they can
with entire consistency elect to which diyis-
ion Of the party they will attach themselves.
The proceedings and result of the Cleveland
convention will Of course have much weight
in determining their choice. Fit becomes
clearly apparent that the nominee of the
Cleveland convention will detrac5 so much
from the strength of the Baltimore candidate
as to insure his defeat, these gentlemen who
have asked for postponement will not con
ceive themselves bound by party obligations
but will support the cadidate whose plat
: form most nearly comedies with their in.
dividual opinions.
There is no probability that the breach in
the party can be held. The cohesion OF
spoil has lost its attractive power in this
quarrel, because the Cleveland Convention
will know that the fact of its assembagc
} will cut it off from all claim of patronage
should he be elected. No terms of peace
entered into subsequently, to the nonrna-
tons could remove the jealousy, hatred and
distrust existing between the parties, and
especially will this be the case should Mr..
Lincoln--and his chances are as hundred
to one-be nominnted in Baltimore.
1t is useless for the Seward and Lincoln
wing and to urge that the division of the
party will lead to the election Of ''pro-sla
very democrats The politicians leading
, in this movement are actual by hatred, not
philanthropy The fanatics, under tho
guidance of Wendell Phillips, have learned
that seemingly impracticable measures, re-
lying upon public opinion for development
: may be carried by perseyering and clamor
Gus agitation, Phillips is a very patient
man. lie and Garrison started with II smal
ball, which they have rolled until its con
stantly increasing size and momentum ha.
enabled them to carry Mr.. Lincoln on it in
to the White House. Four years is hort
time to. Phillips. lie has a great work t,
accomplish. He would rather elect a can
, didate which suited him in lSGS, than t.
help elect a candidate which dose not sui
him in 1864. Fanaticsm is contemptuous
of the practical, but is it therefore Away
= unsuccessful? Will our readers pardon u
in wishing success to the Cleveland Conven
ton, if we abstract a miscegen vulgarisn
from lady? 'When the devil is at war
we are glad to hear that an insurrection ha
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