The New York herald., 1864-09-05
'The Tricks, Plots and Schemes of the
Ultra Peace Men TO Prevent the
Nomination of Mcclellan.
Ills Nomination Effected Without Any Bar
gains With the Factions,
NO PROMISES or OFFICES MADE.
Hammer In Which Pendieton's Nomination
Was Secured,
our speciai Chioago cerrespondene..

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Our Special Chicago Correspondenes.
BRIGGS House., CHICAGO, Sept /, 1885,.
One OF tho most singular conventions that over
Oiled In this country closed its labors last night wss
in fact curiosity in its way and win hereafter he looked
back upon important event In history what.
ovor may be the result OF the ticket nominated One day
has elapsed since IL closed its labors. let now, while
rs Interesting scenes exclements and events fresh
pon our memory review tho circumstances connected
with its progress and termination.
ln the hrs place Of the largest gath erngs
ever assembled such occasion. Deegates an1
siders commenced gathering early the Wednss
day previous and rapidly increased in numbers from that
Gate. Railroad men inform me that on Friday twenty
1housand brought to this CITY by rail-
coads centering here Saturday twenty live thousand
and on Sunday morning every train was loaded 10 Its
rulese capacity They continued to pour In by hundreds
and thous ands until Tuesday morning A considerable
number left after the mass meeting Saturday night,
but the larger bulk remained until the candidate for the
Presidency nominated. As soon as that was done
shs crowd began to dsperse and the for the
WAS unparalleled. During this time Chicago filled
with strangers, the streets crowded in every d.
recton many OF them unable to find place to sleep ex
take the trouble TO walk around the city two O'Clock
In the morning could stretched boxes in
front Of Stores the grass in the parks sleeping
0oundiy as though they were on beds OF down. They
were unable to find accommodation hotels or boarding
houses although Chicago has more hotel acconmoda-
cions than any other city Of the Uulon, except
IL may be New York. 1t is far beyond that
city In comparison 70 lis siz, Thousands stopped
with friends At private houses. In several instances
families hired 70 OF their houses for shs
week, and their private residences packed top
bv wh M hero in hodv Ruilr
en that fully hundred thousand strangers
brought to tho city during week. The general i'm
preston before the Convention assembled that
would be free fight before the Convention closed
abcrs; but with the exception Of the knock down the
Convention by Harris Of Maryland and the drawing
knife BY republican o Pennsy lvania deegstewhich
have already informed your about by telegraph
10 untoward circumstances occurred 70 the events
the occasion. might perhaps add that there
COW by returned veteran soldiers OF repub
ucAns who denounced Mcclellan in Of the bar
gooms but these away from the general crowd
and may not really be cassed with the events Of the
Convention They between parties residing here.
The orderly appearance all the through and the
oarnesness Of al remarkable features, and
universally spoken or by parties who expected other
wise Can it bs that this the OF the peace party
being PRESENT. 90, then Harris Of Maryland be
called peace man. for he gave practical evidence that
called him traitor. He preached thing and prac
C,ced another.
When the delegates FIRST came together there q
wide difference in their platform and prnci
pies. and each set stuck to their ideas with great pert
naclty. At the time each faction declared that
shere much at stake TO QUARREL and they must
harmonic in some way. The outside ultra peace ee.
much persistent than the delegates, and
sndeavored press their ideas to the utmost II was
this fac, that weakened the peace element The cry
Immediately started they here break up
Convention and elect Lincoln. The tide therefore soo
turned against them. It this that sheved Wood and
his pocket committee that MT elected at Syracuse
and destroy completely their influence for good evE
vallandgh abored under the same difficulty, and
was with his hackers from Southern Ohio made power
Loss 10 tue end. The element, which really compose
majority Of the Convention the start laid their plans
Cor positive platform; but on consultation IL was
found that a decisive and unequivocal move would
strengthen the peace faction and concentrate them
strong faction large enough to make defeat certain.
Tney with the moderate peace men, then directed every
effort 10 the nation OF Mcclellan who, they
all agreed, the masses East and West clamored for.
Finding that thoy could not get platform to slit
them without split, their next dodge 10 make
tho resolutions general in their tone that they
would not amount to uch further than pledsng the
party to the integrity Of the Union and It's restoration
but general in their terms and let tho candidate be his
own platform The public have already how they
succeeded in this. Al least the element consider
they accomplished this point and the entire Copven
lion with the exception Of lev rabid men from
Ohio and Maryland jumped at It. u was adopted with.
gu calling the yeas and nays Tho only voices hoard in
the NEGATIVE Was from lev delegates from Ohio and
Maryland
severe ono. yalandigham boased that lao had the
mttee with him a, least two TO one But he 5000 found
different for the frst contest that came mp was 10 the
election Of chairman in which be was badly beaten, six
being pocd against him As soon os the com
mttee met OF vaande hams friends moved that ne
be the chairman OF the committee. Az this, samuel
rden, OF New York, immediately opposed. He IN few
remarks paid hgn euogy 70 re,or,ng 70 Ne,
James Guthrie be substituted In the place OF Vaan-
digham. rni. led to . spicy debate which nnaiIy
the committee voting for the persn he preferred
Tho result as hcretotore stated, was thirteen for
Guthrie eight for ghsm and three scattering. just
che reverse what yalaudgham an,ciI atcd This war
followed with a bitter attack upon his heresies by
Guthrie 1ilden and other members OF the committee.
Whist this was going on vsandigham's friends flew
sbou, desperate rage In every quarter the cry was
,n Tuesday night when the committee we're In session,
was amusing, but TO many alarming Atreo hght ooked
Imminent mo war eIemeg took Il cooy and decsrea
that thoy had about TO the conclusion 10 hire the
ultra peace to bolt they seemcd 70 think that such
ccursc would be the bes, card they could play This
appeared 10 cool down the other side Who began 20 look
around and SEQ just whit strength they did have.
yaIandlgham not only insisted upon declaring the war
unconstitutional but his budget M he urged upon the
committee, In substa and u e,ning, when aim.
mered down pont, endorsement full OF himself.
IL was not worded, bit n meant that tho democratic
party Convention assembled do hereby certify that q.
L. iebam In bs opposition 10 the administration
and course has been. In the opinion N the Con
vsptou right and correc, throughout THIS repeat, vas
not the wording OF hts budget but the opposite elsment
OF the declared that 70 be the Interpretation OF
a. and too thai groaud 10 debate Long before the dis
eussicn IN the 3ttcc ended Vslandebam was con
WINGED 70 his satisa ton that ne was mere cypher
there and subsidized lie decidedly let down, aud
the tssng positive In the Convention that he had
"a yield
New lork delegation called together and an effort
made TO instruct Mr. 1den TO advocate the adoption
of the resolution presented at Mondays session py the
committee Mr.. Tlden retired rom the c0mmiitee Anu
took part 10 the discussion. The real pos non that
recommendation OF an armstice In its legal, intcrv
soua and political bearings was dscu ssed several os
the leading mon advocating and others oppos pg ~,
vNOh ended IN The motion fos instruct,ag Mr.. Iidsn