Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-26

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A debate In opcn convention Of tho ques.
tinn Of negro suffrage would have resulted In
nm explosion. Hence tho adoption of the
rule referring all resolutions TO the Commit.
| tee on Resolutions without reading and with
out debate. This u the old Democratic Rar,
found necessary BY that party when II had
power aud was responsible for things. II
means simply that the transaction Of the
bnSinnss % the convention shall not be made
impossible by weArisome resolutions and har.
hnguss. II chokes on tho spouters and the
scribhlors, and gives tho men who do the
work chance TO got at H.
The actual question before the Convention
was, whether an expression should DO given
In favor Of or against negro suffrage, II
presented itse!l distinctly, Included In tho
Inevitable proposition 10 endorse the Admin.
istration. The Administration Of President
johnson could not DO unequlyocally approved
without diAappruying Of the radical pro.
gramme Of insisting upon negro suffrage ut
once and OF all hazards. Everybody under.
stood this before the Convention assembled
There was not primary meeting In the State
whore the matter wins not considered.
The exclusively earnest" men, being q
little more domonstratiye than Others, had
done 40 large . propois lon Of the talking
through the country that they ovorsstlmated
their strength, aud were shocked at the
soanty reckoning they made whom the count
was taken rat Columbus Out Of four hun.
dred delegates, thore were twenty three who
might fairly be chased NJ radicals, and several
Of these could hardly DO named Earnest
men -
Gsntlomen Of radical tendencies, with a
propensity to enlist under the banner o. Mr..
Ashley and proceed summarily 10 break down
the President, we're rather conserved than
otherwise when they heard tho news Of the
action Of tho army delegates, who unRni-
mously adopted resolution instructing their
representatives, In tho Committee on Rosolu.
lions To insist upon an unoquiVOcal endorse,
mont Of the Administration. There were no
words wasted In the resolution Of the soldiers.
To iHIirHef 10 IHSia upon that which was
uJisgHiUooIi, meant business. II meant, too,
that which We have been telling the people
for some tlIns, that the fighting men who had
conquered the South were not In favor Of 70.
oonstruc ting the Southern States upon tho
basis Of negro suffrage. The soldiers who
have been at tho font may not be educated
up NJ fast A. s0mo Of those who have not kept
their company may desiroi but there they
are, and they have spoken for themselves.
The session Of the COMMITTEES on Resolu.
NlvH WIZ hVt onHNNlhAlg nhIluDNlVuhs Inc
debate that was restrained In tho Convent on
broke out In tho oommlttse.TOom. and there
was a free and emphatic exchange Of views.
The army delegates were quite psTsmptOry,
and II 10 even complained thoy were a
little rough, In Obeying the instructions 10
insist uPoa unsquiVocRlly backing ny Az,
drew johnson.
The Representatives Of the Western Re.
serve had resolution which they were pro.
pared to stand and die for. PfonGuDcing tho
times eGigont and propitious for tho taking
Of an advanced step and tho advanced
stop meant negro suffrage North and South,
and especially tho latter, and that right
away. For time II seemed that u tho adj.
yanced stop could not bs got into the plat
form tho committee would disagree, and two
reports would be presented TO tho Conyon.
tiOn, and the cry would DO havoc, and tho
dogs Of war would Zip. Fortunately, every.
body was proparedfto endorse the Declare.
tion Of Independence, and the unity Of the
party was maintained.