The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-26

S1asS ao1 eacn subsequent Insertion. Ia the
Weekly, 81 square.
GESpscial notices IL cents lima.
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Northern Political Convetatfons.
:. While President Johnson, through
the Provisional Governors, is endea-
voang to quietly yet etfectu&lly read
lust the machinery of the respective
State Governments i'll the South. the
politicians in the Northern States are
holding their convenMens s;,d .ol,ar-
re1ng over the platforms which they
shall erect fox thciK,, candidates to
stand upon. The poilry of tic Pre-
s1oent IS, III Eost. instances, working
hayInoniousdy, and bringing about the
desired results: sat the politicians in
TAO North are not Mll 90 fortura.t;> in
their schemes hese: The radical WING
of the Republican, r..rtv. whieL set
aat un'Sr Chief Justice Chass ir a
bold movement not only to contro,
the President aud the re- organization
OF the Southern Ststes, but also the
Pohtlcs of the North, are being sadly
qcseared IN almost every instance.
lney hive baen unable to swerve the
PRESIDENT from his fixed policy, and
IN all thu conventions vet held thcv
have only found two which would give
their radits1 resolves even the RESPECT
ot conslderation. and only one that
"o,lid IA the Least endorse them
:, The Republicans OF Ohio led off in
holding their State Convention. It
convened just at the time when the
agitation in regard 70 Negro suffrage
was ut its height, and when it was
generally supposed the radicals had
. sufficient sctyngth to direct the action
OF the party3in many of the States.
But the returned veterans obtained
control of that gathering, and kept
the radicals in the background. They
secured their own platform and nomi
mated one of their own leaders for
Governor. The Jacobins then clxne
to the noninee-Gen. Cox.,ieclarin.,
that he Was sound on their creed nnd
was all the platform they desired. But
he soon came out aud repudiated
them, and in clear ana logically pre-
pared letter proved that their doc
tr1nes were untenable and their dog
mas mere bundle of heresies. Yer
mont was the next State to hold it's
convention, and there the doctrines of
the Chase faction were passed over in
silence. That Estate has always been
considered one Of the most radical in
the Union, and was never known to
give the Democrats sufficient show TO
furnish evidence that there were am.
such beings. i'll the State. The policy
OF Mr.: johnson was thoroughly en-
dorsed, and the people CT the State
pledged to its support in ite'eSecneion.
The Republicans of New jersey were
the next to hold their State Conwen-
taon,. and there, after extraordinary
efforts, resolutions We're introduced
containing long rigmarole about the
eqnahty OF the red men, black mon
and white men, declaring that the
blacks OF the South were entitled to
vote: But no person but the mover
OF these resolutions took the trouble
. to advocate them. The result was
that they were uncercmoniouslv kick
ed under the table, not receivine, ns
many votes as there were resolutions
while, on the other hand, the coiiven,
tloh was almost u unit in endorsing. in
the most emphatic manner. the comrs,.
of the President.
The failure in these three Stases was
not very encouraging to the Chase
party, and indications were every-
where manifest of their backing down
IN the principal central States. Just
at thus stage, a black star appeared Ia
the Eastern horizon. The Repubh-