The national Republican., 1866-08-07
THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT.

strated; First, that the reassembling Of the
convention, 50 far as il had authority in law
to do SO, was farce. ....
g., Second. 1t would have ended in farce in
stead Of tragedy IL General BAIRD had done
his duty and appeared on the ground in sea-
son, prevented q collision, or il Major Gen
eral SHERIDAN had been in New Orleans at
the time. As It is, q little time will develope
the truth Of the whole matter.
THE PHILADELPHIA CONvEN.
i.fH ~ ID" TION. 'f 'n
The Philadelphia Convention, rightly man.
aged, can so direct the contest that the party
in power will be forced into obscurity far
more rapidly than it rose at its commence
ment. There are yet over two years before
the next Presidential election, and with the
capital which the managers Of this new
movement have at their disposal their COM
plete success in that campaign is much easier
than was the triumph Of the Republican
party after four years contest There is
also sufficient time, backed as they are with
the momentous questions Of the day, to
change the result Of the approaching con-
gressional elections in a sufficient number of
the Northern States to secure control OF the
next Congress and the defeat Of the present
revolutionary faction, which is now usurping
power and fastening the destruction Of the
country. To this point the Philadelphia
Convention should direct its efforts by exhib-
iting scathing analysis Of the corruptions,
shortcomings, and deception Of the party
now holding control Of both branches Of
Congress. II the proceedings Of that gather
ing are well-timed and properly conducted,
there is no reason why its success may not
be more remarkable than was that Of the
Republican party. 1t has q better opportu-
nifty. All that is necessary is to properly
improve it, and success is certain.-NeO
York Herald
r Like all other public bodies of men the
Philadelphia Convention will be invested
with .ae power for good or evil. Everybody
knows that the rudest savage can burn the
stateliest ediice to the ground, although en-.
tirely incompetent to construct decent cabin
1t is in the power Of the very worst men in
every community, if they desire to do SO, to
get into almost every voluntary assembly ol
men and control the proceedings. And yet,
Like the gang who now run at the heels OF
1fHApDEUs STEVENS, their acts are Of no prac-
ficsl account when they are not upheld by
the public Judgment. Reactions as they
are called, which in politics are but another
name for "the sober second thought" CON-
bined with "the right first thought" which
precious few always indulge, usually bring
back public affairs to proper level. We
expect reaction now.
In view of all that has occurred before,
during and since the war, the officers of the
National Union Club Of this city, who are
quite as sagacious, philosophic, and prescient
as any other equal number Of gentlemen in
the United States, thought it to be both ex-
pedient and wise to call u convention of
Union delegates 10 be held ct Philadelphia
on the l4th Of August proximo.. They be-
lieved that unless the people generally have
lost their wits, such an assenblage of solid,
cool-headed, patriotic, Unionloving men from
all parts Of the country would revive con-
servative, life-preserving, and peace-loving
sentiment which is normal with the Ameri-
can people, but which the animosities of the
civil war have greatly overborne. In other
and perhaps palmer words, they believed that
q general conference of Union men, without
regard to their antecedents. from all sec
tions Of the country, would do much
toward allaying the prejudices engendered
by the war, and consequently toward restor-
ing the people to that condition which is
universally admitted to be essential to oil
the substantial interests Of the country. 1t
was not expected, Of course that delegates
Who do not loyalty accept the national stu-
alton and cordially support the principles
enuneiated in the call would go there. The
advice Of those who are disloyal, whereso-
ever they may come from, and opposed to
I these principles. is not wanted; and it will be
the sheerest impudence in them to make the
effort to get into that body under the bor-
rowed guise of loyalty. Hence they con-
cluded that If VALLANDIGHAM and his asso-
ciates undertook to get into the convention
there would be sslfrespect enough in that
body to shut them out
But the call was bursting bomb shell in
the camp Of the radicals, who thereupon
sprang TO their arms. General THADDEus ad-
vised diversion at once in the form of d
call for another Convention In September.
LORENZO SHERWOOD was sent for at once to
issue it. Mozart, lest Tammany should get
the start, footed its horn, got up meeting
% and appointed FERNANDO Woop and ERAsrus
. BROOKS to go there. In rural districts where
the radicals and copperheads or either of
them are dominant, they strive either to sup
press delegation or to fill it with men whose
loyalty has been or yet is doubtful; 50 that
the movement is now under fire from the
disunionists upon both sides. 1t is therefore
possible, although we do not believe it, that
the enemies of the Government will either
squel.h the Philadelphia Convention in its
inception or capture It's personnel. II such
thing shall happen, the originators Of the
movement will not, Of course, be bound by
its proceedings, -.,r .........
But tho call affords our loyal fsllOw-citI'