The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-17
Letter from PHILADELPHIA


| PHILADELPHIA, August IA, 1866. )
| DEAR REGISTER: -As promised thus
4 morning, 1 resume my gossip concerning
the savings and doings ofthe representa-
1 tive Conservatives and Democrats no"
gathered in this city. The first session
of the National Union. Convention has
| lust ended. To say that it was a success
a grand and decided success, would DO .
feeble description of the trlumphant
ovation with which the assembled mui'
titude greeted the preliminary delibera'
tions of the Convention this morning
The immense building erected Tor the
occasion has already been 80 accurately
described by numerous writers that l
will not weary you with "a twice-toid
tale" I cannot, however, omlt
mention of the elegant interior
arrangements for the accommodate
ton of the delegates. In the arrange
mept of the wigwam nothing has been
| forgotten which. can in any way con-
tribute to the comfort of those who have
gathered here from all parts OF the land,
to lend their aid in restoring peace, har
| mony and good government to our dis
tracted country. Upon the floor OF the
hall, which is reached by the main en-
trance, the seats of the delegates and
invited guests are placed. 1t is estlma-
ted that the long tiers of benches and
| sofas in this department of the building
will seat comfortably three thousand
persons. Immediately in front OF the
delegates are ranged the representatives
of the press. Every facility for report
ing the proceedings has been supplied,
and the introduction OF several teie-
graphic wires into the building Is sng-
gestive of the immediate TRANSMISSION
of accounts of the Conventions dellper'
ations TO all parts of the country. Inc
reportorial corps now on duty here Is
| estimated at one hundred and thirty.
A raised platform of suitable di-
| mansions is occupied by the tenn
| porary chairman and secretaries; 1T
| will also be used understand, by such
! speakers as may address the body, but
thew, let us hope, will be very few, and
their deliverances very brief. But If
| there be any inspiration in hallowed as
| sociations and thrilling surroundings,
| the oratorical displays may be more ex.
| tended than is desired. In the rear OF
/ the chairman have been suspended a
| pair of elegant national flags, whose
| stars seem to grow brighter and whose
stripes become more lustrous from the
honest and earnest devotion beaming in
| every face. Above the banners stands
the Arch of the Union, West Virginia
and Minnesota, the bases, Pennsylvania
| the keystone, and the heart that does
4 not throb faster at the sight is dead to
| patriotic sentiment and impulse. Upon
! the numerous columns, which in grace.
4 full curve make the line which separates
| the delegates seats from the amphlteatre
| assigned TO visitors, are hung the
coats Of arms Of the various States
! ALL the States in The Union Reading
their patriotic notices and dsciphering
their devices, so suggestive OF unproKen
nationality, one almost forgets the bloody
days of the terrible past and becomes
wholly absorbed in the contemplation OF
that glorious possible future which zeal
GUS endeavor will render secure.
The amphitheatre which completes
the interior of the hall is of vast dimen'
4 sions, and comfortable arrangement. 1t
! will easily seat eight thousand persons.
and, with close packing, an audience OF
| ten thousand people can listen to the de-
| liberation of the Convention assembled
| below. Just before the organization this
morning, O. III. Browning announced
that the delegates from South Carolina and
| Massachusetts, ,Could noW enter the C0Rren
ton srm in arm. Never shall forget the
scene which ensued. Five thousand
people in the galleries, and half as many
OF the floor arose and greeted with Que
spontaneous, triumphant shout, the re-
union SO gloriously typited. AS
the representatives of the tx
IRENE views of the land pa, sed
to their seats in relations of bar.
| mony and fraternity, the sight was
nobly suggestive of practical and ct
fectual solution of the problem Oi Ia
tional reconstruction A temporary OF.
ganizatlon was effected by the election
of Major General Dix as chairman. His
speech is universally regarded as model
of dignity, calmness and power. How
admirably it contrasts with the bla; aot
utterauces of radicalism on similar oc-
StiSlohS' AiUOS wv opPOihsLuSho Va
mittees ON credentials and permanent or-
ganizstion, and the adoption Of res"iu
! tions to govern the deliberations, no
Convention adjourned TO meet to morrow
at IL o'clock The friends OF the Uuiou
causr, already eXultano oN~r the har-
mory q! the first 'ssion. have since h-c I'll
rendered jubilaut 10y she Withdrawal Of
Vallandrghdm This destroys the last
| hope OF the Radicals who have At
temple L. tester dlsnnIon in fne
| Convention, and removes the only
obstacle To harmony and unity You
may les! assured, that unless some an
tuIes'rr trouble arises, this Convention
| will luiluencr for good the political d"s-
! tiuy OF che entire couutry. Let The
| great hearted patriotism which al P''s'
eut prevails, continue 10 characterize Tue
deliberations, aud tae DOOM uf Radio.
aliSuI is forever sealed So say the Iep-
reSentatiyes of the nations conserva-
tisu, God grant realization of their
prophecies, HUGo.