The New York herald., 1866-09-08

Dsr Of sne vorcy nS rsdica Who sssved such
plank wonld defea. them IN she election; A. . .ns ma
.ssy 1an 20 around ''pRs' re
Van wyck must not appoint the sonmseee ior
= s,ss ss "a S'd seS sSS' suffrage ~ resolution, and compel
,nom pat themselves ON record on tnat
tss sia,o Central Commistse by Judicial DISTRICTS The
medium men therefore Incorporated mclon ior TINS
with IA, for selection a q 81 the Committee S On
vote until tn slternccn but Greeley was Immediately
nelied by of the conservative delegates from bis
district thst they iendcd to put him on the State Com
must press this vote now or he might be defeated
greeley thsreupon jumped up and advocated an imme-
di.e dectsoD in opposition TO those who were
laborins for negro suffrage, thss showing that he
tho ushi Of position tho committee and his own
reroasl promrenca than he did Of his pet idea The
negro suffrage party finding themselves deserted cy
's@ eas motion ssV" q judge judy Pam James ~ when was
as'sses and the seles.'en OF both the ComHistee
70 ,he dr'ccates IN each Congressional district.
This is the u which the negro suffrage plank was
Aert out ~ the resolutions The committee IN Rcsolu
lions. agreed upon by abe deega,ss composed Of
men knosu to be radicals but large majority Of those
that Tho preston be broached, sanpig because
4 woua I've mpolitic; and hence the rcso; and the
npe-4.rtc Of tbe resolutions presented
fHE i.s-ns wofEiNss IrosM coArilvKE
ic.ihose who we're not rost'd on The niov.ms3ls TO
aciien os The Conmtec on KcaQlations crest d no ts
s7Frse, majprts oi The committee was composed o.
,afcai mon some of these were extreme apoiionists
ong before the formation of The r.publrn party and
v..ea he Brl,ey tSket IN ne Presidential contese Of
lsi4 but eyeus SHOW tna hcy were coivcrto 2. this
Convention 10 the ranks of the ?oicy isa,.alh ~. ~
tas commitiee met il was hnted hnte ~ !, er yondeT ev
."ny not icsiriug act in sha capacity unless he
coald report his OVID reserves. J.. :,
Clceicy announced thai be had prepared
three or ioar rcc1aons .ApessiDs 'i,s views which he
wanted 10 nc4loiato IL The report. Thc hrst Vas
Resolution deneuncing terms both the Presi-
dent and secretary senald u wssa sort Of bin of
indictmcpk against The ormer and exec Gingy vndic-
ol tie President, rh'h lie considered rendered him
wprtAy of The position wch he occupies, and faithless
the pas, tAat elected Linn. All ihe principal acts
which the iad ais opgrcss opposed The President or
rireu Ia detail but h,s tie committee thought it
would do to pornte in the resolves and rejected
The stU'ions nder plea that ley desired TO make
Their reference this matter in general and
less explicit.
The nelt resolution was that Of negro suffrage
Gre ey aid ii support hs nat lie de.cd to let lie
people kno@ their real sentiments. Ec desired Thar hs
Should be m.ae The condition. OF admitting tho
ponente charged that they did not propose 10
anl pcro making capila on hst point Tue johnson
pary ad liked their condition oi representation and
Una Ae that Ne VIII neither support or say what win be
al .,s) Gsici sAea fSa,,sdio GalaG TIE soie Gna
gresn.e, ~ sarc thct neg oGd Gdnt them
a, tsoSe IN ataors hos stats ddn.ed all ciases H.
q ~ i'e btSSs, at epI5tty toit hcascice, mtetp
i9 tte tigIi o ranC From what he had heard here he
did not know but that majority Of the Convention
thought ihat u Mod not be policy 20 say this at this
time. He did not know Dut that ,hey ght and
that i was necessary TO secure e progress Of
this of the principles OF the party He pre-.
scnted IT. and gave his feasons, and the committee must
time. Congressman Hotchkiss and a minister from
Western New York advocated It's adoplon,
OF weakening the party. Rut when the question was
brought three all Tho
Negro suffrage was ignored and not brought before
the Convention.
series Of resolutions Those OF tho former were rrs-
pared after consultation with George Dawson and four
or Ave others OF that stamp the night previous
J. .dge Davis resolutions accompanied with an
address explanatory thereof and seemed TO be
ceptable TO majority Of The committee than those Of
Mr. Gurus yhsy were therefore taken as the basis Of
the report, several changes made in tho phraseology
asd some Of tho essential points in those Of Mr. Curtis
incorporated in Them. and then Anally reported TO the
Convention. acr having been all rewritten In agreeing
upon the wording Of the third resolution In ths
considerable discussion took place. The three lines
OF that resolution declares ~ and that any OF
the late nsorgent States shalt adOp. that tcoDssu
by It's loyal representatives, resume IT'S place
IN Congress" This refers 10 the amendment OF The
Constitution adopted by Congress and waiting the
endorsement Of tho Legislatures of the different states
Mr. Ho,cbkiss member Of Congress from the southern
part Of the State, wanted to strike this out He
opposed 70 sayng when he would admit tie soutborn |
members into congress, but leave IL TO that body.
Events night transpire that would render further
guarantees ecessary before would be safe 10 admit
ihem He wapted The party to stand uncornmitted on
at in order representatives in Congress might
not feel any but their own Judgment In
the matter lie did not believe that those endmcn,s
to Constitution secured all the guarantees that would
be necessary rhe controversy over this pont in the
Committee lasted nearly two honrs-suly ono hour OF
@ @ up ~ ~ s old pc %as no
lists Martin J. Townsend, OF Troy, who has for years
past been copz dered one OF HE most extreme men
lie denounced Hochkss' course In terms and
fact turned of the members OF the committee who
were ~ favor of striking out those words over into favor
ing ,her retention. vote was finally taken the |
motion OF Mr. Hochkss, and received seven votes out
OF about twepy-sx present at that time Among those
who voted Tor striking ont was Greeley. Theec w'rc
tho prncipal points in the c,niroversey; all other
questions merely that Of ph.aseology. SO much
icr The inside workings OF the Committee on Resolutions
TRTshis' ssuEta
The speech of Tremain as published, il shorp of
Us threats Before lie was conducted 10 the chair he
notified Associated Press reporter that he had his
speech all writton out and woad not be necessary
IN manuscript in his coattaii pocket where ii remained
dnrlDs It's enre delivery, occupying over an hour When
Associated Press reporter hs speech Nearly II all
Il II IL essentially M he delivered IT, but some OF the
mder language in the written speech than in is de-
livery. Especially is this the In the point that
aroused Greeley from bis sleer which he had neeD udus
Ing ~ nearly all the tine OF hs delivery. In that pos-
ton Of tbs speech in which he rc;errcd refusing 10
count the electoral vote of the southern saics isss
ana that Congress would pass law preventing the cleo
torai votes Of those States bcing cast-in the prepared
speech, as published he s made 10 say that N Presi-
dent johnson sha refuse 10 perform his plain duty
assume further that other constitutional means will bc |
empoycd execute tho laws." This IS unmsak ably
threat a Impeachment deposai Of tb, President: but
u In that respect exceedingly mild 10 what he
did say, which hat II Presd vt Johnson refused TO
execute this law then IL would he fond that there
Ia way ia which could be put IN L
hts place that wop!d enforce it, No doubt hut
thar the two expressions the same hing bnt
that actually used by him in his speech gives better
idea o what he really meant Than the other exprcssnn
The fact that this speech was carefully prepared before
hand aud committed TO memory shows that these re.
marks die assertion In an unguarded moment
bot the real the actual and bScd determination Of the
rrdcas rho announcement that the speech OF IRE.
prepared beforehand and committed to
memory viii doubt create some little surprise with
hoso who have been aboring 10 show that he Ia the
on hand speaker ~ the 'tate. The foregoing facts MP
set that theory.
GkEkLrN'- " foRT 70 GIT crsrR.L .os.
Nutt.
The moment that Greeley arrived here he commenced
hgurng 10 get himself appointed member Of the State
central Committee anh out that lie wanted 10 he
chairman. His labors atcrnaed between this aud The
depuuciaton OF the President and Seward and all those
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