The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-11
The Philadelphia Convention.
QUARRELs OF THE FACTIONS.

The New York Times and the Daily
Ne1os still quarrel about the nature
and objects ofthe proposed Convention.
The Daily NeacS says
"The Times of Saturday 'assents
most heartily to the following plat
form, which the Albany Evenimg
Journal advises the Philadelphia Con-
vention to adopt"
81. Security for the future-to be
guaranteed by faithful execution of
and submission to the Civil Rights and
Freedmen's Bureau laws.
''2. Adoption of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution.
$50. The immediate admission to their
seats In Congress of all loyal men who
can take the test oath; and
90. The recognition of the right of
every State to regulate the question of
suffrage in its own way.
"In what respect this platform diff
fers from that of the radical majority
in Congress we cannot see. It certain
ly SuStainS the outrageous test oath,
and all of the measures which the Rad
icals passed over the Presidents veto,
and Eagainst his will-he Freedmen's
Bureau bill, and Civil Rights bill, and
the Constitutional amendment. $
Upon that platform every Republi-
can in the country can stand, and if
Seward, Weed and Raymond shall
stand upon it, with the Federal patron
age at their disposition, to it will also,
probably, come the great mass of those
who now follow Thad. Stevens and
Greely. e.'e
"This is very smart trick of Mr..
Raymond and his friends. He sees,
however, one great difficulty in the way
of its success-that is the presence at
Philadelphia of 'anti-war Democrats
and Rebels as delegates to the conven-
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surmount by casting out as evil all
such persons. We think he will find
the task a very difficult one, and, in
fact, an impossible one. But still he
may succeed. We can only say that in
that event he will find that the 'anti-
war Democrats and Southern people
have opposed the Constitutional
Amendment, the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, the Civil Rights bill and the Test
Oath act, because these measures are
infamously unjust and ruinous, and
not because they were advocated by
Mr.. Stevens; and they will continue to
oppose them just as earnestly and Just
as uncompromisingly as ever, even if
they should be endorsed by a thousand
conventions. No honest Democrat or
Southern gentleman can or'win support
Mr.. RaymOnd's platform. We certain
ly never shall, even if it should be
adopted by the Philadelphia Conven-
llOlS I6Su4b r"nlCu III our OPINION,
morally impossible"
Vallandigham, Pendleton, G. @. Burr,
Rogers and the Wood brothers have
very evidently no intention of taking
back seats in the Convention. On the
contrary they expect to be the leading
spirits of the gathering. The Times still
insists that 'Eanti-war Democrats and
Rebels" must not be allowed access to
the wigwam. The South replies by
sending as delegates her leading gen
erals, while the NelDS of to-day adds:
eve think he (Mr. Raymond) will find
the task a very difficult one and in fact
an impossible one." -4
The New York Commercial SAYS:
eff moving heaven and earth will ac-
complish such a result, we may. expect
to witness considerable attendance at
the Philadelphia wigwan1. There will
be a gathering of incongruous elements,
however, as were never before brought
| together. Rebel Generals, Governors
and politicians, peace men, war men.
sore heads, officeholders, tConserya3,
tives' and 'Copperheads,' in short any,
thing and everything not embraced
under the genus Republicans willthere
be congregated together to organize q
new party. To assemble in convention
is one thing, and to harmonic and be
made to pull together is another. The
World OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES this when
it remarks this morning: Till the
members hGUe eaten, and drank, and
jOkeI together, and haze become neELo1Ded
By c07lUiViuEttyl into an easy reciproca-
tion of good will, it will be haT'tEIv en-
Pelieret for them to enter on the discus
sion of 'pith and moment,' which the
country stands on tiptoe to hear.' This
is certainly a very frank statement of
the case; but, notwithstanding many
of the delegates will doubtless be caps-
BILE of considerable 'conviviality'-we
question whether any amount of eat
ing and drinking will mellow the
body into good working order. FIRE.
quent libations will ordinarily har-
monize Democratic gathering, causing
the members to vote it blind, fodder or
no fodder;' but there are in this case
other elements to be modified and re-
duced, to a cohesive condition"
AS regards the policy. of organizing a
new party, and assuming new name,
there is an equal divergence of opinion,
The Democratic journals generally af-
firm that they will not abandon their
old party or party name for new ones,
declaring that the whale must swallow
Jonah, and not Jonah the whale. The
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Admin-
4 istration,) however, asserts: s.Old
preiudices and ambitions must be sub
ordinate to new necessities. Old parti-
san allegiance and organizations must
be abandoned" The Washington Re.
publican says: "Whether it9will re.
commend any new organization for
4 that. purpose will depend altogether, we
presume, upon the opinion which shall
prevail a FtoT. f11o fo0fs hnarfnCr nnnn the