The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-16

your Convention is already gigantic
s,ccass All harmonious. EVERYBODY
LI";nn hands. National Union party
rrraat fact Conservative Congress Sc
cured. raS
Nebraska Delegation.
The Union must and shall be pre-
served said Mr.. Jackson the union
must and shall be restored sald MI
Johnson. One million of Irish votes
representing six millions OF tne ilisn
race. in America, Instead OF ASKING Gne
Convention to pass resolution 1rlendly
to irish nationality, respectfully offer
the following platform for its consldera-
ton:
THE IRISH AMERICAN PLATFORM.
We pledge our lives, our fortunes ana
our sacred honor, to maintain the Union,
the Constitution and the laws, and the
National Union party.
Permit me to add a suggestion: Tues.
day organize; Wednesday pass resolu-
tions; Thursday adjourn; Friday, ana
every day till the fall elections, all the
delegates should make speeches Tor the
National Union party, thereby burylng
forever the two offensive words-Demo-
crat and Republican. Sincerely.
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN.
1t is thought probable that the CONVEX.
ton will issue az address to the people,
setting forth the nature of the political
questions now at issue and advising the
course to be pursued, instead Of adopting
formal platform in the shape Of series
Of resolutions. 1t is also thought proba-
BILE that the convention will adjourn on
Thursday.
The withdrawal Of VALLANDIGHAM
from the convention will give general
satisfaction to all who desired its har.
mony and success. However psrfect his
right to seat in the convention may
have been, he would have merited uni
yersal contempt if he had persisted in
claiming that right at the expense OF
the very objects which the assemblage
was called to secure. The most COM
mendablc act of his lifetime is his with.
drawal from the convention, and he has
earned for himself thereby many more
friends than he had before, though it
would have been much more to his credit
had that step been taken with more
Willingness and grace than it was. A
special dispatch to the Pittsburg Com
mercial of yesterday gives the following
account of the means by which he was
induced to withdraw: .
Vallandigham has at last withdrawn
from the Convention. He resisted all
opportunities yesterday, and was firn in
his determination to participate as q
delegate till this morning at 9 o'clock.
The opposition to him was becoming
more and moro intense, thy Uni. .le.sins'
when majority of his Democratic col.
| leagues from Ohio united in request
| that he would withdraw for the sake OF
harmony.
The Ohio Republicans had determin ed
on withdrawing in body, in case Val
landigham insisted on remaining
General Joseph II. Geiger and few
others were becoming quite demonstra-
tive on the subject at the Continental
and Girard House. Geiger gave notice
in the Convention he should denounce
him III unmeasured terms.
While there was this strong pressure
from inside the Convention against Val
landigham, there was a pressure from
the outside equally strong in his favor.
He was waited upon yesterday and day
before by large numbers of influential
Democrats, not delegates, requesting
him to stand firm irl the assertion of his
right to a seat 1t seemed last night as
if the admission OF Vallandigham was
the only possible source Of discord for
to-day, and the leaders OF the Conven.
tion exerted themselves to procure an
amicable settlement of the question.
Montgomery Blair endeavored to ailay
the opposition threatened from the Ohio
Republicans, upon several of whom he
called TO f4reue the matter. He was
strongly in favor Of Vallandigham adj
mission, but found it impossible to bTiuG
the Ohio Republicans to his way ofthink-
ing.
Finally it became apparent, this mora
ing, that Vallandigham must withdraw
or the harmony of the Convention must
be seriously threatened. A joint meet
ing of the two delegations from Ohio was
subsequently called. At nine o'cloch all
were present except Vallandigham The
subject of Vallandigham's admission as
talked over, but 10 definite action was
taken. The Republicans Withdrew in
hall a2 lnrr, leaving the Democrats in
session Eallaudigham entered Che
rOorl, ueld a brief consultation VITA
few of his Democratic colleagues, and
then withdrew. A resolution was then
offered by Judge Van Tramp, of Oslo,
asserting the right of Vallandigham to
be present as n delagate, and denying
tho tight to object to his admission, hut
declaring that for the sake of harmony
IL the convention. the Ohio Democrats
would consent to his withdrawal. ThlS
was adopted 10y unanimous vote.
Nauandgham, on being informed of
this action OF his colleagues, addressed a
letter to the chairman of the Ohio tele.
cation, the purpoTt of which is that
while he denies the right Of the Conyeu.
ton to exclude him he will not present
himself rs delegate. fearing that to do
so might disturb the harmony OF the
Convention
He declines TO furnish copy of his
letter for publication before it is read in.
the Convention When ! heard he Il td
written it, called on HIM To procure |
copy, but he positively declined TOLD |
him l wanted it for the West only, aud |
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