, 1866-09-19
THE CLEVELAND CONVEN-
Tl0N.
The Object Of the Convention.

4ASNA
The Object Of the Convention.
Large Quantities of Bread and Butter
Vnntcd-The New York Delegation
"a Rig Th1ns's In Two Omnlbusses.
[Frou, Our Special Corespondent]
CLEyILASp, September II, 1865.
I got up very carly this morning-to wit:
at the hour Of six. Not that six O'Clock Is
'early " to the farmer, for instance, OF even
to the mechanic, but re1atively-is, indeed,
"vcry carly" In morning newspaper sense.
II you have any doubt On the subject, work
under gas-light till twelve or one every
night fora month-ao that, and learn what |
n precious thing 1t Is to leabcd late in the
morniugl
But, as said, / got up carly this morning,
mud I'm very glad did go. Shall tell you
why? Because thereby heard the slow and |
feeble salute of thirteen guns with which the
bold ard gallant johnson defenders ushered
in the day. No, for could have heard that
in my bed Just as well. Because I SOW how
the city looked before its flags of welcome
were thrown out to the breeze? No, for the
streets were us quiet and beautiful in their
unadornmcut at ten o'clock as at SIX. Be-
cause I thereby had IN opportunity to see
Steadman and Rousseau when they arrived
all begrlmmed with travel? No, for these
patriotic sons Of my country are no strang-
crs to my long-admlring eyes! Do you still
echo wbye Consider the significance Of the
old proycrb, *thc curly bird catches the
worui," and let 1t be d light in your path.
The worn" sought was knowledge, viz:
the purpose Of this Convention You shall
a dozen Of the managers got here on FRI
day night. They were reserved aud mystic
rious, Us managers always are. Fly them
with questions never so nlnny-the silent
they. They knew nothing. By breakfast
time on Sunday, as many as one hundred
and tlity Of the rank and llc Of the Conyen-
tfon l,ad arrived and ex-
| Colonc1s, and ex-atajors and particularly cx-
Captuins. BcinE: nothing but an outsider in
| sympathy with that body, changing on the
outer edge Of the Government and calling
| itself the Congress-" aud having . Keen
sense Of my utter Eworthlcssness,
9seanse s6Eco e. and co1nnlatn n,sa wata
which that cl,astc aud immaculate c Statesman
Andrew johnson, so vigorously denounced
on ono, or perhaps on two occasions during
bis recent quiet pilgrimage to the tomb Of
Douglas, l, Of course, didn't intrmde myself
upon these ex- Brigadiers and cx-Co1onc1s. 7
vcntured an original remark about the
weather, md such other light topics, to one
or two cx-Cuptains whcl, grant you were
we'll received. / am bound to say, however,
that they only paved the way for IN inquiry
cx-Captains aforesaid Invariably closed the
conversation very soon after ! answered that
wns civil service delegate from the Chica-
70 TRIBUNE office. You may well infer,
therefore, that learned very little during
dese 1es sss aaaEg as 81 OF e
my eyes and ears open.
thought the delegates had some political
object in view, but went to bcd last night
convinced that 1t was entirely patriotic, for
the burden Of general conversation in the
halls and reading rooms Of tho hotels was
about post offices, and revenue nsscssorships
mud collectorshtps, and, particularly, ltcutcn-
ancies and captlincics In the new regiments
created By the late act Of Congress. got to
the root Of tue matter, however, this morning.
sat in the porch Of my hotel at quarter
past sfx-1 like to be exact In these matters ;
at quarter past si1, +" Columbus Time y
though Why Columbus instead Of Cleveland
I'm sure | don't know. I may as we'll admit
at that raw and Uncomfortable hour. That
object vas indicated By the following notice,
circulated about the hotel Inst evening:
The New York delegntlon leave Buffalo
tonight. arrive here a.; At ~ o'clock to NOR: or
Kennard House by Papworth's Band.'
wanted to see Papwortlh, not knowing
though couldn't recall his name, but 81
, might pc an old acquaintance: That WASN'T
. my chlei object, though. The New Iorl
US ali the other delegations ore very smal
and very feeble, it was worth getting ~
} right carly to see this. That wasn't m,
! chief object, though. 1 had seen the nam
Of Major General John c. Fremont In th
list Of New York delegates, and one Of tn
Executive Committed had assured me tha
: hc certainly would be here; had not Oh
r | served any account Of his conversion to tn
e johnson doctrine that treason should b
! made respectable, but felt sure that ta
and knew what she was talking about; and
therefore, to come TO TIC point and be ex
# pllcit, wns down there on the porch nt tn
g chill and sombre hour Of n quarter past FL
e this morning, to sec how General Fremou
>. would look marching IN = procession
'r I didn't see him. didn't sec Admir-
10 FarEagut, who Is also named as one Of th
j. delegates. Neitler did I see General Dl,
:, nor General Slocum, nor General Bartlett
= ther did sec Pnpworth and his baud.
10 saw only two omnibusses, In which were Il
ID teen delegates, chief of whom were Gcncrs
IN Gordon Granger md the Democratic Coz
grcssional nominee, General Nelson Tay1o
ID ual. | had Lost two hours 81 good slecp ju'
= Tor thfst Was adisgustcd individual. Sha
rc hereafter have taith In Executive commi
'ss However, caught my worrn-and 1t
" something il tue correspondent Of snch
"subsidizcl and calu1nnlating press " rs tt
= TRIBUNE can catch even worm In this q
l. gust and patriotic presence Invoked by Il
Ia word Of Custer, and Rousseau, and steadmat
- sat there IN the porch waiting for brea
u fast, medltatinE on the lalsity Of i,newspape
&c tees, turning over in my mind the asscrttt
n Of the President made In his final speech
or Washington on Saturday cvenlng-tlat VT
- great portion Of the millions Of fcllow-ci
ses ase o. seen snee let goq
M sat there In such receptive state Of min
r. when knowledge lppcarea-camc on Z
=, "Celonel, )" man of pompous presence Al
all ar. Immense M 5, % moustaehe G p...o,. oro
nj The portcrp, to the Colonel; "a molsti
al morning, sur"
" "a little dampish," answered the Colon
Gu "b but Almighty God Is on the side of t
in cr'll break AWAY as soon g the sun = VT
cs. up.''
10, '"Bcgor1a, think 50 mcsclf. Almtsh
~ ~ God, isit? AM what arc ycz going to do
CIV the Convention 7"
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%. sailors Of the Union army and navy"
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,hc HH's to hc1n Sustain lie only agency
nv the country that can restore peace and b
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