Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-21
OUR PHILADELPHIA CORRESPON.
DENCE.

Our special correspondent at the Phila-
delphia Convention furnishes US a very in
teresting and graphic description Of the
last days proceedings Of that body, the
main points of which have been anticipated
by telegraph. His letter Of the 10Th closes
as follows:
The entire session Of the Convention has
been perfectly harmonious from the be-
ginning. 1t was a convocation Of great
minds, never equalled in this country be-
fore, and its equal will probably never again
be brought together. Its deliberations have
been disturbed by no distracting element,
and from the first days opening the Radi-
cal leaders despaired Of being able to pro-
mote discussion among its members.
The Dead Duck, and in fact all the Radi-
cal editors and leaders, proclaimed that there
would be two Couyentions-that WOoD
NALLANDIGHAM, DEAN, and their adherents
would bolt the regular body, and set up for
themselves. The patriotic course pursued
by these gentlemen by Withdrawing from
their delegations, entitle them to the high
est regard of the entire country. While
they asserted, and could have maintained,
their right to seats in the Convention, for
the sake Of harmonizing the entire Conser-
vative power Of the opposition to Radical
disuniOnism, they withdrew Let the peo-
pele give them the credit their noble action
deserves.
Had the Radical party of Philadelphia
had the least conception Of the glorious sue
cess which has attended the National Union
Convention, they would, in their despera-
If,
it from sitting in their city. FORNEY has
been busily and devilishly engagedin trying
10 raise a mob to attack the wi gwam, but
his efforts have been unavailing. He ad-
dressed a crowd of roughs last night, and de-
nounced the members Of the Convention as
"pro-slavery ruffans," JOHNSON muir
derers, and ''bloody-handed traitors"
men who, had justice been done them,
would have been rotting in unremembered
graves" Yet he has the audacity to gay
that he is opposed to violence, and would
not raise his finger in anger" 1t was not
his fault that there was no outbreak of his
vile adherents. They knew it would be a
dangerous undertaking, and one likely to
have different result from whatthe might
wish. The Mayor of the city is entitled to
great credit for the efficiency of his police
lOICes WHO nave Dcel SUCCESSFUL III keeping
down disturbances doing the three days Of
the Convention.
LEWIS d. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, and Major
ROLLINS, Of missouri, Gen ROUSSEAU, Off en-
lucky, spoke at the National Guards Hall
last night.
Pickpockets are thick in the city. One
incident occurred yesterday which is worth
relating. Five delegates from South Caro-
lima rode from the wigwam in the street car
to Chestnut street. On stepping from the
car one of them proposed taking drink.
After drinking, the inviting party clapped
his hand on his pocket, and said, "Gentle-
men, my pocketbook is gOne-stolen"
well" said the friend, next to
his elbow, 81 will pay for these
drinks" He didn't, however. The
pickpockets had gone through" all five of
them. One gentleman to-day had $500
stolen out Of his pockets. We have heard
Of a great many other like cases. The
light-fngered gentry have had a rich har-
vest the past few days.
A meeting of the soldiers and sailors will
be held in the wigwam tonight.
The Tennessee delegation have COM
menced leaving for home. Gov. NELL S.
Brown leftthis afternoon by the Pennsylva-
MIA Central railroad. By tomorrow night
the city will be pretty clear of delegates.