, 1866-09-07
: General C. G. Washburne, General
Amasa Cobb and Hon. B. F.
hopkins Nominated--.:< = =.
SOUTHERN UNIONISTS' CON-
FENIION.

7'fuale Of Wednesday Nights Demon.
Atrat1on Thur~laysx procccdinEs-
The Addrc.~-I:Aecl Of It~ Reading
Judge Sherwood, Of Texns-Adoptlon
Of tile Iaddre*#--Ikeport of the Com
x1ftfec on I<c%olMHo11x-.A Tribute OF
10 President La,4co1n-s:reat
t;nnntmIty or T'ccllng-The IndIc;-
1ucut n:ainEt 4. JoIt1lhon-tSlnt Will |
come OF Kt-Soutllcfn Un1onI~ts to |
Canvas. tIlc Nortf1-
Especial Despatch 10 tlc Chicago Tribnne.1
PHILADELPHIA. Scrtcmbc-G.
AZ the wave continues to roll: after the storm, |
20 ic great deep Of oya}ly is still hcsving here ly
The wonderful force OF last nights demonstration.
ou:. after ii necess3rv TO close dispatches for
distant tou.nals. the rariuns meetings continued,
and tho sky toward Broad street was red with tle
flies oflhe display I'LL morning. The damnit naong
the cast slope did mot soften any OF the fcatuFcs OF
tue scene. The city this morning WIS In eestaeies
over tho grand eueeessof the great Union demon |
etrntion.
The Convention met in tie best possible spirits.
], eeemel to be borne aluns bY The Tide Of feeling
that set toward it on all s,1cs. Afc1 the usual
prayer, tho cmo,ion which al felt broke ont upon
the reading Of letter Of Sympathy from tho Wis
eousin delegation presented through Governor
Tai1child, and ringing despatch from The New
York State Republican Contention.
The report Of the COMMITTEES On the Address
NI5 tuNu p1EEEuAGu- 4GCkE A14fE nG(A A44u3 3%A0A5
papers read and mary bsarc utteganccs made at
the various meetings which hsre attended upon this
Convention, and those present have been deeply
moved By them all !: buc nnne Of thcm haye so
thrilled through and through the hearers as th1s
tcrse paper. Senator Ctc.swrn the nut4or Of most
OF It, tcad with an earncEtnc=s that VIA impaired
=. to all. Tho 1hnlc Canvcntion seemed to hang
upon his words, while tic strong Sentences with
with which IL is filed came dowu like
sabre strokes, crushing through the armor Of
rebellion. There have been cheers In The ball
where those patriots meet but they were cold and
EIlen. compared 10 the EEectios, filed with emo
tlon, which the address received. That part de
tc1ltIns the fffate Of Union men through The wsr,
md their gtrat EufertngE, seemed 10 bring sad ez-
4,exieuces to Nil minds, anI the fac,s o. the dc:c
gates told how trne to the ren1iy the picture was.
Al the close Of the reading, John Mi,'os 0otts
Epoke home 10 the hcarts Of a1l when he declared
that It was the most formidable Indictment -y.r
presented by free people aXainst my OF it,
rulers.
Tlv address won1d h-ve been adopted on the III
t,ant, could Eole hare becn taken +; bat there
werr three os four who dcslrcd 10 present views
or their ow3, and as there VAS no machinery 10
control speech, ar1 aa,nv2 al tcvisc 10 employ
It, free opportunity was given 10 them fos dis'
p1sy-
J.dse Sherwood. Of Texas, has long been pre-.
pasirc statement Of biz Views uroa srconst.x,c-
y
tee On Addrrss for It's inspection. cFoF this put
dose the argn,nent bal hteu printed, aud M tbs
committee had only made use Of few OF It.
pointe, lhc Judsc took occasion to Gcs the foor
and then proceeded to read his paper, which h
offered a. substitute. II was long, and most Q
itwns very dry. The long rolls npou which
was nrinted looked formidable. The readfn: sool
became. monotunous. Tho delegates began 10 In
spcet their ucwapapcIs. The Con:cntion bcga:
to look like tho House Of Representatives on Sat
urdays, when speeches arc read Tor hnAcnsor,
rather like tho Senate, ior the Judge recalte,
1nauy unhappy :I~tuus Of Srnsios Davia, of kcu
tucky. Ese1y one Vas getting impatient
Fcemed az II the eject Of the stirring addres
would be lost TIL after tho tTo hours reading IA
done.
Governor DroWnlow. nenablIn: with fatigue Al
1eebIeucss, rosc, and whf.c the Convention IVA
hp.hed to stiffness, in few words carried ii
Convention hscS to the fnl1 impression OF the fir.
address, and moved tho previous question upo
tts adoption. In THE he WAS unanimously ru,
seiat,a. md the main question ordered, which ~
upon The paper utetrd substitute. tn
- amendment was lost by NIL hat five votcs, an
tten tue Cpmmtttee'a report was adopted, only
: half dozen voting aga1nsti1.
The substitute differed from the origin
>: address In recommending Suffrage. This,
cousee ssas the prime cause Of lis doicat, tnouc
It's length uas Sufficient objection, as. hal It b.s
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land would haze l,uhlisbcd 1t.
Previous 10 the yotc upon The address,. II :"
announced that the repo:t Of the coamlftcc
ro:n.cd 10 present the views Of the loyal N
from the un,ep1cseuted Stales wontd make tht
report, and 1t was iutimated that in 1t all NJ
designed to taEe more advanced position th
any which the Border States could support Won
he able to give full expression TO their views.
The Committee on Resolutions then repoEte
through one Of the minority, upon 1t. Govern
hamilton, Of Texas, with fur others, desired
incorporate suffrage, but yielded gracefully 10 t
opinions Of the majority, aud united cordfal
with them In presenting the resolutions a. t
best thing taat could he obtained in the prcsc
condition Of parties. The report vas
-: -celved In manner that at once ma
-, The adoption certn1n. Thczr were three or 70
persons who at cach session have tried to bri
themselves Into nototiety. hut who have no pcrs
MI influence, who attempted 10 hwa.t the evIde
wishes Of The very large majority So great "
the expression Of unanimlty in favor OF The re.
-. lptious, thst call for the previous question "
almost unanimously sustained. and the M
question ordered and carried with scarcely nc.
five vote.
..-F- ?" resolutsona we're, On uollon Of Hos'