The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-20
Gen. VaIIandigham's Letter--Its
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reception.
Tho special correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Gasette In q lengthy account Of the
Proceedings Of thc Philadelphia IConvcn-
tion, thus speaks Of The spirit which was
manifested when Mr.. VALLANDIoHAM was
announced as having withdrawn as a dele
gate from that body:
When Vallandigham withdrew these
men took long breath Of relief They
Thought they were rid Of him, but their per-
plexity was Increased by a request that a
letter rom him addressed to the Conven-
tlon might be read. The managers had de-
elared beforehand that no such letter should
be read, but they saw the helplcssness Of
their position the moment the latter was
announced. It was greeted with an almost
universal burst of applause. Doolttle,
prompted by the wire-workers, ruled that
II required unanimous consent 10 permit
Its Introduction. And as IL his purpose
was not evident enough, he added: "Did
understand any one to object" To this di-
rect appeal = delegate near him entered
faint objection. The Convention was very
still. the managers thought they had car
ried their point, when Roverdy johnson
rose and moved 10 suspend the rules TO al
low the reading of the letter. For this he
was vocilerousiy applauded, The motion
against which scarce dozen dared to ar
ray themselves. and the reading began.
10 tcds Vdlldndighdm's triumph. A Com
vention calling itself Union had received
communication from the most obnoxious
disunlonist IN all the land, and received IL,
too, with marked enthusiasm. Every sen
timent IN II was cheered TO the echo, and
the cheers were spontaneous, not foreed
This does not very well sustain some of
the more rabid of Mr.. VS. newspaper as
sailants, in their jubilant tejoicings that he
was without friends in that body. We
question whether any other member--we
care not who he might be--who, under
similar circumstances, would have been
honored with such demonstration of pop
ular favor.
We add the following from the New York
World. on the same point.
As soon as the report Of the Committee
on Credentials bad been adopted, Hon. w.
5. Groesbeck, of Ohio, arose and asked leave
to present, on behalf OF the Ohio delegation,
n letter from Hon. Clement J.. Vallandig-
ham TO the President of the Convention.
with the further request that it be read
then and there. The mention of Mr.. Val
andigham's name evoked prolonged ap-
planse, amid which the letter was sent TO
the President. just as Secretary Perrin
was about to read it, Mr.. Hugh Gartland.
of New York City, called out IL object"
Read IL ! read It J" was the quick response
from all parts of the Wigwam. This
naturally produced some confusion. which.
however. was quieted by the statement Of
President DoOlittle that the unanimous con-
sent of the Convention was required to
admit of the reading Of the letter. Again
Mr.. Garland objected, when Hon. Reverdy
johnson, of Maryland, moved if that was
the rule, and IL would be enforced. that IL
be suspended in this instance. The motion
was received with applause. and when put
70 the convention, was passed by thunder
ing Aye" though few votes were given
against 1t; and when the President made
the formal announcement, THE ayes have
it. 1t was received with round of cheers
Tn" letter was then read and cheers were
given for its author when the reading of it
was finished.
And the following from the New York
Tribune:
When Mr.. Groesbeck rose in the Con-
vention and offered a letter written by
Clement l.. Vallandigham to be read to the
Convention the enthusiasm knew no
bounds. Cheer after cheer was given for
Vallandigham by the 5000 persons in the
galleries of the wigwam. THE keynote
from the gallery was taken up by the Cop
perhead delegates on the floor, who re-
sponded in twice renewing the cheers. This
demonstration in favor of Vallandigham
struck terror to the hearts of Doolittle,
Wood Il CO., who did not dream of such
feeling being expressed by the people as
sembled in their great Convention. They
thought the large audience looking down
on them were like themselves deserters
from the ranks oc the Union Republican
n..N 81 A.. =. 4
have seen how Doolittle's face turned, and
how he twitched the coarse hairs Of his
rough-looking beard. He looked like
General defeated and routed. Browning.
too, looked hurt. Montgomery Blair sat
in his seat, chuekled and showed his white
teeth. Every point of Vallandigham's
letter was received with immense cheering.