Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-18
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1866.

~ ieal laughter. The Rev. J. B. Ferguson
IS Secretary of the johnson Club of Wash
IS ington, and a bitter ex-rebel, whose brothe
: Champ. Ferguson, expiatsd his crimes oI
the gallows, did not get Off 50 easily. II,
was hailed with such cries as "Your brothe
was hung for guerrilla, - - You're rebel,
"Shut up" and 50 on, and was finally
r choked Off entirely by cheers for Genera
Geary and Thad. Stevens. Counter cheers
: were given FOR johnson and The Convention
Tho next speaker, rebel whose name
lost, denounced the Union men Of the South
for desertng their States iu the hour Of trial.
=" Theseare the men," he continued, who
are rafsPP5g. sP5.., hue aud cry, and playing the
devil ge2i fly. Have you any respect for
man . Won't go with his stste, II his
state goes to the devil? II was in hell
should fight for hell " LCries of "Ander-
sonyille" "Andersonville "Do you
want niggers to vote? - yells Goodwin.
Yes, uiggers are better thar rebels came
back the answer clear and strong. The
speaker was finally compelled to sit down,
amid cries for " Mosby" " aud "Jen. Davis" "
Epperson, of Texas was introduced amid
cries of " EPSON Sails 20 varied with the
meaning shout Remember New Orleans =
a cry likely to become as significant as
the watchword of the French Huguenots
" Remember 81. Bartholomew Three
cheers were given Tor the Freedmen's Bu-
resu Bill, and three for Horace Greeley
The speaker attacked Governor Hamilton
Of Texas, whereupon three cheers were
given for Hamilton. EPperson persisted,
bat in vain. Cheers we're given for Forney,
Brownlow, Geary and others, responded to
with coanter-eheeFs for johnson. Other
speakers succeeded Epperson, but the
crowd took to singing Rally round the
flag" aud "Tramp. tramp. tramp and
though the orators shouted like bedIamitcs
and jestured like jumping jacks, not word |
could bo heard, and the speaking had to be |
abandoned What was NEST remarkable. |
through all this the utmost good humor pre-
vailed, and there was no symptom of riot
TIE PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
The Convention assembled punctually at |
10 o'clock. The day was beautifully clear,
and the wigwam was crowded Ladies
were out in force, and those parts of the
amphitheatre allotted to them were gay
with ribbons and feathers and shawls. The
platform, above which was hung a full
length picture of his Aceidency, Andrew
Johnson, was filled with the prominent men
of the day. Among them, in shape and
stature, proudly eminent, were the talest
men of the Convention, Cowsn and Sol.
Meredith. Raymond also made his appear
anes on the stand for the first time. Blair
-Montgomery-was nervous and active.
Dopliltle was on the floor, all smiles and
bows, shaking hands miscellaneously. Rev
erdy johnson sat in the front row Of seats,
quiet and still, but watching the crowd
from under his bushy eyebrows very much
like q mastif. George Francis Train put in
his appearance tardily, and stood in the
area in front of the platform during the
whole proceedings, attentive and selfcon-
scious. McDougsl promenaded up and down
the same area, erect, but still manifestIy
lipay. Orr, of South Caroline, who resem-
bles strikingIy our late Governor Brougb, 1
sat placidiy with his delegation in the mid
die of the hall. Lew. Campbell and Senter
were neither of them visible.
A PRAYER FOR A POsT-oFFICE.
Mr. Doclittle introduced the Rev. Reeve !
Snyder a young man, who delivered
prayer which sounded Exc a stump speech S
He talked about the cgis Of the American '
eagle" and praised with ultra fervor the l
9 policy" of Andrew johnson. Does the '
Reverend Snyder want post-ofice?
CHEER.
The next demonstration was on the an Z
of the Chair that Colorado had !
elected johnson delegate to Congress.
This trivial triumph was hailed by the ]
Convention with cheers, which showed that t
they had had very few victories to cheer
over of late. Then came motions for the t
appointment Of various committees. The S
report of the Committee on Resolutions was c
read and adopted amid loud cheers, and /
- Hail Columbia by the band. A Penn a
sylvauia delegate called for three cheers for a
Gowan, which were given with will t
Cowan rose in reply TO shouts of Cowan - Il
Sc Cowanl7 from every quarter, and in b
neatly turned sentence introduced Ray $
mond, who read the address in loud, harsh t
voice. o
RAYMOND UN-C0RKs TIE eESH. y
The document was fearfuIIy long and the s
reading wearisome, bat It's plonotony was J.
relieved by significant incident j.
AIr. Ray mond had been charging upon the i
insults perpetrated upon the South by the L
radical majority in strong, not to say vio- C
ent, terms, and at last broke forth into a t
sentence declaring that the South would be
raven and cowardIY, degenerate sons of
loble sires if they submitted 20 the policy C
aid down by Congress. The enthusiasm a
,aGsed by this declaration of war on the {
Amendment, for which Mr.. O
Ray nond himself had voted, and by this C
threat against Congress, was the greatest Il
which occurred at any time during the ses- 4
zion. 1t was greeted by applause which B
ipread from floor TO galleries, AMI grew in c
% a wild, 2eafening yell. Members rose TO 81
heir feet, swung their hats, jumped into Il
heir benches, and shouted again and again. G
The floor and amphitheatre was sea Of Il
ldrging haJs and waving handkerchieis. g
As soon as the cheering died down Doolit- I,
les voice broke in announcing motion to C
re read the ssnguinsry sentence. It was "
carried with a laundering 'aye, and when q
he justification of the South was agein ii
read the scene was re-enacted. Raymond p
ooked uneasy. He was like the fisherman b
who uncorked the genii. He had done q
bigger thing than he had meant to do. He P
saw then and there, if not before, that he a
had committed himself beyond recall. a
There was no boomerang ing out of the in b
amous company in which he then found v
himself. His lot was henceforth TO be with z
he Seymours, the Wociwards, the Pendle- n
.ous, the Garret Davises, and the jeff Da- IL
vises of the nation He must have realized f,
i even more clearly fifteen minutes later,
when Samuel J. Tildeu, chairman of the
New York delegation in the Chicago con- =
yeution, proposed three cheers for H. J. L
and when these cheers were given 4
BY the audience which yesterday shouted a
themselves hoarse over Yallsndigham and S
Clymer. Il
-. rHE FINALE #
The rest of the work Of the Convention r
was routine. The appointment of ''Na- f
.ionai Union Executive Committee" com
posed Of Democrat and Republican from /
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