The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-08-24
PHILADELPHIA CONVECTION.
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PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
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w, find in the correspondence Of lead.
ing journals the following Intelligence Of
general interest which was not embodied in
the tclcgraphcd accounts OF the Philadel-
phia Convention. These things need to be
known in orler to fully understand the reg.
ular proceedings:-
The whole matter Of excluding vallandigham
Is . gigantic swiudle on the people. The Con.
vention Is filed with Copperhesds just ~ bit.
ter a. Is this man vallsndighsm. Yet the peo-
Pile don't know them. Blair, Doolittle, Randall
i Co., do the talking and keep the obnoxious
men quiet by promising them Office and pow
These men are hungry and they , H.nt S
have Il on certain conditions Their party Is
now In power. The present Convention 10 for
the purpose OF keeping It In power. II On oh.
noxious CopperheSd delegate gets Wrsthy and
threatens mischief, Blair or Doolittle approach
him and say "don't blow on Us and you shall
have half the spoils." This Is the way In which
Il Is said Fernando Wood was got rid Of, and
now Vallapdigham has been served In the same
manner. Il 10 said that all Vallsndigham was
waiting for Was On offer from Washington, and
Il u asserted that he Was shown kilograms nom
the White House informing him that no would
be fixed when affairs got under full Roadway,
and the excitement and prejudices subsidized.
II Is big game, and the cards are In the hands
Of experts Who are determined to vim or ruin
some one. Whatever else may DO said OF the
Convention there has been rare cunning and
worldly wisdom displayed In all its preliminary
management. The manner In which all uncer-
tain orators have been suppressed was both
wiee and amusing. rf,. :,
At the meeting Of the Committee composed
Of the Chairmen Of the different delegations.
TO select officers for the permanent organization.
the name OF Gen. Dix was proposed for Pres.
ident Of the Convention, by Samuel J. Tlden,
but Il fell fat. Gov. Orr. OF South Carolina
Immediately followed with the nomination Of
Senator Doolittle, and II was ut once evident
that he was the choice OF the South. Some
one suggested the name Of Parsons. OF Alabama.
but Il Was stated that the South did not ask or
want the uihoe. Louisiana, Georgia and North
Carolina, through the chAirmsn Of their delega-
tons, advocated Do0little. They said that he
had borne the brunt Of the fight. and had been
illuminated and misrepresented for the patri-
otto course he had taken. Lewis d. Campbell
OF Ohio. wound up with q very culogstic speech
in favor OF the Wisconsin Senator, and he was
then unanimously cheered. Dix declared that
he was slaughtered by the South on account Of
his military anteoedents.
The Missouri delegation held protracted
meeting Tuesday evening. All the delegates
man, who Is Copperhead representative In
Congress, addressed the delegates and gave
them detailed account of several interviews
he had with President johnson. He said that
no had mentioned to the President about Gov.
Fletcher's enrolling cclored men and certain
class Of whites into militia regiments, and urg-
ed the President to have stop put to It. lie
said the President told him he had referred the
matter to Gen Grant, and that Gen. Sherman
would be in st. Louis soon. and that Gen. Han
cock had been recently assigned to the Depart
ment, with instructions to put stop to- the
enrolling OF negro militia regiments. Mr.. Hoo
gan further said that the Presidents policy
was marked out ; that he WAS rs good Demo
crxt ~ any In the party, and told him he IN
tended to be firm and determined on removing
every man from Government office who docs
not unquali6edly support his policy.
In the numbers and the character OF the pol. |
iticians assembled, the Convention Is success
In It's motley conglomeration, Barnum's Hap
py Family totally eclipsed as novelty, In
this quiet and broad .brimmed city. For the
FIRST time In the history of Philadelphia, the
New York Daily .Nsrs has been sold In Its
streets, and In the store windows on Chestnut
street the likenesscs of Stonewall Jackson and
General Robert Z. Lee are displayed beside that
of General Grant. Dean Richmond and Ben. |
Wood have been good deal together. What
can IL mean! Ben takes of his hat to the Dean |
and listens to him as IL he were IN oracle.
Said New England delegate, who was
much ADLER officer in our army than no ever
will be politician, 81 don't understand how
II Is that all these third house fellows. who arc
trying to manage things, arc old Copperhead
stagers and that We don't see any OF our Kind
Of Union folks here" A number OF the DEM
ocratic National Committee was overheard to
chuokie to q confrere that II this hing ,oas on
" managed half right u triH girs the merit
Congress 10 the Democrats. This seems to be
the hope and expectation Of the shrewd wire
workers, while the multitude gafe and wonder
what ON earth Is to come OF all this fuss aud
fustian, and fourth annual raid Of rebels Into
Felix McCloskey Of New York acts as Ser
and maintains good order lie
was the Sergeant-at-Arms OF the Charleston
Presidential Convention, but could not main
tain good order there. The two Conventions
were composed Of the same men. with the ex-
ccption OF Montgomery Blair and = few others,
but our Southern brethren we're on the ramp |
age and Felix could not hold them. lie says
they are quite gentle and easily managed now.
The utmost CONSERVATION was created Ia the
preliminary caucusscs by the rumor that one
Of the few Union generals who has consented,
F" under ORDERS" to serve as delegate, intend
Ell To- present and press the ironclad oath rs q
condition to the admission Of the members re.
spectively.
Thomas W. Clacgett, delegate from the First
District Of Iowa, Is the editor OF The Consfi-
tuition, at KeOkuk. q thoroughly Copperhcad |
journal. whose press was thrown into the Mis-
sissippi River In 1862 by the convalescent
soldiers from the hospital in that city.
Wood. Train. vallandicham, omns genus,
are ~ much Of the party rs Dixon Of Connects
cut. Davis Of Kentucky, Dick Taylor, or boo.
little Of Wisconsin. As one happily expressed
Il. the naughty boys have been hid under the
bel, but they are still kept in the house aud
are all part Of the family.
Frank Blsir, sr., was feature In the Cont:
mental. Ills son, Montgomery. accompanied |
him, and the Blair family were the observed
OF all observers. Alexander II. Stephens IL
here. hid away in private family. lie Is kept
back for some purpose. |
Chsuncey Z. burr. OF New Jersey, Ia here
lie AMI Henry Clay Dean are everywhere, and
very noisy. Beau Hickman Il here, too. He
keeps guard Mt the door Of the National Execu- |
tive Committee rooms. and charges country |
delegates iny cents admission.
Four OF the Louisiana delegates 10 the Con-
vention were members Of the Secession State
Convention Of 1891.
Nearly every Copperhead member Of Con
grcss Is In town. .''
GEN. SHERipAs's OPINION. Zen. Alfred