, 1866-09-08
THE LOYAL CONVENTION,

n tcmpcstuous times Is not merely good-it I:
s atmirable. II sho likes thing she can't
10 too much for It; and II she don't 1ike It.
he manner in which she lets 1t alone Ia
uore eloquent than speech or riot:
She likes this Convention, nna her sense
If delight finds out thousand ingenious
says OF expression. With hearty. grasp Of
The hand, With uever-ending cheer, with
formal and dign1aed welcome, With the free
lom Of the city, with professions By day and
By night, with good cheer on the -Wayside, l.
with social gatherings numberlcss, with Tags
.nd banners ten Thousand, with ovstlons
from daylight to dark, with swinging Of
l,ats and q waving of handkercbicfs, with
songs and speeches. with wit and hulnor
and pathos, with tears and laughter, with
womanly ecstacy and manly fe1Yor. with
tue best Of eyery.hing-so md so, and In
ways no tougnc can tell, no rhetoric make
rlain, she speaks her lore Of these Southern
PATRIOTS:
The city has one man who we'll deserves
to be called the Prince of Decorators and I
the Master Of Handbill-makers-Mr. Thomas
Webster. The history Of the recent John
son Convention is written for all time In cer- /;
tnin caricatures from his pen whlel. one secs
In the windows. Great cruTds OF laughing |
men gather round tlctn, and all over the !
land 1t will be told how Mr. Raymond looks |
y Y dog with tin-kettle tied at his heels; |
On every corner one finds small handblll !
printed beneath the startling word 't1tur- |
1er''-it is only the famous garblcd despatch I
Of Sheridan on the New Orleans massacre, |
but it tells Its tale in language not to be mis-
Nth Tenfs re ion a"5fsw s oS9 ass
wanted to draw a line in the margin Of the |
manuscript against that damning sentence,
with the word to the reporter, ''that part
must not be made public" On every dead |
wall Is That immense placard Of welcome
w 3comes and greet these true Southern men, hear
their wrohss. aud learn 1low psEdonea recels
sg s &c an sss5 ag
tsrs 1ss5 tssssssS edos ifo@ dc as"rpaian
sPsesiafm IL thandrr.tones that rebels routed
by the bayonei shall not rule 9y the ballot"
"Veterane; trcacheEy n hEsh place., hare organ
s1tear the sublime words Il Xbfaham 1,ineoln
from the battle lleld Of Gettysburg, We hesc re-
new blrth or freedom.'f+
think nothing could be better than that
1T is eloqueuce concentrated. What, too,
could be better than the notices with which
the hall Of the Convention is p!acurdcd, half
of them from the speeches OF johnson him.
self They have all been published could
anything be more expressive than the words
u the prophet, ''Uhc" the eickett are in aa-
The enthusiasm everywhere prevailing Is
something wonderful to sec. The city which
slut its doors, not iu tile face Of the Prcsi-
| dent, hut in the face Of Andrew johnson.
! the clectionecring dcmagogre, has opened
i: its hearts and its homes 10 these men whom
oi yesterday morning lid not die
with sunset, nor with midnight. nor
with daylight, nor with noon, NOR with even
torchlisht professions I ever saw was that
| last evening in the midst of furious rain
| storm, Nothing can daunt the citizcas-lfty
tlousanl Of them seem TO have dropped all
business for the time to give week-lons vel
come TO these humble men from. the South.
arc two immense audiences assembled this
| evening III and about two great halls, and
yet the crowd at the open air meeting in front
OF the Union League Club building to hear
the Tennessee loyalists must bc estimated By
/ the acre, for it cannot be counted BY the
thousand
1t is pleasant to mark, too, how the popular
hcnrt delights in giving special honoTs to all
the leading, men Of these delegations. Let
hpe erG cao9 ama
GUS for spccch-bounl to cheer him again
and again, any why, whether he speaks or
not. Let Governor BrowuloT appear, aud
scene ensucs that a stranger might we'll sup
pose for IN Instant was the beginning Of q
riot. lie is in wretched bodily condition,
not Mt all f1t to be here, standing, one would
say, on the brink OF the graTe. He can
scarcely speak loud enough to be heard
across small room. The people hare ceased
calling on him for speech, but they cheer
everywhere to look in his face, and, if possi-
bic, press his hand. The reception accorded
these two representative men Is only greater
III deg1ec than that given every other man Of
the entire dclegatioas-grcater in deg1 ee, but
1 haven't found but one man who couldn't
shout for Hamilton. He said one Of the
best things have heard for Ions, time. He
wns in the crowd that gathered in front o1
the Continental, this evening, to scrcnadc
Governor Curtin: After the Goye5nor ,; m 2 hal ID
gentlemcu-t1rst for Hamilton. THIS ont
man was disgusted-he had probably taken
little whiskey for his sto1ach's sake At
NIL events, Ills tongue was very thick, and
teo teo tmass muel s's io4 lin. ~ aait !mHamtn e %
Ham - he cried several times. thcr
paused moment. stcadicd himself against
TIC lamp p-post, and broke out with, t'oh hell
call for some man-hieI'tai9t I9; ct 5 but on! m
roarca. somebody called '' Fred. Douglass ;
: and lie followed suit voclfcrously will
: >Frcd. .Dong'-Frc1pugas-D y"
It is significant that our most radical mel
. | arc those whom these Southcrncrs chilly dc
: light to honor. Ben Wade and Ben Butte
! are more popular than any other two Th
delegates cheer them everywhcrc-thcy nsre
weary calling for Butler to speak Wilson
. Kelley and Lane arc also very pop@lar--au
these two Senators have spoken oftcncr tin
!; lights them yas:ly-t'A he's the d-cst talke
! 1 ever hccrn," said one Of the Tennessee dc!
: cgatcs to NE this aftcsnaan., These gcrtlt
: men are getting vcry anxious to hear Fred
). Douglass, and some Of them have started t1
t idea OF aski-E him to address the Courentlo
). relative t. lis own race in the South.
2 One Of the most notable events Of this wee
- Of notable events, was the appearance th
+ + morning Of Douglass at tho Onion Leagl
!. Club House. He has said privately that |
d would have been better pleased il the r
pnblicans OF Rochester had not selected hi
as delegate; but onco chosen, hc said
/ could not refiisc to net rs best be might. q
! reception to-day must have shown him TIL
.. the Republicans Of his city very well kne
I. what they were about when they sent hi
T.. ing in the hall Of the: Club House, to whi'
:, they invited the leading men OF all the 9th
IL Northern delegations. Before TINT flrst-c1a
audience Of some six hundred persons, u
Douglass, With other gentlemen, spoke.
was the first time many Of the persons fca
le- him. Hc spoke in his b:st vei1a-with v
o., on hunoz, sarcasm, beauty, pathos, and alwa
~ ~ with eloqucnce, Does It need be said tn
a. he captiyated all listencrss When did
ne ever till to do that?
ID This afternoon overheard two Jcrseym
talking of the speech. ~ didn't believe
said one, himself good campaigner. q
living man could talk as he did. Why,
beats anything we've got In Jcrscyt'
all | shon1d say be did," answered the otht
- "why, he's almost as good as andy Johns
= himself!t Such 4 roar Of laugh
[a' as these two saen indu}gcd in just then y
- good to hear.
m The Northern delegates are doing til
,es | work here admfrahlv-that is, they arc
,ot lowing the conycntlonlsts to work ont tl'
'os plans mud ideas in their own way. Somt
them favored joint Conyention, but +
or ter counscls prevailed; ); and Our rcprescn
r. tive mcn aid only as they j
II II In the general throng TO e
nv ~ welcome and conragcment. This col
' is most satisfactory to the Conyentionlst
{ 1s they resent the idea Of outside interfcren
The But, after the resolutions are adopted
'ho the address agreed upon, look ont for q ju
els, meeting of all the delegates here, and . IN
,e;r dp and touching finale to the proceedings OF
c1e week. lsAAE
as
isa lIei THE CAMPAIGN IN IOWA.
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