Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-08
CONVENTION GOSSIP.


Men Unable 20 Unite On any CanGi- |
date-The Vice Presidency cd
SNACK" telegraphs to the Cincinnati En-
qldrer as follows: l'.
New YORK, July 5.-The Illinois dele
cation held meeting last evening and re-
solved, with great unanimity, to vote for
Pendleton as long as Ohio does which,
from present appearances, will be for three
days, at any rate, if not so0ner successful.
am assured, on good authority, that If
it shall at any time appear that six votes
give them but how the Connecticut dele
cation will vote in the meantime l cannot i
ascertain. They are disposed to eonapli-
naent English. g., sr,r.,-- TX
Tom Seymour telegraphs to his friends
to stand by Pendleton to the last, as the
strongest and best candidate that can be
presented. .. f. ......
The New York delegation, at its meet
ing last night, resolved to cast its vote for
Sanford E. Church, but no one here be-
heve5 that this means anything but an in
tention to bring up either Seymour or Nc
Clellan. Belmont is for Mcclellan, but
does not wish to bring him forward, as he
says, until it becomes manifest that Pendle-
ton cannot be nominated. He thinks the
friends Of Pendleton will then vote for Nc
Clellan. He is mistaken. A a meeting
of the Wisconsin delegation last evening,
action was taken which indicates oppOai
ton to Pendleton. II is said that reso-
luton in favor Of Pendleton was defeated
by vote of seven against nine. This was
brought about by a threat from a Wisconsin
delegate to the Soldiers Convention, that
the soldiers would not support Pendleton
if nominated. 81 FsH !
A meeting Of all the Southern delegates
was held last night, and it was agreed that
Pendleton was the best man and the first
choice, and the Southern delegates will
gradually come to his support. Before the
fifth ballot, be will have the South unit
in his favor. This, / think, may be relied
upon ..tf2 -
B Pennsylvania is still doubtful. There
are many rumors that she isopen TO bid.
Rigler is working against Pendleton. The
only reason he has against his nomination
is that be is too young and can afford to
wait. .ns3 ..'. . ri
Bigkr tries to control the balance of
power consisting of less than half a,dozen
as a unit under instructions, which neu-
tralizes the power Of the nineteen or TWEEN
ty jealous Pendleton men in the delega-
ton.
The New York ring have been following
close upon the heels of the Pennsylvania
delegates since their arrival, and have been
rendering them hospitalities aud fayors of
ali kinds, all Of which are paid for 10 Wall
street e.. e.. % m
Chase seemst to have disappeared from
the list Of candidates.
The opposition to PendletoG either has
no candidate to unite upon, or has sue
Ceeded admirably in keeping him from the
public gaze. They can not agree upon Hen
bricks or Hancock, and still less upon Andy
johnson.
The Presidents friends seem to have
given up the contest entirely. They are
astonished to find that the amnesty procla-
nation produces no effect in his favor, and
excites no comment, except that il ought to
have appeared two years ago.
The Vice Presidency has not yet been
discussed, except that it is understood, that
if the soldiers and sailors can agree upon a
candidate, he will receive the nomination.
A number of names have been mentioned,
but nothing like a definite action has been
taken. Pendleton's friends seem favorable
TO Cass, of Pennsy lvaRia, for the Office.
There is no longer any doubt az to the
authenticity of the letter of Chase recently
referred to in these dispatches. Another
letter of similar import is in the city. 1t
reaairms the Chief Justice to support the
nomination Of the convention.
he Of ha N r1p 1ltla
informed to-day by prominent New York
politician that New York would resist
Pendleton's nomination to the last, and
that if he was nominated, the leading
Democrats Of the State wonld DO their best
10 defeat him.
The following appears in Ben Woods
paper to-day "The influence on Wall
street has commenced the work of buying
delegates A portion Of the Wisconsin
delegation has been bribed to vote against
Pendleton. Il is the intention of these
moneyed men to cruelty Mr.. Pendleton be-
tween the thieves of bondholders and Re-
publicans; the public shall soon know who
of the delegates have been bought, aud the
amount paid for each"
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial (Radical telegraphs as fol-
lows:
NEW YORK, July 5.-There is a dissat-
isfsction in the Ohio delegation with Nc
Cooks management yesterday. McCook
is an imperative person, and does not con-
suit the delegates. He seems to think il
sufficient TO afford them the opportunity TO
look upon him and admire his grand
strategy. But he managed yesterday to
give the Pendletonians a damaging de
feat, by which, of course, his iavorite can
didate lost prestige.
Close calculatOrs Of the chances are of
opinion that this days work will be against
Pendleton. The Inequalities of New York
city will be laVished upon the fierce Cop
perheads of the West, and they will be
persuaded, when mellow with wine and
happy with whisky, that the nomination
of Pendleton now will be the defeat of the
party and the irretrievable overthrow Of
his ambition, while timely exhibition of
magnaRimity and discretion on his part
would give him the ungueeliened leader
ship of his party in the future.
Pendletons friends, however, adhere to
him pertinaciously, and they will be hard
to tire out They have come 10 stay.
They sre not wanting in greenbacks.
New Workers are already trying their
iayorite game, in the Use ofmoney. Knog.
ing ones say they have bought few dele
gates from the South. The night before
last a New Yorker entered the room of
General Forrest, of Tennessee, who was in
bed, aud introduced himself as a Chase
Democrat After c0nversing lew mo-
ments be directly proposed to bay For
rest, who slapped him in the mouth and |
springing up IN his shirt-tail be gave the |
pecuniary messenger a violent barefoot |
kick az he fed through the door.
In the convention, on Saturday, there |
were thirteen Illinois delegates who dig |
played rebellious spirit II turns out |
that they are at heart opposed TO PebdIe- |
ton. They must vote for him under in
structlons, bat are prepared 10 slaughter |
him on the side issues.
The incident that has worried Pendle-
toms friends more than any other, il We /
except the parliamentary laundering OF !
Saturday, Is the detection Of the VISION
sin delegation.
Ii was an ugly thing to happen Just at
the time il did
The knowing ones say tonight that New