The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-01

Britain any Saturday afternoon while ia aud out
OF the cabinet such men ghad. Stevens and
Bingham are to pull the wires which direct the
movements, policy and opinions Of president"
GTsnt.-[N. Y. World.
A New York dispatch of the 24th to the Gin.
cinnau Enquirer, says: DELEGATES and out
siders still continue to arrive. Mr.. Pendletons
friends clam one half, or about that OF the sew
enty.eigbt New England delegates. They also
claim from twenty five 10 thirty Pendleton men
in the fifty -four of the Pennsylvania delegation.
They confidently expect the votes OF large ma
jority of the South. OF the border States, Mis-
souri,. Maryland Delaware, Kentucky and Ten.
nessee will 90 nearly as unit for Mr.. Pendleton.
They confidently rely upon an almost solid North
west The BODYBUILDING interest, it IL now con
ceded, will concentrate on Gen. Hancock. They
expect to give him New York. New Jersey, part
OF New England, part of the South and the scat
terIng votes in the West. The contest lies be-
tween Pendleton and Hancock, with the chances
largely in favor of PendetOn. Belief Is that the
majority rule will be adopted. The anu-Pendle.
ton men will make an effort, as said yesterday,
TO have Governor Seymour for temporary presi-
dent, and so have parliamentary rules in their
favor. There is talk that they will move in the
beginning the adoption of the rules of the last
national convention and thus, il Il carries, by not
beng fully understood, will get the twO-thrds
well in advance. The feeling Of interest in the
convention is constantly incrt sing. Peudleton
by long odds is conceded TO be ahead There is
some talk OF compromise ticket, Pendlet0n for
PRESIDENT anO zen. Hancock Tor VCe.Dresldeut.
Greenbsck resolutions will be put in the platform
no matter who is nominated"
A Washington dispatch of the 25th to the Louis.
vile Journal says: Gen. Blair. who is now here,
is strongly urged by his friends for president.
aud they profess TO be sangnine of success His
views are of most emphatic and pronounced
character; they are given with the point terse-
ness and vim Of positive aud fearless nature,
and are the application Of fixed opinions to the
existing situation. Blair now. as always, scouts
fha fdaa of tba hall 70 h.
frsge he regards a cardinal issue of the can
vass, and his inhexible opposition TO the radical
doctrine OF negro suffrage is the chief issue on
which the conservatives must triumph. He holds
the rec Instruction acts establishing military des.
potism in the South to be unconstitutional, null
and void, and that the national convention should
SO declare them. That the reconstruction acts be.
log mere usurpations, are sustained only by law
less violence and the force of arms. That the gov
eminent must withdraw this coercion correct it,
wrong, and leave to the white population
the hight 20 regulate the question of suffrage
That the bastard and spurious governments set up
at the South will fall soon as the military il
Withdrawn. Furthermore. he asserts that il ia
the duty of the coming president to see that jus.
uce Is done by restoring the governments. which
are created aud properly constituted of the white
population, to those whom they belong. Gen.
Blair says that the laws OF Congress, disfranchs-
ing persons who were embraced in the amnesty
proclamation and special pardons, are Illegal,
arbitrary and void. are also the test oaths for
voters. Gen. Blair is unwilling to accept or
acquiesce IN anything done by the radical Con.
gress ON the subject of reconstruction. He Is for
con6ning the government of the country exclu-
sivey to the white men, and ia confident of an
overwhelming defeat of radicalism # the Demo.
cratic platform is bold and dead issues are
ignored. he predicts tremendous uprising Of
the people, such as has never been seen in Ame-
RIGA. He declares that if he we're nominated and
elected the radicals should not cheat him out of
his election by frauds or violence"