New-York tribune., 1868-08-27

.-,..- and compel him 70 reveal his
tvuc uolicv on the very b'lIol 'tl t w ~ Couvention
~, /" gentleman from a southern o,4,t, ,4,t,.nt Mr.
ject OF THIS Ho.elts Ho.e ~ 'bo Intended auv. but 10
80 I'feate9 bv the superior strategy OF t'S l,i. f.-
Ia. Tnc only u0po they Lac atttt Mt. 49,. man fhe
art Mace thc ticket, and 10 nominate Doi1.
Gus wllcd leacuOmst ioI lnost+y lno MS 10 eX-
cc my admiration OF their TACT skiil anu nuia'sfs 10
was arranged az the meeting Of ne pIot-I had been
preplrod by a German editor from 5,f"r then la
had been signed by nearly every U.ticu of Nj Chase,
tl 5 "S ~ n ~ gn bJ No. seymour rs ~ te
siding of.cer. he having uieIloHay d tbat he was
.e Pr,.ident of tue convention but nave ave and
told hv gentlemen now living III ne" Wv ION t6ri on ME
wlo.f S y ri inc besre he Conrf9i'o" re,, g,,
Nr Srra,ar rlgd 10 him Jl0' nc nc y b ,Eoi,Id deliver
,,4, ~ % r,,.,,tior when MI. Clasrs naut HSs "o-'
before IL and Ac believes Mt ria,c6 Rclyinr on Mr
NJ NJ l'" ~ York delegation the plogrt ssh" isI.
eto no - I1,,f,u ON The morning Ot July 9, iuil OF
met Do tI' CUI ~ tbslr plan But counter move
aolS i T i'er going on 7 vas tCld ln CntnAal' the
me-. t AZ bv nfo.unent Democrat, t.at ouly SIX menu
& ~ t5e ohio dcccati0u were made pr.Yy 10 tL1 noui-
rstlnp of Nr Seymour This was the game iuesS men
sa,iued with the aid Of the Southern Rebels, TO
c.ntnre Horatio seymour from the prosresslon-
nv, 5 az" an dsnoralze that faction %
Eve them te absolute control Of the Convention, ahu
nat not d voice wuuId Zoe raised WHOM they brought ioi
rA ticir ovn man for the YcePgesidency, irho hod
J l ggycei On, Jyt t5c reacuoaisis ItNyas the most
succr, sful movement ever made iu TINS country Iu
national convention but 10 was a fcrlorn nope. Any
moral courage Ou Ar. ScymOurs part would nave GOV
cred tho reacuCTists with overwhelming CtItat bul
fhcv we'll know their man. Ohio Ted en- Dir seymolfio~e
his feet Tile Stiffness Of death hlleu Lht tltl H4
There that bright Juy morning, u tie lhlue, OF t'"
vast nlsr Of humanity. ia the commercial httfOou7u u
the nation and OF his own Stale, 70 Whlcil inc tJe
Df 1ruGNJ OF people were turned thaJ NGl;
Mr. Seymour, trembling with excitement ANA hIleV
with fear stood aud pleaded Tor MS chaIh,-
ter 10 was "a pitcOus sight Inc ptOt, Hl1' @
fod Of Biz urcusrS That when he had refused tue use
ia Hn {
H. Ibiuk Of tus, my hearers! Ho stood ,htrt ana
pleaded or li, honor" believe he felt what ht sald,
fr o saw It under the circumstances, he Wus guilty Oh
precoucOred tIcccIy, would Dee 10 say tha 10y ms de
Judas Ispaot and john Wilkes Booth bad lost te luster
of their lulmy When DE had finished his appeal he was
boldly told that after what bad occurred s Aohur wa"
now safe The hands OF the rtacOulSt OllO returned
charge; tlc Rebels throughout the hal ase9 he
same wild and savage yell with which hampton duu FoI
had often charged tie soldiers Ol tht o ~ I
too much Tor AIr. Seymour, Braver men thah ne hbo
quaIltd before That bJtccry; hc hesltdted, lac "e"
and then fed igUomigiOusly from the scene Al "''
now over The decentralization Of the Progressiohlels
was complete. and tho Rebels bad 10 their own way
Hence aH tylDar)HCa Rebel Sodlcr could Ts % ms ite
apd 0r0uOe he mama Of Francis r. Blair fr, the very
prince of revOluouists as the YicePresldent OF te
hatou t Is same Rebel had fought TO destroy, Rebels
again trumphed; the deed was done, and when te CON
veuion adjourned, the happcst men in NewlOlk CIty
were Gen. william Preston, Gen. Wade Hampton, dlu
Gen Forrest; and they had good reason 90 ne So,
for u the hcart the great North they had achieved
thc greatest political victory of the present generation,
and uad done telr work wisely and we'll