Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-07
SCENES IN THE CONVENTION.
FACTS AND sPECULArIONs.

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From our special dispatches Of last evening,
published in our third edition of yesterday,)
and iIom other sources, we compile a very
full account of last evenings session Of the
New York Convention, with many interest
ing facts and speculations connected with this
great gathering Of the Democracy.
The Convention reassembied yesterday az
ternoon, snd was called to order at twenty
minutes after four o'clock. The hall was
crowded and the gaslight ready for an antlci.
pated evening sCssIoE. ~
On taking the chair, Mr.. Seymour was
greeted with cheers. E
beaded by the flag borne by Sergeant Bates,
was received with loud cheers.
Mr.. WOODWARD, OF Pa, presented the COM
mittee from the Convention Of the Soldiers and
Sailors They were req uested to take position
upon the platform
The Presldent-The Chair has the honor to
introduce to the Convention General Frank
lin, as one who represents here now the Con-
servative soldiers and sailors of our country,
who desire peace, union, and fraternal regard.
General Franklin-l have been deputated
by the Com ervative Soldiers and Sailors
Convention, sitting IN this place, to present to
You the committee. This committao has for
it, chairman General h. w. Siocum, of tub
State and il has prepared an address which it
this Con vention. 80
Colonel O'Bierne then read the address, as
follows:
TIE Address TO THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
NJ. President and Gentlemen If the Convention !:
We are instructed by the unanimous vote OF
the Convention OF Union Soldiers and Sailors
now in session at Cooper Institute TO return to
you our thanks for extending TO US the privi-
leges of the floor of your Con vention. The OBJ
lects for which we are assembled are clearly
set forth in the address of our presiding officer
Our Convention Is composed Of two thousand
delegates. e0 at nd
Territory in the Union army navy, every
one OF whom firmly believe that In co-opera-
ting al this time with the Conservative party
OF the country he is still engaged in the same
cause for which he risked his life during the
war, (cheers, viz to preserve the Union and
maintain the supremacy of the Cons .ItutioH.
(Cheers We believe that the crimes now be-
ing perpetrated in the name of republicanism
and loyalty are not less alarming than were
those committed by foes of the Govern
ment during the war. The party now
States, has forced the Southern States to submit
to have their constitutions and laws framed by
ignorant negroes just released from a coudi-
tion OF servitnde, while at the North it has de-
MED the negro, although comparatively well
ed uca;ed, even the right of suffrage; il has at
tempted TO influence the decision of the hi ghast
tribunal Of the land by calling public meetings
of excited partisans to condemn in ad yancp
all mem bers Of the court who mi ght refuse u
act in sccoruanee with their dictation. whale
the Leading journalists of the party since the
close OF the impeachment trial, have denounced
and ylllined III the most unmeasured terms, the
once cho.eii leaders of their party, going SO tar
as to threaten them with personal violenc &c, for
no other reason than that they were unwilling
TO perJure themselves at the behest of party.
Cheers 1t has freely removed political dis
abilities from men at the South who, before and
during the war, were the most violent and ma
lignant rebels, but who have since become the
sycophants OF the party In power, while il con-
unues to persecute those in the same localities
who have always been true to the Union
but are now unwilling to be ruled by their
emanclpated slaves. TCheers. In the North
II has denied official positions to hundreds of
the veterans OF the war, most of whom are dis
abled by wounds received in battle, while it
mas iolsted INTO place partisans Of its own, hav-
ing no claims unon the Government, many OF
whom, fortunately for the country, have
during the past few month become inmates of
our penitentiaries. II fas placed the General
OF our armies beyond the control Of the Presi-
dent OF the United States, to whom the Federal
Constitution makes him subordinate; has nom.
mated him for the Presidency, and the eyerts
OF The last few months IN dictate that by the use
OF the army, thus under his supreme control
there is determination to cause the electoral
votes Of the Southern States to be cast for hin
self through force aud fraud. [Hisscs.l We
solemnly declare our conviction that the free
Institutions OF our country have never been in
greater jeopardy than at this time. We look to
the deliberations Of the Democratic party now
assembled in Convention with the deepest an XII
ETY., feeling that upon il depends the future
prosperity OF our nation. We earnestly trust
and believe that no devotion TO men or adhe-
renee TO past issues will be permitted to en-
danger the success of the great party to which
the country looks with an xious eyes for per.
manent peace and the perpetuity of our tree
institutions. lCheers. We believe that there
are living half million of men who served in
the Union army and navy who are in sympa-
tiny and judgment opposed to the acts of the
party in power, and at least another half mil.
the Republican party, but who, viewing with
alarm the recent acts Of that party, are now
an xious Tor change Of administration -TAp-
piause With a platform of principles reviving
no dead issues, and looking only to the arrest
OF existing evils, and with candidates whose
fidelity to the Constitution and devotion to the
country cannot be questioned, we shall CO.
operate with you in this campaign with a
degree of enthusiasm and confidence that will
bring victory TO our standard and salvation to
our rec county; (App Iaa
Clellan, w. 7. Smith, and other well known
soldiers, which were attached to the address,
ELECTED further enthusiasm.
The Chair then introduced General Thomas
Ewing, Jr., OF Kansas, who proceeded TO ad.
dress the Con cention
SPEECH OF GENERAL EWING
General Ewing said:-If it were appropriata
Tor me, 1t would be impossible for lack of
voice, TO express to this Con yention the thank
fulness which 1 and the members OF the Con-
vention feel for the cordial and auth slastic
manner OF this reception. We feel that the
members of the two Conventions however
widely separated their paths may have been IN
the past, will march henceforth in one line.
lApplause.l We earnestly wish TO accomplish
the purposes Of the war as we understand
m-(applause THE truly cordial. di-
tlonal restoration Of this Union. TApplause.l
We have no sympathy tor those purposes
which have been falsely and dishonesty sub
stItuted by the Republican party for the ayow-
ed objects Of the war. GApplausel We care
not for the dogmas of negro suffrage We alb
nor their measure OF white disfrinchisement
Applause We look upon them as enc.
mies TO the Republic when we see them
endeayoring. by means of that power
which great, confiding people entrusted TO
them, TO undermine and overthrow the settled
Foundation of our Government. IApplausc.I
We cannot, we shall not associate with them
any longer. [Applausel We earnestly wish
10 associate with the great BODY of the
Democracy, North and South. IApplauseJ
With thousands against whom we fought
d urlng the war. lApplause'l With thousands
who felt, perhaps, coldly in the North towards
the mon cause, while the war went on: with
all OF those who now cordially accept as the
established theory OF the Constitution that the
Union Is unseyerable, and who will stand by
and defend the Constitution as INTERPRETED by
the Government and the Supreme Court
fApplause Since our meeting here we have
had the pleasure OF friendly intercourse with
many OF the most prominent of the generals of
the Confederate army. tApplause. Knowing
them TO be men OF honor, comparing views
with them, and feeling that their views and
our views as TO the present and future policy
OF the Government coincide, we will take
them by the hand as brothers. IAppiausel
m uaff auay