The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-13
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Convention and but Little Else.

Editors Journal:
The Convention drags wearily along.
The New Workers and Pennsylva-
mans, being near home, have adopted
the Mcclellan tactics, and are doing
everything possible to delay vote for
candidates. The Pendletonians, boast
ful as they are, generally finch when
it comes to the pinch, and do not
push their candidate with any conf
dencs or pluck. They seem fearful
lest they may injure his prospects by
manifesting anything ike a resolute
or determined spirit. This has
been the weak point in
their strategy all along. They
ought to have known that, if they had
not sufficient strength to defeat the
two third rule, they could not nomi-
nate their man, and, therefore, it
would have been wiser for them to
have made the fight on that issue.
This, their first indication Of inde-
cision, was their ruin. Their willy op-
ponents seized the advantage, adopted
the two third rule, and now, with a
cruelty little less than Satanic, are
amusing themselves with the desper
ate efforts OF the Cincinnati and lndi-
annapolis politicians to fortify against
It. The New York ring is betting
freely and largely, giving odds, that
Pendleton will not be the nominee,
and many of the Western men freely
concede the hopelessness of his pros
poets. The great majority of the In
diana delegates secretly rejoice at the
turn affairs have taken, for they think
Mr.. Hendrick' s chances are materially
improved thereby. The strength oil
the Indiana candidate is all latent.
Little seems to be said about him,
and a dozen other men are moro freely,
and apparently more extensively. can
vassed than him. Yet, while even
his friends appear Indifferent, they
are not idle. They nurse with care
his secondary position, knowing from
the result of previous Conventions
and especialsV the secret of Mr. Col.
fax's success at Chicago, that a second
Dosition. at this stage of the game,
is much the safest. 1t is little sur
prising-this similarity between the
canvass which resulted in DIR. CoifaX, s
nomination, and the one now pend
ing In behalf of Indiana's other son.
Both gentlemen possess many traits
of character IN common. Both are
genial. both have filed the most I'M
portant stations without exciting the
| jealousy of any of their party assocl'
ates, and both went into their re-
spective party Conventions the sec
| end choice of nearly all the delegates
| The similarity being so perfect thus
! far, we shall be greatly surprised II l
/ does not continue to the end, and botf
be the nominees of their respective
parties for the positions to which the.
i aspire.
To day there have been slight indi
cations of clouds In the serene ant
hitherto unclouded harmony of the
Indiana delegation. The Indianapo
lis representatives seem to be TO
Pendleton in good faith. The SENT
! mel. which is only q small bayoI
branching out from the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER, with muddier and mor
| filthy waters. because of the mate
rally diminished force of the current
announced, prior to the assembling
of the Convention, that the vote O
the State would be cast for Mr.. Pen
dleton. To this nearly all the dele
gates are agreed, so long as the vot
/ of the State will not secure his nomi
nation. But the question came up
how long shall the vote be cast in hi
| favor. The Sentinel men, with tn
Ohio men, very emphaticaliy insistet
that it should not be done until
] certain ill-defned locality, repute'
for its fiery peculiarities, shall freez
| over. To this great majority of tn
delegates demurred, and the dim out
lines of an unpleasantness becam
visible. The matter was not pressed
but it will come up again, when j
will REQUIRE all the tact of the oil
men to keep the waters from becom
ing disagreeably rufhed.
As l suggested In my last, Mr.. Sey
mour was chosen permanent Presi
dent and made his speech this fore
noon. Doubtless it was teiegraphe'
in full, and has been read and di
, gested before this reaches you. HI
t speech was really all that occurred i
, the Convention proper, so far as rea
J business is concerned during the fore
r noon. A resolution had been adopt
|. ed previously postponing nomination
> | until the presentation and adOptio
: of the platform. The Committe
= pregnant with that promising mor
: strosity was terribly in labor a
day, and was not YET safely delivere
). when last heard from. Whatevt