The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-08


| vention. .........-
CONSERVATIVE SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS CONVENTION.
| Grand Procession and Reccption-Declara-
ton IN Fuu0r of HunC0ck and Hen
| drich.s-D Determination 10 Support the
| Nominee of The Democratic National Con-
uention, dc.
New YORK, July 6.--At 9 o'clock this
morning the soldiers and sailors assembled
ut Union Square, and having formed in
| line to the number of about one thousand,
they marched through Fourth avenue,
| Fourteenth street, and Third avenue, to
Cooper Institute, being received all along
the line of march in the most enthusiastic
manner by the citizens. Upon reaching
Tammany Hall, where the National Demo-
cratic Convention is in session, as they
passed beneath the triumphal arch shouts
| rent the air from the assembled thousands
| in front, and were responded to by the pro-
| cesson, who chccred vociierOusly for Han
cock, Chase, pcndlcton, Mcclellan, and
President johnson. Reaching the hall,
| they entered, when resolution WIS read
inviting the body to seats in the National
| Convention.
Torn and tattcred battle-hags from nearly
| every field of strife of the late war were
present, prefacing the cntranceof the dele
CATION, and in their rear arrived the Vari-
GUS delegations, rapidly filling up the hall.
| The various bodies composing the process
sion, as they entered the hall, were hcraldcd
by the bands playing airs which have be-
come familiar to veteran delegates upon the
field of battle. After spending some time
in Tammany Hall, the soldiers and sailors
retired to Cooper Institute, where precisely
ut noon the Chairman General Frankin)
called the Convention to order.
Resolutions were passed endorsing the
amnesty proclamation and the general
| policy of President johnson; recommend
| ing General Hancock and Mr.. Hendricks
| for candidates for President and Vice
President to the National Convention, but
pledging their support to whatever nominees
the National Convention select.
General McQuade addressed the Conven-
| ton, advocating order, dclibcration, and
decorum, stating that there were doubtless
men present who had been sent by organi-
cations representing opposite parties, and
| whose sole object was to make disturbance.
He therefore moved that call of States be
made and resolutions therefrom be read by
the respective chairmen in their order, and
referred at once to the committee which
motion was unanimously carried under a
suspension of the rules.
The call of the States was then made for
the purpose Of naming sergcant-at-arms
for each delegation, and their names were
announced.
Then followed q. call of the States for
resolutions, in accordance with General
McQuadc's motion. Maine, Vermont, and
New Hampshire hdd none to offer.
Massachusetts offered resolution that
not more than one member from each dele
CATION be allowed to speak upon any sub
| iect until some other State had been heard
| from.
From New York a resolution was offered
declaring the right of naturalized citizens of
the United States abroad to the protection
of the American Government, and another
protesting against the uniform neglect with
which the soldiers and sailors had been
treated in the distribution Of civil Offices,
and appointing committee to correspond
with the Democratic nominee to request for
the soldiers and sailors share in the Go
vernment patronage.
From New Jersey q resolution was read
providing that the chairman designate n
place upon the floor for each delegation,
and that each sergeant-at-ar shall con-
troll his own delegation. The rules were
suspended, and that resolution passed. !
New Jersey also offered a resolution making
the adjournment of the Convention to 3 p.
| M, of the same day.
Maryland reported resolution that if
greenbacks were good enough for soldiers
and sailors orphans, they were good enough
for pampercd bondholdcrs.
Delaware offered a resolution declaring
the apostacy of the Republican party, and
the consequent adherence of the soldiers
and sailors to the Democratic nomination.
Ohio declared its wish that peace might
be speedily restored by change in the
dominant party.
Indiana, through the chairman of its de-
| legation, stated that it had had surfeit Of
resolutions, and had none to offer.
Illinois asserted the Wrongfulness of tax
| alton without representation, as imposed
| upon tho southern States by the present
| Congress. Then resolution was offered
| tout of orler) that no more resolutions be
offered, and suspension Of the rules to
allow its passage proposed, but voted down.
The Convention, after an enthusiastic
and harmonious session, at which some OF
the speakers expressed hope that the De-
mocratic party would select for their candl-
date man of good military record, ad-
journed until 10 o'clock A. M. tomorrow.