The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-06
The Great Convention!
PeniletOn's Friends Sanguine
The Fenians All Right.
Grant and Greeley for Chase I!

Grant and Greeley for Chase
Pendleton's friends are more hopeful
to-day than they have been at any pre-
vious time. Some of them are so enthu.
siastic as to predict his nomination by
Reclamation. The outside pressure is
nearly oil for Pendleton, and thousands
OF his friends are Oh their way to arrive
between now and Monday morning
Since the days of Douglas there have
been no such manifestations of zeal in
the interest of any individual candi-
date as are shown by the friends OF
Pendleton. Thousands have come from
the remotest parts of the country to
work for him without hope or eXpecta-
tion of office or reward. Men with their
millions are exerting themselves in his
behalf. The strongest opponents OF
PendletoH are the New Workers. They
declare t3pt they cannot carry their
State for him, and that they can carry
it for almost any other candidate. They
say his greenbaek policy will defeat the
ticket here, bat they seem to forget
that the Democrats of the New York
Legislature voted for the resolutions
whics the Pendletou men are willing
to accept as n platform.
PENDLETON STILL GAINING.
Pendleton stock has advanced great
ly to-day, and his friends appear more
confident than ever. They claim one
hundred and sixty-eight votes on the
first ballot, and are betting, two to one,
that that they will carry the nomna-
tion on the third ballot. They have
gained several Southern delegates, and
have the promise of others after the
complimentary votes are over
THE FENlAN SOLDIERS,
as body, have declared for the Demo-
cratic cause. They say they were too
long deluded by hollow, insincere
promises from the Republican, party.
They are now completely disenS.ralled
of the infatuation of expecting aid and
sympathy for rebellious cause, from
men who think, to use their own la~-
guage, that Hell is not hot enough or
eternity long enough to punish men
who once had upon them the stain of
treason. Colonel VIM. j. Nagle, Cap
tain VIM. G. Nugent and others, of the
Dungarven prisoners, are delegates to
the Sailors and Soldiers Convention.
CHASE.
Mrs. Sprague, the daughter of Chief
Justice Chase, arrived here to-day, and
Immediately sent for Mr.. Belmont, Mr..
Tilden and other leading New York
Democrats, with whom she had long in
terviews. She urged them to secure
the nomination of her father, if possible,
and am told they all expressed their
determination to do so.
The Ohio State Journal, Of the Sd, has
the following:
General Grant stated in converse
tion with gentleman of this city, while
on his recent visit here, that he hoped
the Democracy would nominate Mr.
Chase at New York. The reasons he
gave for this hope were that IEany vexed
questions, vitality affecting the inter
ests of the republic, would then be set
at rest, aud the old pro-slavery Stag
would be forever removed from poll
| tics"
In an article from Mr.. Greeley's pen,
which appears in the Tribune this morn
upon tho Democracy about to assemble
in convention:
The wisest and best course open to
them is to declare for universal amnesty
with impartial suffrage, and nominate
Salmon p. Chase for President. We do
not say that they could thus secure a
triumph, for we think the people have
decided that Ulysses S. Grant shall be
their next President, but we believe
that the support of Judge Chase on such
a platform would bring them nearer to
success than any other course, while it
would insure the complete aud final
pacifcation of our long distracted corn-
try.
The Chase movement has reached its
limits, and amounts to very little in
deed. A large majority of the dele
gates scout the idea of his nominations,
especially the Western men.
The candidates opposed to Pendleton
do not as yet develop strength. Han
cocks friends fall much below their
expectations, and some of his leading
friends admit his case to be hopeless.
Frank Blair has some positive strength
and active canvassers. If Peudleton is
defeated his chance is fair one.
At present the Pendleton managers
claim lG5 votes, and say they will nom
mate their man on the third ballot
Well-informed and candid opponents of
Pendleton give him 100 votes, and ad-
nit that everything looks like that he
would be nominated.