Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-20


Financial QuestIOss. "a tIt1s e
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial
CHIcAeo, May ~ Ben. Eggleslon tele
| graphed from Washington, on Saturdal
morning, to one Of the Ben Wade managed
here that the vote would be taken and tli
great traitor would be put out Of office be
| fore sCndown. There were thirty-si,
votes certain" said the telegram. Th
dispatch was delayed 10 It's transmission
and did not reach here until after on
o'clock. Whilea number of enthusiastic
impeachers were drinking TO sturdy oil.
Ben's good health, in great iollity owe
it, the neWsboys appeared on the streets
roaring out extras about Andrew Johnson
acquitial. asEas2
The opponents Of Nj. Wade for thi
Vice Presidency are very active tonight
They have resnrrected the Wade and Da
Wis manifesto of 1864, and will have i
printed for general circulation Tomorrow
They have also mustered the Methods
Conference, now in session here. into I'M
service 10 oppose him on the ground Of pro
family and being aeonstant reader of Ger
tam intidel and spirit-rapping newspapers
IL Is offered IN proof that sturdy old Ber
snbscribes for the Bonner of LiqLt and IN,
Boston Investigator and never talks withou
profuse swearing. The brethren are all fol
Mr.. Colfax.
John ID. Defrees, who has the interests O
Mr.. Colfax in hand, speaks very confident
ly of success, but there does not appear
TO be any good ground for his hope.
Among the other items of news aaoat
here is one circulated by a gentleman di
rect from Washington, that Mr.. Chase ha,
openly expressed his willingness TO take
the Democratic nomination.
Delegations are here from nearly all III,
States, and the hotels are full. The Ohio
and Indiana delegations are at the Tremon
House.
The New York and Pennsylvania dele
cations seem to be composed mostly of mer
who are unable TO pay first-class hotel bills
and have secreted themselves about in eco
Eomical quarters.
The South Oarolinians have brought
tents and cooking utensils, and intend to
camp in the suburbs.
Provision has been made for the col
ored delegates, Of whom sixty-fve are said
TO be on the way
The failure of Impeachment has had a
marked effect upon the delegates and out.
siders, which is visible in a general de-
preston of spirits and audible impreca-
tions upon the heads of Trumbull and Fes-
sender. Opinions are divided as to what
is best for the convention to do upon the
subject. A few think it best to ignore it as
Judicial question, with which a political
convention ought not to NEEDLE. Others
favor the Endorsement of the attempt to i'm
peach, and of the thirty-fye Republicans
who sustained it; while third, and by no
means a small claes, want to openly and
bitterly denounce the seven recreants. as
they call them, and read them out of the
party direct. 1t is difficult to foresee ex-
actly what will be done about it; but there
is too strong a feeling on the sub
ject to warrant the hope or belief that it
will be entirely ignored
1t has been arranged already, | believe.
to denounce the sO-called recreants by
name in the Soldiers and Sailors conyen-
ton, which meets on Tuesday. Among
all the delegates it is hard, if not impossi-
BILE, TO find a single one with a word TO say
in justification or excuse of any one of the
seven. Inquiry was made, to-day, whether
any of them were delegates to the conven-
ton, and it was very broadly intimated
that if they presented themselves in such a
capacity they would not be admitted. The
contingency will not arise, "a not one of
the seven will be here, either as delegate
or spectator.
Little has teen said, as yet, about the
platform. Men assuming to be the espe-
cial friends and champions of Grant, and
to speak for him, have resolutions of a
mild and gentle disposition already drawn
up, but the Radical element insists on
more recognition than il receives in the
ready-made article. They want an in
dorsement Of Congressional reconstruction.
and everything else that Congress has
done, and viii take nothing less. The
ready-made article is silent on this topic.
Eastern and Western delegates find il
hard to agree on the currency question.
The ready-made platform il almost silent
on this subject. II says nothing except
that the faith Of the government must be
maintained in the redemption of the debt.
This suits neither side very well. The
Western delegates are nearly unanimous
for more greenbacks, and the Eastern ones
are quite as nearly unanimous for redemp-
iion in gold and the speedy resumption of
specie payments. .......'
The only active canvassing in progress
is for the Vice Presidency. Mr.. Wade is
denounced by some for standing in the
way of impeachment, but none of his
original friends have deserted him because
of the failure of Saturdays vote. On the
contrary, they seem more determined than
ever, and insist that the nomination of Mr..
Wade IL the beat rebuke than can he given
TO Fessenden, Trumbull and their associate
recreants.
A. c. Sands, Of Cincinnati, is vigorous
in Mr.. Wade's behalf, and has opened a
small grocery at the fremont House, where
he dispenses free drinks and cigars, and
discusses sturdy old Ben's prospects.
The Rhode Island delegation have
grocery ON a more aristocratic scale near
by, where they curse Wade and nominate
Sprague in sherry and oampagne. The
Rhode Islanders intend to vote for Sprague
with persistency.
New York ia for Fenion on the first
ballot, and the delegates resolved yester-
day that they had no second choice. They
will, however, after a few ballots, divide
between Wade and Wilson.
Pennsylvania Is for sale as usual. The
understanding was, that If A. J. was con-
victed, the delegation was for Wade; but
yesterdays vote had demoralizing effect.
Ii is a matter Of uncertainty now how it will
stand. .H
From such a view of the case az can be
taken this early, the probability seems to be
in favor of Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts,.
or Mr.. Hamlin, of Maine. Il is under
stood that the New England delegation will
unite upon Mr.. Hamlin, if they cannot
unite upon Mr.. Wilson, and tina. if they
do 40 they will be supported by a large vote
from the West, and will finally secure the
nomination for the man Of their choice.
An effort is being made 10 get an express
sion Of opinion on the Vice Presidency,
from the Soldiers and Sailors Convention.
on Tuesday, but it will hardly succeed.
Carl Schurz will probobly be temporary,
and General Sickles permanent Chairman
OF the convention. MACK.
IN 1865 a soldier Of the l06th New York
infantry died and was buried at New Creek.
Mineral county, West Virginia. After the
funeral, a dog the poor fellow had owned