Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-10
Omclai paper Of the City.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
srlxeLsR Hsusa. yHIos SouAax,
New York. Julv 6th. 1863.

New York, July 8th, 1868.
The Convention 10 makisg some head.
way. though il 10 impossible to determine
the length Of its session. Psroansnt or
ganization Vas effected tbis morning, and,
a. ever before In csnvsnt tions Of The party,
the two thirds rule wss adopted. which, In
the opinion Of many, materially wsahsns
Ar. Pendleton's chances Of suocsss, IT, in
dssd, il does not render his nomination I'm
possible. Nevertheless, his many friends
here arc 20 sanguine in his behalf that they
made no determined effort to abolish the
rule. though much had bssn said about do
ing il previous to meeting in convention.
Pending ,hs report Of the committee on
resolutions an earnest effort was made on
the part ofssme Of Mr.. Pendleton's friends
to bring on . nomination without delay.
and erect . platform Afterwards. This prop
osition vas not unanimously favored, and
upon bringing the question to vote It was
found that . majority Of the body Vas in
clinsd 70 test the strength Of the convention
sn the leading candidates but The sppssi-
tion sought to aud succeeded 10 harrassisg
the lines ef the majority with amendments,
sabsttutss and speeches, % fer ~ TO ssavs
q The vote until ts-morrew. II 10 right
The vast importance Of this Convention d.
naods that Il tsks ne hasty steps, No il.
oensidsssts astien. Better consume Ne
whole week in cala misunderstanding
every step With caution, thaa 70 sush tAe |
basinsss through in unsssnly haste, asd
sdjosrs With duties but half pssfosnsd.
Ts-assrsv nsraing The committee -
resolutions will sspsTt, and then comes The |
tug ~ var. The srpeosnts sf n. Psndls- |
eoa ass confident that hs eannet muster |
tws-thirds vsts and his ffisnds are rather |
Assbsfnl - that psint. Should hs fail the |
ssXt Ia srdss seems TO b Hendricks. Of To- |
diana.
The Isws dslssasiea. for the grsatss part,
holds forth - ths 81. JslIss, and are hav- |
ing very busy, yet pleasant time. Their
brains ere not svss-taxsd with esnsldssins
their liss Of dssy. for you know that they
we're sent here uadsf strict Instructions
like . letter that 10 written, ssalsd, stamped,
directed and threwn into the post-efflos. |
In case Nr. Psndlston fails in his nomina
zion. the delegation will 80 for Hendricks.
without doubt.
The weather has materially cooled down
and the session 10 more sndurable. The
crowd at the grand old dsmecrr.ic tabor
nscls 10 immsnss-svsry seat and almost
every inch Of standing room being occupied. |
OF oourss there is no such thing - perfect |
erdsr, snd yet. everything moves more
smoothly than would BE- supposed. Ia the
delegates seats cit the finest bsdy Of msa
We ever had the pleasure Of ebssrviog-
three hundred and moro Of the best heads /
in the oeuatry here in council, earnestly
Impressed with the duty Of rsclaiming their |
country from the downlAll to which shs
seems tending. There 10 nothing like
lsvity sr light oonduct-svsry man seem
Ing earnestly imbusd with deep Importance
Of the work in hand. The labers Of these
sns" will Be susssssfal. The signs Of the
smes most plainly indicate that the day Of
radical domination 10 at hand.
Tho amnesty Proclamation Of the Presi-
dent seems to meet with general favor
among ell parties. The radical press here
sbouts, that as rule is ready to assail any
act Of Mr.. johnson, right or wrong
seems to swallo. amnesty without gri- |
mace-evsn though it will be the source Of |
much strength to the democratic party .
tho fall campaign. By this action the
President hopes to secure great strength
in tho Convention. The South will give
him handsome complementary vote, no
doubt, but it is Of no sort Of use. The
day wherein Mr.. johnson might have So
cured the hearty approval and support OF
the Democracy vas ir,tsrsd away in .
great two horse riding feat, and he need
not look fos q nomination in this Convsn-
ton. Chase stock 10 growing weaker and
weaker every day. He will hardly come
before the Convention At all, unless seme
very importaEt revolution takes place.
DICK.