The New York herald., 1872-07-07

. ssrenade to Mr.. L. ysnosy IN the streets Of
Charleston. ON the eighth day In tn. depleted
argued for the reOpenlny OF tne Africa slave trade
and was oheered. 0ns =, Read. Of Terre Haute.
favor It," Californian talks about gorgeous
| separate empire on the Pacific coast, Is.
w. Perry 81 south Carolina, hissed BY the galleries,
harmony. The ultra-S0utherners prefer Seward to
Douglas for President In mere revengeful
votes, and rises on tae twelfth ballot to l60k. on
the twenty-third ballot he gets 1927. He never
seventh ballot, and next day '.the rump' or regI-
lar convention, as Yancey dubbed It, adjourned.
Resolving to meet in M baltimore, on the motion Of
was carried by 1s5 votes to IS. The object was to
make pressure for Douglas In the South and force
come to baltimore and support the Little Giant"
l. THE yANCEY RGOrisr CONVENTION.
Tne SecederS' Convention met at st. Andrews
Hall, Charleston, MAY l, and was called to order by
John s. Preston. There were l1S delegates en-
J sSsyara Of s said to be
Grant man, was one Of his secretaries. They
made cords Of sell-complacent speeches blotted out
proposed to address the people OF tho United
states, but thought they had better ''nOt." They
vention" again June H. This crazy set Of self
consuming, provincial, untravelled men was looked
upon with delight by crazer women and girls, all
bound l0r destruction. God pity their poor, raw
elled pride now, when they read this and reinem-
Der themselvesl Let women keep out OF politics;
for tie men only fight and they (the wOmen) only
lose.
THE RICHMOND BoBrAns
The Richmond Convent lOn-caed 'tO save the
constitution, not the UnIon,r the archtcct's plan
and not the hOuse-sat two days In q small hall.
and was previously emasouated Of ~ attenaance ana
vsing thas all try to harmonize at Baltimore lhad
Most now IN Egypt, soldier or the Khedive,
Y0.k The thing Was .HdSc0.
THE CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE, 1S80
MN fAva thn NJ kavnA
runous Convention OF June Is, 1861 In the city OF
Baltimore, when the South beat the democratic
and the Illumination o defeat, while the democratic
party has never since had q bite OF the federal
patronage or the pleasures Of administration.
Five weeks before this Democratic Convention
reassembed the Constitutional Union pa ty, so
called "a fusion between the wings and the late
Know Nothings), had convened in baltimore city,
United States Court Buildings, and had nom. mated
John Bell on the second ballot, for President, and
Edward Everett, the first ballot, for Vce-Presi-
dent. This Union Convention had the full
sympathy OF the roughs and conservatives
by Henry Winter Davis. and they Kept up
one piOdigiOus roar during the whole Democratic
convention for their candidates. Ol the candidates
who competed with Bell and Everett, bOtts, Grit
tenden and Mclean are dead, together with the
standard-bearer and his ADJUNCT Mr.. Everett. Gra-
ham survives, ard was present at the Filth avenue
free trade conference two weeks ago, and Sharkey,
OF Mississippi VINO was also cardidat,, Is now
names stil of note Joshua Hill is now in the
Senate, James A. r. Nelson defended john
son, OF Indiana, was a Grant delegate to
philadelphia one month ago. About two
Greeley, including Joseph +. Randolph Joshua Hill
and Thomas Swami. Crittenden, VINO called that
convention to oIder, Is no more; A. IL. H. Stewart
Is for Greeley; Leslie CoOmbs made the platform
there, and he is now for Greeley, like Erastus
Brooks, another ringleader.
THE CHICAGO AD INTERIM MOVEMENT.
The Chicago Republican Convention mad also met
In the nte i'm between the democratic dissolution
at Charleston and the second attempt to combine
the party ut Baltimore, and mad slaughtered Will
liam H. Seward, in part through the efforts Of
Hoiace Greeley. The Blair family made the Lincoln
the Greeley nomination. Tom Hyer and the prize
fighters were at Chicago representing the party Of
Ersa FOR Mr. G" Greeey William NJ Gyapts now Hese al
Geneva, nominated Seward, and Austin Blair, OF
Michigan, now for Greeley, and Carl Schurz, now
for Greeley, seconded the nomination. Lincoln was
nominated by Norman Judd, now for Grant, and
Caleb Smith. OF Indiana and Columbus DelanO, Of
Ohio seconded the nomination. Henry .. Lane,
VINO was at the late Philadelphia gathering, was
the most active advocate for Lincoln at Chicago.
Sssns Sr Tn & M &Gay now NJ iof Greeley eof h0i votes
man. now for Greeley, got hfty-eight; but HaInin
was nominated on the second ballot with 367 votes.
In that Chicago Convention, rs delegates, were
such prominent men as sargeant, the newly elected
United States Senator from California; David
Blow one Of Grants mvorites, and W. W. Ross Of
Kansas, who went to the Greeley Cincinnati Con-
vention. George William Curtis was secretary,
and also William b. Allison, OF Iowa. and H. r. Hitch
cock now senators In Congress- Edward Rollins
and Cragin, OF New Hampshire, were both there,
Senator James Nye, Senator FreIinghuysen
Titan j. Coffee (who is out for Greeley, Bill Manu.
Corwin and the late Willard Warner, with Giddngs,
OF Ashtabula, and many more The above list wili
saS abost' turn @ about about, and Jump Jm crow Thus,
nearly month before the Democratic Convention
had heQ
still longer in the field, and the democrats Of the
North felt almost hopeless, and the majority OF
those from the south were rather In favor or Lin
coins election, that they might carry out their
threats OF leaving tue Union.
THE BALTIMORE wRANGLE OVER DOUGLAS.
South Carolina did not come to the Baltimore
Democratic Convention, but those other States
which had seeded at Charleston made their
appearance, and were not altogether heartily
welcomed by the Douglas democrats. long de-
bate took place as to whether they should be
allowed to return In phalanX or not. 1t took five
days TO decide this matter, the Bell-Everett plug
uglies In the meantime showing signs OF delight at
tue want of harmony among the democrats-those
very same plug uglies, perhaps, to q very great
extent, who We're within ten months to
stone the soldiers OF Massachusetts their way to
the SOUTH Compared to the subsequent conduct
OF these professed UniOnists, the members OF the
Democratic Convention occupied martial positions
In the war OF secession to ensue. Caleb Cush-
ing, the adviser OF our ambassadors at Geneva,
was seceder from The regular Convention on that
occasion, as was also Ben Butler, both going over
to Breckinridgc; and Cushing, whose secession was
hailed with cheers, as highly obnoxious to the
Douglas men. presided over the Slavery Extension
Convention. stewart Of Michigan, the parliamenta-
rian, watched Gushing throughout this Convention,
and questioned his points Of decls0n-prObably the
same stewart who has for some time past led the
free traders in Michigan.
PEEPS AT THE DEMOCRATIC DESPAIR OF CO.
There was an enormous quantity of bluster, and
Charles w. RUSSELL Of Virginia, since deceased, who
was first to make the hna bolt az Baltimore was
also the first to talk about "the silence OF Virginia
being OminOus"
OTHERS TALKED ABOUT "CHIv vALRy.n
There were all kinds of fights during this Conven-
ton, and old Josiah Randall, having been called
"an old fossil' by Montgomery, of Pennsylvania,
was attacked by one OF Randas sons (Bob), the
same who afterwards began the Kissing against
George william Curtis, in Philadelphia which led to
u riot, and was promptly Knocked down by the
said Montgomery
Reverdy Johnson's house and doorsteps we're
adopted by the Douglas Convention, and the GIL.