Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-09
BALTIMORE.
THE DEMOCRATIC FUNERAL
DELAWARE SWEPT INTO THE TIDE.
Especial Correspondence Of tle CommerclalI

Especial Correspondence Of the Commerciall
BALTIMORE, MoNDY EvENINd, July 8, 1872
The attendance of delegates aud others is
large. Every State is more or Less fully repre-
sented, and the crowds around tho chief hotels
indicate the national inter st in the affair. The
Keystone and Americus clubs from Philadelphia
cime in this p NJ, each headed by band OF
music. Both clubs numbered about one hun
dIed perTous. Utah iH represented by a Mormon
delegation, which demands the admission OF that
territory M a state The delegates say that the
Republicans will not admit it unless they abolish
Poygamy, which they will never do. They ca
pect "LibTdis' to admit them il Greeley il
elected
The Convention il the best packed one that
over assembled in this country, In opporiion
to the desires Of the rank and file the leaders
and managers Of the party organization have
packed up the large maj 1rity of tho delegations
for the purpose Of nominating Greeley. There
IL really no opposition. meeting of the die
satisfied was called for the Maryland Institute
to-day at noon, hut not more than 200 res
p0nded, and many Of those were not delegates
Flanders and Van Yliet, of New York, aud one
or two other ether parties made bitter Anti
Greeley speeches, and agreed to meet again 10
morrow.
None OF the Delaware delegation put in an ar
pearance at this meeting. Indeed they have
fully surrendered already, and make no efforts
to prevent Mr.. G.'s nomination. The whole
thing is fully settled. The leaders have sold out
the party for a consideration and the masses OF
the party will be- whipped into the harness.
One of the notable things is the great number
OF ex-rebels in attendance upon the convention
These seem to be the moving spirits and the old
doughfaoe element of the free States defers to
the Southern leaders as in days of yore. They
think they see in the Greeley movement an
opportunity again to get control of the South
ern State governments The termination of the
Ku Klux act and the attitude of Mr.. Greeley to-
ward them, has led them to bolieve that he AZ
President will quietly look on while they seize
upon the government of tho States of the South
through means which they 80 will know how to
use and hence his nomination by the aid and
influence of the old leaders Of the South. Among
the present are Cons. Bradley L, johnson, With
err, pOsey, Fagan. Corn, Tourney Gordon
Bennng, Wright, Hardeman, OOlquitt, VILLAINS
Gilmor Sharpe, Law, Smth, BJcock, Ould, Bald
win and Fltz Hugh Lee, all of tine rebel army
Besides these old soldiers of the rebellion
there are more than score Of tho old Southern
leaders members OF the rebel Congress-, Nc,
such as Chestnut, Reagan, Lawler, Hartrdge
hagoihn, LathrOp Chalmers, Vance, Barringer
Aiken, Galloway, and many others. These are
tie men who have inspired the Greeley move
ment in the Democratic party and who now CON
troll the Convention.
There seems to be no enthusiasm among tho
mass Of the delegates. They go in and out OF
the hotels aud public places with long faces aud
downcast eyes, evidently realizing the disgrace
Of their present position. The delegates from
our State are swept into the great current cre-
ated by the politicians here, anu have surrender
cd at discretion. l met them at supper to-
night, and their depressed couutenances we
expressed the feelings that were preylng at their
hearts. We smiled upon them in the tenderest
pity OBSERVER.