Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-12
: he Cold silent Convention.

THE TRUTH ABOUr BALrIMoRE-A "DuLb SPIRIT
Less, AssEMBLAGE-THE ExAGdEBArIoN AND
BIlAd or IiE CIACQuERs
[Tr1'n THE Baltimore American July Ill
We shall not permit any considerations OF To-
cal pride to prevent us from telling the whole
truth about the late Dnucratc Convention. IL
the country is allowed to make up its Judgment
from the ucrounts sent from here by the special
correspondents of the newspapers favorable to
the election of MIR. Greeley 1t Will be egreglous-
ly deceived. Ekagg Grafton and misrepresenta-
ton sGem to be the fayOrite tactics of the high
minded gentleman whose love of tho beautiful
snd true has driven them over to the Democrat
ic camp. Our exchanges come to us hled with
gushing descriptions OF the holiday appearance
Of the city during Convention week." the i'm
mense crowds that throng the streets, the mass
meetings that block up every square, and the
enthusiasm that has filled eyerybodys soul with
patriotic feryor which bursts out in resound-
ing cheers whenever Mr. Greeley name is mem
tioued; all of which is miserably false
The city was not decorated; except at the
headqnarters OF the political clubs, and at the
building in which the Convention met there WAS
not flag flying i'll the whole city which Is not
given TO the breeze every day
The city was not crowded. On the contrary,
there we're vacant rooms in all the hotels, leav-
ing out the Carrollton and Barnums, each Of
which had about as many guests as could be
comfort ably lodged One correspondent writes.
ut is estimated that there are to-day not less
IS rangers in the city, all the hotestbeing liter
| ally packed" and then with singular stupidity
he goes on and gives the arrivals at ten of the
leading hotels since Friday, the 9th inst, show
ing An aggregate of 3,U3l. 1t 10 safo to nay that
| mi more than $500 of those were attracted
| here by the Convention, and that the remainder
came in the regular course OF travel and busl
pess
A Greeley club from Washington and two
| Democratic clubs from Philadelphia arrived OIL
| Tuesday aud,were escorted to their headquarteri
| with some blowing of brazen horns, but witt
| this exception there was nothing to be seen OF
| the streets to remind any one OF the sitting o
| the Convention. III fact on account Of the ex
| treme heat. the city was exceedingly dull, ant
the 2 500 politicians who came from all parts o
| the Union to nominate Mr.. Greeley for the pres
| dency did nothing to enliven 1t.
So much for the crowd now for the enthuSi
aam. We are sure that We are not influences
by any party prejudice when we say that W,
never saw such dull and spiritless Convention
Every delegate acted Az if he bad made up hi
mind to submit to some painful necessity.
few of the more deeply disgusted were anxiou
to make some apology for their abject surrender
but the Convention was in no temper TO listen
| speech making. The orators who e5sayed =
| uuburdau their sorrows were not treated Will
| common decency. Above all things th
party managers did not want to listen to III
| pleasant truths, and they took care that non
Of the refractory anti-Greeleyites should haV
the opportunity to speak out their minds