The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1868, Page 3

POLITICAL. State Convention of the Massa- chusetts Radical Party. Speeches by General Butler and Ex-Governor Boutwell. Nomination of Candidates for Stato Officers and Presidential Eectors. Interesting History of an Ambitious but Unasnecessfal Politician. WonersTer, Mass., Sept. 9, 1808. ‘The radical party of Massachusetts is greatly exer- cisea about coming events, if the great number of delegates gathered in the State Convention in this city to-day is any indication. It was probably the largest gathering of representatives of the dominant party of the State ever assembled within its borders; but the chief reason in explanation of this fact is that there was anticipated a sharp struggle for the candidate for Governor between the rival friends of William Claflin, of Newton (present Lieutenant Gov- ernor), and Dr. George B. Loring, of Salem. There was also some feeling of preference for the candl- date for the second place on the ticket, many dele- gates favoring Colonel Joseph Tucker, of Lenox, and others Whiting Griswold, of Greenfield, and Ensiga H. Kellogg, of Pittsfield, On account of these differences among the delegates there was a sort of informal caucus held-last evening for the purpose of elfecting a reconciliation if possible, and at that gathering it was indicated pretty clearly that the ticket of the day would be Claflin and Tucker, SPERCH OF GENERAL BUTLER, The most noticeable feature, however, Of this pre- liminary caucus was a speech by Benjamin F. But- ler, of Gloucester, formerly a major general of yolun- teers in the United States Army, now a major general of the Massacausetis militia, a member of Congress from the Fifth district, and a fow days since returned from a government fish commission visit to Prince Edward Island. He was loudly cheered when he came into the hall, and after returning some thanks for the kindly notice of his presence be went on to say that the contest began in 1861 with the bullets of the enemy 1s now continued, and to be closed, he hoped, in this campaign by the bal- lot. In 1860, under every form of constitutional law the voice of the raajority of the people, expressed in the only manner in which the regulated voice of freemen can be expressed, was given to Abraham Lincoln. (Applause.) It was the duty then of every good and true man to bow to the will of the people. But those who had risen to power under the black flag of slavery for so many years refused to yield to that voice, and ralsed the flag of war. Then it be- came the duty of every American freeman who loved his country to range himself by the side of the country and fight the battle to the bitterend, The first enemy that met the North was slavery, which had been the cause of the war. That was swept away by the immortal proclamation of Lincoln. (Applause.) The rebellion was conquered, and the Southerners at the hour of their surrender were ready to yield every- thing to the palght of the government of the United States. Unfortunately compromising principle in 1 for the sake of expediency and conciliating the border States, a border State man was taken as Vice President of tne United States. That unfortunate mistake introduced a new element into the politics of the United States—assassination—which in the Old World had changed dynasties and destroyed States, The bullet of Booth changed the gov- ernment of tuis country, and Andrew Johnson took the place of the lamented Lincoln. The power went into his hands and he be- came a subservient tool of other men. He under- took to set. aside the just powers of Congress, and there was seen the spectacle of Congress upon the side giving laws to the mblic and the tive upon’ the other side that should not be executed until anarc| ed at the ith and no Union man’s life was safe there, The in the war, an the same leaders; the men that were met in the field—tne Fo: the Lees—are at this hour the leaders of the democratic party. General Butler then refe to the recent letter of General he ery, In fact; for Political rights. ate Bars and taken love for its the construction, because uestion of orwar, question of the id waa assured. The democracy, Jt is true, are ational debt until the fact that it would some time be Carrying on the aign uj entirely diferent ideas, inasinuch as it ie tl ley to keep the e ignorant of the true iasties of the con- st, In regard to their lise: ke: che hk in this State, he simply wished to say ‘that hia'main recommendation the nomination was in the fact that he once belon; to the republican party, (Laughter.) It was not to be forgotten, how- ver, that only three years ago, in the Legisiature of ‘aggachusetts as @ républican, the satue genileman ‘warned his party against receiving democrats into their ranks, because they might not always be faith- fai (Laughter.) Upon point General Butler faid:—“If you are gone to choose a man for any po- sition take one who has become @ republican from myiction.”” (App! len ge their habits ently, but rarely t 01 Rech pplause,) n tls connection Gene! Judge Abbott, complimenting his legal ability, but saying that he th it abo tical sa- did ety, fn 184s het as d tree sot acl wi was jer. Ristehd vot dlsctssl issues of the day ling his democratic mem 0 itself a g°od—as the price of the Union; in 1868 their candi@ate, Mr, Blair, invties the country to ma ‘war—bioody, uni desoiating Wwar—for the avowed ovject of dissolving the Union by the over- sticioaders crgaazea and. inagurated a fe ocratic o and ina’ } ellion a to be universal, but which proved, happily, to be almost entirely sectional. That rebel- lion failed, and the democ! party was rated. But in a free government a treasonable faction, whether powerful or weak, whether de! in arms or controlled by the ordinary sweep and Majesty of the law, is never thus rendered be gd to the constitutional authorities by which it has been subdued, ‘The democratic _ party 18 no exception, and its leaders in the South are ‘a8 infatuated and criminal now as they were at the commencementof the rebellion, Many wio act with them in the North are averse to these unpatriotic and rous proceedings. But they are @ minor- ity of the party, and they are destitute of itical y wer. hia was demonstrated by the jonvention. But the democratic party rt of the rebel , be hout the ald of the leadera in the rebellion, Hence these leaders exerted a controlling influence in the New York Convention, and hence they do exert and will exert Massachusetts to A pA ge es he e™ave issues 1p) eee euidedhial stantially, 9@ the issues of 186%, What Massac fe poutieal eaualty of malutains government to preserve the public liberties, She denounces the ¢! now set up by the remnant even in those communities where the; oge Who in- for its destruction, For the of govern. In the South a vast rity of the white men are ens upon the Platform, and when quiet tind been re- stored he gave uiterance fot GRSYLEMEN O —We' are assem: bled as representat repu! party of select suitable several office, of the P opinions ©. (ne people of the or, ived in tiie pending Presid ‘ection. In ovr pringip! I. the issues before the the sub- has been 2iue 1s, and what she is she will continue to be. form of slavery, she asserts th ‘al f all men and the Oonstitattonal authority and duty of the national repudiates the theory that a State in which slavery exists may be termed properly a free State, and she of the slaveho! aristocracy of the country that the white race have an exclusive right to govern y are & mere minority, We do not expect to the country by yielding to the unjust demands of volved it in civil war, nor do we count asthe best friends of the government those who have labored purposes ment we prefer the black man who has ever been loyal to the white man who has always been disloyal, . rebels, and an eaually jority of the black men are patriots. Patriotism is the strength and the tl the. Harvey Jewell, of on; of Cam- pe oI and others. ian amid great enthust and therm as could find retired: for with the be- Hof that with the om! Morrow the Convention would pase along smoothiy harmoniously. How “ll founded their ex\rectations were in this reapect Ihiy be taforred trou the aubjoined record of tho TEMPORARY PARMANENT ORGANIZA’ day re Je Wiuiants, asc Se eg ted tg hd Prete an ie aid im thé one of a years since. After Mr, Williams had pempereey 6 a W, Ri copaimastion was effected mid ha , temporary chal Er ‘df Maiden, lor erat. ce wear ne ab cted, after whic er ua Tate by choles of George Shout 0° Groton, for ont, etuer with nearly a hundred yi Fe Ee Oe rary The nate Oe Me Herrero ras rece vce wn the PBIB Ui aeu! oF the delegates, a8 Was aiso Lis Dresence | in the security of free States, All wise builders accept the aid of those who are in favor of the government, and they canvass and ancetian. and if necessary re- ject those who are against the government. We ave no sympathy with the doctrines and prejudices which originate and Joster distinctions on account of race or color, but we assert that the rebels of the South would have no cause for complaint if they were excluded from all political privileges. The nation has been generous to the rebels, yet they evince no gratitude, they exhibit no patriotism. Lee tenders advice, Stephens dictates a public policy and Forrest threatens the renewal of civil war if the conduct of public affairs in Tennessee is distasteful tohim, Justice agd generosity on our part secure neither respect nor gratitude on theirs, But the rebels of the South are not alone culpable. They would have shrunk from civil war except for the en- couragement given them by Northern democrats. At the end of the war they would have accepted quietly the terms and conditions proposed by Con- gress had not démocrats tn the North encouraged them to resist the lawful authority of the govern- ment, and now the work of reconstrucfion would be. complete and the country everywhere at peace were not the wild passions of the re- betlion infamed by the democratic platform and the declarations of Mr. Blatr, who is already in the Sonth the recognized leader of the democratle party and the rebellion, Encou ad by these declarations and threats the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia has ejected from their seats as members of tliat body all persons of color, and for no other reason whatever. The right to clect to office and the right to be elected to office are the easential vem conditions of citizenship, and when sepa- rated both are lost. The denial of the right of the negro to be elected to ofice will be followed by the denial of his right to vote. The loss of these will prepare the way for the seizure of all his rights ag @ man and as a citizen, The ex- ample of Georgia, imitated by the other States of the South, will result in the expulsion of the negro from that region and the distribution of this most unfortunate race, either as_paupers or laborers, over the old free States of the North. The republican party has attempted to secure the negro in his rights aaa citizen where he Is, not only be- canse he is entitled to those rights as aman, but also for the purpose of protecting the free white la- borers of the North from unnatural and injurious competition, The interests of laborers are identical. If the la- borer, white or black, is bg, do EY animes per- secuted in one State, whether Irelans , Georgia or Texas, le will fee—he must fice to some other State im search of protection, of employment and of a home, The republican party, through justice to the negro, seeks the prosperity of the South and the prosperity, independence and progress of the entire boring population of the country. ‘The democratic arty is no longer a party of prin- cipie. In the South it is under the influence of wild and dangerous passions, and in the North it has no hope of success except through the aid of those who have been in the rebellion. Hence the rebel leaders have been installed as the leaders of the democratic party, and proceed as of old to dictate its platform and propose its candidates, Hence the platform is revolutionary; hence their candidate for the Presi- dency is a man whose fidelity to the Union during the war is now a subject of debate; hence the nomi- nation for the Vice Presidency of an open advocate of @ new rebellion. Who does not see that from 1860 to the present time the republican party has been patriotic and consistent, and that the democratic party has been inconsistent, unpatriotic and wrong? Had the coun- try acceded to the demands of the Chicago Conven- tion of 1804 the rebellion would have triumphed and the confederacy would now be recognized as a nation among the nations of the earth. Democratic policy would have ruined the country; republican policy has saved the country. Upon every measure of the war and of finance the democrats have been wrong and the republicans have been right. In 1862, when the necessities of the country were such that our material resources and credit combined would not command coin for the prosecution the war, the democratic party denounced the issne of legal tender notes a8 @ fraud upon the people as @ measure calcu- lated to inflate the currericy, dame prices, create itimate Seana and deprive the jaborer of their just rewards he success fof the rebels to @ temporary departure from the hard money doctrines of oe and Jackson. In 1862 they Invoked the old iitions of the democratic and sought to awaken the and to arouse b= hich adequate to the migeney, in 1808 gure which was exigency. they demanded the issue of two thousand million doll of paper money, @ sum three times as great as the entire volume in circulation at the present time. Now they have no fears of an in- flation the currency; now they are Ritts slag tectiauon! now tet te Ting and in stimu! 5 3 Now they are wi aper in time of war, in an e: , a8 & war mnea- Tate tolerated and justiaed by the Recossities of the as @ measure which a time of 3, but now restored, when the country {a regain- ation 18 always the same. Dui to conflue the government and Son pripgenenn ype mea ely, u e struggle could n long maintamed upon a specie basis, and well knowing also that the prema- ture end of the war from @ lack of means on our part would secure the independence of the confederacy. Hence, then, the zeal of the democratic fora specie . ce, then, their regard the soldier, the pecpiones and the r. ‘They weil know {hat the issue of two thousand million dollars of United States notes on their settle all tie e country aud involve the laborer and the millionaire in eouamon ruin. Lf, now, tue people should be misled into the adopiton of the fnancial policy of the democrats the credit of the United States Would sink to the level of that of the con- federacy during the winter of 1564. With our credit ruined and our currency valueless the rebellion and the confederacy couid revived with a reasonable prospect of success. Thus is the financial paw of the ocratic party, dictated by the master spirits of the rebellion, calculated to revive and establish the doctrine of secession, not as @ theory merely, but aga fact in the politics of the country. The republican party takes bold and open issue with ail thesé financial cogmas. We do not propose to tolerate, sanction or permit an issue of lemand notes payable in coin tw be excha fot the time bonds of the United States. pu AY pee ey if necessary, to ogee ually the yolume of paper money, until it ap- Bro nates a Value to the standard of coin. We in- ‘end that there shall be one currency forthe bond- holder, the merchant, the farmer, the pensioner ana the laporer. That cdrreacy shall be of the value of ‘old, When this is done the public debt will be aid ag the resources of the country may permit, and to the satisfaction of those wi ‘and ol those who recetve. When the credit of the coantry ts restored, as it will be A the single fact of the election of General Grant, can issue bonds paya- bie afer tenfor twenty years bearing a lower rate of interest, and thus save annually the sum of twenty millions of dollars, But first of all,asa ring the public credit, the peopie honesty in the pablo Oteeoene The . national dishonesty ie re- publican party Knows uo policy in finance but hon- osty. iy its policy in war, and this is and ia to be Tiare ed its pol otherwise ig it ithe democratic y. In 1862 they maintaine: . ..an- jal policy calculated, if not yO det the lamor for the restoration and ager icy which they denounced in time of War. might ‘be ex; from the union in the same political of He patty of the North with the Jere of late - ion in the south, the ‘and the candidates | it wore in 1864 service of the La war was was the Ly? a of the Sai eae pee Pena ie eee could 61 peace; now that it has Men reserved by war and tored by freerel of civil strife. In 1861 they im thé mal at of the go © remain. verumet coerce & in the Unton; but In ised the demoer denounces Ue pedgaiul restoration of ry States ag ftvotutiodary, lintonstitunonal and Yold. Jo isos they Juvited country to accept peace=ya | @ controlling ee in the democratic party. of the disloyal and revolutionary elements of the country. Onthe other hand, the republicam party was the organization and the only ‘al organization Within and around witch the loyal men of the country rallied for the suppression of the ‘The relations of the party-to the country are unchanged, Rasepranernere lel Inon, There 4s ng force im the republican party, not the least even, hostlie to iberty orto the Union, In its lands the existence, the credit, the honor of the pation are safe. But what shall be sald of a party founded upon the ruins of the rebellion aud animated by its spirit? Does this party represent the loyal senti- ments of the country? Can it receive the support of loyal men? We wait with cheerful conidence for the verdict of the country. Vermont has spoken. The result there, more favorable than the esti- mates of the republican canvassers and comumit- tees, indicates that many honest and patriotic demo- crats at the polls first declared their hostility to the revolutionary measures and candidates of the New York Convention, This unusual circum- stance in politics leaves the Gemocratic party abso- lutely without a chance of success, The republican majorities in all the old free States will equal the majorities of 1864. By the election of Grant and Colfax we shall secure peace for the South, so mach desired by Lee and Beauregard and th associates, But it will be the peace which comes from “submis- sion to the Jaw aud not ihe peace which the rebels have so long sought, From the commencement to the end of the war they wished only to be let alone while they sundered their relations to the old Union and established a new government. At the present time there is no war, no peril in the South, except what ts caused by the -ebels themselves, According to the report of a com ittee of the Constitutional Con- vention of Texas three hundred Hechuated have been murdered in five months, and the Tennessee Legisla- ture have been informed officially that the murders in that State average one a day. This is the peace Which the rebels now give to the loyal men of the South. Until the rebels respect the law and the rights of their fellow men there can be no peace, and nothing can be more offensive than the asagrtion of Lee and his associate chiefs of the rebellion and au- thors of all the evils under which the country labors, that the North denies to the South the blessings of peace. If the South will accept the work of recon- struction, if it wil receive and recognize the negro as a man and a citizen, if the rebels them- selves will regard the State governments esta- blished in conformity to the laws of the land as legitimate and permanent; and if, above ail, they will no longer listen to the promises and threats of the Northern democracy, which are alto- gether delusive and vain, they will obtain and enjoy the blessings of a lasting peace. By fur- ther controversy they can gain nothing and may Jose much. If they desire peace let them support General Grant, who is tor peace. The patriots of the country say, “Let us have peace;” the republl- can party says, “Let ug have peace;’? we of Massa- chusetts say, “Let us have peace.” Yet not that peace.which despotism imposes upon the oppressed, but “quiet peace under liberty.’? After Mr. Boutweil had finishea there was a motion made by one of the delegates that the Convention proceed at once to ballot fora candidate for Gover- nor, e WITHDRAWAL OF DR. LORING FROM THE CONTEST. ‘At this point Mr. B. F. Butler interrupted and said thay by instructions from Dr. Loring he had the honor to withdraw his name from the list of candi- dates. He then proceeded to eulogize the qualifica- tions of Mr. Clafin, closing by moving that he be nominated by acclamation as the candidate tor Governor, He was accordingly 80 nominated unani- mously, and amid muci entausiasm. SPEECH OF DR. LORING. ‘There were then loud and repeated calls for Dr. Loring, to which he responded in a brief speech. He said that he had thought it better under the circum- stances to be a withdrawn rather than a defeated candidate. He added that he was now setts republican, but that he had not always been one. He was once a child and acted like a child, but he was now @ man and true tothe moral and pro- gressive or the and it would be a pleasure” and & thin to stand by it and do duty in the ranks. He then referred to his su) ipport of Congress and his opposition to the President during the late conflict, and declaimed for a moment upon the im- portance of the present campaign, declaring that the questions to be settled were of importance para- mount to the ones pending when Sumter was fired upon. He concluded with an eloquent tribute in be- haif of Mr. Clatin, who had vangq him, and re- tired amid a round of cheering. DR. LORING’S POLITICAL HISTORY. In connectio# with or perhaps independent of a record of the proceedings of Convention it will be genre eg Know something of Dr. Loring’s past polit ‘ory. He has slways been an active Politician and ever greedy for of There was never a more thorough democrat a few years ago, and there never was a more complete political somersauit thrown than that by him when the re- publican party came into power. His course has, in many respects, been like that of Butler's, but his gnocess in achieving renown has not been so marked. Pte ay who came here determined to go for the Doctor for Governor under all eircumstances ‘were suddenly made friends of his rival candigate by the perusal of a sharply written ctreular freely irculated in the Convention, giving @ brief but com- prehensive wy ¥ of his politi career. It dis- closed the facta that he was a Douglas delegate to the Democratic National Convention; that he voted for Breckinridge; that he was an opponent of the re- publican party all through the late rebellion, when many of our sons and brothers were starving dying in Andersonville and Tabby; es he mapped and ained with Preston 3. Brooks after his assault upon Charles Sumner; that the citizens of Essex county blushed for him; that some him to show the American flag; that his voice was never heard in the war meetings of "61, '62, °63 and '64; that since then he has been busy proclaiming his views and new esa] senti- ments; that he was once a promtnent leader of the peace wing of the democracy; that he once sald that “if the young men of Massachusetts are fools enough to go and ficht their brothers of the South it serves them rightif Uiey are brought home dead or disabled”? One of the septences in the circular was: 1364, 18 it "not true he was in. :.cd by the democrats to stump Penn- syivania an: excused himself, pleading basiness ew. « And isit Not truéalso that he promisea to staiip New York and other States, provided the democrats should carry Pennsylvania and Oto in the Vctober clections? Did not Penn- sylvania and Ohio go for the Ls sewed in October, 1364? and then, with the republican victory assured, did net George B. Loring become a radical repub- lican? His brat mare | rivailed that of Saul of Tarsus. But, admitting’ his change of heart to be uine, can'you permit a man to preside over your deliberations whose loyalty dates only from the defeat of the democratic ticket In Pennsyivania and Ohio in 1864, who could not make up his mind to stand by his coantry until he sew that the enemies of-his country were vanquisned on the field and at the ballot | No such man stoald selected by Massactiusetts men at this time, Th want and will only have men whose acts and re- corded opinions, always loyal, always for freedom, have proved them worthy of confidence and honor. fave yl enough of recent converts in Andrew Johnson, and, God wilting, will never be cheated in, With honest men to represent them they will be safe. With men wio have never betrayed, never been false wo freedom or the loyal North, they will be secure.” TIE NOMINATIONS, ‘The above, inasmuch as itis correct in point of dates and other facta, gives a very fair idea of the political standing of Mr. Loring, and it is therefore not strange that (he republicans of the State ren- dered it necessary for hima to withdraw from tue feid and leave it clear for Claudia. The Cladin-Loring or gubernatorial having been disposed, of the next sti le Was for a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, the leading can- didates being Colonel Tucker and Mr. Griswold. During the collecting of the ballots the canvassing for these two candidates was quite lively. The friends of Colonel Tacker eulogized him eloquently asa patriot, and the soldiers composing the conven- tion went for him en masse, There were two ballots, there being no choice in the first. The result of both was as follows:-— 1st Batlot, 24 Baitot. Matter Whole number of ballots. . « 1187 1,210, Necessary for a choice... + 604 607 Whiting Griswold, of Greenfield, had, 481 574 Jose} mn rucker, of Lenox, had 459 €22 A. Steve f 222 - y Py 14 Between Mr. Stevens’ ame Was withdrawn Uy one of ‘hie friends, and the result as shown above tn ant Oolone! Tucker was received much entnusiasi ¢ ry eal Eo Ms) hia rival (Mr. Griswold) ue act 01 mvention Was , Tucker subsequently, thanked the nol ry At this point wetcd 3s Se re seemed be 8 bitch Convention and Buti jicates which way tho bal- ce of power was thrown. The nomination of as thea race agan 5 thi are it or ti ‘self-ge iv they not, waded, ue wi @ igno’ fri vote with a enewy Vote against fim. — tl cle a@ealozy 0: the emancipated he denounced the demo- cratic Viee Presidential candidate, declaring that if elected his Gret act Would be to set aside ail the Ke NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1868~-TRIPLE SHEET. construction acts of Congress, and thus set afloat the entire country on tee areat questions of finance, ‘The present state of affairs, he added, does not have either the bie of peace or are in the South it produces a reign of anarchy and murder, In concluding, he said that if the votes were cast a8 the bullets were the new rebellion will be put down as the other one was at Appomattox Court House. Aiter Mr. Butler's ‘the Convention proceeded to the nomination of the remaining candidates. The ticket as completed is the same as last year, with the exception of Mr, Tucker for Lieutenant Governor, 2 LECTORS, The following gentlemen were chosen el¢ctors at large: ‘David Sears, of Boston, and Jolin H. Cliford, of New Bedford, The following juulons were th a by resolutions were then reported by the chairman of the committee, Mr. Richard H. Dana, of Cambridge:— Resolved, That the republicans of Massachusetts hoart! approve the piattorin adopted by tho republican party of th pation at Chicago and pledge their earnest support to tae election of Ulysses 8. Grant and Schuyler Colfax as essential to the pence, safety and honor of the country. ‘Reso! ist the rights of the loyal citizens of the South, won by war and secured by national legislation, shalib ¢ maint Resolved, That wo heartily approve the system of recon- established by the law inaking power of the ation as wise and buioane and as demanding = Surity and good faith of the country require ee nae ea Resolved, That we repudiate the position of the demo- cratic tly and authoritatively taken, which has remusell the beltion aud proposes to overthrow by force, if dy rejected reconstruction acts. deere ie ne aa! solved, That the sliccens of the democratic direet!y to Fevolation and civil war. said ved, the success of the republican party ts essen- tal to the public crodity as this paryy nione cat be relied upon to muke the actual aad lunest payment of the public deot in gold and sliver a maiter of acted bonor, Wiig the demo- cr tion is an evasion of yur duty dud a fraud upon those who bave trusted the nat!on, phi gee ere Resolver, That the public life of Hon, Chartes Sumner during throe terma of service in the Senate of the United Btates has fuily justified the contidence wh has been suc- cenalvely reposed tn him; that sistent devotion to the sacred cause of buman Tights in its early struggles ag in ite later triumphs; hia benetice efforts, aiter the abolition of #lavery, in extirpating all the ia- eldents thereof; his constant solicitude for the matertal La- terests of the country; his dijigence and success as chairman of the Senat Affairs in vindicating the poltoy and 1 ng the just rigis of the government against foreign Powers, aud Jat the same timo of preserving peace with the nations, all present a public record of rare usefulness and honori'and that lls delity, experience and honorable identiieation with our national history eall for his re-election to that high oitice in which he has rendered such illustrious service to bis country and to wankind, The resolutions were adopted unanimously and the Convention adjourned, THE CAMPAMGN IN MAINE. mn Mass Meeting and Torchlight 1 in Portlandspecches of Senator Lieutenant Governor Woodford, Conness, Mer. Ingersoll, of Mlinoisx, and Others. PORTLAND, Sept, 9, 1868, The closing State demonstration of the republicans, for which they have been preparing for the past fort- night, occurred to-day and came near belng a sad failure. Ten speakers, including Sickles, Hawley, Conness, Matthew Carpenter, of Wisconsin, and Governor Woodford, of New York, were announced, Conness, Woodford and Ingersoll, of linois, spoke. Sickles, Hawley, Carpenter and others were absent, ‘Three-quarters of an hour after the time for meet- ing lad passed and there were not over fifteen hundred persons present and the rain was falling in torrents, Mr. Conness in his speech reviewed for the leaders, and seem to care little as to the result, feeling that the chance of defeating their opponents ‘Was sacrificed to the unreconstrucied passions of tie Southera leaders in the National Convention and the personal ambition of an unsuccessful and incompe- tent party chief. From this Presidential standpoint the field of State polities is now being surveyed, and idea is gatuing ground among the best posted and clear seeing men of the party that Lard, gen rial election is not a matter of such certainty as the Tammany leaders would have their followers believe. ‘The ring itself has lost some of the confl- dence with which it hailed the success of tts plang 1n the Convention at Albany, and hence the great edort it is making through its emissaries at the pres- ent time in Maine and in other States to keep up.the flagging spirit of the democracy and them for the grand struggle in November next. is costly work, and if the chief stumpers of each of the States require the sinews of war to the amount that Valiandigham demanded and received for the Ohio campaign the ‘Tammany coffers wil be sadly reduced by the end of the year, Vallandigham and Pendieton, when in this city a few weeks ago, were handed over some $35,000 to prosecute the camp: in that State, Republican majorities in a few of the States, it is feared, will, 1f such should occur, se- riously imperil the Tammany ticket for Governor, and thereiore no cost or sacrifice is to be spared to guard against such @ result. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, The republicans are becoming daily more hopeful of the double event in November next, and while all their efforts are directed to insure the end desired, they are content to leave the city ofices to the Tam- many ring, Knowing that they are hardly worth the trouble and dissensions and family broils which the: engender, But peace by no means reigns in repubil- can Warsaw. Here, too, there are bickerings and dissensions, principally confined to points of prece- dence—as to which ward organization here and which ward organization there shall be recognized a8 the regular one. ‘Then there is trouble as to who shall be the recognized president of the Boys in Blue—all petty quarrels and Which the timely @ppll- cation of a phyiactery of greenbacks would have lealed long aKa 1E DEMOCRATIC SLATE for the few oitices that come within the gift of the ‘Tammany leaders this fall was temporarily made up with the view of satisfying as far as possible the sore heads and malcontents that have been whining aud complaining of the injustice and deception of the ring in their distribution of those offices to which from time to time they had laid claim, but could not lay their hands on, Pledges were freely given to all, and the same office promised in confidence to half a dozen of the hungry hangers on,'who would not be atisied without receiving promises of office which they atthe same time knew were utterly valueless and heid as of no ount by the ring. But the old game had to be played, and the slate thimbleriggers jound their dupes as ready to be taken in and done for ag if their stale trick of hocus pocus had not been exposed hundreds of times, and the result was that the ring went to Albany sure of the game, Since then the leaders are tnapproachable, inaccessible, and the officeseekers are compelled’ to draw what comfort they may from the well known Punic faith of the Tamunany leaders. SUPERVISOR, The principal vacancy to be filled up in which ‘Tammany herself has a peculiar interest—that is, an office that must be held by a ringite—is that of Su- pervisor, It stands, therefore, first on the slate, and underneath in large letters is the anfograph of Wil- liam M. Tweed, seif-appomted and self-re-elected to that useful post. Between this and December next, however, a contingency may arise that would cause the name of Tweed to be expunged from its present place on the slate so that it might appear in connec- Uon with the more desirable post of Street Commis- sioner. But be it known by these presents that a3 at present ordered Tweed the irrepressible stands committed to il the vacancy in the Board of Syper- the causes of the late war. He denounced Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle and other Senators and Representatiyes as traitors to their country and to their party, notwithstanding that Fessenden was on the platform. He was especially severe on the democracy, ail of whom he denounced as rebels and responsible for the late war. He declared that Vallandigham was a traitor who should have been hung, but he was better than Seymour, Blair aud visors. SUPREME COURT. The slate is not positively made up as regards the nominee for the vacancy on the bench of the Su- reme Court. The present incumbent, Judge G. G. arnard, will be renowinatéd, though Judge 8. B. Garvin, Of the Superior Court, 1s spoken of a8 a pro- bable candidate. The prospects, however, are all in favor of Barnard, in whose interest a tremendous outside pressure is brought to bear and against which the leaders, some of whom are restive in the matter, cannot kick. So the slate may be considered as made other leaders of the democracy. Mr, Ingersoll’s speech made the audience laugh, and that was all. Mr. Woodford’s was brief and moderate, ‘The failure of the afternoon meeting alarmed the republicans, and the telegraph was put into requisi- tion to secure the attendance in the evening of a crowd and prevent a failure. At the hour appointed for the procession to march but six hundred torches were lighted. ‘The prospects looked very dark, in- deed, but by nine o'clock the number was swelled to sixteen hundred by the arrival of a spécial train from Angusta and intermediate stations, The rain ceased and the procession moved at nine o'clock, mumbering fifteen hundred and forty-nine by actual count, to the City Hall, where it was disbanded, without speeches or display beyond a salute of ar- tillery and a brilliant display of fireworks along the line of march. One speciat train of ten cars on the Grand Trunk line ran through from Gorham and in- termediate stations, and the conductor says he brought but seventy-one persons, five thousand persons were present, but not more than sixteen hundred, including boys and negroes, joined in the procession, while the crowd waa enthusiastic, ‘This wes about the poorest display by either wanes. dw tne campaign, and the republicans are mu chpa ied at the result, ry night the democrats, who are re; joiced and active, will hold the closing demonstra- tion of the campaign in this city. The best eye reege 7 is careful figui Saturdi by radi- cal eon, them eighteen to twenty housand majo ity, which will be a lose on the last Presiden- tial vote. None of them claim more than twenty thousand now. CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Nomination of Candidates for Presidential Electors. New HAVEN, Sept. 9, 1868, At the Democratic State Convention held here to-day tue following Presidential Electora were nomt- nated:—At large, Governor James E. English and General William B. Franklin; First Congressional district, Alfred R. Goodrich; Second Congressional district, Henry G. Hubbard; Third Congressional dis trict, Lloya B. Baldwin; Fourth Congressional dis- trict, Nathaniel Wheeler. CITY POLITICS. General Aspect of the Political Field=—The Presidential Contest from a Local Stand- poist—The Democratic Slate for City Oftices— The Offices to be Filled and the Candidates— Tho Congressional Field=The Contingent Mayoralty. ‘There is very little to be learned from the present aspect of affairs political. The local aspirants for office, though all eager to have thelr claims passed upon and though fall of the idea of the paramount importance attaching to thelr réspective achemes and designs upon the public erib, must yet stand aside and patiently look on till after the great Presi- dential campaign is fought and won. The leaders are all out in distant fleids wherever the con- test wages fiercest and the fortunes of the day appear most doubtful and wavering. Stump speaking is at present the order of the day, and the biggest guns are all at the front, hammering away regardless of the useless expenditure of wordy thunder that is going on. The foregone conclusion arrived at by the Albany conventionists in the nomt- pation of the present Mayor of the city as the candt- date of the democratic party for Governor of the State has satisfied the ring. The anticipation that their pipe-laying in this direction might receive a sudden check and that their past successes mtght meot with an unexpected reverse kept the ring and the whole force of the revolving satellites on the qué vive. The encounter has come off, issue joined between the high con- tending parties, and the resistance looked for and the measure of strength expected by the outside lookers-on to be put forth by each in the struggle for the victory—all has ended in a eomplete fizzle, a quiet watk over the ground amd the stakes credited to the interest of the grasping aad all-devour- ing ring. The political aurt sacra fames cannot be too often slaked, and there is seldom @ dearth of the “needfal” when a point is to be carried. The Con- vention at Albany toa man—most of the delegates being admitted having been carefully selected for their known pliability and subserviency to ring dic- tation—voted for the Tammany nominee, fell down and worshipped the idol which Peter Bismarck, the king of the ring, had set up, thus placing the name of John T. Hoifinan on the head of the State ticket of the party. THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION FROM A LOCAL STAND- POINT. On the Presidential question there is very little ex- citement among the Gemocratic massea. The sub- alterns and more immediate leaders of the rank and file listen with apathy to the assurances of their chiefs that Seymour and Blair will be the victors in the November contest. They, in fact, know that they can see as far through @ millstone as the Jeaders can, and in their calculations as to results the producta all tell against their interests and against the prospect of the party succeeding to the contro! of the ment and the vast federal Pen attached thereto. Among this portion of he party fhe greatest it prevailed at the nom! of Se, bearer of the Gonoctacy aes confidence ys hich they looked forward to nomination of Mr, Chase aud the high hopes they, entertained of his triumpliant election aud reversion to the posse of the name offices, and of which they woul have become the leghtmate heirs and saccessors—all was blasted by the noxtination of Seymour. From | that time Uo this they have evinced but scant respect | up with regard to the vacant Judgeship, TRE CITY JUDGESHIP. ‘The Tammany nominee for the vacancy in the city Jndgeship is decided on, but for some good reasons, best known to the leaders, the name of the chosen one is as yet not written onthe slate, The Tammany mind is made up on the question, however, and is ag fixed and unalterable thereon as the laws of the Medes and Persians. THE REGISTERSHIP, For this vacancy the form of the Big Jud; deceived, in trusts, again to be deceived. them laugh at the wro a them with a lick of man T from all appearances will be the man, THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, the big shillelah, ‘There is very little change to note in the slate of the Congressional fleld. eld. In the Fourth district the present member, John Fox, ig @ candidate for renomination on the many ticket. Brigadier ral W. J. Ni a candidate, ig Mr. Fox for the ah | nomination, ant ts adi competitor. rou pow in the’ deld of pallies General Nagle haa a bel liant record from the battle fields on witch the great contest for the life of the republic was fought and wou. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Thirteenth Brooklyn regiment as a Rrivite; and fought in all the early batties that marked the pro- gress of the war in Virginia, He raiséd and was commissioned to command Company F of the New York ee Volant and thus became at- tached to the gallant Irish Brigade, whose reverses and victories he shared from that time to the end of the war. After the battle of beet oad ‘was pro- moted to the rank of colonel and subsequently to that of brigadier general. He has strong claims upon the Irish vote from the prominent and faithful stand he took in the front ranks of the Fenian movement, all the facts of which are well known (o bis numerous friends thi out the d! te In the hh district there will be some trouble [fin 1 ous of the present member's 13 Joun Morrissey) opposition to the chief of the Tammany ring, Hoffman. Mr. Morrissey is a candidate for re- nomination, but the Knowing ones say that T. J. Stewart or 4, S. Cox will be preferred. In the Seventh district Harvey Calkins is talked of as the successor of the present member, Mr. John W. Chanier, ‘The Bighth district will be uncontested so far ag a democrat is concerned. The present member, Mr. James ks, will be renominated. In the Ninth district no one ts named as yet as the snocessor to the ye member, Mr. Fernando Wood. Mr, Wood has positively dectined tu be a candidate, but lus constituents and the whole demo- cratic party of the city, with their leaders at their head, are anxious to re-elect him. Mr. Wood wili undoubtedly receive a unanimous nomination, and will be certainly returned without effort should he, under such flattering circumstances, be induced to serve another Congressional term. THE CONTINGENT MAYORALTY. In the event of the success of the democratic ticket for Governor, George W. McLean will receive the unanimous nomination of the whole democratic party of the city as their chosen candidate for the chief magistracy. The McClellan Legion. A regular weekly meeting of the members of this Legion wus held last evening at Masonic Hall, in Thirteenth street. Colonel Charles H. Pierson, the president, occupied the chair, and Charles J. MeCien- ahan officiated as secretary. ‘The resignation of Culonel Ellsworth as chairman of the Executive Committee having been received aad accepted, General Wm. J. Nagle on motion was substituted in his place, Sergeant Henry Chipman and Wm. Nichols were appointed to fill vacancies on the Finance Committee. General Slocum was appointed one of the vice preskient. A letter was received from Waterloo from an old soldier in the Army of the Potomac in referemce val from abroad of General viene and wishing to communicate through the Legion the high respect entertained by the soldiers in the Potomac army in that vicinity for, a stated the letter, “the greatest soldier of the ineteenth century.’ It was announced that Cap- tain John McDevitt, late of the First New York cavalry, had enrolied in the Ninth ward sixty: t names.’ From the Sixth ward it was reported that forty-three names had been enrolled since the last meeting. In the Lg co ward were reported two hundred eurolled., Lieutenant Mead was appointed to enroll members in the Sev ard, and Prince _ ba ep appou ty-second oot piace for meeting was referred to the Executive Commitiee, with power. The above miscellaneous business havi transacted the subj ct of preparations for th if General lan Was ton orttee appointed 10. cor Oy aa Council on the matter re} ving Botking ae eitan'e arrival Beet ascertain Genera! le! ie committee believed that enthusiastic cheers fot General McCletian the de: ie candidates were given and the port the mecting mijoummed. looms up: but it is only looming. The trouble with the big Justice is that he ts always looming up, but some- how fails to come ito full and complete actuality. He has got the promise of the Registership this time from the ring, and he, always trusting and ree ‘ive the Big Judge timely warning that he is the Sport of theerings that they laugh at his gullibility, and that it will be nothing more than a gentle hint, much needed, to mend their manners and to make side of the mouth by. Alder- jomas Coman is the favorite at present, and le is also AQUATICS. Hludson Amateur Rowing Association. To-day this association, composed of the most eminent rowing clubs in the city, will hold its an- nual regatta. Judging from the excellent pro- gramme of events, the celebrity of the contestants and all the valuable and handsome prizes to com- peted for, a splendid exhibition may be confidently anticipated. Nothing, therefore, remains for the ua- doubted success of the display but fair weather, which, from present indications, will most probably be favorable. The committee of arrangements have made very satisfactory preparations. The course will, as usual, run along the shore of the Elysian flelds, Hoboken, so that the large crowd of apecta- tora expected to be present will have alinost a com- plete view of the several contests. Altogether a plea- sant day may be looked forward to. The boats will be catied into line about one o'clock by the firing of a ea and ten minutes thereafter they will be started y the tring of a pistol, Bach race Will be for three miles, The following is the programime:— PIRST RACE—DOUBLE SCULLS—PRIZE, TWO GOLD BADGES, Entries, Atlantic—Color white, Spielman and Russell. Atalanta—Color lavender, Church and Kuapp. €ulick—Color red, Handy and Deeley. Columbia—Color piue, Van Raden abd ONeill. Cotumbia—Color black, Ketchum and Knight. SECOND RACB—HIGHT-OARED BARGES—PRIZE, SILVER PUNCH BOWL, Entries. Atalanta—Vesper, eight oars, color crimson, W. HH. Webster, stroke; J. Ogden, L. Water w. Haddock, R: $, Chureh, A. Knapp, J. i. Lindsey, A. Maddock, oyes, Coxswain. Gultck—Contest, eight oars, color white. I. Roome, EB. Barrett, R. kin, J, Sullivan, J W le Lawrehce, W. A. Seaman, A. Handy, G. Liwrenee, coxawain. Colunbia—S. H. Knapp, eight oars, color blue, W. W. Martin, V i J, Knight, strok 0 Neill, G. Mi Young, C.'G. Bau t. Ketchaul, if, G Hashage n, Coxswain, THIRD ft 128, CHAMPION FLAG BADGD Enrica, Atlantic—‘Jorsey Ligituing,” color white, W. Cur- tiss, Atlantic—Color white, H, Magrane. Columbia, Flirt,” color blue, G. M. Young. Vespe: kippie,” color purple, T. Fe Gulick—“Unknown,” color pink, J. H. k Palisade—Ceceila,” color green, FOURTH RACE—OUTRIGGER GiGS—PRIZB, FLAG AND A GOLD BADGE FOR EACH OF NING CREW, THE GIFT OF MR, THOS, B. ST Entrtes. ; Atalanta—‘Atalanta,” six oars, colorcrimson. Geo, Roar, stoke; &. Withers, E. Smith, W.C, Mainland, A. 8. Swan, H. Gardner, Join King, coxsivain. Gulick—“Gulick,” gix oars, white. W. If. Mathews, stroke; @. Ciark, J. 0’) |. Cosgrove, T. Moore, W. H, Spear, G. Devoe, coxswain, ‘Columbia—“Columbia,” six oars, color blue. H, R. Rough, stroke; J. C. O'Neill, P. MeIndoe, W. Fy Sielken, ', Van Raden, J. A. Meredith, J. Hutchison, coxswain, Mutual+Adam Cook,” six oars, colors |p: Magenta, H. 8. Truax, stroke; ¢ i Cook, A. P, Adams, W. H. Snyder, P. H, Ewing, Jr, coxswain. x and Hughes, ©. G. ©. Piepenbrink, Bout Racing at Sing Sing. A boat race for $200 took place yesterday at Sing Sing, in which J.T. Raymond and Gil Ward were the contestants. A considerable crowd had col- lected on the wharf some time before the race com- menced and betting was very brisk, Although tho majority of those present admitted the superiority of Ward in a working boat race, the betting was all in favor of Raymond, which in itself was indicative of asell, At three o’clock Ward and Raymond ap- peared in their respective boats and pulled to the starting place, The start was made properly, but for reasons afterwards explained by Ward, tie latter was speedily left behind, Raymond leading fully one hundred yards. Immense efforts were made by the backers of Raymond to disparage Ward in the estt- mation of those not in the ri and to show a corre- sponding enthusiasm for the former, and unsophisti- cated countrymen hurrahed with gusto and deposited their crispy notes into itching hands. But beyond the betting ring very little excitement showed itself. As a race the contest betwehn the rival oarsmen was ‘a miserable affair, Raymond kept the distance ho hi ed at the start up to the stake boat, and in turning back increased his advantage considerably, coming into the starting point fully three hundred yards ahead of his opponent. ‘Time, twenty-four minutes. No sooner had the result become known than a hubub took place between the backers of Raymond and Ward, and excitement ran high. Ward’s friends raised the cry of foul, but it was not sustained by the referee. After considerable squab- ling the judges got away from the crowd, and ater a brief consultation decided, with the referee, Mr. Pat Lynch, that Raymond was entitled to the stakes, but that all bets made on the race should be declared off. It anpensed that one of Raymond's backers wert to Ward the night before and offered htm $150 to sell the race, but he indignantly refused. Ward was also adv previous to the race that he would be allowed to win without any serious opposi- tion from Raymond, who had made a good book. At the same time Mr. Nelson, of Sing Sing, as Ward de- clares, requested him to let Raymond get ahead of him a han y 80 that he (Nelson) could make 8 few good bets. Ward did so, and throughout the race took his time, being under the impressiou that he would have an easy victory. But Raymond, find- ig te ihe 18 ttle ment and won t These facts having come to the ears of the referee Raymond was allowed the stakes, but out- Bi lared of, It was what is called & “double sides,” In which the deceivers were them- selves deceived. The whole affair was very dis- raceful to those engaged in it. Gil. Ward appeared 0 be savagely angry with Raymond, whom he satd he could easily beat in a race with boats of any size or make the latter might select. Sculing Race at Pittsburg—A Fair Race=— ‘The Fastest Time on Record. — PITTSBURG, Sept. 9, 1868, ‘The sculling race of five miles, for a purse of $2,000 nd the championship of Amerira, between Walter Brown, of Portiand, and Henry Coulter, of Manches- ter, to-day, resulted in favor of Brown about two minutes, The race, which was rowed six miles above the city, waa enurely fair and square. The most re- lable time to be given 1s 33 minutes and 45 seconds— the fastest on record, The weather was unfavora- ble—a drizzling rain prevailing all the afternooa— which, however, did not deter the immense crowd along the river from waiting with inpatien-e to see the race, which commenced at Oftcen taiauses betore six o'clock. There is great eXcueoment ou (ue streets to-night over the result, which was quile unexpected, Boating Notes, The annual regatta of the Winnisimmet Boat Clab of Chelsea comes off on Monday afternoon at three o'clock. ‘The programme will include a single and double scu!l race, and probably afour-oared race. A capital exhibition ts anticipated, Not at all satisfied with the result of his race with Mr. Leroy, of Poughkeepsie, Mr. A. L. Amelung, of this rr came off second best Ina race with hima, has issued wechailenge to his successful com- petitor to row him a th mile race with one turn, over the course of the Paltsadé Boat Clad of Yonkers, in seventeen feet light open working boats, givé or take five juches, on Tuesday, September 29, REFRIGERATING RAILROAD CARS, On the track of the Hudson River Ratiroad, in West Broadway, near Chambers street, there ts at present @ railroad car designed for the trausporta- tion of fruit, fish, flesh and other perishable produc- tion of the animal and vegetable Kingdoms tong tances at moderate cost and without deterioration, The car ig 80 constructed that any degree of cold from zero upward can be obtained, and in such a manner that while the most delicate fruits may be preserved ior weeks they Will not be frosted. The car is, in fact, a buy fruit_or meat preserver, gett on ne Ray duderence ming. that one or the only Of cold vrhae obt by the “introduction the other secures ‘4 heat—namely, the pune josphere. It is constructed as fol Peekeaee ‘the atm box of the caf has an ait chamber two inch width between the inner gad outer linings of the wood work, Next to this is a coat of wool four inches in breadth, and yet again within these walls ere placed four chambers, capable of containing two or tree hundred pounds each of ice. At the eads of the vehicle are also placed receptacies for tee, Within the body of the car were placed, plucked Miadieton and from the trees and boxed at Ohio, on the lat of Bie an’ mber, three hundred ff peaches, are to-d in. prec! of 8, we a precisely ness. the a ayecerd bd the “halfshell” with the same gusto as his brother of the Atlantic and Pacile shores.