CHICAGO CONVENTION: McClellan Nominated for President; Pendleton, of Ohio, for Vice-President (9/1/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/1/1864

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CHICAGO, Wednesday, Aug. 31.

The National Democratic Convention reassembled at 10 o'clock this morning.

The Wigwam is again densely packed, and the crowd outside is greater than ever.

Immediately after the convention had been called to order, a prayer was offered up by Rev. Dr. HALSEY, of Chicago.

Mr. WICKLIFFE then rose and said that the delegates from the West were of the opinion that circumstances may occur between now and the 4th of March next for the Democracy of the country to meet in convention again. He therefore moved the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That this convention shall not be dissolved by adjournment at the close of its business, but shall remain organized, subject to the call at any time and place that the Executive National Committee shall designate.

The following communication was then received from the National Democratic Committee, and was presented by Mr. LAWRENCE, of Rhode Island:

At a meeting of the National Democratic Committee, held at the Sherman House, at the City of Chicago, on the 31st day of August, 1864, the following resolution was adopted:

Whereas, A respectful devotion to the memory of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, the great statesman of the West, was the crowning motive which induced the committee to concur in calling the convention in the City of Chicago; now, therefore, it is the deliberate conviction of this committee, that had his life been spared his gigantic grasp of mind, taken in connection with his declaration that "War is Disunion," a declaration which time has proved the wisdom of, would long since have restored the power of the Federal compact, and avoided that terrible loss of life for which nothing can compensate, and that bitterness of feeling so much to be deplored, which is the great barrier

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Chicago Convention: McClellan Nominated for President – 2-3
The Situation: The Surrender of Fort Morgan – 3
Kentucky and Tennessee: Wheeler’s Forces Threatening Gallatin – 3
News from Washington – 3-4
Gen. Sherman’s Division: The Raid Upon the Communications – 4-6
The Indian War: The Militia Defeated by the Sioux and Cheyennes – 6-7
The Attack Upon Dalton: Wheeler’s Repulse – 7
The Indian War 2 – 7-8
Editorial: The Nomination of McClellan – 8
Editorial: One Way of Ending the War – 8-9
Editorial: Prospects of Action – 9
Editorial: The Decision at Chicago and the Demonstration in New-York – 9