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The Daily Dispatch: September 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Chicago nomination. (search)
ago nomination. Judging from the tone of the Northern papers, the chances are that the nomination at Chicago has fallen upon General George B. McClellan, the "Little Napoleon," who made such a rapid change of base on the Peninsula below Richmond in the summer of 1862. The New York Herald of the 27th has a dispatch from Chicago, which says that the New York delegation met with a perfect ovation on their journey from Detroit, and that every demonstration closed with cheers for McClellan.--Thayer, of Troy, several times asked the crowd who they wanted nominated — Seymour, Fillmore or McClellan ! and the cry was emphatically McClellan in every instance. The correspondent adds: "The only opposition to Little Mac is from the two Woods, Valladingham's body-guard, and Singleton, of Illinois. The Woods do not pretend to speak for the East, but are constantly asserting that the West will not support McClellan. Vallandigham is considerably toned down; but some of his delegation are still