A striking spectacle was attempted by having members from Northern and Southern States enter the great wigwam (which had been specially prepared for the meetings of the convention) arm in arm.

To intensify the effect Massachusetts and South Carolina headed the procession, General Couch and ex-Speaker Orr typifying in this display the thorough cordiality of Unionist and Confederate in the return of peace and amicable relations.

The danger of all such exhibitions is that they may be made a subject of ridicule.

This did not escape.

The "wigwam" was parodied by the political wits of the Republican party as "Noah's Ark," into which there went, as described in Genesis, "_in two and two,_" "_of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth._" The humor which this comparison evoked was of a kind especially adapted to the stump and was used most effectively.