The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-01
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From he CieCelaai Plain Dealer.
Buffalo Convention.
Troubling ofNe Waters-Darkness on
the Face Of tie Deep-FgM or He
BaraJurnerS-- Chancellor BIBB and
Judge Mclean.
BUFFALO, August Sill P. NJ.
About eight O'Clock the great Oberln
canoPy was lit up,
''And bright the lamps shone DER
barnburners, boilers, sore-heads, cock
eyes, sick Wings and darkeys. There
was a conglomeralion of fdlscordants, con
trarielies and color, such as man has new
er seen since Peters vision, when that
sheet was let down from Heaven by the
four corners, filled with all manner of
things. The ivory portfolios Of the ebo-
ny portion of the audience could be seen
here and there, like the starry gems Of
night, shining through the darkness that
surrounded them. The ladies IGod bless
them, Dinah included) were there, and
the sous and daughters of Ham. Shem
and Japhet once more set down together.
"How pleasant thing it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity" This "Ober-
lin Tent" like Peters sheet" was fuIl;
but with this dinerence-that when it
was attempted to shake it up, the con
tents began 20 run out. The cause Of
the scattering was this
This conglomerate party out Of the
State Of New York. up TO this time, is
mainly composed Of the abolition party.
They are the real, original and sincere
movers in the cause, and the stamina of
the whole concern. Seeing solarge dis
affection in the State of New York, and
by party which has hitherto resisted all
fraternity in their political movements,
they now relinqaish in part their indePen
dent organization, in hopes to win to their
standard the barn burning influence
Here is the place. and this is first time
they have met TO join forces. Mutual
jealousies have met to join forces
Mutual jealousies have existed as to which
faction should lead off in the dance
"Ths is my thunder" says the Liberty
man. "a mere fash in the pan" says
the barn burner; "you have been fidlling
20 years Mt the business, aud have never
carried State yet. We can carry the
Empire State now, without which your
abolition is harmless aud impotent." OF
course it became question a very i'm
portan; one achich ShOuld SCI MiS great
Buffalo ball in motion.
First, speaker must address The vast
assemblage. Who should he bel The
time has come for the cue TO be given,
& the question to he tested was, ,whethed
Mahomet should go over to the mountain,
or the mountain to Mahomet. Calls were
made for Grover, a white man and a
Barnburncr. Of course, the Buffers, the
Van Bureps, and the kid-g -gloved ,silk-slock-
ing Barnburners, delegates from the New
York cities, joined in this call. But the
old Liberty men, the cold guard" of the
free soil advocates, the Dirney men, the
Hale men, and the Giddings men cried
ont for Bihb! Bib! Bibb! in such deafen.
ing thunder shouts, that all opposition
was drowned. WHO is Bibb! who i:
Bibbl" began to inquire the Mat'ygan
ders. Silence reigned for moment, anc
all eyes were turned 10 the roslrum to Sc,
the strange orator. SHADES of Abaddon
Who should appear but a full-lenglhed
tender-skinned, long heeled, fal-nosed
wall eyed 9arkieU We could not sc
near enough to catch the expression
which no doubt played like sunbeam or
The negro's countenance; but we did
catch several expressions from the stom
ach stricken Barnburners, as they bolt
ed" from their new allies, leaving theil
"new platform" (under the canopy ii
such haste as to cause their coat tails Il
stand out behind them at an angle o
about ninety degrees.
Il don't take my cue from niggcrP
SAYS one. These ID one cye-dear
ed abolitionists need not think of ~ -otiRs
mel" says another. al see how it is
says a Van Buren, man, "they are deter
mined to make this Convention nominate
a5olitionists, and compel US to go them
Wen break pp in roo first! PH no
vote for man those long.heels will pu
up. | can't swallow niggrrism ifthe ear
are pinned back, nor | won't allow mig
gerism to swallow mel" These soilo
quies ran with those who ran away.
But Bibb stood his ground, end SO di'
his hackers. He discussed upon "mat
ters and things in generalin dis Northern
country" He seemed to Impressed