The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-02
Col. Benton.

IL opccCn VI OOl. DtUIOu W u uItCJ-
ing at St Louis, is too good to be lost.
1t is We venture to say the browning
document of the campaign. For force
aud maligni!y, it has no parallel among
all that has been said or written upon
the administration, its party or policy.
Proposing to sustain the Democratic
party in the adoption Of its platform and
candidates, it yet manages to treat the
one with Infinite contempt and with
faint praise to damn the other.
Here is his description Of the precious
set who got together at Cincinnati to
to make a President of these United
States, and of the "den" in which they
did it.
CINCINNATI CONVENTION And IT'S conoRr
OF POLITICAL EuNUCHs.
| went to Cincinnati to be near the
Convention-thc first one l ever ap-
preached. I went to see how things
we're done, and to assist a little at safe
nomination. | found a garrison of Office
holders inside of the Convention, and a
besieging army Of the samo gentry on
the outside of it. Packed delegates
we're there, sent to betray the people.
Straw delegates were there. coming
from tho States which could give no
Democratic vote. Members of Congress
we're there, although forbid by their du-
ties from being at such a place. A CO.
hort Of ofiice.holders were there, politi-
cal euuuchs in the federal system, inca.
pable of voting for the smallest federal
Office, yet sent there by the Admins.
t%ration to impose a President upon the
people.
1t was a scand, lous collection. Exclu-
ded by the Constitution from being even
electors of the president. and yet sent
here to vote for the Administration
and to vote upon the principle of the OK
that kpoweth his masters crib upon
the principle of the ass that knoweth the
hand that feedcth him Bullics were
there from the Custom House and the
Five Points in New York. all with the
appreciation Of the Administration for
tho Office holders would not be there
(absont from their duties, and drawing
their pay without the consent of their
employers. 1t was a scandalous collec-
ton. The members of Congress we're
in the double breach Of their duties,
They were ncglecting their legislative
duties and doing what they had been in
terdicted from doing,
Thirty years ago the nomination of
Presidential candidates was taken from
Congress on account of the corruption
which it engendered, aud given to Dele
gates, intended to be fresh from the pco-
Pile and to obey their will and tho nom
nation removed from Washington to
Baltimore, to get ont of the reach of
President making members. But these
members followed to Baltimore. getting
proxies from somo Delegate when they
could get no appointment from the peo-
pie and 10 get rid of them, to set en-
tirclv beyond their roach-the Conven.
ton itself was removed from Baltimore
to Cincinnati
Vain effort to escape them. They
followed on to Cincinnati. They broke
up Congress to get to this forbidden
place. Surely the new President will
be very hard harted if he does not re.
member them when be comes to the dis
t ibution of Offices From Washington
City came a new corps, never before put
upon such service-.the ofhceholders in
the City, clerks in the departments
heads of b~ureaus--meh who have 20
vote in any Federal elcction--political
hybrids, unable to act a mans part in
any election, but sent to Cincinnati, as a
la guard, to support the administration
Sucn, was the composition of tho whole
Conv, 7tion-. Custom House officers, post
masters,saia.iod clerks, packed delegates,
straw delegates. f'litica. eunuehs, mem
bers of Congress, District sl'orheyS,'
Federal Marshals. The place in wien
they met. and which had been provided
by q packed Administration Committee.
was worthy of thu meeting. 1t wasa
sort of den, approached by a long narrow
passage, barricaded by three doors. each
door guarded by armed buIlies, with or.
ders to knock down any person that APP
preached without a ticket from the Com
mittee--and a special order to be pre-
pared with arms to ropulse the Missouri
Delegation which came to vote for Blu
chanan-a repulse which they attemp-
ted, and got themselves knocked down
and trampled under foot.
TIL Den IN WHICH IT WAS HELD
This den hsd no windows by which
people could look in, or see. or the light
of the sun enter-only a row Of glass
like a steamboat skylight, thirty-five feet
above the floor. 1t was the nearest rep.
rcseutation of the 'black hole" in Cal
cutta, and like that hole had well nigh
become notorious for a similar catastro-
phe. The little panes Of glass above
we're hung OF pivots, aud turned fiat to
let in air. A rain came on, drove into
the den, and to exclude it, the panes
were turned up. Smothering smother
ing was the cry in the den and the glass
had to be turned up again. Over this
place was a small box for the admis-
sion of spectators, its approach barrica-
ded and guarded, and entrance only OBJ
tanned upon tickets from the same pack
ed Committeeman to whom they gave
tickats was seen when the first votes