Daily American organ., 1856-05-02
WHOLE NO. 462.
From The Sc. Louis Intellig ncer.
The Agony Over

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letter from our Jefferson City correspondent
places US in possession of the particulars of the Ia
moments Of the Democratic Conventions. As we
predicted, all attempts to effect fusion between
the Benton and Antics were found unavailing, and
the harmonious National Democracy now present
two tickets and two platforms both claiming to bs
the real Simon-pure National DeH ocracy, vet 9th
radically differing in the ennnciation OF principh.
few more courses have been placed upon the
"high wall" and few shoves Of earth, from
which to make mortar, taken from the " deep
ditch which separates the harmonious Democra.
cy into two factions arrayed against each other la
unreleDtng hostility. When the Democratic par
ty cannot agree upon the slavery plank Of pla-
form IN Missouri, slave State how absurd TO al
propiiate to itself the cognomen of National
it appears from the proceedings that two sets tf
delegates will claim seats in the Cincinnati Con-
venton from Missouri the one coming from the Bon
ton and the oherf rom the anti Benton wing of tl
Missouri Democracy, and IL will be for that augu
assembly to determine as to which wing beon 9
the right OF its seal attesting its orthodoxy n
that we intimate Tor q moment that such decision
will be considered final or conclusive; on the co..
trary, the rejection Of the delegates from either
faction will only tend to increase the bitterness
which now characterizes the harmonious National
Democracy.
There is one point of resemblance in the two
platforms presented us by the harmonious Democ-
ficatlon in our present naturalization laws. Both
wings unite on this vitally important question, in
bidding Tor the foreign vote whilst there but
few men, comparatively, in either party, who are
not that far good Known Nothings We are per-
fectly willing 10 60 before the people Of Nilsson
on that issue. The ninth section of the Antics,
and fourth Of the Benton platform are stereotyped
misrepresentation of the principles of the Ameti-
can party, to which we have become accustomed d
from our adversaries. They will be sick of such
tactics before the canvass is over and the attempt
to array the Catholic vote against the American
party, even should the design succeed, will only
the more certainly the defeat Of the harmc-
nous Democracy.
As TO the nominations of the different conven-
tOns, we cannot restrain an exclamation OF sur
prise in recognizing on the anti-Benton ticket the
names Of some hitherto as Jealous Know Nothings
as we thought could be found in the State; msn
who voluntarily swore that they would use their
influence and vote for the extension of American
principles during their natural lives; men who
swore that, for all political officers they would vote
for a native born American, in preference to al
aliens Foreigners. The Antics must have been
sadly in want Of material to have recourse to such
renegades, who probably would not have been
found among them at ALL had their merits been
better appreciated by the American Convention,
which omitted to place their names on the ticket
Of our party.
The Benton Democracy, however, appear to act
with less proscriptive spirit. We recognise
foreign name on that ticket for Attorney General
That ticket will dout tless carry the whole of
the foreign vote, together with respectable por-
ton of the old line Democracy of native birth;
whilst the anti-Bentons will be made up of the
fag-ends, collected here and there from the old
line Wings and disappointed renegade Know
Nothings. We only regret that the two factions
had not fused, 80 that Sam could have wrung both
necks at one twist.