The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-21
The Packed Convention Ruling out Democrats
Who are Democrats!

it would have rebuked in the terms 1t deserved
the anti Democratic and disorganzing course
of said sheriff, by which the harmony OF the
party" has been seriously disturbed its City
Convention made scene Of rowdyism, its
principal object defeated, and the party and its .
leaders made the laughing stock of the very
boys in the streets. But notwithstanding the
Sheriff did all misunderstanding he open
ly and VIGOROUSLY packed this Convention to
defeat the will Of his own party, and by such /
means prevented this will being carried out,
and in that very meeting crushed down free
speech as well as free action, and was for his
course condemned by all the old Democrats of
the city, perhaps withouta single exception
this organ, instead Of rebuking his course, or
responding to the feelings Of the leaders of the
party, has ever since been engaged in defending
him, and reading out several old Democrats
who were fighting for their party, and conse-
quently against this same Gayitt, long before
his tool came to Evansville. In defending
Gavitt, his mouth-piece declares he did not
pack the Convention! Was there ever more
bareaced statement than this? There is no
man who attended that meeting but who
kaoaos Gavtt packed the Convention, and no
one better knows this than the very man who
is now denying it. Gavitt stood at the door
directing his men. to particular seats as they
came in; and they were all found an pile
pretty much, when their services were de-
manded, with their master at their head. He
gave them-the cue at every point-sometimes
by voting in advance, sometimes by shaking
his head or lifting his finger, and with the aid
Of knowing fIien1s stationed in the crowd,
they never made mistake. What men he
dared crush down, he prevented from speak
ing, by drowning their voices in shouts-and
and one man against whom, from the stand,
he had made what all Old Liners consider
charge of political infamy il true, Gavitt
with his gang again and again prevented from
defending himself And yet his organ denies
that he packed this Convention! This is not
the first Old Line Convention he has packed,
nor will it be the last. Now we ask Democrats
if they have not a beautiful organ in this city?
The editor tool, pimp, piece ofclay in the
hands of one man, and that man Smith Cav
lit! And this pimp is the man who was late
ly begging for the nomination of Secretary o.
State, and who is now looking forward to the
next County Convention of ''the party" for a
nomination as candidate for some lucrative of.
fee! ~.
DR.. Geo. B. Walker and Well H. Walker
are now the subjects Of the abuse of this ono
man organ-and why?. Why, Well Walker
has refused to submit to the decision Of {
Committee appointed through the instrument
tality of this mobocratic and VIGOROUSLY pack
ed Convention, and has come out as Demo
cratic candidate for reelection to the office ii
which the Democracy placed him, and as {
candidate whom, no doubt, nine tenths of hi:
party preserrel him to any other man. In fact,
but for the personal enmity ofGavitt, he woulC
have had no opponent Jetore the Contention, anc
this newspaper tool of Gavitt's would have hal
ed his nomination with delight and if neces
sary lied for him till election day.
Can Democrats who saw how this Conver
ton was packet, and who witnessed Gavitt'
conduct during the meeting, and heard hin
and his gang put down the attempt made t
add adisnterested and well known Democra
to the Committee to appoint the deciding Com
mittee, so that the majority of the Convention
Committee would not be Gavitt men or tn
contrary-dare these Democrats say tina
Walker is any less Democrat, because he re
fused to be governed by such injecting? An
how stood this Committee when Walker put
llshed his card, refusing to be governed by tn
decision of the Committee appointed by thi
Convention? Why, the appointing Comm;tte
was composed of three persons, one friend {
Walker and the other two opposed to him.
Walkers friend left the city before the wal
committee was made up. Consequently Walk
cr's claims were LEFT entirely in ehe hands ofh
enemies They appointed the Committee
arbitration, and Seymour was of course nom
mated, as every body hnei1 he would be- No
what friend Of Walkers would have been vii
ing to see him quietly smothered in this ou
rageous manner? What other course was lie
for him, in jastice to his friends and himsel
than that he took? And yet he is stigmatizc
as disorganizer, and declared by Gtcitt ar
Halt > no longer to be an orthodox Dem
crat, on the ground that he is going again
the old established rules Of the party! VIII,
did .'the partly ever establish such iafamo
"roles;, as those which governed his meetii
and this nomination of Seymour? If su
rules arc to be made the test Of Democrat
what beautiful spectaclei is Democracy in E
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