Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-19


preached without ticket from the committee and .pe-
ciai order TO be prepared With repuls the
assSsasa which e..ae to vote foe Baehan.n-. .epa-e
aud rs'aplcd under This dca bad ,o v;udov, nv
Which people cou lok 10 The light f,hc ~ en-.
c'-ony ro~ OF gsss Hike thirts i've
Zee, a6ovc the Door h~ss tho IN.
slack Hole. in C<lcaita and The hat hole had veil
nigh become notorious tcr c<tstrophe The liz
tie psnes OF glass above we're hung pvos and turned
Hat 10 let Ia air rain on-drove into the den
and to exclude IT. the pAnes turned up aothering
Smotherng' the la the de the glass had To
DC turned up again Over this place small box for
the admission OF spectssors m approach osrricadr ana
guarded. and entrance only obtained upon tickets from
the same packed COMMITTEES; and whom they gave tick
es vss seen uhsn the hst given for buchanan
and when each State that voted Tor him vas his.ed
even a'f,nl., and The Kissing only stopped By threat
nation OF President Il noe broaght But this Is view
OF only one aide OF the Convendoathe Adninistra,ion
SIDE OF L. There another side- m.jorty--on the
Contemplation OF which t pleasant to dwell sub.ta
s men. real delegates fresh iron the people, aud am.
ious to do their will and the best Tor the country
rney we're the majority, bat parased BY the twolhrs
rule. and cheated and ou,msneuvered In the preliminary
steps on which the result may often be made TO depend
Ss On; the o.a intrigued. Who bad svssyhin ecu. and dry
PrePareu platforms drawn up IL until 10 To
the dead vote cha. they stood for anything Then they gave
Their votes for Buchanan but the minority held upon
that nomination in the notification wothrds rule which
VAS invented TO enable the minority TO govern the MAORI
y; and that game 90 successfully played before vas in.
tended to be played again That the inside of the
Convention the outside presented q different spectacle
aud one to gladden. the patriotic heart Tens upon tens
OF thousands OF the yeoanry ofthe country OF Kentucky
Ohio, Indiana and other States were ,herEfrmers ma
ehancs merchants, professional men, patriotic in tber
spirit intent upon the public good-and prevent
packed delegates IRON betraying the people Fifteen hun
dred, AZ they told me- from one district in Ohio TO
attend Que OF these scsmps smuggcd In by the auins
snon officials; and they did govern hm-msde lnm toe
Tue mark and vote the will Of the dstic ~ OF MANY
others Seventy thousand the estimate ut the mum.
Der OF these patriotic czcns their weight OF CHARACTER
still greater than their numbers They were Tor nec
a nj ahrSa and f,rR neh -.
best chance for saving this peace They expected the
nomination to have been made tho second day t was
delayed until the fifth, by the management of the mi
nority. who had the working the machinery aud sta
we'd OF the business but the farmers would not be tired
out, They would not quit the ground expensive as i,
was TO remain at their and the neglect OF their
private business, while ofcehoders ali on public
pay, End neglecthg not their own but the pubc bu.
ness. From the 6rst, Buchanan had the majority ON
each ballot fourteen times successfully adjournuct
vas bad and the utmost anxiety prevailed on the salt
OF what the night might bring forth The most sinister
played-the majority baied worried tired out and then
some pet held ia by tho old yuers suddenly
produced as the compromise candidate The majority
IN the Convention. and still the ten thousands
OF good citizens the outside OF it, determined that
that game should not be played and the resolution was
taken to defeat by decided step resolved that
the minority persevered in this game the day res
olution should be offered declaring that Mr. Buchanan
having received the majority OF the votes only nomi.
mated according to the democratic pscpls that the ma
or'y was to govern, and to proclaim him accordingly
THIS was the determination and the bsotng opened on
Friday morning in way to bring that deterrnin.
alton TO the test. Mr.. Pierce withdruyu and his
vote OF sxty, which would have nominated Mr. Buch,n-
an, was given not to the majority but to the minority
IL vas evident then that the old game PLAYED out
that Pierce and Douglas concert and that the
we're TO be defeated. The excitement became immense
Several ballongs had when the inside commotion
and the outside pressure became irresistible Douglas
was Withdrawn, as Pierce had beeL ana Buch-
anAn was nominated in q hurrah. IL was a complete
takein 10 the office holders ESPECIALLY those from Nilsson
nd who intended it they could not kill of BucbsnIn
for s.ha
hlm would no longer keep him down-crossng over like
the Saxon army at the battle of Lepsc; deciding the
tate OF the day. and claiming for their own contn
uAnee IA office The sudden explosive nomin rusira-
ted their panput end To the attempts kill of Blu
eAnat-and LETT the timmers without the merit of saving
him But they could give up the chance for the spo
and shouted oudes and were the first To run into the
streets and proclaim his nomination. and will be among
the first to demand reward The defeat OF the Admins
tration has been complete and overwhelming and OF the
most Notifying kind IL il defeat by his own psrty
reputation by his friends. No President seeking
second election mas ever been repudated before Sew
ea 80 seeking have been defeated by their adyersae
but no one has been defeated by his own party The e
der Mr.. Adams defeated by the Democratic party
then called Republican; the younger Mr. Adams de-
feaied by the party M Van Buren, was defeated by
the Wings But each of these gentlemen had the conso
hton oi having preserved the respect and condolences of
his own party. Not with Mr. Pierce. He is repudla
ted by those who had exalted him After -four wears trial
he Is condemned and thrown away-the victim of |
his advisers. IL is the most humiiatng termination |
OF public that ever was Witnessed His whole |
vote i1ty-only Eve dozen out of near three
from these deducted intrusive votes
which ought not 70 be couued-thosc of the oicebo |
ders the packed delegates the delegates the menu
beers OF Congress and the complimentary which we're
begged for him to lessen the shame Of the miserable de-
ieat-ii all these were deducted they ought De- he
would be lett without single yote-let 20 out as b..
came ia; with the nimous OF his party What
late for man who came into Office upon twenty-seyen
States with two thirds OF each House of Congress and the
united Democracy Of the whole Union After all the re-
suit due to the place where the Convention was held
Il had been in Baltimore, wnerc the outside pressure
would have been the other side the ocehoders would
nave earned the day Let t not be forgotten that the
place governed the nOmnaon-the place convenient 10
the sod men OF the coantry but that be relied
upon 10 rave future nominations The old intriguers-
the permanent professional President not be
caught 10 such place again. They will 20 where the
farmers cannot come; and there is safety except
IN the amendment OF the Constitution and giving 10
the people direct vote for President. Already
It is reported that they go next time TO Charleston
;; o. where no western farmers can get at them
IL you ask how can this be kcoWu nowy
very we'll Each Convention now appoints com
mittee Of its body, thirty in number to sit from
lour years TO four year,, aud manage everything
These commuters do the cheating in the recess OF the
conventions Such fall announces the most deploabl-
administration which country has seen and
Is the TACT At home and abroad-in all js acts Of poll
cy both foreign and domestc-hagrant misconduct has
been the order OF the day The field Of its acts is too
large 10 admit Of full survey occasion like the pre
sent can only seize and present the prominent
taxing those which concern home Affairs frst-the
foreign afterwards but first show who mean
by the Administration, for by means consists of ali
whose names compose IL In the first place, then do
not mean Mr.. Pierce. 1 leave him entirely lie is
kind man tender hearted, and will cry for any bodys so
o" but be has neither head nerve and helpless
IN the hands OF bis managers babe IN the arIns Of
ia nurse have TO give signal instance OF this helpless.
hes-, which concerns yourselves well as myself aud
winch admits OF no question: because party to Il aud
kno" what say. Mr.. Pierce for soon after his
Inauguration. desiring 10 call upon him the tie even
ing at o'clock went according the request lilo
told me he wished TO speak about the Missouri a-
ponments and know they could not be put on for while
answered thew
and TO be out Of themselves iu the OF the Spring
and Sunner-tbat despsed the business OF removing
men Who were doing their business WELL aud whose
would soon expire aud hal rather for the vacancy
to come of itself lie replied that these we're exactly his
own sentiments and Il was readily sgreed that the ap
ontnsuts should stand uut my return frou, Ms
souri,, which would b. H. sE weeks On this agroem,nt
thus volunteered by himself left the city aud IN two
weeks was followed by list Of appoinlments-and you
know what kind Of appointments they were-all made
from nay enemies, and to work in the election against me
"A thing which they. have faithfully doue and are ,ti do