New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-27


openly promised to those sho would betr,y Their
obsituents-a promise which has been fAithtaay
X. pit and the only one Of all that 1t made, wnicn
has been kept by thIs the yo
lat. pledges about the Pacific Railroad the reduction
Of duties and long hst Of Others Finally, the deed
was ope-the deed from which Mr.. Cshoua recoiied;
but the harvest has not been sped. The Pre lent
ard his file .leader took the field tor the reward they
and we're both misersby defeated by their
own psry-the fr-t instance Of President 20 re
puoiaed in the history Of our country. went 10 Cl-
cipnat to be that Convention first one ever
approached. went to hoW things were done, anu
TO am ist little at cafe nomination. found gar
rifon If Office ncders ibside Of the Convention, aud
btseeing army Of the same gentry on the outside Oh
it. Packed delegates were there, scot TO betray ne
people. Straw oeiegatts there, coming fire n the
States which could give no Democ, attic vote. Mem
beis Of Congress were thsre although forbid BY their
duties from being at such place. A eobor OF once,
holders from Washington City there, political
voting for the smallest federal Office, yet sent
there by the Administration 10 impo.e President
upon the people. 1t was a scandalOu, collection, ex,
cudt by the Constitution rom being even electors OF
the Ptsceb and yet sebt here TO vote for the 40 MN
stroton to vote upon the piiocpe OF the OK that
knoweth his masters crib-upOn the principle OF the
ass tha, knoweth the hand that feedeth him. Bdi,s
were there from the Custom House and the Five Points
in New-YoIk-all with the appreciation OF the Admin
istIaoD; for the Office holders would not be there
absent from their duties, and dras ing therpay with
out the consent Of their employers. II WAS scanda'
lOus collection. The members Of Congress we've in the
double brs ach of their duties. They negecting
then slave duties and doing what they bad oeen In
ttroicttd from doing. Thirty ago. toe nomination
of cun0d,tes taken from Congress on
account Of the corruption which it engeDdeied, and
gwen TO delegates in, ended to be fresh from the peo
Die and t. obey their Will; and the nomination re-
moved from Warrington TO Baltimore, to get out
Of the reach OF President-makDg members.
But these men beers followed to Baltimore getting
FRI IN Rl,Yn dele could
appointment from the people; and to get nd o. them
to get entirely beyond their reach the Convention
ntei was from Baltimore TO Gin nnati. Vain
Effort TO escape them. They followed on to Clncnn i
Thew boke up CoDgrets To get this fU hidden place
Surely the Pr sdeDt will be very hard-heaIted II
be does not remember them when he comes to the dis
distribution of Office. From Washington City came
a new corps, never before put upon such service
the Office -hOldcs in the cty-clerks ID the depart
me1is-heads of bureaus-nien who nave no vote IN
any f deral election-pOitca hybnds, unable to act
Gil natl as fe-gusrd to support the Administration
Su h was the comp ostvn Ut nearly one han oil the
Whole COnve -CustOm-House officers, po'tmas-
ten saai I'd clerks, packed d, gaes straw o.eg es
political eunuchs mt mbers of Congress, district attor
b.ys, Federal maIshak. The place In winch they
n ct, and which had been provided by packed Admln-
istratiUn COMMITTEE, was worthy OF the meeting IL
was sort Of dep approached oy 1ng, nn,soT Pds,
armed bul,s with orders to knock down any person
that approached without ticket from the COMMITTEE,
and special oIderto be prepared with arms 70 repuse
the Missouri delegation whch came 10 vote Tor bu'
clanan--a repuse which they attempted, and got
them elves Knocked Gown and trainped under foot.
Yhis do n had no windows by which people could look
in or see, the light Of the sun enter.only row OF
glass like steamboat skyligh, thny.hve feet above
The floor II was the neare5t representation OF the
"black hole in Calcutta and like tnat hole had We'll
nigh becOn notorious for a similar catastrophe. The
little panes Of glass above were hung on pvots ana
turn, fla, 10 let in air. rain came on--drove into
the den-abd exclude il, the PAGES were turned up
Snotb, ring Smothering was the cry in the den; aud
the glass Lad to BE- TUNED up again. Over this place
WAS n small box for the adm Of spectators, It's
preach baricadeo and guarded and entrance only ob.
famed upon tickets frOn the same packed COMMITTEE
ard TO whom they gave tickets was seen when hehrst
votes were given for Buchlnan--and when esch state
that voted for him was hissed-even Virginia and
the Kissing only stopped Dy threat to clear the gale
lies Su is the pass TO which the nomination OF Presi
deIt IL DOW brought. But this is view Of only one
side of the Cohvebtionthc Administration side of 1t.
There was another sde-a msjOrity-on the coDtem-
plntOn of which il peas ant to dwell substantiai
mei real d.legates, fresh from the people, and anI-
i,us to DO their will and the beet Tor the country.
Ttey were the majority, but paraiyzed by the
otlios rule, ana cheated and out maneuver-
suJt may often be made to depend, by the old in
treuers who lad everything "cut and dry" for
the occssion-Committ.e. packed, officers fixed,
rules pr. pared pl ,tfoims drawn up. 1t not until
It cane TO the DEAD vote tat they stood for ythng.
lien they gave their votes Tor Buchanan; bat the
6cai n twu.tbiids luie wi ch invented TO enable
tie minority TO govern the majority; that game,
go successfully played before, was intended - be
,leI ed again. That the inside OF the Convention;
In, outside presented different spectacle, and
to gladden. The patriotic heart. TeIs upon tens of
thousands Of the yeomaIry of the country Kentucky
Ohio Indiana and other State were theie-firmers,
III. cbauics merchants, professional men, patriotic
their spirit intent upon the public go0d-and 10
urt vent packed delegates from b. trayug the people.
Fifteen hui bred, as they told me, came from one
district in Ohio 10 attend one of these scamps, snug
Died IN by the admuiftraton officials; ana they dad
poye,n In--IDaGe him toe TIE mark, aud vote the will
of IN. district; and Of maDy others Seventy thou
I'D Was he estimate of the humber Of these pttri Jtic
c;,;,ens. their weight of character still groat-r
Than their plumbers. They were for peace-peacs at
hon q ind aboac--and for Is lchanaD, as the b-st
cbence for saving this peace They pected the
i a,;on IN have been made on The second day; it
d,e, until the fifth, by tie management ot the mi
n,.,i;y who had the working of the machinery, ami
stavtd Of the business bit the farmers would hot be
~. Il ont They would not quit the ground expensive
~ !, MS IN remain at their cos, al To tn. ect
&c III, prvate business while Oiicehoders al
On, uubic Law and negleoting, not their own bur the
ypbTc bnsiness Flom the hrst, Buchanan had the
i.;o,v on each ballot, fourteen tunes excessively
doy,, r,ent was h-d and the utmost anxiety pro-
-, = ~, tbe spbi.ct Of wnat the light might bring
,tb The most sinister rumors prevailed; it clear
,La, tho I'D game was to be played-he majority BAT
Red. Worried tired out; ana then some pet held IN
sve Inv m. oo iptIiguers suddenly produced a. the
~. CANDIDATE. The majority In the Conven-
,om md stll more the many TIN thousands of god
ci,iz.ns on the uside of it We're determined that that
came should not be played ana me resolution was
alento defeatit by ao.e,aep n ri. the nr
If the minority p.rsevered IN Ihis game tne h,M
~ rason, ION should be offered declaring thst, No
U!,,non having +, ceved the msJority OF the votes
uos ony nomjpaed according ~ the democra c pria-
re tlat the majority was 70 sSs aee and ann
III nm 1880; 11.red on Friday morning ia way 10