Washington telegraph., 1856-07-23
Benton On the Cincinnati Conventior

The Democracy Of 81. Louis held =
meeting or the ID. Instant, 10 -atify m
nomination Of Buchanan and Bret,cr,
ridge. and wel--rr Col Benton home.
Col. Benton Tas PRESENT, aud delivcrc.
himself Of oae c- ha charlrteris.i. speech
cs. His description ur tha Eineiuuat
Convention is tEt aihosl, the racfg#t thin-
cziant md @f- b I'D wifh Earftf,,li.. WI
auiiTc.. - ~ v1rep pt fh1au WY yr-la ri iff .s.i
chor of their LGDcs fixed in that nBlari
lie Of Cal-ntta.H Here IL cones
wen: to Cincinnati ID Lsnga- that c1n.
venti,n-tha lire one ! ever approached. l.
( I wen: 10 sec how things were done. ai.I
20 assist iitlc 60 safe nomination. I
found q g,,rfispu o. oLlcs-h ildcrs inside
Of the convention, and Z; Jesigging army
Of the same gentry oa the outside gt il.
Packed delegltes were there, se4t 10 be-
tray the people. Straw dclcgates were
there, coming from States which could
give no Demo.ratic vote. Member, of
Congress were there, although forbid by
their duties lrn being al such place.
y cohoEt OF 5i1cl-hu!iers from Washing
ton city were there political uunueh. IT'LL
the federal system, .Erlrah,. ur voting
for the smallazt federal 0.ara. vet grnt thar.
by the Admin ztratiun tD impose x lIls.-
dent upon the pllIla. II Wla Il sr4A.ial-
Gus collection, uAaiu3ri ly .4l luAaiitn-
ton from be.Hs even .laltuFa uf the Pras-
ideHt, AID ye -cnt thar- tJ yola Ilr the
admIulsiratIg and Il vote upon the p-ir-
cipie Of the 5I thlt Lulwoth his masters
crib upon tlr principle of the ass tl4t
EnovetL the hand chat feeIeih him
Bu..ies wer, there from the Custom House
and the Five Points H. New Turk-slI
with the ap7rpbati9n Uf the aduiuis:sa.
tion; for th. otice-hoiiers would not be
there .abseG from their duties and illw.
lns their plgI wIlhou; Che consent ot thlir
employers. Il wa- 4 scauial.us l1!ilsiiyn.
The members q. Congress were IN tl,
double breach ul .llir ittiss. Iaey w.ra
i ir legislative duric. aui j1-
iug what they haf heln .rtgriir.ad trum
doing. Thirty ylars H=l, tAA Nnninntinl
vi Presidential candidates M.a taknn irJm
Congress Jn arenlll uf Lla corruption
which II oieenillal- all airan L1 daIa-
gates. iuteadcd tl bc i-ash faiM tAa pHa-
pie and % obcy thair viIi HHi tln ul....
iltion ssleA from Washington t1 B-l- .
imorc. - es lgut NJ the .ar-h vi Ir.-i- .
igGt-illllns "A hlr4 l3ut these mgiu-
s issfF .z7--t t6 Baltimore. sai,.----,-------.-
sn ant,a.s,.,,s.-7 frtate Whe4 NY anu ....
get rid Uf thcm-tl get entirely beyond
their ruach-thr Convention itself wa,
removed frs.l Baltimore ~ Cincinnati.
they broke up Congress 10 get g. this for
5iddcn place Surely thc new President
will b.. very harI-haarisl ir DE does DIS .
remember them when hs came. % tha
of ufce. from Washington
City clne o uey corps. never before put
anon such serrirc-.hr uincr-hnllar, In
the citv. clerks in thc departments head
1g burgaus-.aen uhr hale uD v0ic in auy
federal ciectiau-nulitieal hybril-- unable
to net . mans part in anF election. but
sent to Cincinna.i, a- 4 llsc--unrl- 'J sun-
port the Administration
Such gas the composition uf nearly
ouc-half of tle whole courgutiuu-cusllu
house officer post masters sillri-l rlcry-.
packed delegates. straw delegates. political
eunuchs, members ot tcugrce-. District
federal mar shals The place
in which taoy met. and which had been
provided bra packed administration COM
mittcc. was worthy Of the meeting. IL was
q sort Of den. approached by Il long narrow
passage. b.rri..aIci bv three doors, each
door guard ] By armed buliics, with orders
to knock dlHn any person that approach
cd withouta ticket from thu committee
aud SPECIAL order t3 bl prepared with
arms 20 relulsc thc Missouri delegation
which cam, .o yote fur Buchnuan--l rc-
pulse which they attempted. and Eot
themselves knocked I1#n ald tHmTlcd
under fc3t. This den had E1 windows Ly
which people could l1ok ia aud ~, or the
lielt OF tLe sun entcr-Only Z row vi
glass. like a steamboat skylight. thirty-iivc
feet above the floor. Il was the nearest
representation Of the black hole IN Cal
eutta, and ike that hole, had well nigh
become notorious for a 81 .nllar catastrophe.
The little panes Of glass above we're hang
ON nivots. and turned fat 70 let IA air.-
A rnip came. osI-drove into the dcn--and
10 excIule is the pane we're turned up.
Smothering . Smoihcringi was the cry
IN the den; and the glass lad 70 be turn
ed up again. Over this place was small
box for the admission of spectators, its ap'
proach barricaded and guarded, and en-
trance only obtained upon tickets from thc
SINE packed committee; and to whom
tbev aaye tickets w. reln when ILt
drsf votes w1re given fvr Buchanan
and when each Statg that voted tur him
was hissed-cven Virginia. and the Aiss
ing only stopped by \ threat to clear th'
galleries. such II the pa NJ which thS
nomination Of President y now brought
John Van Burcn has given in his adhc
sion to Mr. Buchanan, n a candidate per
fectly satisfactory 70 his father and tn
rest of the royal family Of hinderho9k
The prince intends, We learn, to take tn
stump for Buchanan in few weeks, II
/ imitation of his old friend. Col. Benton
In. OrgaH.
III : -. 49,; u Time. nurlinr~tou Flar