Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-23
The Cincinnati Convention.

We did not suppose that even ouI
neighbor of the Democrat would under
take the task of whitewhashing that no
~toriously, the most disorderly Conveu.
ton hat ever met in the United State.
for the purpose of making a presidential
nomination, the Cincinnati Convention
but filthy as is the job, the Democrat at.
tempts it. A week or two since that pa
per was Roasting that Thomas H. Ben.
ton still belonged TO the Democratic party
Therefore As he is undoubtedly good
authority, such as the Democrat will moi
dispute, we will give his opinion of the
character Of the Cincinnati Convention,
quoting from his speech delivered at St.
Louis on the evening Of the 21st inst.
al went to Cincinnati 10 be near that
Convention-the first one l ever ap-
preached. | went TO see how things
were done, and to assist a little at a safe
nomination. l found a garrison of Office
holders inside of the convention, and a
besieging army of the same gentry o. the
outside of it. Packed delegates were
there, sent to betray the people. Straw
delegates were there, coming from the
states which could give no democrat:
vote. Members of Congress we've there,
although forbid by their duties from be-.
ing at such a place. A cohort of office
holders were there, political eunuchs in
the federal system, incapable of voting
for the smallest federal office, yet seht
there by the administration to impose a
President upon the people.
1t was a scandalous collection, exclu-
.ded by the Constitution from being ever
electors of the President, and yet sent
here to vote for the Administration-and
o vote upon the principle of the OK that
knoweth his master' crib-upon the prin-
ciple of the ass that knoweth the hand
that feedeth him. BullieS were there
from the Custom House and the Five
Points in New York-all with the ap-
probation of the administration /; for the
Office holders would not be there (absent
from their duties, and drawing their pay,)
without the consent of their employers.
1t was a scandalous collection. The
members of Congress were in the double
breach of their duties. They were neg.
Letting their Legislative duties, and do
ing what they had been interdicted from
doing.
From Washington city came a new
corps, never before put upon such SER
vice-the Office hold RS in the city, clerks
in the departments-heads of bureaus
men who have no vote in any federal
election-political hydrids. unable to act
a mans part in any election, but sent to
Cincinnati, as a life guard, to support the
administration.
Such was the composition of nearly
one-half of the whole convention-cus-
tom house officers, post masters, salaried
packed delegates, straw dele.
gates, political enuchs, members of Con-
gress, district attorneys, federal mar.
shals. The place in which they met,
and which had been provided by a pack
ed administration committee, was wor-
of the meeting. 1t was a sort of
den, approached by a long narrow pas
sage, barricaded by three doors, each
door guarded by armed DULLES, with or
lers to knock down any person that ap-
preached without a ticket from the
,omU:ittee-and a special order to be
prepared with arms to repulse the Mis-
souri, delegation which came to vote for
Buchanan repulse, which they at
and got themselves knocked
and trampled under foot,