, 1857-06-26
ThursIOn County DemOcralIc Convention


Addresses afths Capiiola and SehOOi House.
As viii be seen by the proceedings in
another column, on Saturday last the dem
ocratie convention for Thurston county as.
sembled in Olympia, and duly nominated
the above representative ticket To the
6oung men Of the democratic party. it was
peculiarly refreshing to see so many old
grey-headed national fathers Of the party
present. who participated 10 the action Of
the convention. The above ticket we nail
to the democratic flagstaff as an insepera-
ble combination against the banner Of dis
unionism. As the democratic star spangled
banner is emblematical, at this time, of
Mirty-Ons United States, and as the black
Gag Of republicanism contains, and has
been borne in procession with only sirteen
thereon. we appeal to the party, as they
love and venerate the union Of the states,
that. (in the language Of the late Mr..
WEBsrER not one star be obscured, or
one stripe erasedg from the representative
ticket presented by delegates, honestly Sc
Iected BY yourselves, for your support.
" Our Gag is therei
Our flag is there
We hail Il with three loud huzzas
No Ioeman darei
No fOemAn darei
Disturb lis gioEioas stripes and stars ~
AS nearly as We were enabled to deter
mine concerning the action Of the late con
vention, the result Of its deliberations pass
cd Oh as pleasantly, favorably and salts
factOrily as We have ever observed the ad-
journmeni Of any convention. 1t is natural
and universal. that some persons, attending
conventions, must be disappointed. Il is
utterly impossible that ell can be grati6ed
in their selection OF candidates for Office.
In these matters. as in democracy, should
NOT a maiOrity gorern 7" In political mat
tiers We have great respect for what is
termed sore heads,D but that respect ceases
when the persistents, after "grOiOling al
tie eaianity.7 are willing to "run" their
aforesaid heads into the groundD in " fre.
DIR in order that they might run 10 root .
The dark Of the mOOa," is no excuse for
such course.
The convention, il we are not very much
mistaken, was composed ofkOnorable, intel
ligont aud worthy gentlemen, who, in their
action. knew what they were about. Where
is sthe democrat nominated by the eonven.
ton that will DO thrown overheard, except
only BY a professsd democrat-"a ,SOlf in
shasp's elolhingl" We advise the real friends
Of the democracy to watch the polls on the
day Of election. and see, II they can, the
number Of fenler.foOtea votes deposited in
the bAllot-box by PyOfssssd democrats
We shall see what VIC shall see."
Afler the adjournment Of the convention,
the concOurse Of people present were ad.
dressed first by Isaac l. STEVENS, who
made just erdettyp first rate sepech,
IN which be portrayed the stale SANDERS Of
lhe Republican in their proper light. To
the satisfaction Of the audience, he acquit-
ted himself hOnorably The people pres.
ent, or at least large majority of them,
coincided iu the views he expressed
He played the gentleman in his conduct
towards his traducers They we're handled
honOraNy, although with some severity.
Gov. SrEgExs was followed by Col W.
II. Wallace, who made very pleasant
agreeable and faceious speech lie is Q
man amongst all others Of our acquaintance
who can tail on to the American eagle
soar with him in bis lofty fights, and finally
stop, or come out Of the same hole he
went in at" His acrie was built above
all the storms to which this Territory is
subjected, but those whom be denominated
as groundlings," could not appreciate the
force Of his arguments. On the whole,
Col WALLACE made a very gentlemauly
address, not very impressive or argumenta.
tive, but fascinating.
Col w. was followed by H.R. CsosRrE
ESQ, who, for the short space Of an hour
and half, delivered very good orator..