The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-06-18

are causing much excitement il
California and Oregon.
Buchanan State Convention In Illinois
A Buchanan State Convention
met at Springfield, H., last week
and nominated State Ticket. Tn,
two wings Of the party have botl
candidates in the field. The st
Louis Republican (Dem.) gives th'
proceedings, a sketch Of which We
give below to show the position
taken:
Judge Dougherty then asked,
why arc we here, and why acting
thusf' In answering THE enquiry
hc proceeded to state that a new
platform had been proposed for the
Democracy by politicians from the
State OF Illinois, whom they had been
accustomed to trust and to foll0w--a
platform new and nnheard of before
essentially distinct from the Gin
cinnati platform, and irreconcilablu
with it, The latter declared delibc.
rately that the agitation OF the slava-
ry question was no part Of n Demo
cratic creed and should meet with
no countenance from the Democra.
tic party. But there was a violen,
re-opening Of the slavery agitation
ON the 9th OF December last. Ano
by whom? Whose voice was i,
that took the lead in this renewal o
acrimonious agitation of,he question
Of slavery, when Congress was
scarcely more than organized and
the message Of the President wa,
scarcely in the hands OF the mem.
bers Of the two houses of Congress,
II was the voice Of the man whom
Illinois had honored with her mos
distinguished office, and who himsel
was pledged to a stern repres .ior
Of tllnt agitation Of the subject o
slavery which no now so conspicn
ously took the lead in renewing
This man, with the five Illinois
Representatives in Congress - a
mere fragment Of the Democracy
on level with, and in alliance with
Black Republicans, voted with the
opponents oi the Administration
became their auxilliaries on n plat
form upon which no true Demecra
can stand, and in open hostility IL
the large majority of the Democratic
party in Congress. (Some one here
called ont, Give us their names :"
Iaig z" Dougherty said: | will moi
name them in a Convention of Dom
ocrats-ihcy are not worthy Of men
ton as Democrats among the faith
ful. (This declaration was greeted
with hearty laughter, cheers ant
yells)
Mr.. Bonncv, of Peoria, remarked
The dochine Of eaped;ency soas I
fundamental one ,oith tie Democra
[cy--that they took things a. the,
found them, and legislated sccordin!
to the existing state Of facts, spend
ing little time in wrangling abon
abstract questions of right an
wrong; what, on the whole, is til,
best thing for the whole country, no
what abstractly considered is right
or what is wrong.
Mr.. Bonney, in the course of hi
re- rarks, g lid that ours was gov
ernment Of law and order, not o
popular clamor, and so far as un
derstood his declaration, he repmdi
ated tie commonly received doctrin,
that the people rule, and Ma< the;,
opinions and ,oiH are law
Mr. Bonney here paid his respects
70 the Douglas branch of the Demo
cratic party, more especially to tn,
Illinois delegation in Congress. II,
charged them with having used tn,
power they held to sustain the Ad
ininis,rstion, for its defeat, and sal,
that they must answer to the accu
sation OF betraying the party in ,
trying hour. lie denounced this a
a crime, and charged II upon the II
linois delegation wearing the nam,
OF Democrat. In speaking Of thee,
gentlemen, he regarded them as de
serters from the Democratic party
and thanked God that they hsc
gone, "a they wJrs rebels and enc
mica Of tho party. In alluding t
the men Of this GLASS, including Mr.
| Douglas, whom he charged witl
brscding disoord In the ranks of tb,
Democracy, he congratulated th,
party upon their freedom now from
ths shaekles which had been forced
lupon them audsr HE leadership. -
kcheera and ye,ls,) 1''