Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02
For the Democrat.
The Republican Peoples Com
VentiOn.

District Of Ohio, has been held, and L I
suppose, being in a free country, L have
a right as IN idle spectator of the scenes
Of that Convention, to review a little its
proceedings. How harmonious! was
the constant exclamation of the insiders,
but [ took the liberty to move all about,
and after Mr.. Chadwick of your town,
made a motion that a committee On ere
dentials be appointed, and it was voted
down on the ground that none but hon
est men were present, a delicate mutual
admiration compliment, [ thought my
self just as good as any one, and forth
with appointed myself a general dele
gate at large, and long hand reporter
of the press generally. 1t was very har-
monious, but 1 think the harmony had
been ECU and dried" for the occasion.
First, because in our own county, a man
from your town told me that there were
but five who selected the delegates, but
another one disputed him and said six,
but the first man said he was not going
to count in Captain Somebody, who
came late aud got the polls opened for
him. That looked a little as though
there had been cutting under" pretty
near home. One man from Dayton said
the wards were .'fugled" ovcr there. l
don't know what he meant but he said
Campbellcd. The Convention was Or
ganized and Mr.. Parott from Dayton
moved to appoint a committee on reso-
l~utions, which should cmbody the princi-
pies of the Republican party, Chadwick
objected stoutly; thought their prin-
cipleswcrc known to the world-but the
Convention again raped him over the
knuckles by sustaining Mr.. Parott, and
I think rightly, for 1 don't think the
world knew they had any principles
expected them to cmbody the great Re-
publican principles of the age. l will
tell you by and by how the "mountain
labored and brought forth a mouse."-
The committee went out to draw on the
resolutions we suppose, and We suspect
drew them out Of Mr.. Campbcll's peck
J ct, for they were enough like his speech
on their lace to have been rocked in the
same cradle, to say the least. Then
came Il fecler, q motion that the dclega-
tons report how they stand. All re-
port for Campbell. He is nominated
BIZ acclammation. But in the mean
time We were supposing they would ad-
%iourn for dinner and after the Commit
tee had produced the platform of prin-
ciples then the Hon. l.. ID. Campbell,
would have been invited to have tax en-
his stand upon it and accepted the NOM
nation. But in this We were disap-
pointed. y committee OF six were APP
pointed to go and lead in the pony
and off they went. They soon came
- Al, -o,,n, EroI- 4lo e4,rl
walked back and forth once or twice,
stroked down his long forelock, and be-
gun. Oh what a time he had accepting
that nomination; [ thought he never
would get it accepted. lie asked ner-
~YQusly in the ousct if there was any
platform, and on being told there was
none, he seemed to feel moro at home.
He gave us Il very interesting biography
of himself, "of the battles, seiges, and
fortunes" he had passed. We liked
that part as he seldom speaks of him
self, being a man of very modest pre-
tensions, and think it must have boon
very interesting, especially to his But
Ter County friends. lie thanked them
for the honor conferred and said he
took the standard and became the stand
ard bearer of the parties who had called
him.
He then spoke, of that great ideal
party the peoples party which has so
long been just on the point of showing
itself to the world. 1t was the voice OF
that party which had called him to take
the standard and be obcyed although,
he had long desired to retire to private
life, for he was worn with public tolls.
1t is Il wonder he did not say something
abouthayiug been Chairman of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, but he did
not. But how he did pitch into the
administration. He did not think Mr..
Buchanan knew anything. And that
corrupt and partisan Congress" which
turned him from his seat, he kept talk
ing about that scat as though the proof
of his charge was in that affair. Then
he made a Financial furry" awhile
about government expenditures, and
actually thought he would produce
~"panic." "Whcre has the money gone
he cried, and q certain disafected mem.
Der whispered in my ear that perhap:
Mattcson of \. Y. could tell some
thing about where some Of the money
went. Then he told that story about The
distinguished member from inc couli
trying to buy him. He said it was last win
tel the fellow tried it, but [ am sure
heard about that two years ago, whcl
the whole Federal Government was try
ing to break him down, and when Vice
President Breckenridge in accordance
with that celebrated Whcatland man
date, came to Interfere in regard TO his
election. Perhaps it was another dis
tinguishcd man trying to buy him, for
from his talk he keeps company with a
host of distinguished men. IF it is the
same old customer he hangs on well.
considering, as Major Downing would
say. Well after his awful rcbuke to
that man he struck the old cold trail of
that ghostly "peoplcs party" and affirm
ed again that he stood on no platform;
but that was evident. He probed the
old wounds Of Kansas, tried to make a
live issue out of her coming in, just as
though anybody could suppose that she,
after giving a majority of nearly 10000
against Lecompton, was on the eve oil
applying to come in as a slave state
Here he was bold. He would never
,-oto e., how 70 coD,n in &c slave state