New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-22

a. frenspire 10 the evening. l'ai as 'lo
- az 8.rL lantern order sud your c"rfesPv''0"'
MOI. understanding tho signs auu P.,,oT IL
could not be admitted 10 tins see oo Or ,o,,ch
MI, here taSe occasion to say: I'M ~ he;nc nrs.
80 tbst he had not the privilege vi oc.ns p'os-
tsie'' Sa'' aoason as the great Democratic parry
en' %, u 'n'' ,bus deprived OF much useiui al
OF ia'n"s .;obt have given them; aud the read
.co w. st.,., q'sIBiNE will have t. remain III igno
eIso. dc The doings Of that august body :,
f'a0e href account OF the meeting Si"ll sufhee'
O. rdges say that there were icuf h'iiureo per
Dooa y,.ss,k \ large proportion OF whom were
sons pans that curiosity had attracted. The
Pp.;ng IA, organized in the usual way, by the
mnn;ntment of President Vice Presidents and Sec
r,tsries On motion, II was
$500 That Committee of be appointed By the
49, nens on the subject for the consideration OF which was
e Ss r.....,no comm,t.e
The resolutions which they prepared ana IT,
nortad II il understood, are the samr when were
snbmltted in the caucus of which have spoken.
1'ha, ara amended below and II the readers OF
I'm TRIBLNE can sec anything IN then which Is
calculated To alarm Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet,
q, comfort Douglas, they have keener optics than
yout correspondent. They are as follows:
s,an. The platform q The party adopted at cnein
ns t5cr reed and recognize the same
Rr-s,ed That Cincinnati Platform and Tue true intent
and g, se, Of e f rsy the United stse. the light
OF fully rsns by the majority vote o. such Ier ITO, esn s1d
.jn,l~on into the Federal Union.
Re,serd That would be equally contrary TO reason and
Justice IN seeng sntsgonisn Of form and substance tho
sttss saoud sacrificed to the former that the essential
shs snd Liberties Of the people should be made 10 yield 70 the
authority Of technical rule and Therefore We az Demo
C that any act to be passed - Congress nncondonay
admitting Kansas state into the Union under the lecompoa
stt ion urou ground implied the part OF
s people Of that Territory that Constitution contrary TO the
fact Be unwarauted and unTghteous assumption OF
power the part OF Consress and an unjust ana "
eIso Of the same particularly toward the people OF h.nss
% =. a,Sn s Sy Congress and ssS for admission under the
sane sprcson should b regarded as petition ior tn re-
thu. formed opposition to the known wishes 81
majority of the citizen. Of such IeraoIy a om =.
SR,.,S hs, the Illinois Democracy consider that the fore
.,nS nneip hayr ever constituted Vital and essential Por
ron political creed Of the DemocIsc parry
United States that they cObsted for and rmPhed with
tbsm in de lat Presidential election that they stand pledged to
them before the country and that they cannot and WI"
P.,s Thai the Democracy of Illinois fully indorse The
the presnt debates in the Senate United States
in support vindsOn Of the foregoing principles and pro-
ins tc gs he RpGD sustained Snse as faithful expo
Deu. oftbe principles Of the National Democracy"
The above resolutions were advocated by three or
four individuals, but the speeches Of all lacked pith
and point. The meeting itself may be set down as
a failure 1t one of the most splrltless AFFAIRS
which have witnessed for a long time. The De-
m0cracJ made great efforts 10 muster their strong
est men for the occasion from all parts OF the State
But none of the speakers appointed seemed to feel
any enthusiasm. If they did, they certainly failed
to awaken AM in their hearers. Douglas may we'll
cry, "Save me from my friends :" There were no
spontaneous Outbursts of applause, rising and SWELL
inp like the tempest. At the close of the meeting
some ono called out Three cheers for Douglas :"
and most faint and feeble was the response.
1t is Of no consequence 10 mention the names OF
any who figured in the meeting. Most OF them are
party hacks whose highest ambition is to control
The politics Of their own particular neghoorhoOds
in return for which they hope to get little taste OIL
government pap in some shape or other. They are
not known outside of Illinois, and some OF them
scarcely outside of their own tOwnshlps. 10 De
sure two or three of the speakers were ex-Mem-
bers of Congress- one of whom is extremely anx
ous 10 serve the State again in the same capacity;
but be 10 remembered as the only Northern man
(except Douglass who voted against the Wllmot
Prors0: and greatly mistake the character OF the
people of this Congressional District if they will
trust any one whose antecedents and instincts are
not seashe side Of Freedom.
| have thus attempted to give you faithful
record of the meeting, which was heralded with
sucA flourish of trulnpets, and which will be re-
ported by the papers in the interest OF Douglas as
reAectine the feelings Of the Democratic party OF
tb, State but. taking this meeting rs q political
bsrometer we should say that there is strong Blu
chsnan element pervading the atmosphere.
While the Democratic party of this State is being
rent by the "existing phase of Kansas affairs, Re
Dublicans still stand upon their old PLATFORM an
are not to be caught by any specious bait. j.