Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-18
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| |. {. McQuade and Ben E. =. Ely. Two OF
these individuals, towit l. C. McQuade and
Ben. f. s. Ely we're candidates before the
regular Democratic Convention Of this county,
and thereby recognized the regularity and
binding power Of the convention. They
were fairly and squarely defeated. and sore
indeed must have been their disappointment,
and great indeed their thirst for office. and
thrice petrided the hardness of their visages,
to have induced them to put themselves into
so ridiculous a situation as that which they
now occupy 1t is the same thing as II they
had said, We'll, if | cant get Office at the
hands of one convention, will try and get
it at the hands of another-if cant be nom
mated by a regular convention, will take
my chances in a bogus convention. and see
where will fetch up. The game is desper-
ate with me any how, my soul longs for Of
flee, and office must have in one way or
another" We have heard ofpolitical adven.
turers before now, but never realized to such
an extent the full meaning Of the term
II is little remarkable, too, that a set OF
men who like the Lecomptonites, have laid
so much stress on the "0ld Line genuine De
mocracy," the "staunch old Jackson men,"
and have otherwise so persistently profaned
the great name of the Old Line Democracy
by claiming its identity with their modern
bastard of Lecomptonism, should have put
forth ticket for the Assembly, every man
of which has recently issued from the Wing
camp, and has the smell of "that same old
coon" very strongly upon his garments
men who probably detested the immortal
Jackson as badly as they now do the doctrine
of popular sovereignty and the rights of
American freemen.
1t is amusing to hear the Express talk, as
it did yesterday, about call parts of the coun-
ty" being represented in that Bogus Conven.
tion. Now, we have some pretty reliable
information regarding the representation
from the country precincts, and we must say
that it excites in us sentiments of pity for
the Boilers, their encouragement is so poor,
and so dampening to their Ienthusasm, from
the masses. We are told that at Fosters
Bar certain individual tried to get up a
meeting on the day appointed, Saturday
for the election of delegates to the Bogus
Convention, and about so or 60 men assem-
bled, seven eighths of whom were Douglas
men, and made a burlesque of the whole
affair by electing Douglas man to the chair
and electin9 Douglas delegates TO the Lecomp-
ton Convention, who, ofcourse, did not in
tend to go. After having their own fun, the
Douglas meeting broke up, and yet, We are
told that the individual in question went to
the Lecompton Convention and stated that
he represented the ohoie bar
AT the Peoria House, we are informed on
good authority, that three men assembled. in
order to get up meeting. The proprietor
Of the House told them that there was no use
in their holding netting there, for they
would not be representing the wishes of the
people in that precinct at all, by sending del
egates to any Bogus Convention, but that if
they insisted he would furnish them with
pen, ink and paper-one could act as Presi
dent, another as Secretary and the third
could constitute tie crovd Filled with big
disgust, they left
a locker on in Vienna" informs us that
Billiards. Bar was represented in the Conven.
tion and, if there is solitary Lecompton on
Billiards. Bar, he has yet to know him
At Oregon Hill there was no meeting at
all, as we are informed and verify believe. ,
and yet We would not be afraid to Law wa
ger that Oregon Hill was duly represented"
in the bogus assemblage at the Martin House.
At Long Bar, an immense crowd of three
Lecomptonites assembled, the Postmaster and
two Others Their proceedings were unani-
nous and the whole crowd were elected del
egates. There was one other LecomDton on
the Bar, but he was not in attendance He
we believe, has been recently scared up-
says he deprecates any issue, and is mo wavs
strenuous" but, if he is driven to the wall
he thinks he will Sustain our noble Presi.
dent
We understand there was no meeting at
the New York House; yet the New York
House, we will venture to say, was duly rep.
resented"
Whether Slate Range precinct was repre.
sented or not we do not know, but one thing
we have good authority for stating, and that
is, that gentleman from the Slate Range e.
gion was passing by the Martin House ON the
day of the Bogus Convention, when he was
hailed by the bogusites, and requested to tar
ry, just long enough to represent Slate Range
in the convention. He informed them that
there was one insuperable objection. and that
was that be was Douglas man, and could
not eountenance any such boiling operations!
So they let him slide, and were glad to get
rid of him on any sort of terms.
Up to late hour there had been no meet.
ing. as we learn, at the Zabriskie House, but
whether any body sat for that precinct, in the
boiling convention, we cannot say.
At Camptonville, correspondent informs
us that a tremendous meeting of the sus-
tainers Of "our noble President" was held, at
which three votes were cast in favor of send
ing delegates to the convention, mary one
IN the negative-great unanimityl -Four
votes were then east for four delegates to the
convention, and none in the negative-aston.
ishing unanimity again
At Railroad Hill, another stronghold of the
inyineible Federalists, only one solitary indi.
vidual' as our Camptonville correspondent
assures us, voted in favor of sending dele.