Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-13
The Harmonious Democracy.

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Quite an amusing little incident, characteristic
Of tho only national party" occurred at mcct.
ing Of the Tammany General Committee, in New
York. few days since. It is thus graphically
described in the Evening Post:
Towards the close Of the meeting, Mr.. Charles
May. Of the Sixteenth ward, presented a set Of
resolutions in regard to Judge Douglas, which it
thing Of an explosion in the committee. In fact,
1t had been remarked that the opposition efforts
which marked the last meeting were not attempt
cd on this occasion. The friends of the Wood
and Schell interest had absented themselves, and
the resolutions were obviously intended for execu-
ton upon their opponents. They were as fol-
lows:
the course pursued by the Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las senator from Illinois. at the last session Of
Congress, and since its adjournment; and
Whereas, We can find no justification for his
course in opposition to tho present administration,
aud particularly in opposition 10 the admission of
Kansas as q state. with the Lecompton constitu-
ton therefore
Resolved That we believe him solely actnatcd
by q selfish desire to revenge himself upon an
firm to lend its entire power TO subsorve his amb-
tious designs.
Resolved. That we heartily condemn the action
of the said Hon. Stephen 4. Douglas. in opposing
the great party to which he owes his present hon
orable position az n United States senator TINT
we have no sympathy whatever with him or his
coad tutors in their present treacherous movement
which only tends to distract and divide the only
national party, whose measures and principles are
alone the conservators Of the peoples rights and
liberties in whatever state or territory they may
reside.
Resolved, That We take pleasure in reassuring
our present Chief Magistrate Of our abiding CON
fdencc in his perfect ability to manage the NJ!
fairs of our government both at home and abroad,
as to cause the prosperity and growth Of the Re-
public.
The reading Of these resolutions produced an
apparently stunning effect. but were dexterously
caught up without allowing them either to be dis
cussed or voted upon.
Messrs. Hart, Purdy, Cooper and others started
up To deprecate tho disorganizing effect Of such n
missile; Mr. Hart adroily moving II reference to
the Committee on Ratification.
Mr.. Fowler, with equal readiness, put this mo-
ton, and almost in the same breath carried it,
without troubling anybody for yeas and nays.
Mr.. May had not the tact to call tho previous
question upon presenting the resolutions, and
hence both vote and discussion were lodged, whilst
the resolutions went quietly into Mr. Fowle's coat
pocket.
There was an evident CONSERVATION upon the
faces of a present during the realizing of the reso-
lutons: when the chair declared them referred,
the motion to adjourn was instantly sprung. and
carried in like double-quick time.
Then it was TINT n general sense of relief was
experienced. Tho comparative silence which had
prevailed burst forth Mt once into a Babel. in the
midst of which there was manifested, however, m
an xious desire to scatter.
At this point Marshal Rynders with char
acteristic ,ehcmencc to declaim upon tho resolu-
tpns and urge the cxpediency of vote upon them,
Something of an alteration took place between
the mover. the Marshal and the presiding Post
master, and little clusters of the dispersed com
mittee continued to discuss the matter around the
hall and in tho Pewter Mug, for some time after
the meeting adjourned,
Tho almost unanimous sentiment was that the
resolutions wore couchcd in language altogether
too harsh. The opinions expressed were not mp
parently the matter disputed NO much ms the ques.
ton whether such language would be adopted by
Il convention of gentlemen.
The parties most forward in smuuchng' the
proIessed their entire willingness to
endorse its sentiments. but judged the matter
to be at the time incxpedicnt and in any event
useless but for mischief