New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

NetpUurk Daily Gibs,re
THE LEC0MPToN QUESTION IN INDIANA.
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
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Monday morning statement that the Democratic
State Convention Of Indiana had adopted By large
majority resolution cOndemning the Lecompton
Constitution. The same statement also appeared
in Tht National IatclliqeHoer OF Monday. ms
now appears not to have been 80 decidedly the case
as was supposed the resolution in question, which
We give below, being more mild in It's phraseology
than had been supposed Indeed, The Indianapolis
Journal OF the 9th instant agrees with The tn'on IN
representing the Convention as having been marked
throughout BY the triumph of Mr.. Brght's influence
and The defeat of that of Mr.. Douglas. The Jour.
NAL gives an elaborate account Of the proceeding.
It seems that preliminary TO the Convention
meeting was called at the Hall of the House Of
Representatives on the night of the eth.
DOUGLAS ~ THE ASCENDANT.
John Petit. ID. d. tribe Col. Bentons Correspond
.pce,. made Lecompton speech. He was answered
in behalf Of Douglas by Henry Secrest OF Putnam
Tie Journal says:
When he cornered John Petit on hls former views
of he mower of Congress over the Territories, the
nillor. of the Hall fairly quaked with the shouting
When he declared that civil war would follow the Gu
for,ament of the IecomptOn fraud the yen oil asS.uI
was deafening. And when he intimated that ait.
State he should resign Bright might have heard thf
answering cheers clear to the Palmer House. me
treat dictator never received blow so larry III thc
face before. and surely no Democratic meeting ever
saw the blood come with such undir guiseu &C.
las rri,ned Lord of the ascendant from this time I'll
the close of the meeting. No euogy fell on maueh-
tive cars Every word that touched him kindly wa
iovouslv received. There no hesitation or luxe
yarrrucss in the applause where he was concerned
HUGHES. who don't lack pluck nor talent, labored
with great ingenuity and plausibty to show that the
Lecompton Constitution was as much an sHo"ahre W
the right of sovereignty as the people had any Ig
10 expect But there was little applause. DICK slater
occasionally exploded in shout, but he could not gel
fire TO ANYBODY else. Even the pathetic picture oi
the grsy-headed President, sitting 10 MS cnal WI"
with cares and anxious only for tho good OF the cou
try and happy death, which Mr. Hughes tired hi'
artistic powers upon drew but feeble shout tromtho
audience aud it died out quick that 1t might haNe
ben groan for all the ear could tell to the confirm!
And when he most inudieously 9n gsrn"y Vas nrc
edated and arranged affair, BY those VINO had nlaue
a hobby of the Bank and of Gov. Wright, ana tua'
the Kansas question only gave them better one 10
ride there were several Kisses heard III the outer circle
of the crowd. lie capped the climax OF ndscretio,
however when he said " that Gov. Wright was not
"yt confirmed Minister 10 Berlin, and II his TRENDS
3" iJ not show better feeling to other Democrats ne
omipht not be confirmed at all.' The menace 30
open 80 taunting and foolish, was received IN oni
nous silence.
rHE non. JOHN @. DAVIS AFTER HUGHES.
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held over Wrights friends by Hughes at once and
brought DOWN the House by well-conceiged rebuke
of the impcrtinencc of introducing individual names
into the contest. II was well done well deserved,
and well received. 1t made Hughes sore for he
sprang to his feet moment after, at an allusion to
the imprOpry Of Congressman interfering with state
Conventions 90 make bitter retort. A sort OF run
ming fight then took place between these gentlemen,
which left Hughes decidedly worsted. We never saw
him or anybody unfortunately placed in any con-
troversy He had assailed Douglas for asSociatnS
with Republicans Davis retorted, douglas was
gentleman, and treated other respectable men as
gentleman should, and ii was much to be regretted
that those who censured him could not initiate him.
This tremendous jolt knocked Hughes upon his feet,
boiling with rage. "He wanted to know if Nv. Davis
meant to say he was no gentleman Davis replied
" that he would give Hughes satisfactory account of
his opinions before he was DONE" Hughes hoped
that Davis would not skuk from his dec araton when
the time came" During this pistol s-and,cofiee
renconter, the cheering for Davis was furious; hughes
met little favor and most evidently felt that he was IN
the wrong crowd. But he has not met the worst ct
the storm yet. Davis, in alluding to the nomination
of Buchanan, said he was an original buchanan
" man. and his friend who had been badgering him so
" much lIughes) Douglas man at Cincinnati.
This raised yell of gigantic dimensions. Hughes,
irritaed and sore arose and said that he was not
" delegate to the Convention" "No, said Davis,
but you were there working for Douglas Il was
" at home when the nomination was made said
Hughes Eyes, said Davis, but were you not for
douglas against Buchanan ;" IIesitating anddrcad-
inc tho hughes admitted tnAt llb G6S
81 Douglas man at Cincinnati" All the yelling before
was a whisper to what followed this COMES sion.
G-pound cannon might have been Tired IN the dome and
nobody have heard it, The equyocaton and effort to
dodge direct answer was so ludicrOusy evident and
SO bunglingly done, that the final owning up
hundred times more damaging than it would have 9th
wse been, and after Hughes's attacks on Douglas it
would have been bad enough anyhow. 1t ended his
demonstrations during the time we remained in the
meeting He wilted into his crayat and quit.
But the next day in the Convention the tug If
of war. The .Journol heads its report of the pro-
ceedDgs Of the Convention rs follows:
DOUGLAS REPUDIATED!
BRIGHT IyDoRsRD,
Bright beat the Douglas by crOwdius ont the
outsiders. while his uneqIaled wre-working had en-
abed him to have the Convention packed:
On Thursday evening notice was distributed by
the Central Committee 10 the effect that outside inter-
ference i'll the approaching Convention was appre,
hended and no pcr.on would be admitted TO the Hall
without tickets signed by the Chairman. IA the
DOUGLAS strength lies mainly among the people, and
not the politicians this movement WAS considered Ia
be an effort to withdraw the Convention from the
reach OF popular influence, and good deal of bitter
ncss was expressed regarding il by the Douglas men.
But it was acted upon and, in Consequence when the
hour for the meeting of the Convention arrived 10
oclock) there was fearful jam, and some swearing,
around the door of the Hail. Delegates squeezed
through with difficulty, and outsiders seemeed to take
pleasure in making the entrance as troublesome a.
possible.
Now arose furious cutlery from the excluded "ca.
naille," who were not thought good enough by the
managers 10 what going on. The rotunda
rang with yells and shouts The door Of the Hall was
pounded with yehemence that drowned every voice
inside Calls for speech and " hurrah for Douglas
fairly shook The steady walls Of the old house. When
the door was opened 10 admit delegate with his
ticket surge Of the crowd outside would fill it with
forbidden heads, prorudng to catcha glimpse Of the
Democratic mysteries within. Tie doorkeeper tried
to push them back, but he might a. we'll have pushed
at White River bluffs. The disturbance lasted from
the fir, moment Of the meeting till the vote being
taken on the President. Then the door-keeper made