The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-14
THE DETROIT DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

in the Union of the nth ut certain resolutions adopt
ed at a meeting of the democrats of Detroit we had
given currency to fictitious proceedings which
were never voted and had real existence"
it is due TO readers that we should lay before
them the evidence possess OF the genuineness of
the proceedings. They appeared in weekly demo
cratic paper of Detroit and copy was forwarded
u.s. simultaneously with the receipt of the paper by
gentleman of that city, whose reliability cannot be
questioned. These evidences sufficient TO sat
isy us in the face of the paragraph in the Free
Press purportng to give the action of the meeting
that the Detroit indicator contained the genuine
proceedings
As the lawyers say, we might rest our here,
but choose TO present other evidences in our pos
session to the genuineness of the proceedings in
question This meeting held the evening of
the 2lst of December. During the previous week
meeting had been held which did not approve of the
Presidents position relative to the admission of
Kansas under the Lecompton constitution Dissats-
faction with the action of this meeting caused another
to be held on the 2lst Of December. in compliance
with the following call Democrats in favor of sus-
tanning the administration of James Buchanan are
questea to meet at the City Hall Monday evening,
December 2lst at "A o'clock" The object of the
meeting distinctly stated the call received the
signatures of very largo number of psrsons. and
the Free Press describes it as "a tremendous demo-
cratic meeting" 1t would be reasonable prcsump-
ton even in the absence of direct evidence that the
objects mentioned in the call had been carried out.
Those who deny the correctness of the proceedings
tbarcf nrao ettl
the question with the very large number of persons
who united in the call, and who represented to
have participated in the proceedings.
As cumulative evidence, we add here the Detroit
correspondence of the Enquirer and Herald, pub
lished at Grand Rapids, Michigan, which fully ex-
plains the manner in which the surreptitious pro-
ceedings we're substituted for the genuine
DETROIT, Dec. %, 1857
The monster meeting of the democracy sustaining the
doctrines of the Presidents message Monday night
complete triumph The resolutions adopted were
calm dgnifcd and thorough endorsements of the mes
sage and of the administration of Mr. Buchanan 1t is
deeply regretted that the Free Press should have
suppressed the publication of the proceedings of this
meeting and substituted the proceedings of few Doug
las factionists held after the regularly meeting had
adjourned and when but handful were left in the
hall Mr. Buchanan friends would have been glad to
had their proceedings published in the Free Press
nty TO know the true position of the national democracy
of the city Of Detroit upon the Kansas policy OF the ad
ministration but that could not be- they accepted
the offer Of the publisher of the Detroit Vndicaor
staunch democratic paper and had them published in
that paper large edition of which was printed and
mailed to all parts of the United States.
These proceedings show that the democracy of this city
stand upon the national platform of popular
eighty The Ironsides democrats Of Detroit will never
finch ot title in their support OF Mr. Buchanans
administration long they can see much in it
admire and nothing to condemn as the result thus far
has demonstrated.
We confess to Ger ain degree of surprise at the
avowal of the National Intelligence that it takes mo
interest in ''the squabbles of tho democracy as it
elects designate the controversy which has arisen
among democrats upon the propriety of admitting
Kansas into the Union with the Lecompton consti-
tuition. We have thought all along that our cotem-
porary took most active interest in this affair and
have very naturally attributed such interest to its
admitted desire to send the whole democratic party
to coventry" We sympathze with its unhappy
inabi ty to find even good wings" 10 put up )"
vet we cannot construe it's "best wishes to
anything less than readiness Ito pull down" the
democratic party, even though it can lind nothing
suitable "to put up in its place. We submit, fur
ther that the position of the democratic party, and
of all sections of it, perfectly understood through
out the whole country. careful examination of
the coIumns of the Inteigeneer for "the last three
months" has only satisfied us that it is opposed to
the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton con-
stitution as we can find word or ntmation of it's
own in favor of such admission but, the contra
ry numerous indications Of it's hostility Such is
our inference to its position As to ourselves we
are under no necessity to indulge in any special pro-
fessons with regard to the duty have to perform
we wish to serve tho interests of the democratic
party by disseminating its principles and we strive
to promote them by all fair means in power.
A HIGH COMPLIMENT
On the occasion of the celebration of the eighth
of January by the Young Mems National Democratic
Association of Cincinnati the following was the reg
ular toast =
.THe President Of the United STATE, A Washington in
purity of purpose Jefferson in devotion to democracy
and a jackson in determined execution
When it read says the Cincinnati Enquirer
the three deaening and enthusiastic shouts that fol-
lowed gave an assurance that the President still
tanned, undated and undivided, the confidence of
the association as we'll as the other democrats who
were present And the brothery feeling that marked
the intercourse of the hundreds in attendance dem
onstrated that the Kansas differences had not yet be-