The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-11-24
nemacfatic Meeting.

Tie back d.uocrGcy Of this county, to the &c
tar # about forty net at CentEeyliie on =
Tlrtdsv last, for lie rurroce Of appointing Gel ;
20 The State Couveufon, to be held at In I.
dIsnarolis. on he Oh Of Jeuuery next. The 90 Il
ieet Of tie State CclytEt.cn : 10 dominate =
90, d,sa.es for Stat, officers, ard to appoint q
delegates 10 tie National Ccnveation 10 nominate
ear didate for President e the United states
1t was very apparent before the meeting assem-
bled that there would be struggle between Tue
two vipcs of the party--the Douglas AID Admin
;s,fatiou factions the former led by Sch!ater Ma
lore ard Means-the latter by DeVelin, Raymond
4 Co for the control Of the meeting. The inter
r:fed had scarcely taken their sea's, when me
contest commenced, by schlater announcing thct
as Chairman Of the Central Commit e, it was
his duty to call tie meeting TO order lis speech
yrs uI ceIemoniouely cut short ~ Devein' VINO
nominated G. H. Raymord az Chairman. ! his n
ton evidently took Echla'er and his tieLds py
sUrtlisc, as he lesita.t before putting the me-
ton, 81 d inquired il tLeie any ether NOM
nations None other being made, he chokingy,
put the question, vljch carried
Mr. Raymond took he chair and in few re-
marks, spoke Of the ufily universally and nation
sIty Of he democratic party, and charged the
Republic1n patty with the responsibility of tie
tluti.a Eerry Instruction. Mr.. Raymond did
tcnan TO beIfe crowd lie vas addressing, AID
l.can rarty is ony more rrtse was one word OF
oi Brown and Governor Wizards Bfrs Sn1L gen
Cock, than the democratic party Isaac " Beai
and +. Malone we're appointed Vico President
and IS. II. Schlater Secretary. The instant Ii
organi aion titus announced, j. G. Luz
Esq, Of Cambridge warm friend Of Deyen
Raymond. e. Co, moved that a committee Of f :.
be appointed TO draft resolutions for the action 0
the meeting. This motion was passed withou
opposition, ard the chairman inquired how tht
committee shoald be appointed? LUZ sang OF
By the chair Up 70 this point uotwi,hstan.l-
ing their i'll concealed chogrin Sclleter, Malone
Co.. had silently permitted Deyelin & Co, to
have everything their way, bat here Malone
inierfyred and objected to the appointneut by ,as
chair - that the meeting had better appoint 4,
the democracy had come up TO transact business
ard they had better do it in their oan way-fo
hs part. be objected 10 few men transacting al
the business. He had seen instances where the
business of convention appeared 10 have been
prepared eiorthand, and il might be so in thi
case. Means followed to the sane effect. yyher
he sat down. Develin arose and said lie: the com
mittee be appointed by the meetiug-he himsei
was IN favor of it, and suggested that his friend
Malone be one of tic committee. To this 10y
vote, the meeting asseuted. Develin thea sur-
gested his friend Elder Elder modestlv declin-
ed. and suggested his friend Develin LAT.
wouldn't hear of TIE declination Of F,c,cr-ff he
tLafe) had the homo: to serve the committee
he wanted Elder 70 serve with him Here Means
this was not the way the meeting should aqpaint
and intima'ed that lie leaders were nominating
each other out OF compliment Means made
quite lengthy speech. all going 20 show that he
was fully aware that he ard bis friends had yer,
littie to 90 with The proceedings of the meeting
Mr. Nudd, of Washington township, at the
suggestion of John L. Robinson, moved that
committee of one fiom each township be appoint
ca oy the chair to prepare res olutious which was
adopted without a struggle. Mr.. Iltz the,
moved the appointment of committee of one
from each township TO select seven delegates and
seven alternates TO the State Convention There
was no opposition to this motion, ard the chat
APPOINTED the committee. We are unab!et give
tie names Of The committees The meeting aa-
journed for dnuer
After dinner, larger number assembled thar
had been present at the moraiug session-the de-
mocrats numbering Is or 20, and the Republican
who came IN TO see the fun, and hear j l. Z ab-
inson, Numbering about so. The resolutions H..
ported By the committee were adopted witbsg,
dissent, although Means and Malone we're fat
clear that they did not deserve some oDoositie,
The tenth and last resolution refarripr To the
Harpers Ferry er'eute, came very near falling OF
af Aav Lao
La'es overcoat pocket but at the suggestion Of
Elder, who seemed to think that there was one
less adopted by the meeting than the committ,+
had passed upon, it was dragged forth from its
hiaing place and adopted All the leaders appear.
ca TO be greatly relieved that the resolutions were
passed without fight
SIR Endsley offered a resolution expressing
preference for Mr.. Hendricks as a candidate for
GoyernoF. And now the fight between himself
and opponents commenced 10 earnest. Nr Dey
elm veaemently opposed the passage of the res
olaton, and offered as a substitute that the dale
gates TO the State Convention so uuinstruc,ea H.
or against any candidate for any Office Mr T.
der hoped that De7elin's substitute wopid not
pass as he intended, At the proper time, 10 orr
aresoiution which he read that the delegates :,
the State Convention be instructed "a present tho
name and urge the nomination OF w. II S,bl,-
ter as candidate for Secretary II State. Here
the excitement became intense. Some jumped an
and moved that the resolution offered br n. Ends
ley De withdrawn. Several substitutes we're Of
Tered, and no notice taken of them Finally the
Chair threatened TO put some motion bus wha.
II was no one could gather clear idea. VIII,
suddenly the resolution was withdrawn, and me
excitement for time sub ided
The committee TO select dele yates "a - s,-,-,-3