, 1859-11-05
General Row Among the Faithful,
Revolutions IndorAtug rTcCternand
mud 1Ae Charleston Convention
11ooted Down.


lfsom ths Springfield stat<,1cu.,,.'. 4,.l
Inc Democracy Of Springfield haye already
'nade several abcrtive attempts 10 ret IN q Ill
tit enthusiasm for McClrruand in view Of ;he
approaeh'ug Congressional election; but their
meeting Oh Tuesday night at the Court House
was. without any exception, the most laurl,able
specimen Of harmony and brosherly love which
ever came under our observation, The two
wings seem to hare vied with each other in sc,.
ing 'sl,ich could make the most noise and show
the greatest amount Of contempt for the o,hcr:
aud in the effort, it was apparent TINT ths
2onglasites had no rery kind wishes fur
Mcclcrnand
Tie meeting was called to order by Mr.. Nc
Williams, who proposed Col. Uoud for Cbuir~
man; but C,l. Nond, it will be remembered.
having been q prominent candidate for Cou.
gress aud the means Of securing 1he uouajna-
ton Of McCiernand. tue Democracy, probably,
N irtasiaton therefor, refused to elect him me.
siding officer, aud Mr.. Edward Conner Was 1hen
Illuminated aud ELECTED.
First unoug the speakers was a o1chorse
LAWYER from Logan county nuned Wyatt. who
affair, aud insulted bis listeners by dccinTipg
that old 0sawatomie brown was better man
than Mr.. Lincoln, When be subsided, Mr. Nc
Williams orose, Aad by way Of assuring tile
public that the meeting was for the purpose of
being "JolEy" over McClernaud's nomination,
attempted to offer the following resolutions:
s tit @ xs 5s.a ns sy I'D ssd
sa:l1ai md that win bflnA any sea,ri II ill.,
ps"spts!sy Of our cun'.on country. ~'@A 'A'
,,s M.f-i Ita: W. n!oss' I'll: nomination Of the Hon.
r. t~ lHtt 4 inal coGesG and We pJ,5er our
Svss !" employ M Honorable means ID poves tusr
;c c n.: Ila yS i.1o..s tas p.orn Of the Demo
~ tls pa :. ~ III; Ill., y - ras.an. I m IN ~ 7sd that
t,.osenson 700 to a,s.l. Il Chsnesi" s. - Ind la
" fsse ourselves 70 give tic nominees Of Corycn.
lDH Out Hi1flugsl 4nu t5ffEffC
i::-sr. 1t reg ri iiisfty & s..rl In a,t 1Eu1o
ate Srnsraee sg a,ea ~ u q 'r s'r
either iteedn of SPEECH u tie pr ss as antagoLI.:!c w
e'<s n isi Liberty aud insult 10 the Ioess oi tc
one would hare supposed that such eminent.
pc1nocrat'c sentiments az these resolutions
| cnlboly would hayo been received with chccre
aId shouts ef approval ly the meeting but in.
stead Of th'f, c5en hefore they were read
through, ! perfect avalanche Of lsisscs, Croans
| {s'!s and 1npEecat'ons greeted them; Mr. Nc
| Nii''amt. who offered them. was roughly seized
| ~ nais dozen or more strong men ant bur
rleo Out OF the room, and IL general melee eli
fett and I'LL tried to speak ut once, a band o
| music al the same time starting up with .
atfge.ikc air, aud adding still more to ths
,e'n'nston worse ctufounded" which pe1radct
! the meeting.
Outsiders who weut to fills Democratic love
.eas' 'or 1he purpose OF cditication, as may b'
SUPPOSED, were decidedly as,onishcl ut sucl
proceedings. fhey hail presumed the mectin:
was to sop1he the troubled waters which at pres
cut ngitatc the Democracy, inIorse McClernaud
ard give pledges ef support to the Charleston
Convention, but instead Of this, the very re
verse takes place. Resolutions haring thest
e''la IN view, are spurned aud spi. upon, an'
instead Of cancellation and harmony, the mo,
boistcrous and disgracciul contention peryadc
'hc meeting 1t va. lon. TING belofc evel
partial pcAce mud quiet were n&uiu restored
Char:ey keyrs and Captain Kidd meanwhile
e'cclril.ins the crowd by their stunning clo
4ncucs against the Hari,es. The meeting, how
ever, did not again recover from the dcmonstr:
t'on asainst tile McWil[iams. Mc Clcrnaud ,ysu
'utions, and the harmonious crew we're ela
enough to Alink oil to their homes as specdil
aud US quietly as possible