Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-25
They cry "peace, peace," but there Is
no peace.

no peace.
Tho Gwin organ is becoming distressed at
the demonstrations in the ranks Of the Ad-
ministration, over the defeat Of the choice of
the country precincts, in the Long Bar Le-
compton Convention. 1t cries frantically for
harmony. 1t beseeches and implores the
Timbuctoo men, of the Administration side
to bury their feelings in their bosoms, smoth-
er their indignation and vote the straight
Lecompton ticket
All this might be very well, but the entire
good effect that it might have had is coun
teracted and annulled by what follows In.
stead of standing neutral in the matter of
dispute between the Gregory men and the
Love men, and thus being a mediator be-
tween them, it emphatically takes side with
the latter in the annexed language;
We do not believe for a moment that any un.
fairness was resortcd to in the Convention. The
officers of that body were gentlemen of the most
unimpeachable character, and this is a sufficient
guaranty that the proceedings we're properly con-
Quoted.
Very conciliatory to the Gregory men,
this is! Very much calculated to soOthe
their feelings They complain that injustice
was done them in the Convention that unfair
means were resorted to, to defeat their can
didate. They are told by the Express that
there was no injustice, and that every thing
was fairly conducted Is this the way to
harmonic differences-to take the side of
one party against another, by representing
the dissatisfied persons as having been either
such fools that they could not see when things
were properly conducted, or such knaves
that they were willing to make lying accusa-
tions against the Convention?
How does the Express know that things
were fairly conducted? Was its editor there
to see? No. Did he have a reporter on the
ground2 No How then does he assume to
say that the Gregory men were wrong in
their charges, and that the Love men are
right?
AS to the officers of the Convention being
" gentlemen of the most unimpeachable char
acter," are not the friends of Mr. Gregory
also gentlemen of unimpeachable character?
Why is not the position of one gentleman of
unimpeachable character as good as that of
another? If there was no intentional wrong
done, but the unfairness was merely a mis-
take, why could not the officers of the Con
vention be mistaken as well the friends of
Mr.. Gregory, who were present and noting
the entire proceedings?
But, there were more persons dissatisfied
than the friends of Mr. Gregory The friends
of Mr.. Flattery and Mr.. Shirkland complain
of unfairness and injustice. Will the Express
undertake to say that the large meeting of
Administration Democrats at Timbuctoo,
which denounced the Long Bar Convention,
were not gentlemen of unimpeachable char
acter, and that they did not have their eyes
and ears open in that Convention, and knew
very well what was going on? If every
thing was fairly conducted, why were they
dissatisfied ? The Express, instead of con-
ciliating these men, says to them, in effect:
"You do not state the truth in your resolu-
tions You say that things were not fairly
conducted. The fact is, they acre fairly
conducted. You are either q set of nincom-
poops talking about things that you know
nothing Of, or you are set of INSCRIPTIONS
mischief-makers who do not care whether
you are right or wrong, SO that you carry
out your own selfish and denagogical pur-
poses" Is this the way to talk to body of
American citizens SO large in numbers and so
respectable in character as this Timbuctoo as
sembage? We rather think not
The Express has fairly made the issue be-
tween itself and those men. 1t has distinctly
taken sides against them, by denying en-
pha tically the truth of the declarations which
they have made in public meeting assembled
and by solemn and formal resolutions. 1t
has asserted that they have no ground of
complaint, and that they ought at once to
abandon their ground, and acquiesce in what
has been done. 1t seems to us that it would
have been far more conciiatory to have
waived the question as to whether things
had been fairly conducted, and to have ex-
horted harmony on general grounds But,
to tell respectable and indignant body of
men that they assert what is unttue-that
they have no cause of complaint-that they
have no right to be dissatisfied-and that
they had better go home and keep their
mouths shut, is laying it on a little too heav-
lily. We shall see whether the act of the
Express in taking sides with the city clique
against the country will be of any benefit to
itself