The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-06
Democrats state Convention.

The State Central Committee have fixed
upon an apportiontment of delegates to the
Democratic State Convention to be held on
the 18th day of January, 1860. Upon
what basis the apportionment has been
made, we have not ascertained. 1t seems,
however, that those counties which are new
er known to have given Democratic MAORI
ties have had full justice done them in the
apportionment of delegates. For instance,
Marion county, which generally gives from
500 to 1000 Republican majority, is allow
ed twelve delegates, whilst Dubois which
is always good for near 1000 Democratic
majority, has only four. Wayne county is
allotted seven delegates, and Brown county
tU0.
So far as we have kept the run of the
primary meetings, held in the different
counties, we presume, the delegation sent
from this State to Charleston, will be in
structed to go for Mr.. Douglas. We are not
forgetful, however, of the fact that large
majority of the delegates sent to the last
State Convention were Douglas men, and that
after being manipulated by those princes of
political magicians-Jesse D. Bright and
John L. Robinson, they nominated Lecomp-
ton men for the State offices, and voted down
the only resolution that had the least squint-
ing towards endorsing Mr.. Douglas. We
should not be surprised if a similar state of
things were brought about at the next Con-
vention. The arrangements for holding
the Convention, the appointment and tick
citing of delegates the laying of the ground
wires, are all in the hands of the State Cen
trail Committee. 1t is well known that the
chances of Mr.. Douglas will be slim, indeed
if that Committee is permitted to have things
its own way.
1t took the committee a long time to
complete its apportionment. Indeed it
seemed entirely unable to do so, until
large majority of the counties in the State
had held their conventions and appointed
delegates. That the instructions given the
delegates had any influence with the Cen
trail Committee in awarding the number to
which a county was entitled, we are not
prepared to say. Though it does look a
little singular that a county VIGOROUSLY
Republican, and in which, at its last con-
vention, Mr.. Douglas most ardent friends
were deliberately slaughtered in cold blood,
should be awarded as many delegates as
three of the most reliable Democratic couu-
ties in the Pocket
We presume Mr.. Hendricks will obtain |
the nomination for Governor. His labors |
to secure that boon have been arduous and
unremitting. To accomplish that object he |
has been as plastic as dough- He is a |
Douglas man, or a Buchanan man-Le-
compton or Lecompton-anything to |
secure the success of Mr.. Hendricks. He is
only consistent in one thing-the advance
ment of his own interests. Having violat- !
ed the wishes of his constituents while in |
Congress- they repudiated him at the polls. |
Mr.. Pierce took him to the national hospital. |
for his wounded, where he has been restored /
to what, doubtless, he considers political |
health, at the expense of the public. He
and his competitor, Mr.. Durham, have af- /
forded, during the past summer and fall, a /
striking illustration of the effrontery and
brazen-facedness which characterize the po-
litical aspirants of the present day. The
idea of men presenting themselves before
an intelligent party, saying, " Here, we are
the best men for the place you can get, take
us" is absolutely nauseating. That these
have been encouraged in their con-
temptible course, is but another indication
of the depths of political degradation in
which the Democratic party is fast sinking,
and in which it will soon disappear
Who the man is that can be selected to
defeat this political schemer, we will desig-
nate at some future time.