The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-02-05
THE SEN ATORIAL CAUCUS AGAIN.


thnt somebody has been cheated, or tlat somebody
else has been snugly caught in their own trap Tn,
truth is taking the whole thing together it Is mys-
tcriouS affair."
At twelve o'clock on Monday morning. when the
friends Of BEN amin aud Sanddgc moved for recess
of ten minutes having every thing in their power and
cooperating together all the time of course they
carried the motion. A recess took place accordingly
and was continued for the space of two hours and ten
minutes, during which time. all sorts of negotiations
were carried on by these respective parties courcrs.
messengers and committees in brisk succession flew
from one to the other for two whole mortal hours.
whilst the friends of Mcssrs. Gray and rarham. the
true States Rights Democracy. remained in the cham
her and wondered whether they could b, of any use
in a caucus, in which they were so unccrcmoniously
excluded from any participation in its consultations
You have heard of the condition OF "poor men ut a
irolic :" we'll. they were placed somewhat in that
category Benjamin and Sanddgc men had no use
Tor Them further than to enable them TO keep up
friendly struggle between themselves, for II was ap-
parent to all that they had determined not to nomi.
nate any other man, either north or south but one or
the other Of these two.
At length they rcasscmblcd in Caucus. some with
frowning faces, some wnking knowingly and some
with solemn and heightened ,isagc. The enquiry
was made whether not the child was born and the
name Of The banling; hut nothing positive could be
gained. The ballotings were renewed after foln
successive ballots it agreed to- without dissent
lng voice, that after one more ballot if no nomination
was made, then the caucus adjourn. II was now the
pinch OF tho game, and the States Rights Democrats
determined 10 remain firm ~ usual and abide the re-
suit. If they were to he ovcrpowcred aud crushed
they determined, they had fought honorably to die
honoraby. The ballot was taken but 10 ana behold,
nobody was nominated, and lei mo tell you Mr. Eli
tor there were some broad eyes and startling looking
conntenanccs on that occasion. At once the adjourn
ment was claimed and cOntcntcd for according To
the agreement but it was refused and this act of bad
Il it made it fully and clearly apparent that IN.
friends of Mcssrs Gray and Parham had no voice or
weight in the caucus and were wanted there only 10
enable the other parties to work their machinery viii,
more SAFETY among themselves. Hence according to
the agreement they remained no longer III cancus
But the mystery ofths nomination is not yet solved.
II will bn remembered that lor over dfty ballot, Ben
ianlin received p and 20 and Sandidga - and q
II wa, eontcnded by the sruelitrs that nasfmtch n.
they were the strongest. they must of couf.r stand
firm until thcy should become The weaker party
Well on ,bc 18th ballot. Mr.. Sanfidgc received 81
votes and Mr. Benjamin only IT, some four votes les
than bali of Mr. Sandlgcs vote. and yet at the VERY
neSi ballot NJ. bcnamin was nominated by n vote Of
20, nine lc-s than Mr. Sanddge had received on the
previous ballot. Now don't This look strange. and
who is TO blame for it? st whose door will North
Louisiana look for ihi. singular transaction? Not To
the gallant GsrY and his friends for they were pro-
scrbed and not IN the ring when this thing was done
They were not bound to any single man they had AL
ready submitted two able and talented gentlemen
both OF North Louisiana, and alternately invited the
caucus 10 choice Of either of them who if nominated
would have done honor to the State but no-and re
know the reason why.
Now, If the caucus had adjourned, according 10
agrccmentnorth Louisiana would have bad the United
States Senator, beyond question Of doubt BENJAMIN
would no more have been elected than the man in the
moon.
Such Nv. Editor Is faint outline of this singular
affair What We have stated are conclusions drawn
from circumstances as they presented themselves from
time TO time in the progress Of this political farce
Of expresses aud reciprocal messages and which trans
pred when these two valiant forces met alone in sin.
Gle combat and conquered each other are no doubt
lost TO the world forever They certainly fought gal
antly and the result is that several generals have
been slain and heir rank and file have gained a XII.
kenny victory. Il.