The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-12-08
THURSDAY. DEC. 8. 1876
= = = 77--777'77=' = y n.
GRAND POW-WOW
OF the s. Harmonious DemOcracy'--.
When "Dug" meets Buck then
comes the Row!

Wednesday OF last week was an cHc't'
ing day for The leaders Of the different
branches of the charm onious Democra.
cy' Of the OH Congressional district
The force, Of dug" and Buck met in
mortal combat on that day, in this place
the word had gone forth thai one or the
other should die upon that occasion, and
all came prepared for the conflict
"Dug's" friends fit confident Of success,
and would neither ask nor give any quar-
ters; while the poor fellows who still nd
hercd 10 tie waning forunrs ol old
Buck" begged for quarters, and re
willing to capitulate upon almost any
terms that would save their necks. But
nothing but Uooa would satisfy the
Douglasiles-they had come there deter
mined to wipe out the last vestige Of op,
posiion and, before tie fight had po-
ceeded far il was evident that even the
most common rules Of courtesy and gen.
crosby were TO b. ignored in order to ac
complish their purpose.
They had met for the purpose Of ap
pointing delegates t, the Charleston Con-
vention, and when the friends Of the Ad.
ministralion discovered that they were in
a Iiop' less minority, they rc'inquishcd
the idea Of making fight for delegates,
and only begged that the resolutions Of
instructions should not be too strong. in
order that the heads VI certain Postmas-
tcrs in Il e district might not be endanger.
ed. When the resolutions instrucling the
delegates about to be appointed TO vote
for St phan A. Douglas came up, Jud &c
seney appeared in behalf Of tie rostmas-
ters and their friends and begged that The
resolution which he Etld in his hand
might be substituted. His resolution was
very complimentary to Mr.. Doug las, and
also declared that he was the choice oil
the Democrats of the Ninth Congression.
al district for the Presidency, and we
supposed that this would certainly satisfy
the most unreasonable Of Mr.. Douglas
friends. But, no, they would not even
grant this last request Of the dying Blu.
chananites they had come for blood
and nothing but blood would satisfy
them. @
OF course the minority became inlig,
nant at this ilibelal and ungtnerous treat,
ment, and lhereupon commenced a scene
that we have never seen cquallel in all
our experience in politics, during which
fists were shaken in menacing mnnner,
and even cries Of put him out!" were
heard when an opponent Of Stephan A.
Douglas attempted to speak, while as
high as twenty men would be upon the
floor at one time, believing at the top OF
their voices, "Order." "Question!"-
"Mr President" "Sit down in 'front.'"
"Previous Question: &C., DC. In the
midst Of the confusion, a great. big, two
fisted fellow from Seneca, who seemed to
imagine that he had the whole Democra
tic party upon his shoulders, and who
evidently had more lungs and less brains
than any other member Of the Convention,
made an annihilatng speech in which e
announced TO benighted and stiff neck.
ed world that Stephan A. Douglas is the
only man in the Democratic party who
can be elected President in 1860. For
this little piece Of indiscrelion he was i'm
mediately reprimanded by his own parti-
zans, and, for few minutes, he looked as
though it would have afforded him great
deal Of pleasure 10 have been permitted
to crawl into the smallest possible hole
and take the hole in after him.
The fight was continued until after
dark, the minority staying of final vote
upon the resolutions by raising all kinds
of questions and presenting the subject
in every possible shape. contesting every
inch Of ground with their illiberal oppo-
nents in a manner that evinced good