St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-12

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the present feeling Of the Democratic
leaders: ....a .-.....
Interest oar n ls.aasrs e 81 siv g
even, A synopsis Of the. proceedings Of the.
Baltimore Convention during the past
week, ;; and VEL aye only to- say that dis
order, sconf1sivn.s and a. lack of harmony
prevailed from Monday morning till Fri
day night, when the proceeding s Of the
Convention eliminated by tic VIII
ofa more, than one third Iof. the delegates,
and sa!general and complete disruption of
the party. ".uot3
The Douglas men had everything their
own way in:the Convention, ands:no fseri-:
ouseoppositionEwas' made to their proceed
ing toinominate their favorite,a after their
own manner. Thus was accomplished the
6nals division land disruption. Of the old
Democratic party, whose time.honored
principles are still cherished in the hearts
Of = great majority Of our 'coutrymen.
This disastrous result has been the DELHI
crate work Of ambitious demagogues,T and
merccnary and treacherous politicians who,
Of late years, have attained, in some in
stances, the position of party leaders, and
who have wormed themselves into high
seats in'the party, councils: Of The people
will sooner or later visit these selfish and
+unscrupulous politicians and traitors to
the Democratic cause with the severe pun
ishment their base treachery' so richly
merits. @@.. .3<142z II ID j,..5,:5 J.
rs The result Of the Convention reached
Jus at too late an hour and all the proceed
ings at Baltimore are involved in too much
confusion to justify, at this time, q calm
survey of the political field, Or to discover
1T there is any probable chance left Of de-
feating the Republican candidates q Next
week we shall know more about the posi-
ton in which the Democracy of the coun-
try are now placed, and We hope for the
best. ~: 81 - i. Y':s' ':1..< - @t :,
: What wonder i; it the people are de-
sorting the Democratic party by thousands,
when the very leaders are SO disheartened
and discouraged! The above article from
the Ala. but speaks the feelings and SEN:
t i'm Of the leading politicians in the
Democratic ranks-they are trying to
"discover if thcreis any possible chance
left Of defeating the Republican candi-
dates" but they can find none The
people have taken the matter in hands,
and arc determined % put an end to the
extravaganza and corruption which has
characterized the Democratic party for
the past eight years, and they see 20 bet
ter way Of effccting their purpose than by
electing "Honest Old Abe" There is
nothing now left the Democracy but to
abuse each other, which they will do the
day Of their death. As this event will
happen ere long, We would advise them
both to go to work in good earnest, let
'give and take be their motto, and to
make the most of the short time remain
ing to them. It will be no use trying to
stem or turn back the tide of popular
feeling which is carrying Lincoln into the
Presidential chair, for they will be but
the more crushed and prostrated by the
effort. This '..time-honored" Democratic
institution has seen its day, its race is run,
and all that now remains is to sing its fa-
neral reQuium.