Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-07-18
Congressional convention.

By agreement ol n minority oi the cOun
ties. composing this Congressional district,
RRAzIL has been selected as the place aad
Wednesday. the 25,h Of July 1860, as the
time for holding Convention for the pur.
pose OF nominating Republican cshdi
date for Congress the 7th District. The
delegates IN The several counties composing
the District wilitplease take notice and
govern themselves accordingly IL any of
the counties 10 the District have not ap.
pointed delegates to the Convention, let
| the matter be attended TO at once. Repub-
lican papers throughout the District will
please note this. 80 that every county 10
| the District may be fully aud fairly repre-
scnled -GJeeneasiie Banner.
The editor OF the Banner must have felt
degree OF self eomplacency truly wonder.
ful when he penned the above. Whether
he has read the wish Of the Republi.
cans OF this Congressional District, as ex.
pressed through the public press whether
zil although IL may not meet the approba.
tion Of but two counties ia the District. or
whether be il laboring under the ridicu.
lous hallucinatiou. that the 7th Con res
oio11t DieNiiNh "fiv"kS ~ HH"s We hie roulf-
what at loss to know But in either ease
no assumes to himself a degree Of imperi-
Gus dictation that il magnificent, for 30
small man. He Is mistaken when he
says that a majority Of the counties com.
posing this Congressional District are in
favor OF holding the Convention at Brazil"
On the contrary the counties of Parke,
Vermillion, vigo and Sullivan are opposed
to 1t. aud favor holding The same at Terre
Haute. and Green County expresses no
choice The counties of Putnam and Clay
are the only ones 10 the District that have
expressed preference for Brazil, so far as
we have seen
Why the editor of the Putnam Banner
should presume, under these circumstances,
to say to the balance OF the counties, that
Brazil has been elected"--"ihat the del.
egates in the several counties composing
the District will please take notice and
govern themselves accordingly II
any Of the counties in the District have
not appointed delegates to the Convention,
lei the matter be attended 10 at once" and
requesting the Republican papers through.
out the District TO give notice OF the fact;
we say, why one editor should be thus
dietatorial. surpasseth our understanding.
Either il must have an exhilarating influ-
ence upon individual importance to reside
SO close to the shadow Of College or the
soil OF old Putnam, must just at this time,
be prolific of very consequential men, and
il is difficult for US 10 tell which
But we venture tie prediction that ma.
joFity of the Republicans Of Putnam coun
ty prefer holding the District Convention
al Terre Haute rather than at Brazil, and
We have every reason for saying that four
Of the other counties in the District have
already expressed their preference for this
point. The Hotel accommodations at Bra.
zil are not sufficiently ample to accommo.
date the delegates who may attend, and il
the Convention should happen to be in
session more than one day, the delegates
would have TO come to Terre Haute to get
n lOuBloB places DIdLii ~ Nfiy uict Nv
tie town, but it is no place to hold Con-
gressional Convention.
The difficulty about this whole matter is,
that we have no Congressional District
COMMITTEE. whose business il would be 10
fix the place Of holding the Convention,
! and hence we are compelled to designate
the poiut by general consent If the Con
vention is held at Brazil the dele ates from
Parke, vermillion. Sullivan d 4 Green
will have to first come TO this city. and
then take the railroad and 10 out somo IL
miles Why not stop in this city. while
they are here7 We feel convinced that the
meeting of the Convention at Terre Hsute,
will give more satisfaction to the greatest
number.-lhat this point is more convent.
ent for the great majority of the delegates,
and that the accommodations are altogeth.
er superior here to Brazil. Under all these
crcu distances we are Of the opinion that
the Delegates to the Congressional Con
vention. will decide TO meet IN this city on
the 25th inst. rather than go to Brazil,