The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-08
Onr countr Democracy.

ne DeElOefdcy Oi NdnueEpuISu Couuty
are in trouble. The party which, four
years ago, could give its candidates from
five hundred to eight hundred majority in
the county, now falters as to its course. In
its ranks "the irrepressible conflict RACES
much more violently than ever it did in the
| imagination of Mr. Seward. All that the
party now hopes for is the success of the
State and County tickets. The defeat of
Mr.. Douglas stares every sane Democrat in
the face it is useless to deny it. The only
hope of the "small fry" politicians is to Sc
| cure the local offices, but in such counties
as Vanderburgh such prospect is "growing
small by degrees and beautifully less !" and
hence their CONSERVATION. For the past
six weeks, the Sheriff and his friends have
been busy in their efforts to patch up the
ranks and soothe the wounds in the party,
but it has been almost vain. The county
executive committee, Notwithstanding it
was selected and constituted at the dictation
of the aforesaid official, has proven a re-
fractory body. Once and again has it been
called together only to separate wider than
before. Long and solemn have been the
deliberations in that Office where the party
meets for its Instructions but no comfort
have these deliberations afforded. In vain
have the plans to entrap the g Nationals" ;"
the Breckinridgers, into a convention been
set-tAey evidently have their eyes open.
They see the hand of tie Sheriff in them
all, and they have learned to beware. Their
advances toward the Bell men have proved
unavailing also. They could inveigle a
few of the boys by tho pride, pomp,
and circumstance of glorious war;" as
evinced by their red flannel caps and
military titles, and by the privilege of
marching behind nigger transparencies
but the bait was too foul for old Wings
to take. Even an offer to dipide
the Offices vas no temptation. Finding it
impossible to bring in the " Nationals y or
Bell men to save for them the Offices, in
their despair they were driven to the re-
TRACY of that Third street office to hold
their Convention, and yet the nominations
dSEetu upou were " no luedJIS hS SAkSIaC-
tory as might be desired. The Clerkship
could be easily disposed of the Sheriffalty
of course could be awarded to only one
but the fat Office of the Treasury is too good
place to be relinquished by aspirants.-
The " irrerressiole confict" RACES there
And so a portion of the county committee
call Mass Convention of the " faithful" to
consult on the symptoms" Of the party, and
ratify the nominations already nude if
thought advisable
The Convention is to come of next week.
Now, if the Mass Convention is to be held,
and if the Nationals" who are so unfor-
tunate as to have no conveyances of their
own, want to ride out these hot days, they
had better secure their buggies early. Per-
haps it has been SO loug ago that they have
forgotten that entire livery stables can be
chartered by industrious candidates. 1t
may be they have also forgotten how the
Babytown Convention was managed-how
Judge Law yielded to the trickery of4the
Sherif'-how ardent Douglas delegates were
sent to the State Convention. What man
has done, man can do.