The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-05

any arlstocracy of intellect. That gentle
man, like Boswell, will have TO thank the
feebcness of his understanding for the
perpetu'y OF his fame. Ho is original,
for an utter hclplessness even to initiate
The School Section was evidently dis.
posed OF at looSsary a period in Mr..
krum's district. II there is a single
biunder omitted in that report is an
oversight; Krum could certainly have
supplied it.
have yet to see tls Douglas papers
so disrespectfuI to the English tongue as
to publish it, or the Douglas speaker so
reckless Of his reputation for sense as to
commend it. Yet this Dunciad was
adopted by the Rump Conven;iou-for, as
Schiller says:
Against stupidity tho very gods fight un-
victorious"
and stands today, The highest official ex-
cuse for its gross and rank violation If
Democratic usage. The minority report,
on the contrary, was Aristotlan in the
serenity of its logic, unimpeacllable in its
statement Of facts, and unanswerable in its
conclusions. 1t differs from Mr.. Kruu S
report, inasmuch AS it is the production Of
an educated gentleman, a Iogican, and a
writer of power and clearness. 1t is a
document all Democrats can read with
pride, and all Douglasites with profit.
The racy and puugent young gentleman
then, describing the consultations and wass
verlngs in the Convention OH the minority
platform, fav"rs us with The following da-
gucrroyre of the New York delegation,
which is exceedingly Dickinsisl
Those Algernes Of the Convention SO
I"mentably given to consultation aud sack,
held the balance Of power upon every test
vote and controlled the destinies of our
spessE for wea! or woe. We all know too
saell how they used their bigl trust. They
We're cunning crowd albeit esam was the
word. Overtowing swi,h pat,sotism and
pinch, no wonder need he excited at their
waverngs. No moti6n of the Coryen,ion
but issued retirement Of New Yolk, and
every retirement signa!lcd the safety of the
Constitution, and the compoundng of that
fragrant herbmint in the best French i'm
poflh'ioS..
Strong from this weakness, they would
llavessre entered the; ;Conyehtion breathing
the balmiest spirit Of Cancellation and
~cognac. There was nothing sectional ip
their policy Or their rotations. The devo-
ton to slbe North 2aed 'MonongaheIa,'
(which tl'sy exhibited upon one motion,
Sas upon ths second generousI:; trans
ferred to ths soull, and old Jamtpca.'
No man, shall ever,fiay tell the prison
sweets Of tie New York COMMITTEE
Roo,n55Show royal Bourbon bIed at
every bung,ahd Douglass leaders in every
purse-bow each new scheme of knayery
was stamped wilb approval and dozen
greeasseal,' ',ald sac''' broken pfedgedeco-
rated will, some al,an(somc .equiyocations
and sparkling Gordon Rouge how honest
Peter Cagges's oily face glowed with fresh
bumpers and increased bribes, while heavy
o"ths and light corks freighted the mir till
geu would fave sworn there were 8 six
Ricbmonds in the field These are all lbe
sweet secrets for future times aud listo-
riana, and now that they have rested from
their labor, let US be just to them. y They
we're generous in every sacrifice of priuci-
pie involving their neighbors' rights, and
firm hktheir resolve to be moved by no
weakness for the public veal. With the
honor of har1ot and the arts, of a
gamester, they present a striking example
of how men with n philosophic scorn for
the 'phantom reputation can yet attain a
brilliant eminence of infamy, backed by
no merit but the plain devil and dissem-
bling looks Wherever that delegation
may be scattered, so ceaseless, 30 iireless
their libntions for their country's honor, in
whatever vale secluded, upon whatever
mount exalted, there will linger around
them forever IL unit and en- masse the
halo Of the Rogue, and the aroma of
Brandy Smash.
The Convention thus constituted is then
travestied as fellows ::
1t was a gathering, Democratic in
everything but ptinciple-numerous ip all
things but representation - performing
squattsr sovereignty to two shilling houses
at the Fourth Street Theatre. 1t was
much Ado About Nothing by competent
performers. Il had as Iiee The town crier
had spoken Of "a platform q, these super,
nnmsTary Democrats.'' Every State doabt~
iul in Democracy poured her, Fres..oilers
into this. Convention. The Western Re-
serve, where Father Giddinga ,fatlsns 10
idoiizad at,nrAys,anv apot a