Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-09
N.,ion,I Democrntjc stnte Conven,ion.

National Democrats State Convention.
The Breckenridge and Lane organization
in Ohio coming fresh into the Political field,
we quote from The State journal all the i'm
portant portions of their proceedings in State
Convention, August 7th That readers may
fully understand who compose the leaders in
inauguratlng the National wing of the Dem
ocratic party and the principles on which
it is based in addition TO the current pro-
ceedings and platform adopted, We add the
Journals comments on the Convention and
its prominent men. It says. (I1g
The Breckenridge Democracy made an i'm
posing demonstration in State Convention,
yesterday. The gathering was a large one
unusually large. So far ns numbers were
concerned, the Democratic party, when uni
ted, has not been so fully represented on a
similar occasion, for many years past; and
in point OF character and respectability, It
was decidedly superior to the ordinary assem-
blages of the party. Among the delegates
We're the old veterans and tried soldiers Of the
democratic organization-in short it embod-
led the brains Of the Ohio democracy
Wayne county was represented by such men
as Judge Larwill, and the Hon. A. H. Byers
Daniel B. Leadbetter led the Holmes county
delegation. From Mahoning county there
were the Hon. Asahel Medbury, and Samuel
w. Gibson from Cuyahoga, the cold chief"
ex-Gov. Wood, Hon. Samuel Starkweather
and Chas B. Flood from Richland, Judge
7. W. BARLEY, Gen. Mclaughlin and William
Bushnell; from Butler, Hon. Chris. Hughes;
from Marion, Hon. Richard Wilson, from
Belmont, Hon. William McKennon, Jr.; from
Knox. Hon. JnO. X Miller; from Hamilton,
DR.. Fries and others; from Licking, VIM. D.
Morgan, Charles Follett and VIM. Beach
from Hardin, Hon. James Cantwell, formerly
of Richland county; from Lucas, Judge +.
D. Potter and John f. Hunti from Coshoc-
ton, James Bates; and a score Of other prom
inent democrats, whom we have not space to
enumerate. With such men to lead the
Breckenridge forces in Ohio, it is idle to talk
about the Democracy OF Ohio being united
upon Douglas. I. -,
We have of course as little sympathy with
the Breckenridgers as we have with the Doug
| lasftes. 1t will afford us infinite pleasure to
be in at the death of these parties next No
vember; but while we expect to fight the one
as manly adversaries, on open ground, the
| other is coWardly, craven foe that skulks
behind deceitful ambush There is no real
difference between the two; except that the
one is Just what it claims to be, while the
other is not
The Breckenridge platform is not calcula-
ted to deceive any body, while that OF the
Douglas party is mean tissue Of equlyoca
tions and evasions. Both are detestable
both propose to sell ont the interest of fret
labor, the rights of humanity and the high
est prosperity of the country to graspinl
oligarcby; but while one does it openly, thu
other tries to perpetrate a fraud by profess
ing to be opposed to the sale, while 1t IS do
ing all in its power to effect it. That IS al
the difference, as we understand it, betweel
Douglasism and Breckenridgism, betweel
slave codeism and popular sovereignty, q
modified by the Dred Scott decision.
There was one member of the convention
who received its highest honor, who has hard
ly earned so great distinction by his com
paratively recent apostacy from Republican
ism. Mr.. Charles Reemelin declared, whel
he left the Democracy a few years ago, tha
he abandoned the party because it was tend
ing towards policy that would make sla
yerv national, instead ofsectional. During hi
entire connection with the Republicans he ha
been among the most violent in his denunc
ations OF the slavery aggrandizing policy
the Democratic party Certainly 1t has nc
abandoned that policy. 1t is not less wedde
to the interests of the peculiar institutio
+ now, than it was four or six years ago. BU
Mr.. Reemelin belongs to that restless class
tickle politicians who cherish an idea as
child does toy-Only as long as its origini
+ novelty remains-discarding it afterward
, for some new bauble. In one thing how
! ever. he showed his Teutonic shrewdness.-
, having made up his mind to Join the De1hoi
racy, he had sense enough to perceive thl
one wing is quite as much nrn-Sla I1 hs 4
4 TTdge as consistently as TO Douglas. A
cordingly he gave in his adhesion to the TO
mer.
, Travellers tell us that favorite device
elephant hunters for capturing their weight
f and tusky prey, is to employ tame elephan
to deeoy and entrap them into the fatal eI
closure. The Breckenridgers have improve
upon this idea. Reemelin is not exactly a
: elephant, but he has at least the peculif
t quality of that animal, which makes it s
serviceable in betraying its species. There
another point of resemblance. Only Ii
most docile and tractable of these four foote
/, decoys, are employed in the service mentione,
Mr.. Reemelin, in his Convention speech, ye
D terday, gave ample evidence of the posses
sion of beth docility and penitence for h
late wanderings from the Democratic faith
! and he promised to do his best to bring bac
e others. Altogether, his selection as a Brecl
r enridge elector at large is quite apprOpriat
Now that the Breckenridgers have got hin
, we trust that they will hold on to him.