White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09

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The coming years impsnding blast,
VIII show them they have erowed their last.
Hi! no! we'll pot them through, &c.
Translated for the indianapolis Daily Journal
from the "Turnzeitung," the organ Of the
Turner Society, published at Baltimore, Ma
ryland.
An Epitaph.
DIrD-June ., 1860, the National Democratic rany.
1t was indeed . sicksning sight to wit.
ness the National Democratic party in
its last agonies of death. Its body had
become putrid while yet alive, and the
odor proceeding from that decaying form
was anything but pleasant. Indeed the
smell in the neighborhood of q Cincin-
natl slaughter house in the pork pack
ing season was agreeable in comparison
with it.
Here, in Baltimore, nearly everybody,
except some hotel keepers, who were so
fortunate as to gain something BY the
gathering of the Democratic politicians,
nearly everybody, we say, was glad to
see those masses Of politicians depart
from us. For our city, that has only re-
Gently been rescued from the rule of row.
dyism by the truly exemplary behavior
of our metropolitan police, our city was
in very great danger of earning her for
mer unenviabls name of Midtown"
again. Every day after sunset hordes Of
Douglasites and Anti Douglasites, and
all under the influence Of peculiar spir-
it, commonly called "whiskey," assem-
bled on Monument Square, the largest
public square of our city, seemingly for
no other purpose than to cry each other
down hardly a day passed without a
couple of these fellows giving one snoth-
er, with their fists, some practical illus
tration of their principles : assault and
battery" seemed to be the regular order
in our hotels even at the meetings Of
their committee on credentials they dealt
blows and drew weapons, and had not
the clubs of our police protected these
ruffians against themselves, the Conven-
ton itself would have been made the
scene of combats, and an exhibition Of
brutality. We only felt pity for some
half dozen Of Germans, who had been
sent as delegates to this extraordinary
Convention. We pitied the poor fellows
from the very bottom Of our soul, for sew
eral Of them were indeed good men, who
had come to do the very best they could
for their country, and now they found
themselves in q kind Of company of
which they were heartily ashamed. New
err, as long as we have lived in America,
have our eyes looked upon political
meeting in which . greater amount Of
coarseness, brutality, stupidity, and so
little of talent had manifested themselves,
(except at the meeting of our once -four
ishing rowdy clubs. than at this Demo-
cratic National Convention. All the
spirit they could muster was spent in de-
batting questions Of parliamentary usage,
and this in the most tedious way imag-
Unable. No sign Of statesmanlike idea.
Nothing but dead formality.
This is the picture left in our mind by
that Convention. The results it did OBJ
tain are easily described. The once all
powerful Democratic party has divided
itself into two factions, most cordially
hating each other, and who will happily
save the Republican party the trouble Of
putting them out Of the way, for they
will do it themselves. If the Anti Doug
lasites had nominated Q weaker ticket,
the election of Lincoln BY the people
might still have BEEN endangered and IN
opportunity given to bring the election
before the House Of Representatives, with
very little certainty Of success for Doug
las, it must be admitted, but still with
some hope. Yet even this hops j. gone
now, for the ticket headed BY Breckin-
ridge is at least ss strong as the Douglas
ticket, and, therefore, bound to psrslyze
the latter. But this paralyzing viii b
mutual, and If the fire-eaters still are Of
the opinion that they might succeed in
throwing the election into the House, to
retard t thsre until the 5th Of March,
and then By the vote Of the Senate, elect
the African Democrat Lane a. Vice
President. and acting President, they
will soon find that their hope win end in
smoke.
Our calculation Is that Mr.. Lincoln il
almost certain to be elected - our next
President, provided the Republican party
viii not commit some Asgrant follies.-
There are not few Douglas Democrat
whose eyes have been opened BY the late
experiences, and who hate the slave airs.
tocracy now almost IS bitterly and We
hemently as We do. These people mus
and will seethat the only means TO breal
down the predOminsney Of the slave
holders, Is, TO elect the Lincoln and Ham
lin ticket. All that is needed for thi
end, is not TO irritats them unnecessarily
but to let them perfectly sl0aNs. Thef
conversion will soon follow.