The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-08
DougIas stock Down.

friends are looking around for "a gooC
place to fall" They are preparing them
selves for their fate-that is the sIaughte
otstheir champion at Baltimore, and can The
putting of some man on the track who viii
be more likely TO unite the party than the
Little Giant. 1t is certain that his nomin
alton will hopelessly split the party, and that
if he should be nominated, another Democrat
ic candidate will be run in the South, who
will get considerable support North.
As an evidence that the Illinois Magi-
clan is losing his prestige and power, we
point to the action of the Democratic Dis
trict Convention at Princeton on the Both
ult., and partly for the purpose of illustrat-
ing what we say, and partly to show what
a wonderful ''coming down" the Douglas
men have been made to suffer, we reprint
below the resolutions adopted at said Con-
vention.l ....s
/ Let US start out by looking at Douglass
/ position. He is undoubtedly popular with
the greater portion of his party in the North,
and in the Northwest more popular than
any other Democrat. Thousands of his
friends actually idolize him. Undoubtedly,
n majority of the delegates went to Charles
ton favorable to him, and ne actually OBJ
tanned majority of the votes cast there,
and was fairly nominated on several occa-
Sions. 1t is true that an arbitrary rule.
adopted on purpose to kill him of, prevent
ed his nomination when he had obtained a
fair majority; but, in all justice, he ought
now to be the nominee of the party.
Now let ns look at the action of the
Princeton Convention, and see how little
regard was paid to the Douglas sentiment,
and how the active Douglas men like Whit !
tlesey, Shanklin, Gavitt, DalrympIe and |
Hovey, were literally whipped out and |
cowed down by their Administration mas
ters, and sent off home to suck their fng-
ers and 'knuckle under" to their overseers.
The permanent President was Charles
Denby, the Lieutenant of Messrs. Bright
and Fitch in this part of Indiana. A good
peppering of Administration Democrats
is then found amongst the Vice Presidents
and Secretaries.
When the resolutions were reported sub
Douglas men than the resolutions offered,
but was voted down two to one. The res
olutions found below were then adopted.
The balloting was proceeded with, and,
On the l4th ballot, Judge Law was nomi-
mated, Niblack being withdrawn, although
ae had 65 votes on the ballot previous to
Laws 40. 1t will be recollected that when
Niblack ran against Hovey, Law left the
after in his extremity and electioneered for
Niback. This withdrawal Of Niblack was
doubtless Judge Laws compensation for :
hat betrayal of his friend and the cause he ..
lad favored. Here the Douglas men were
whipped again, for they preferred anybody
% Law. "a. .,. --. ... q ~.
The next land very importantly business
vas to appoint the District Executive Com ;
nittee. Here the Administration made
rood use of the Chair by getting complete
ontrol of the organization, which before I
'elonged to the Douglasites. Here are
he names of the Committee men. A ma II
ority of them are men who detest Douglas "
; rebel TO his party, and would readily O
elp to crush him; G
c. R. Rudd (Chairman), VanGerburgh s.
O.; w. S. Turner, Davies; B. Edmonson, :. :.
dubois W. S. Hargrove, Gibson; George o
:. Greene, Knox; Thomas Clarke, Martin; n
William Hawthorn, Pike NJ. G. Carnahan, b
'osey; R. l.. Crossley, Spencer; Simon P l; !.
owe, Warrick. s-. p
In the platfoI N. the majority of the Con-
ention were determined to put an effsctual 9,
to the Douglas mems hopes p
therefore, the delegates to Baltimore were 7
Instructed to drop Douglas if be should fail Ie
, harmonize the National Convention (they +,
new he would fail to do SOL, and take up sc
ONE compromise man. To console the 8,
rounded spirits of the Douglasites, Joseph IL
!. Wright was spoken favorably of for #
'resident-a cheap concession h
Thus was the way cleared for Douglass
efeat. The consequence will be that he
ill be deserted on the first favorable op- :,
ortunity. Mr. Gavitt protested against he 3
lg instructed adverse to Douglas, and 81
aid he had already been instructed by the
tate Convention. tn
But he will "get well of" his stubborn in
ess by the 18th of June He makes a re
reat profession of Popular Sovereignty, sa
nd will have to disregard the State Con- "
entIon instructions and obey those of the or
istrict Convention; for thelatter was held is
ter than the former, and is nearer the pri al
ary source ofpower-the people There :.
re, it can be depended on that MIR. ~
avitt-Douglas's standby in this neigh sn
orhood, and the spunkiest of the lot-will
E subdued-" He will go to Baltimore b
'mpant, but will return crest-falIen. Mark of
. what a fall is here, for these adher- Pl