Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-27
The Modern Babel.

ed and disgrnced the late Democfaic So"'e""o"
NJ Bsjtimure. That set Vi mcn possessing any
sense If the ordinary propriei,es aud decene'es ID
life should have been participants in 81 h scenes,
!. .l... .. i..-sd,L,s u believe. The plug ushes
Of Baltimore, about whom 10 nnch has teen sad
by saoct,monious Democrats. have been eclipsed
and ysnQui.hed by their whlpn, reprUvers. Well
may tie people u Baltimore congratulate them.
selves las they dol that these d'storbers If the
peace aud dignity Of the city have adjourned and
gone firm their midst. In order that our re ,ders
may form .ome idea Of the proceedings which
TRANSFERRED there, We make u lew cxIacis from the
city pagers.
From the Sun, Democratic paper, we take the
following account Of u melee which took place ut
Monument Square on Thursday night last. Says
the Sua:
TIE Co.tasfon Meetings were continued IN Mon
ument square ia>t night, and II ANY wards could
describe the attendant incidents, 1t would DO ton
fusion wur.s concluded" aud mute VI it. The
music Vi the Lsnu drew, ~ before al immcse mass
OF men, woinen aud children to the square After
Dr.. Goats, Vi Philadeiphia, had spoken IRON he
a.ti DvLgas s,and' AMI Gvyernur Robinson iIVin
the DJusias stand, the visiting Land attached "
the Dvugss uwl, CATIONS played away b,issetvurly
while tue speaking was golns on IRON the CiImor
House. Tie Voices vi The ,penksrs sounded like
atoarse Accompaniment to the music. und Inc
p.ist Ahj coIinsiVu uIUwGeJ the loi,es Vi tie
tots AMI the music notes When tnls had con.
tipued aahnie. 10 the Alnoyare and IhdisbI,io Ut
Q great maJ.rl,y vi the crowd, the band
accompanying HE Key Stone Club oil Philadelphia
came marching uown tie centre vi The square;
through the mass Vi people, throwing rockets
and Lonbs to open their way, aud dicccur-,ng
most d,scordant sounds. Mncn near,y Ia trout
OF the Gilmor House the cry oi Pvt ,n,ui back"
II IKE their instruments was rals,d. anu III u
IN, ment surging wave oi humanity swept upon
the hand, kuotking then Instruments iiIhi aud
left, Ind blows ~eie struck pIomiscuousiy. Toe
police we're III the m,ist VI the melee, aud rtrug
gled maniully W restore order and arrest the
ringieaders The disur bauce, but the density vi
the crowd rendered their removal absolutely i'm.
pvss,b.e. lie cheering, gioating and cuuiusion
during The disturbance WAS tremendous. The
baud ieured in u short time, md order beng ie-
stored, IN a manner the speaking from the anti
DoUgias stahd WAS continued 10 u lite hour
there was good deal vi nupiomptu volunteer
speaking going On DUNG TIE day, aud several or
niors, u,"uDtea about III various places were tax
Ell down 10y the police, aud huutic1 To remain
quiet. lie excitement around the hotels and
h.aaqua iers IL Ms great as ever. and The discunr
RES ,aruied on with Il bitterness that inc, cases
hourly.
Tie Sun also. adverting to tho affair between
MVn,g' merry and Randall, Of tho PennrS i,nnIa
delegation. ssys: "Since the sitting Of the CON-
vention these columns have already contained ne
counts Vi three personal diff, u,ies between Ie.e-
gates to The body. and we regret that it Is dn.
~ to record ano,her." This affair having been
published already in our teleg, aphic column, we
shall not repeat IL mere, further than to Guy that
Mr.. Randall, An I'D Wing, and comparatively re-
cent convert 10 d. mocrn'y, must have f-lt rather
out Of place. ahd should 10 have failed to insti.
tute n compa,i .on ietWeen the orderly and digni-
fed bodts lac used to atleid III the IN ,acitv Vi u
Wing delegate, and the Boar gA,acn," tAe
quote Mr.. J.Her-ons langua ,el IL ~nisL he I'D
hlmselt II, Baltimore. We leave L 10, u sss.r. ia
repent At has leisure.
Tue Baltimore Patr,ot thu. .yeas. q h.. e. ~
ventivn:
The sa ii i'll temper uhd feeiing 10 10 fsll -
in the harmonious Democratic Z nseu' SSs. ~
ready we Lave had twu or three very pretty fg q.
one ot which, it seems, was prevented frsn, b. 10
turned into very tiagical occurrence. by the Tor
tunaie Incident Of the dropping Of the pistol Vi
one oi the belligerents.
The American Of that city has the followin,
upon the same subject:
The democratic Convention hung all day YES
.snday on the verge of disruption apparently on
restrained from 'umbllng head foremost into cen
fusion and disor ganisa,ion by the inertia Of tn,
New York delegation, whose indecisiun was N
manifest - the power which their position cav
them over the dec sion Of the final question OF
which The further action Of the Conve ntion dc
h. aGsA
proved long enough for the breaking out Of bi,
ter quarrel among the Pennsylvania delegation
which was not quelled without much difficulty
and alter the adjournment gave tise to persunu
collision in the street between Hon. NJ. Mon,
gomery and - con VI Mr.. Josiah Randall. Tn
repairs =!sich reach d in a sufficiently su,hen,i
form TO be relied upon. assert that the New Yor
delegation have resolved to support tho main r.
recommendation of the majority report Of the Con
mite On Cradentials. If 20 the crisis toward whic
the Convention has been tending cannot he {,
Of. Tho suspense has been prolonged and Il
eontsst-so exciting that u deci-,on one way or Il
other will be . relief to ell parties.
AID the Clipper. still further descanting on Il
rsfrsshine entsrtain~snt afforded to the either
of Baltimore. saya:
1T was happy thought Of the Committee of A
sAngemeDts 10 select the theatre for the place
Kidding the Democratic. Convention. Its proeee
inRs make Nd the best and mist amusing far
that has eser been pot on the stage. 1t is n
imprebable that the performance will be conci
ded with tragedy. The Knocking down n,
dragging out process which was rehearsed in Il
commitsee room, and since acted out upon d
corner 81. the streets and in the hotels, will me
proiabiv snn he represented upon the Hoor Of h
Convention ITSELF
Inc fierce epirit II hostility between the Fl
tons that has heretofore been manife<tcd only
sullen looks. angry tone and threstning wore
las already, Def re the discusnion of any n~r
nens measure. before the Convention caused !,
and bard knocks and battered faces AID hi1is
hsads. The inevitable irrepressible conflict h
began before the cus,veation is fairly organize