The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-02-23
The Kate County Convensten.

/ we OmitseO Intentionally, SAY ing oHy sai"e
about tie result of the late Republican coun-
| ~ Convention, in our last paper; and It was
our intention, for the sake Of harmony and
good feeling. to permit it to pass entirely IN
noticed, except the publication of the pro-
eeedings. until we read an article in the True
Republican. a paper published in Censrevills
and edited by Isaac H. Julian, and Company.
We deem it due to ourself to say that the
claim OF that paper to being Republican
,organ alone induces US to notice it.
i The Central Committee issued call for a
County mass meeting to appoint delegates to
the State Convention. and to determine when
and how candid tes for county officers should
be nominated. Before the assembling of that
meeting we took occasion TO suggest that
Convention fairly. representing the views of
the Republican party. would more certainly
secure harmony and success, now and here
after, than by popular vote. Our opinion
for this is based on the fact that we knov
dissensions were excited in the last popular
not be easily healed. This arises from the
fact that In such nominations the loeofocos
participate and sow seeds Of dissensions by
falsehoods and SANDERS. Our preference for
convention was a mere opinion which we
we're at all times prepared to submit to the
decision of county meeting. believing that
such a meeting would decide as it did. We
do not hesitate to express our opinions simp-
ly because others may disagree with us. We
are in favor of free speech and free press,
and we shall express our opinions regardless
as to what any or all others may think. and
will as cheerfully afford an opportunity to
o theirs to express their opinions through our
columns. We have uniformly stated for the
last fifteen years our preference for popular
no limitations when they could be Invested of
undue excitement and the interference of To-
cofocos.
The Convention was called for an express
purpose--to nominate candidates for county
officers. and delegates to the State Conven-
ton. No other object was in any way indl-
Gated or thought of by the Central Commit
tee. After the legitimate business OF the
Convention had been partially transacted.
Mr.. J. B. Julian introduced resolutions, the
language and idea Of which had been fore
shade we'd in the Republican day or tw
before, copy of which were perhaps inten-
tionally not sent to us, authorizing vote to
be taken at the April election to indicate the
choice of the Republicans Of this county for
} a candidate for Congress. We confess that
we were take somewhat by surprise, for we
supposed that such a thing would not be at
tempted. We regarded the resolutions as
out OF order, and such as should not be en-
tertained by the meeting. but we discovered
: that the thing had been arranged, and thai
the resolutions would be adopted. We op'
posed the passage of the resolutions. and
majority of the meeting agreed with u.s.
Thsaiy,s- or the RESOLUTIONS rallied their forces
and passed the resolutions. Had public no.
tce been given of the intention of Mr.. Ju-
liam and his friends to introduce them, then
rould not hare passed.
In our remarks in opposition to the pas
sage of the resolutions, we declared oul
self in favor of a popular vote for the can
didate for Congress. and only opposed the
time named-the first Monday of April--as
being too early. and not suffi cient for the res
pective candidates and their friends to pre-.
sent their views and wishes to the public
We stated further that all the other counties
in the district had held their county meetings
and no action had been taken in regard to
the nomination. and the general wish we
had heard expressed was that the Convention
should not be held until after the National
Convention shall have been held and its
nomination made--its platform adopted and
published to the world-that it was impor.
tant the candidate nominated should fully
endorse and support that nomination and
stand in good faith upon the platform of the
Republican party as laid in the Chicago
Convention--that whoever is nominal
would be elected and that he should go to
Congress friend to the administration, if
the Republicans should be successful. as we
believed they would be. We contended that
the effect of nominating on the first of April
in this county was in effect holding a con-
vention here at an early day when in other
of-that there was an injustice done to can
didaies living out of the county to nominate
here soon when they would probably
await the usual time, which has been from
June TO August.
The candidate for Congress should not be
nominated at the same time the candidates
for the Legislature and county officers are
selected, because the minor Offices are too
ap. to be overshadowed by the larger ones.
Men will refuse to vote for a certain candi-
date for Representative. because that candi-
date is in favor of a certain man for Con-
gress, and others will make an objection be-
cause another man is in favor Of a different
candidate for Congress. Combinations are