Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
The rroi,sr.- and their per..eu,or,

ltrom the st. Peter (Alinn } Statesman, MAY rs.
We notice that Great Democratic Meet
ing" was held in St Paul on Saturday evening
last, for the purpose Of eulogizing portion Of
the Minnesota delegation to Charleston who
voted for Douglas, and censuring those who did
not The object Of this meeting, as we'll as Of
others now being held throughout portions of
the country is evidently to bring as much out
side pressure to bear as possible upon those
delegations that have not given their united
support 10 Douglas in the Charleston Conven.
ton, in order to force those who have other
Preferences, or who may not think it is ''for
the best interests Of the Democratic party to
cast their vote for the Illinois Senator, to
either abandon their views, or resign their
position as delegates, and permit their places
TO DE filed by those approaching nearer to the
lrrepressible conflict" doctrines Of the New
York Senator.
We would like to know by what Democratic
authority these bullying brawlers who, for the
past year have been endeavoring to ,ostracise
ali Democrats who did not at their arrogant
bidding bow the suppliant knee to worship at
the shrine of Douglas, now have to engage in
wholesale censure and persecution Of such
honorable men as George l.. Becker. A. J.
EdgertOn and A. NJ. Fridley, who have ever
been faithful to every Democratic trust re-
posed In them. And who are the chief spirits
of these revilers Of better and more unselfsh
Democrats than they themselves ever we're or
-,
who have been perambulsting the State, and
believing through the press, the very classic
language that the Democratic party was ''gone
TO hell unless Stephen A. Douglas is nomi-
mated" Who made Earl S. Goodrich the
chief exponent Of Democratic principles in
Minnesota
In 1855, when Rice and Olmstead were can
didates for Delegates from the Territory of
Minnesota to Congress, this now sanity Earl
abused and opposed Mr.. Rice with all the
force OF his venOmOus nature, until within a
week or two Of the election, when his oily
LOCKS enabled him to slip over very suddenly
70 the advocacy Of Mr.. Rice's election H. NJ
Rice made him all he is-raised him from OBJ
scurlty-and so long as his yearning bowels
were lined by the fat of State and Federal
printing, he was one of the most ardent sup
Porters of II. NJ. Rice, and of all that he did
fne same men who are now, and have been,
the bosom companions Of Goodrich, in his das-
tardly crusade against the Administration and
Mr. Rice, were then stung at every point by
the venomous fangs Of this beguiling serpent
ana GOV. Gorman was characterized then, as
hlee Is now, as the paragon Of political knavery,
the quintessence Of demagOgism and political
hypocrisy Does the Governor lay the fatter-
Ing JUNCTION to his soul, that this oily serpent
has Invested himself of his inbred virus Be-
fore the frosts Of two winters will have passed
away, he will be made to drink a copious
draught OF bitter dregs Of his own preparing
1he Saint Paul man-w worshippers, and idola-
tors, whose patriotism, when simmered down,
amounts TO nothing more nor less than political
aggrandisement, do not speak for the democ-
Tacy of the entire State, nor can they mold the
democratic sentiment of the State after their
base counterfeit models. A. J. Edgerton and
A. Nj. Frldley hare, according to the strictest
construction of the so-caIIed Douglas resoIu-
ton, not only lived up TO and acted upon both
the letter and spirit of that resolution, bit
hare fatkhf5flfy represented their constituents,
and should be appiauded for this exercise of
the plainest dictates Of common sense and
sound discretion. 1t was evident before the
nineteenth ballot, when they ceased to cast
their vote for Douglas, that his nomination was
not for the best Interests Of tie democratic
party, and that he could not be nominated by
q united Convention. Had the same wise dis
cretiOn and patriotic moderation characterized
the action of Douglass sO-called friends,-but
really his worst enemies,-for the past year and
In the Convention, he would have been saved
the modification of being made the entering
wedge to split the Democratic rock Of the
Union snd the Constitution asunder Had the
same moderation and comprehensive patriot
ism found an abiding place in the bosom Of his
sO-called friends during the past fifteen months
Mr.. Douglas might to-day have the proud sat.
Isfection OF standing on the Cincinnati plat
form, as the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, with the assurance of a triumphant
election by the people of the EchOis Union. If
he never occupies the eminent distinction of
four years seat in the Presidential chair, he
can have the consolation Of knowing that il
was not for the rant Of fTteHds, but for the
indiscretiOn Of their ardent, enthusiastic tenn
peraments. Perhaps he will have the Chris
tan charity TO say, even HOLc, forgive them,
Lord, they know not what they do .
The delegates who attended the State Con-
ventiOn last winter, know full well that at
least one-half the Convention consisted of del
egates who, though a majority of them had no
desire to open n war against Douglas were
nevertheless wholly opposed to the policy
adopted by the sO-called Douglas Democrats
IN the primary elections of delegates This
class Of Democrats desired to be recognized as
Democrats by their advocacy of Democratic
PRIME. pies, and not by the great noise they
could make for this or that candidate for Presi-
Dental honOrs. Ii was for this reason alone,
that the compromise" resolutions of Geo L.
Becker were adopted in Convention, while the
ultra Douglas resolutions were voted down
The vote on delegates also proved that the
moderate, genuine Democracy had half, if not
q majority Of the Convention The greater
number of the most ultra Douglas delegates.
were elected only by the skin of their teeth .
and the remainder by the artful dodge of an
early and earnest advocacy Of the acompro-
mise" resolutions
The Democracy of this State will yet have
reason TO thank Providence that there were tuco
Democrats in the Minnesota delegation to the
Charleston Convention, who had sufficient COM
mon sense TO know what "the best interests of
the Democratic party" required, and who had
the boldness and manhood to declare it.