Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-08
Hr,ck,nr,ag, Conx.n,ion,

the following account Of the recent Breck
inridge Convention which assembled a
indianapolis on the 3lst inst:
rHE caowD.
The comparative strength Of the two fac
tiohs of the Democracy in this State is
point OF good deal Of Importance. and no
few will be disposed to determine it b.
the magnitude Of the crowds attending
their State meetings--This is undoubtedly
au Elusive standard. but next 20 an actu
al count it s the best accessible. Judg
ing by it. the Breckenridge party in indi
ana are strong as their rivals Their crow
yesterday was quite as large as that of the
18th. Thee were as many a. the stand IL
the State House yard, and. so far as cos
stantly moving masses can be compared
AZ many on the streets. On some of ths
railways there we're about the same nom
Der of visitors from abroad, on other. noi
80 many. From the country adjoining We
should Judge the attendance was but little
uthctcht ttOtn bneb " tue iot's oue oh
ferent at all. larger. There nay have been
more Republicans present, but We saw
about ss many at one meeting a. the Other
We should say that 5000 OF 1000 was &
liberal estimate Of the whole crowd.
ORGANIZATION.
President--Hon James Morrison
N
Tomlin.on, John Patton. Benz Wolfe
Frank Jackson. d Vanlandingbam, J Nieo-
lai, Chenoweth Robinson. Thos Johnson
Frank Hardin. d Hosteiler. VIM Watts, d
Ricketts,.
Secfetarlss-A B Carlton, Kilby Fergu.
son, @ P Baymiler, G W Buckingham
On taking the chair Judge Morrison read
a brief address returning thapks, and de-
elsring the purpose aud spirit Of the Con
vention. which. however. could not be
heard at all twenty fest from the stand =.
JESSE ssIsnT's ,PKEcH
Mr. Bright came forward aud said. II
had been reported by those who made il a
business to spread defamation of Demo
Gratis abroad, that he would be mobbed il
he undertook to speak here to day. He
had no fear of it. He felt himself physi-
cslly equal to almost any one man, and be
saw about him the faces Of men who " ere
a shield behind which there was no dan.
ger. (Applause.) he then spoke Of his
own long adherence 10 the Democratic
party, and the many times he had been
honored with its confidence. with mere
feeling aud a nearer approach to eloquence
than we ever heard from before. 1t broug ht
up the crowd With the first appearance Oi
real enthu-iasm Of the occasion. He then
proceeded TO dissect the nomiu stIon oi
Douglas, ard TO scatter the prestige of re-
gularity by which it has oeen attempted to
be hsdgsd. This he certainly did effvctu-
ally. He showed what nobody can dis
pute, that the States which nomin ated
Breckinridge were the States that cast
Democratic votes, and those which remain
ed could not be counted on to cast one
Democratic electoral vote, "a voice, "How
about Indisuat") "Iudiaual" said Bright
with look aud tone of bitter scorn, "she
will vote for Douglas when tn e sky tails.
(Uprosrious cheering.) He next took uI
the charge of the Douglas papers that the
Senate had attempted To manufacture q
platform for the party, and related Ihe his
tory OF jeff. Dsvis's resolutions, They
were. he said, no platf ON, but simply the
embodiment Of public sentiment in tht
shape Of resolutions. aud hundred prece.
denis justified it. Clay was especially
fond of consolidating public opinion IN a
resolution, aud il had been done ma ny
times. de then spoke of the elements o.
the opposition to Douglas. of the unani
NIFTY OF Senators and Representatives
against him. OF the Presidents opposition
and he paid high compliment to tb'
President, and concluded with the pre-
dicIiou, by which he said he was willin,
his judgment in political matters shoul'
be tested, that Douglas would not get on
electoral vote ia The Union. (Great ap
plause.) 10 regard to the union electora
ticket he said he wa willing 70 join il
such movement il it was frankly aud hoe
estly accepted by the Douglas men, bu
no man on Gods earth was so utterly in
I:Ho,, az h. zhath.r ;t uaa arcanted r.
not. (Applause.) He said he had no hsr
words for the friend. Of Douglas. II the,
chose to vote for him they could. He wan
ted to use nothing bat argument and kin
efforts But he did not care how widel
they chose TO separate themsel YES from h
friends. he was just as willing as the
dare to be. (Cheers.) We have not spst
10 report anything like a fair sketch sf Ia
remarks, but we have tried to indicate il
tone aud general scope. In regard to 81
Douglas he vas often exceedingly bite
and his manner was more bitter than b
words. There was no compromising
looking back for retreat about il 1t ~
all open. frank. and straight forward
ELECTORS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
On the conclusion Of Mr. Bright's spee'
the committee to nominate an elec.or
ticket and State Central Committee, by NJ
Elder, reported as follows, which the 20
vention adopted
FOR THE STATE AT LARsE
James Morrison, Of Marion.
Contin9ent--Issac N. Beard, OF Wayne
} Delana r. Eckl-s, of Putnam.
! Confingent-A. w. Waters, Of Elk hart
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
lat Dist.-R. A. Clcm ent., OF Davis.
Contingent--Turner Nelson, OF Posoy
cd Dr.. d. r. sierrod of Orange
Coatingent--W. w. Bradley, Of Floy'
ID % David sheeks, OF Monroe.
Contingent III Rodgers. of Jersrs
D 9Th Ethelbert c Hibben, Of Rush
Continyent--sanford Grayssn ,oi Decs
STU " ssml. Orr, Of Delaware
Contingert--w. Watt, OF Union
. 9th Franklin Harding, OF Johnson
!. Contingr--D vanIanding nghsra, Haneo
n 7th " James A. Scott, Of Putnam
Contingent ohn S. Beach, Of vigo
sth " Col. W. N. Jenners, OF Tippecanoe
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