Gazette and sentinel., 1860-02-25
The Parish Democrotic C~envension.

The official account Of the parish Democratic
Convention, will be found elsewhere in our
paper Of to day. In addition to the otTciat
we shall take upon ourself the duty and the
liberty Of giving a brief nOn-official, account
Of said Convention, which resulted in every
respect so very gratifying to the old'line and
regular Democracy of the parish of lberville.
At an early hour in the morning, of the
18th, it was evident to those informed ii such
matters that the Douglas or anti-Slidell-
blood and t~hunder-stripe Of Democrats, had
a very respectable force in town, ready TO
pitch in" at the earliest possible opportunity.
That opportunity was IL by the clock, when
they fell into procession near CxRsoS's cor.
ner-Magno!io appearing in the lead-and
marched straight up and into the COURTHOUSE,
(some twenty strong,) and without as much
as saying "by your %leavei" organized by ap-
pointing officers from among themselves, I've
don't include the two Vice Presidents rs agree.
ing with their peculiar political ~tenets,) and
went to work those Feckoned among the old.
line Democacy peeping into the door and
siding about with inquiring eyes, as if they
wondered what was going to turn up next.
The meeting having brought matters to a
focus, as it thought, for electing delegates. Mr..
BALcn arose as the voluntary friend Of the
old wing Of the Democracy, and protested
against 4 handful Of men-he didn't care
whether they We're bob tail or long tail Dem.
ocrats-prstending to represent the Democ.
racy Of lbervilIe. He moved an adjournment,
to a later hour, when there would be more
Democrats in town. This vas objected to,
Of course,
Here then commenced a hub-bub and ex.
cite ment that baffled description, which lasted
an hour or so-fir.t one speaking and then
another, and sometimes two or three at once,
At the very pitch Of their lungs. During this
time the crowd had grown into q pretty req.
pect,ble assembly and it could be seen with
half an eye that the organizers OF the meet
ing were getting desperate. A cross ra,
rhat they Didn't rant!
Finally, = noise as Of many voices was heard
outside. Mems cheeks grew pale. Il was
the knell Of departing hope to the Bob tails!
Thu great door of the Courthouse bccame
darkened-fo for the delegation Of the true..t.cl
Democracy of Crosse Tctc was marching in,
that sterling old Democrat. WV. SINgoys, Tour
late Representative at their head, and THro.
consequential sterling and thorough going
gentleman and nem1crat Of the old school.
Jheir ~fsvorite candidate to rrpres.n nj them in
The Convention. The vote To adjourn till 9
O'Clock was carried. Smiling faces appeared
on a different set Of men to what they did in
the morning. The adjournmsnt was. tanta.
mount to the overthrow Of the meetinc.o
ganizers. They looked sore and disconnected.
Nsshave but little more 10 say. There was
no doubt Of the final result, when the nolls
should be opened. Il proved to be a signal
victory for the old and regular Democracy Of
lberville, which was celebrated in fine ,tyle
during the night-the defeated Joining in. ,nd
the best Of feelings prevailing on bosh sides.
That we have given a true but inadequate
account above, We do not think will be denied.
The Imperstiveness Of bwrevity forced us to
SKIP much that was interesting. The Re.o
lutions submitted by Hon. F.. W. RoBrRr.oy.
we will take upon ourself to say, express fully
the sentiments Of the Democracy Of Iberville,
and no one ought to know better than Col. r.
the nature OF such sentiments. Il was strange
to see IS the Secretary Of q meeting emph.t.
'cally endorsing those Resolutions, one who
originally suggested the course which the pre-.
amole and first resolution SO pointedly de-
nounce That's one among other strange
things he has experienced in politics. We
trust, sincerely. that the result OF Saturday
will have the tendency to bury the differen-
ces Of the past, and bring back our sore and
rebuSed brethren from their wandsrings and
"~worshippinss Of false gods"