Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-02
The County Convention of the
,RreckenridSe PARTY.


Breckenridse Party.
Pursuant to call of over 200 Demo-
Gratis, the Breckenridge wing of the Anal
gamation Democracy met at the old Court
House last Saturday. Nearly all the
townships in the county were represented.
In another column will be seen the official
proceedings of the Convention.
Tie Plain Dealer with its characteris-
tic licentiousness, publishes the following
mass of 'billingsgate to illustrate its in
tense hatred for the Breckenridge party.
Census of the Breckenridge par
~ in CuyhOga COunty---They
Foot Up About Meet.
ing at the Old Court House.
In pursuance to the "call'' (Peter Caul
and others) there was meeting of the
self-styled National Democratic party at
the Old Court House this forenoon, to elect
delegates to what is factiously designated
the "State Democratic Convention" which
it is said will assemble in Columbus on the
7th of August. There were about forty
men present who will probably vote for
Breckenridge and Lane, unless they get
into the Penitentiary (where several of
them undoubtedly belong already before
November comes around.
Reuben Wood, of Rockport was cho-
sen President, and Asher NJ. Coe, of Do
yer, George B. Patterson, of Bedford, DR..
George Scheuller, Samuel Starkweather
and J. M. Hughs of this city were chosen
Vice Presidents. The Presidents were
all extremely old men, their aggregate age
being about sixteen thousand years, Reu-
ben Wood (the youngest person among
them) being some fourteen thousand years
of age himself.
Among the hightoned and spotless pat
riots present we noticed the names of Hon.
Robert Davidson, the Hon. Samuel E.
Adams and the Hon. Benjamin Andrews,
in whose hat so many "large and respecta-
BILE" meetings of the National Democracy
have been held, and who acted as secretary
on this occasion.
The meeting was an accurate census of
the Breckenridge and Lane party in Guy
hoga County. All the drumming of
johnson and his census takers-and they
have been drumming for six weeks with a
special view 10 this "Convention"- could
only scare up some forty dead persons.-
At the instance of Matthias johnson these
corpses got out of their political coffirs and
went up to the Old Court House for the
personal qualification of J. B.
Va to ha
place that Hon. Charles Arnold, son of Old
Arnold was present.
Reuben Wood stated tha: Breckenridge
was the proper nominee, though Demo-
Gratis were at liberty to vote for whoever
they pleased.
The following delegates were chosen to
90 to Columbus, and it is devoutly hoped
they will stay there: Reuben Wood J. NJ.
Hughes, C. Flood, s. Starkweather, S. H.
Webb, Ralph Russell, Benz. Bronwell, and
DR.. Scheuller. Alternates, G. B. Merwin,
w. Abbey, M. johnson, T. P. Spencer, ].
J. Lockwood, A. Sacket, and Asher NJ.
Coe.
The Committee which reported these
delegates offered several resolutions,
through its chairman, S. E. Adams
These resolutions denounced Popular Sow
ereigntv, puffed sour Venerable Chief
Magistrate" calling him "a true and trust
worthy statesman and endorsed Brecken-
ridge and Lane and the National Demo
crat.
Only four townships in the County were
represented, and they by four men. These
demented lunatics were sad sights indeed.
The delegate from Bedford, whuse name
is j. Early, wasa Douglas man only a
week ago and belonged to the Douglas
Club of that village. He was ravished
from the paths of virtue hy B. Andrews,
under promise that he should have the Bed
ford Postoffice.
Remarks were made by s. E. Adams
and S. Starkweather, which were loudly
applauded by the delegates" and Repub-
licans outside the railing.
The building in which the "Convention"
was held (the Old Court House) was sold
at auction this afternoon. Those who took
part in the meeting were sold some
time ago.
So ends the first Breckenridge "move-
ment" Cuyhoga County.-Plain Dealer.
We occupy pretty much the same posi-
tion that the old lady did when her hus-
band was fighting bear-"she didn't care
a (naughty word) which whipped" Just
so with US in regard to the present beauti-
full Kilkenny fight of the unterrifed de-
mocracy. But really we hate to see our
Vineyard contemporary carried away by
its passion to such an extent as to distort
in regard to this Convention. From our
own certain knowledge, the Convention OF
the Breckenridge party was far larger and
more respectable than the recent County
Fizzle of the Douglasites. The Court
House was comfortably crowded, which is
considerably more than 'forty persons.
The statement that only four towns were
represented, as a big-"plaindeler."-
From all the data we have, we should
judge that the Breckenridge party amounts
to about one-fourth to one-taird of the de-
mocracy in the county. Consequently
such reports as the Plain Dealer gives,
can be taken for what they are worth.
Then to speak of the Penitentiary as he
ing fit place for many of the members Of
the Breckenridge party, is, to say the least,
taking too much license, especially so when
that party has in its ranks many as respect
able and honest men rs are to be found
amongst the Douglasites-such men, for
| INSTANCE. as the Hon. Harvey Rice.