The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-11-14
THE STATE CONVENTION.

There seems to be difference Of opin-
ION among portion Of the Democratic
papers, respecting the proprtety of holding
the Democratic State Convention on the
9Th of January, as has heretofore been
customary.
The State Central Committee. after due
notice in the usual form, held meeting
at which it was determined to issue cali
for State Convention TO be held on the
9Th of January, 1862, in accordance with
the usases of the party. That call was
issued. and IN 1t it was expressly stated
that the convention might take such action
IN regard to the nomination OF candidates
as 1t mi s,ht think proper. There was no
at'en'P: made by the committee to fore
Stall the action Of the convention, Nv an
nouncing that candidates would be nomi-
na;ed, or that the convention would be
expected to do any thing further than "to
take into consideration the condition Of
TIE country" unless it chose to DO So.
Was there anything arbitrary and unu-
sual in the action Of the Committee thus
far? There was nothing 50 far as we can
see, TO cause Democratic editors 10 turn
up their noses in holy horror, and enter
into the work Of abusing tie Committee
with all the zeal OF the Republicans. Was
1t unexpected impoliiic' or AL wrong
to call Democratic State Convention on
the 9th Of January. 1856, '58, and 60?
If so. these Democratic editors. who are
so intensely Mortified at the present call,
were certainly very great dunderheads not
to know it. or politically dishonest in
Withholding The facts from the people They
must have been indulging in a Rip Van
Winkl, sleep for the past six yeare. and
the gushing streams Of patriotism which
they now set to the music of their wailing,
is but as the flight of bird before the
tempest, compared to what shall appear
unto the people when they get thoroughly
awakened"
But II is argned. ther) is rebellion
IN the land. and until that is put dowa, it
Is all wrong to think about politics. hold
conventions or attend elections That
there is rebellion against the government
none will deny; and for that reason we
think the Democrats of Indiana, and of
every other State in the Union, should
hold State G nvention as in former years,
and throw all the weight OF their power
and influence in the right direction nom
ina:e good and true men for the RESPONSE.
bic tations to be filed during our national
troubles. and elect them. II requires the
most incessant watching. even in ordinary
times, TO keep the high and responsible
Offices filed by the right kind of men; but
how much more vigiant and watchful
should the Democracy be nor, when the
opportunities for peculatio and fraud are
ten times greater than ever before, and
the inclination Of high officials to take adj
vantage Of them is increased in a proper
tomato ratio
These gentlemen. whose sense Of pro-
priety is so horribly shocked at the idea Of
holding a Democratic State Convention.
when so many of the party are fighting
for the government. may possibly find an
antidote to their malady in the fact that
the Pennsylvania volunteers, who are
probably as good patriots. and have the
good of the country as much at heart as
these stay -at-home editors. actually voted
Mt the late election, in accordance with the
Jaws Of that State. and gavs Democratic
majority of fifteen bundled The question
then. is--ls it any more all wrong for
the one million or more inhabitants of Ia
diana. who much interested in the
ludicious management OF State and Nation
al affairs. and the enactment and enfc rec
ment Of good and wholesome laws for the
government and protection of the people,
as they ever were. to hold conventions and
attend elections, than it is for volunteers,
probably within gunshot Of the enemy. to
go to the polls and vote? We think the
volunteers did right when they voted the
Democratic ticket, and We think the State
Central Committee did right when they
arranged the usual prsIminaries toward
giving the people of Indiana an oppor-
tunity to do the same thing.
The grumblers. who denounce the Com
mi!tee. profess TO be actuated entirely by
patriotic motives in their opposition 10 the
holding OF convention, aud very mod
estly insinuate that all who endorse the