Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-08-17

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Tbe Democratic State Platform Just e.
r.cied al Columbus is sort Of Point No
Polpl, or an Old Man Of the Mountain, af-
fair, having, Of q distance, form, and some
comeliness perhaps, but a full and close sur
yeyproves 1t to be mere delusion--a cheat
The composition Of the Convention re-
Nuired skilful mechanism for II was strig
gle between the Breckenridge faction and
the Douglas wing-with advantages lh Ia
vor OF the former In truth, had tbe brecK,
inridge men had file leader who possessed
either boldness or shrewdness, the cohVch'
,;on could have been controlled by the
friends of the late occurscd administration.
The hpplanse that greeted Pres. Stark.
weatber's speech when he laid the entire
responsibility Of this rebellion upon the
Nor,h-nsserting that the South for twenty
wears had been so goaded as to have be-
come desperate-S the rounds of applause
that greeted the name Of the traitor Val
landigRam, showed what were the sympa.
thies of the delegates.
The Breckenridge Demos had dilligent'
ly employed their time through the state,
while the Douglas men were not fully in
terested in the mere party machinery land
managed to secure many full delegations,
while almost every county sent some of that
stripe. Hamilton comfy sent an undivided
Breckenridge delegation, and had Bill Al.
len been willing to bring his dignity down
10 o goyernorship, he could have had the
nomina ton on the first ballot.
The emergency demanded 6neSse The
resolutions, we have reason to belevc-call-
ed Critteudcn's roposition-lately passed
by the House by the vote OF both parties,
was unceremonously rejected by the com
mittee.on resolutions, and that the first pro-
position, which declares the war TO have
been brought on by the South, would not
for moment be entertained. Hence the
go between phraseoIogy Of the first resolu.
ton, and lhe neither.one-tbing nor the other
attitude Of the democratic party.
But the second resolution wuTthe pivot
upon which the whole affair turned In
this, just enough of the Crittenden reSolu.
tions are inserted to make believe that the
democracy Of Ohio does not oppose he war;
while at the same time the Breckenridge
men can declare that it, coupled with the
third resolution, is on avowal that the Ohio
democracy is opposed 10 the war, and de-
termined to end it here by calling conveu
tion and submitting, if need be, 20 the'rec
Cgnition of the independence of the South. |
ern Confederacy.
We ask our readers to look this platform |
full in the face, and they will see that while
at distant. casual, glance it looks comely !
1t really, on inspection, is as complete a |
piece of deceit as ever men who hold party |
above country, glued together. On the
evening OF the convention, harrangueS were
delivered in the street by the democratic
orators. These were Of all manner Of com
pe2i)ns. Van Trump a Know-Nuthing,
ONel foreign born RomOnist, Hutchin-
son Of Madison rank, out aud out apollo
gist of seCesion, and Burns Of Richmond,
war Douglas man.
They all mounted the platform of H. B. +.
Payne, and the dance went mcrrily on, ev
cry man suited with the tune played, until y
Hutchinson avowed his treason by anuOunc a
ing that bullets and bayOnets could never
preserve this government, and that the 90.
Vernment was not worth rush that could
be SO preserved. He denounced the war as
black republican one and justified the
South in their course and declared thai
there ought to be dissolution unless the re.
publcans were hurled from power. ,
To this Burns could not silently listen,
and in few words said, the man who could
not stand by the governmeat-whoe ar was
president-when rebellion was in exist
ence was no patriot-was no man. He i
made good, manly speech, but the audi
ence began to divide their applause There
were cheers aud groans, hisSes and clappiug /
of hands, and political chaos had come u.
gain-to that crowd at least-when third |
democrat arose as mediator lie told The !
crowd that the gentlemen did not really
disagree in sentiment, but that there was
misunderstanding. lie knew that the dem
oerats did not groan, for be had circulated
in the crowd, and was satisfied that no de-
mocrat would groan. He said both of the
gentlemen who had spoken were perfectly
satisfied with the platform, and their mis-.
understanding vas merely as TO side issues.
lie asked another hearing for Hutchinson,
who, perhaps cOuld explain. Hutchinson
again mounted the stand and the sum of
his remarks was that Ohio democracy, by
that platform, condemned the war, and was
Tor its immediate cessation, at any cost. by
giving the south every thing they asked, &
mat such was the true course. Again
Burns took the stump, and again demanded
tnat the democrats cf Ohio should sustain |
'he government in all yigor, to put down |
Teoeilion' and bring the traitors to Justice |
ana mat such was the voice Of the party
that day expressed.
Finding that matters became the more mix.
cd the longer Hutchinson and Burn, talked
the two champions were Withdrawn the
audience resolved itself into free fight
and the last We heard was the dispaiPing
cry of some poor victim who announced thai
thief had picked his pocket of his wallet
that be might have the money-2O to $50
if be would only return the papers. TLis
proposition, though repeated failed to bring
forward the thief The crowd dispersed
with three cheers for the Van Trump
0'Niel-HufchinSon-R Democraov