The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-01-13
The Anti War Convention.
IsptAxAPoL,s. January 9. Ie62

tulAfAfoL&s JaIttIf - ACo-.
Eps. Exr.rss-well, the agony Is over.
and the Democratic Convention has met. and
after n reasonable amount OF labor, has
brought forth its appropriate result "A strict
" party plat orm But every body expected
this who knew anything of the materials out
of which il was composed. il being complete
ly under the contral OF the Breckenridge
wing Of the party. The few Douglas Demo
crats who were here looked ashamed OF
themselves when they -aw the company they
we're in. hut they had got into the thing and
couldn't get cui and therefore had 10 stand
and take il. The best thing that occurred
during the time was the terrible castigation
that Gov. Wright gave these gentry in his
,ulogy upon Douglas. which he delivered last
night in the Hall OF the House Of Represen
atives. in hi best style. IL was really rich,
and Il would have done you good TO see a
few Of them vince under 4. a. The Governor
dwelt. IL bis emphatic style, upon some OF
the lat sayings Of Douglas. when. looking to
the dangers now surrounding the country
he rose above ~ party and said: Ia nv
opinion It i your duty to lay asiI, yoar party
Dlsfiorms. yoar party organizations and par
fisaa appeals. TO forget that you are divided
until YOU have rescued the Government and
the country from their a-Aaiiant- Give me
country hrst. that nv children may live in
peace. then We vii have 4 theatre Tor our
party organizations 70 operate upon Again
ALLOW me- TO SAY to you. you riH rot BE- true
20 your country II you even st,emp, % nan
~ufactnre partisan capital ont Of the mi-eries
OF your country
But what 10 the men who composed this
Convention care about D1uglss and las opin
ions AMI rivice now tie ga dead lion and
they 10 not care = straw whether his carcaSe
j. preserved " preyed upon. Ia pit, of his
opinions and example. hes have been uRirse
10 tAsir ssatfrs bs irving q manufacture
partisan ca 2ital -ui o. - m~iseries. and II IL
was given - his spirit 70 hook down upon
hem. be wouH blush that they had ever even
proiessed to IL hs followers Ii they have
. single element which belonged to his char
acter aboat tEen' they viii blush ihesn-elves.
a. th-y draw from their pockets the mi.cra
ble party ~plsiforf which they carried away
from this cty ata them ahcr then adjourn.
ment 70 day.
The Convention Was respectable enough
in POINT OF nu,ancts. there ben- somewhere
about ave hun 1. a great many who | ncv
er >aw bcsore. sss quite a spriaNliag Of the
OLD party hacks. aho always come o. to the
ringing Of tie psrts bell Thee ats the
wire puliers. Who select the officers and can
didates. and e. up the platforms and then
make al sods Of fuss il every body don''
swear that u al right. amongst these !
noticed your amiable neishoof Of the jour
MI Tho never Misses h-c on such occa.
soos. I cannot tell you III ihst be al on
tbs OCCASION. but it must have been What
jack Downing would have called a won.
der.ul heap. losl . seemed 10 outsider. that
the ,hius woa.d have been q aa-h ia the pan
Il he bad lot been sfe loa vii Sc IA
the S~eafissl o. tbs us.. ~ toe pnhl shed
proceedings. AID these sii show YOU 'ae i'm
mensc importance 81 hs hbors WY. tsn E
,ou think thattbe Convention / .adeh els
him for a Chairnans lie Nominated ,ae
Chairman and b. motion cuFicd, aud ,het
ne made another nomiasiion AID g asda
~,,yv-whsrcuuon lie collapsed.
Mr.. Nathan B. Palmer called he consel