The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-17
NJ ass Conventions

Oh tue osh instant there appeared in the
Goodhue County R'pubhcan call, headed
Republican County Convention" but which
appeared to as to be in fact call for Mass
Convention made BY some person or persons
too shrewd to call straight 1ourty Convon-
ton, yet too bgoted to make . straight
manly call for Mass Convention. Still we
were satisfied; so long as the main object,
. Mass Convention, was, or appeared to be
attained. We did not know the history Of
that cal IS we'll then as we do now. In =
few lices we propose to give the history Of
that call. and our reasons for utterly repu
dating it, which We do.
We have authority for saying that not =
member Of the Committee whose names are
appended to that Call was present when it
was made that little party Of Office seek crs.
every man Of whom we know and can call
their names, met in the Office Of the Register
Of Deeds, and there concocted the call-that
Charles L. Davis drew it up in the R:pubi-
can Office just as it soas first published. AS
it first appeared We adopted it in lieu Of a
better. The next we heard of it was an in
timation that those Indefinite, uncertain ind =
viduals they, were not satisfied with the call
that they were afraid If it admitted everybody
Mey would not be nominated and that
thy were going to change it to a delegate
Convention. Who are hey' We asked.
and silence, deep as death, was our only
ans wer. At last we were so fortunate as to
meet the candidate for Clerk Of the Court,
and he informed US that change would be
made. We asked by whom That was
hard for him to answer, but at length he
stammered out, L suppose by the commit
tse," Seeing that he had made bungling
job Of it, he resorted to barcfaced lie, and
said. "the printer had not done his duty,
but had omitted to publish the last part of
the CALI" That was lie and he knew i,
at the time. With the next issue Of the
Republican appeared the call changed.
This is its history. Now for its object
The sprigh.ly lads wanted to avoid opposi-
ton, and so they framed the call in such a
way that by liberal use Of patriotism and
brotherly love nearly all the voters in the
county could unite; but they did not design
that the Convention should be composed Of 4
single person who was not q straight out
party Republican. The delegation was no.
an after thought. 1t was part of the pro-
'gramme to have it delegate Convention.
But it was called as Mass Convention simply
to hush any talk about Mass Convention
with design Of charging it afterwards with
out exciting any suspicion of .fraud. Then
when the time came to call the town eau
causes they were, and are to be only for the
Republican electors. Thus, by trick. de
feating the manifest meaning Of the call 70,
a Convention, and making it strictly party
Convention:
This was pretty smart, and may win, but
it is not half As honorable IS it would have
been to have called party Convention in
the first place.
In order that the patriotic wish Of the
people for full and fair expression Of senti.
ment in regard to the officers to BE- elected
may b grat:fied. At the request Of = large
number Of citizens from oil parts Of the
county. and embracing both political parties
We publish this week call for Mass Con
oention to be held ct the Court House, in this
city. on the 30ih inst, At two O'Clock In The
afternoon.