The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-01-13

ocrats who shave gone 10 the war and are
now on the battle field. fighting for their
and constitution" Mr.. Palmer is
old fashioned Democrat and has been a
long time one of the leading men Of that
party in the State. and in saying this he felt
that he was but speaking the plain truth
But Il was soon evident that. hat was not
the thing that the Convention WAS after. for
If they could not make IL appear that the
war was prosecuted to set the nisgers free.
and not for the country and the constitution,
the whole thing would fzzle out. There
fore. Mr.. Palmer. though a time honored
Democrat. was not asked to preside over the
Convention. but Mr.. Thomas A Hendricks
was. because i, was very we'll understood
that be would never commi, such a blunder
as Mr Palmer did. Accordingly he made a
speech upon taking the chair. and pitched in
to the Administration, the war, the North.
Lincoln, Cameron. and pretty much every
body else. except the leaders 81 sseession-and
these he touched as softly aud as gingerly as
il he had been ~strokinga young kitten upon
had passed since be had "a. in party council
with these men. and having a kind remem-
brance Tor old friends. be touched them
most gently. Don't you think your neigh
Dor acted wisely in picking a Chairman /
tell you he knors his mamie does. Hen
bricks was the very fellow for him. and Pal
mer wasn't. And Hendricks acted his part
like a man who knew what be was about
Ii was understood that the platform had
been fixed on before the frank and file" had
come in from 1.-The rural districts" and as
the thing had been made 10 turn upon the
niqqer question, jus, like a wheel upoa an
axle. the plan was for Hendricks to begin
by'stating that the ,car ras 10 free hs niggers
and then John G. Davis was to come along
and swear to il. 50 as to get the place ready
for the platform to stand upon. | tell yos
what it Is, these old politicians are
cunning fellows. The way they dc
manage to pull the wool over the eve:
of the dear people" is a caution.
took a good look at the way his was done
and | never saw anything done slicker. And
its all owing to the man your neighber pick
cd oct TO lay the ground work. tell yor
again. he's smart I'm going 20 get up :
platform myself some Of these days. and
shall get him to help me. When I com,
over YOU must introduce me to him.
Well, after Hendricks got through, arc
some business matters we're disposed CT, JohI
G.. Davis made a spe ech, and. o! jehosiphst
IL was i roaser. l never heard him before
and | was therefore upon tirtoe OF expec,a
ticnl But he went clean beyond anything
III & ! had ever dreamed of in nv philosophy
he actually talked about being the bearer o
dispatches. from Denoevats IN the North q
their friends in the South. just as if he WA
going right of AS soon a. the Convention az
jourued And he spoke OF his dear ol'
friend. Jeff. Davis, aud was sffectionate ant
kind toward all his other friends il the South
l thought while he was At this. he was thu
kindest hearted man | had ever SEEN
But | tell YOU what. be made the fur fy al
ter awhile. when he opened on the Niger
he shid that Republicans never vote Tor mn,
body but Aboiifionists; and il occurred 4
me that he ought TO know something abou
that. for ! recollected that you Republican
out in the eth Congressional District. had a.
voted for him, only a year or 50 ago =
Warn't that so And warn't he ~runnin,
against the regular nominee Of his party -
And warn't he trying 20 break ~ this grea
Democratic party. which il now 50 uece-sar.
10 save the country | thought It WASH
kind in him TO be abusing his old friends 81
severely. He says that he thinks that th0
election Of Lincoln has ruined the country
broagh. on the war. and all that-but didn'
he hsip elect Lincoln , To besnre he DID :
Aud | can establish that that proposition
mOre clearly than he established anything Il
hs speech. You know the Republican part
gained IL greatest strength Ia consequence
81 the Lecomp,on policy Of Buchanan. an
while il was building itself "a? upon that Is
sue. Davis teas helping u-was its candidat
or Congress. received it, votes, patted IL
men upon The back. held counsel with them
vac denounced by the very men who sat i
this Convention with him. tor doing Il. an
went 70 Congress with a commission IN hi
pocket girsn him BY Republican rofes =
Don't that prove it Hut now he ssys
they had let this question alone NC shoul
have had 40 war. II Ne hadn't helped them
they might have LEI i alone. Bus he Say
the dissolution Of the Union y the eonse
Quence. Well. he. upon his own theory
helped % bring on The consequence.
he seemed very sorry. indeed. that ",
had no var with England. and .abi. that ",
would have bail one II Seward hadni sivel
ap Mason and Slidell II this IS a fact y
I'm glad he gave them up. AMI think III
country viii be 20 too-sll except those wis
want Engiand 70 come Over aud help Sir
John q DAVIS oil friend Nr IcF. Davi. an'
his army
lie was horrihed al the aleA of afninI
the slaves. and abused Cameron and Col
Cochnue aboa, IL; bat he forgot to tell tia
this sane Col. Cochr,ne /. a Democrat! III
served with him N Congress and knows
perfectly veil. but don't want TO tell IL =
Wall a.. s,.ot have murh trauhle On tn