The mountain Democrat., 1864-03-26
A"n,nA.oIan oon....asa..

ers Of Abraham the First, the Obsequious
followers of Honest John eOnness," the
disrsnser Of Federal, State and County
Ipatrcnage, met in Conventioh, at the The.
atrs. In this city, on Tuesday last, for the
purpose of eleC!ing Delegates to represent
CONFESS in the State Convention q; Sac.
ramentO, to chose Delegates to the Aboli'
ton nominating Convention at Baltimore.
1t was q Convention Of discordHnt ele-
mentS, Of conflicting interests; Of old line
Republicans kicked out Of Office by Con-
ness, thirsting for revenge; of penuileSS
adventurers, eager for spoils; Of apOstate
Democrats, anxious to show their devo-
tion to the negro Of extreme Abolition
lists and men who profess to deSpiSe Ab"-
litionists; Of few good, a great many
unprincipled men.
At IL o'clock A. NJ, Alex. Hunter,
Chairman of the Central Committee, call
ed the Convention 10 order, and in his
peculiarly felicitous style stated its object
He ironically called it a Union Con
vention," and seemingly regretted that
there was 50 little harmony among its
members. lie then wiaked at Stewart,
who instantly jumped up and nominated
Geo, &. Blanchard, Esq. (ConneSsite), for
Temporary Chairman, and without giving
The nii liners an opportunity to nominate
q cAaijjA,e, he proceeded to put the
question. HnWeve-, before the result was
.naoancci. Rarnham. WickS aud Patter,
<en Indignantly called for fair play, placed
in nomination Col. A. j. Baber, and called
ie- the ayes and noes, which, after con-
>iierAb'e wrangl;ng, was unGraciouSly
granted. Before proceeding to ballot, to
make assurance doubly sure, ,McTarnahan
(ConneSsite), an adept in political cunning
and audacouSly INSCRIPTIONS, was elect
ed temporary Secretary; aud Curtis, as
Sistant Secretary. OF course, with the
Chairman of the Central Committee and
the temporary Secretary on their side, the
Connessites elected their candidate. The
result was anticipated ard silently sub.
mitted to. With n steady step and smi.
ling face the temporary Chairman stepped
upon the stage and was introduced to the
Convention by Mr.. Hunter. He was re-
ceived with provoking chilliness, which
slightly disconnected him. He soon re-
covered from his surprise and diSappoint-
ment, however, and entertained the Con.
vention with a loyal harangue, which
failed to elicit applause. The Connes>ites
had the power and they used it unspar.
ingly. They passed resolution, in spite
, of the appeals and protests of the old Ii
ners, authorizing the Chairman of the
Convention to appoint a committee or
credentMls,a committee on permanent or
, ganizatlon aud order of business, and {
| committee on resolutions. The Chair
with nice discrimination and commenda
b. BILE liberality, completely ignored th'
2 claims and almost forgot the existence o
0 the old liners in selecting the committees
r placing but one or two of them on eact
/. committee. The minority felt the outrag,
/ and insult, and bde their time to resen
4 it. TheChair faithfully, perhaps arbitra
{ rily, carried out the purpose for which b,
c had been elected. At least, such wa
the opinion of the old liners, who wrr,
;. entitled to and deserved better treatmen
=. in loyal Convention.
t The committee on permanent organiza
# ton and order Of business, according t,
4 instructions recommended the Temporary
e officers as permanent officers, and tina
the President appoint a committee to Sc
lect Delegates to the State Convention
t and a committee to select County Cen
. tral Committee, thus virtually placing
e the whole matter in the hands Of thu
4 President Of the Convention! Mr.. Wick!
: (nld line) moved to amend the report 81
b. as to allow the delegates of the differen
. townships, as had always been the prac
e tice, the privilege of naming the Delegat,
! from their township to the State Conven
= ton. An acrimonious personal debate
D sprung up on Wicks' amendment. Th,
1, committee stated that that was the inten
J.. tion of the resolution. Mr. McCalluu
J said that if that was their intention it wa.
e not so expressed in the resolution, and h,
wished it expressed Mr.. Bell, a member
of the committee, opposed the amend
ment. AS a member of the committee
he wished the Convention TO understand
that the committee desired the Delegate!
' from the townships to select their Dele
! gates. Mr.. Burnham thought if that wa.
the desire of the committee they ought t.
favor the amendment. The amendment
) was reasonable, fair and proper, and thos,
opposed to it must have some secret anc
unfair object in view in trying to defea
it. Mr.. Hamilton hoped lhe amendment
would he rejected He was plain, open
frank man, and he would speak his mind
The object of the amendment was to pre-
vent the convention from sending Swar
delegates to the State convention. 1t was
useless to disguise the fact, there were
two factions here-one represented by
Wicks, Burnham & Co., the other by the
friends Of Swan. If Wicks, Burnham
Co. had the convention they would send
nineteen solid Wicks delegates to Sac.
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