Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-06-22
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DAVENPORT, Iowa,
lime 18th 1864.

MIR EDITOR From all indications,
the Chicago Convention, to be held on the
4th of next month bids fair to be one OF
great interest and large attendance. The
people of Chicago have went to considerable
trouble and expense in the erection OF
grand amphitheatre of enormous size, III
which the convention will be beld. 1t is
calculated to hold Is, 900 persons. 1t is
built in a circular form, well ventilated
and plenty of light. The centre will be
used by the delegates, occupying about
one-fourteenth of the whole area, or there
about. The centre floor is raised about
four feet from the main surface, and be-
tween the outer limit of the centre circle
and the extreme limit Of the main building,
a series of seats one above the other will
answer for the people. There is every
reason to believe that it will be the largest
convention ever held in the United States
And another thing is well understood in
general, that no trifing, bogus politicians,
nor chloride of contractors nor the
known Mr.. Shoddy, nor the wife of Mr..
Shoddy, nor the Misses Flora A1'Flim-
sey's of Madison Square, or any other
square will be represented at the National
Democratic Convention.
" We, the people," will be there to
direct the actions of the only Union Con-
vention that can be held in the country
under the present existing circumstances.
We think all will be well, if the Demo
Gratis act in unison, If they split, and
each acts determined on having their way,
then goodbye to the party, goodbye to
the Union and boasted land of liberty.
We of the West, propose to act Demo
cratic in supporting the choice of the
majority. Every Democrat that loves his
country will not hesitate to do so, but, If
there result such an action on the part of
some, then we DO without reserve say
and here declare such persons as traitprs
(pretty strong, that, but we mean it, to
| the party, to the people and the whole
nation Then we say in the name Of God,
our land and liberty, stick together, on
that hangs the welfare of our country.
We should think that the dis-Union
spirit of Charleston would be a warning
TO the Democratic party in all time TO
come. We mean the proceedings and the
result of the Democratic Convention of
the summer of 1860. Never was truer
sentiments uttered by living man, than by
that noble patriot and statesman, (Stephen
y Douglas when he warned the factious
and rebelliOus spirit of a certain portion
of the party, that = a division of the
Democratic party is the division of the
Union" They who persisted in dividing
the party, done it wilfully, knowing that
:, - Il, Il,
enabling their bitter opponents to succeed.
For the division of the Democratic
party, and the Union, for all the woe and
distress of an unparalleled civil war, we
may thank those clever fellows, jeff
Davis, Toombs, Floyd, Cobb, Rhett,
Yancey, and none the less, old Butler the
Beast. Yes, gentlemen, thank yOu, when
YOU die (or ought to) traitors death
That you will be bound to do, whether by
or from natural or unnatural causes.
Well, just hold on Mr. Aboitionist. ]
am not making it a case in your favor by
any means, because | charge the over
throw Of my country and liberty on the
heads of pack of scoundrels, who would
persist in the wicked cause of strengthen
ing the damnable heresy Of Abolition. the
real ''cIoven-foot,' the beguiling serpent
in the garden of Eden. Ne'er time.
The action of the ''Cleveland Conven-
ton has set the American Republicans
to howling, within themselves. They are
silent outwardly as the ''village of the
dead. Terror seems to have seized on
them and they seem TO discern the hand
writing on the wall. Let them drive on
their chariot of destruction until they are
driven over the walls, down, down, down !!
to that bourne from whence no Abolition
or secession traitor will ever return.
Yours, &c, NORTHWEST.