Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-08-17
THE "DEMOCRATIC" con-
vETTEON.


assembled in st. ClairsvilIe to nomi-
late Comfy ticket; and, for the ex-
traordinary efforts made, the large
number of letters written ny the M
merOus st. Clairsville candidates to
their friends to come up to their help,
and the warm appeal of the Central
Committee for every body to come up
who was afraid of "negro equality,
the convention was rather failure, as
demonstration.
At an early hour of the day it was
evident the contest for nominations
would be between st. Clairsyi.le and
the balance Of the County, and it soon
became appa ent, from the distribution
Of liquid patriotism, that St. Clairs-
vile would win. Even the fellow towns
men Of Esq MAcKALL, of Barnesville,
one of the oUtside candidates for Treas
urer, were soon discovered to be under
the persuasive and mellowing influence
Of MIR. PATTERSON fourth proof ar
gument; and the friends of Judge
CLAUDY soon learned that even his ex e
traordinary personal popularity was
nothing compared with the arguments
practical, tangible arguments
brought to bear in behalf of the st.
Clairsville candidate for Representa-,
tive.
The whole forenoon was charitably
given by the "clique" TO the town can
didates and their friends in which to
convince the harbarians" from the
rural districts that the safety and sue
cess of the party depended upon their
nomination. When it was thought this
work had been fully accomplished, al
about o'clock l.. NJ, the convention
met in the Court House and proceeded
to business.
During the absence of the nomina
ting committee, "the wise men from
Jerusalem" were called upon to en-
tighten the anxious inquirers aftel
truth as to what is, ut this particular
period, the doctrine and policy of til,
Democratic party.
The first speaker called for was on,
Ross J. ALEXANDER, who, like Day
pxN's ZlMRl, was
- man 80 various That hs seemed 10 bo
Not one, but all mauknd'a eps.uc.
Eiih In opinion, always IN tie wrong,
was everything ny starts and nothing long!
Hut IN the course Of one revolving moon.
was chemist hddlcr statesman aud butioon ="
Mr.. ALEXANDER, in the striking, vo
ciferous eloqucnce of which he is mas
ter, spoke of the terrible, outrageou
injustice of .exempting Government
bonds from taxation, but did not tel
his hearers that he had sold his farm
and collected all the money he had i
the world and invested IL in thes
bonds, and that he was now the owne
and holder OF about $4,000 90 wort
of them. He then turned his attentio
TO the Rebels OF the South--picture,
In brilliant colors the Wr0ngs and oul
RACES they had suffered at the hands o
tyrannieal Government, and thei
helpless condition to day, pleading {.
be restored TO their rights of citizen
ship-and declared that all his sympa
thies and the warmest affections of hi
heart ran out after Mdt oppressed peo
pie. lie denounced the imprisonment
or IEyy. DAVIS in Fortress Monroe
whero he was annoyed by the tread O
the sentinel and refused permission t.
sec his friends. and declared that tn
treatment of the sepoys by the Er
glish--where they were chained to
gether and shot from the mouths Q
eannon--was tender mercy. compare
with the barbarous treatment of So thi
noble man, this mighty intellect" b
the Government. He defended th
murderers Of the President, and dc