The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-10-06
The Democratic Nominating Con
vention.

Pursuant to call issued by the Executive Com
mittee of the Democratic party of Baltimore
county, primary meetings of the adherents of that
party were held last week, and on Saturday last
the County Convention assembled, for the osten-
sible purpose of nominating six candidates for
the House Of Delegates. Seven districts were
represented, and Jas. J. Given, of the 4th, was
made President of the Convention. A series of
resolutions was introduced, praising President
johnson and Gov. Swami, &C., to all Of which
there seemed no objection, until one was read
endorsing the nominees of the Conservative Con-
vention, and adopting them as the choice of the
Democracy. This raised an excitement, and
vast amount of speech-making was the conse-
quence In the afternoon, attracted by the stem
teorian voice of one of the speakers, we entered
the hall, and found Mr. Biddison, of the twelfth
district, declaiming at fearfully energetic rate,
giving the conservative party particular jessie"
and landing the patriotic, Union-loving Demo-
cratic party to the very skies. He opposed all
utilization with the conservatives and favored
separate action. Mr.. Isaacs followed, favoring
Nicolai. On this gentleman he was particularly
severe, and not only announced his determine
ton, emphatically, not to vote for him himself,
but further declared that he would not ask
| another to vote for him. Mr.. T. H. Moore spoke
| next. He was for endorsing the conservative
ticket entire, and gave the Convention some very
wholesome truths for their consideration. He
seemed to wonder greatly that the Convention
should object to Mr.. Nicolai, and contended that
he was no worse than many others whom the
Democracy were now supporting. He very for
chilly reminded the Convention that less than
year ago they, themselves, were denouncing Pres
ident Johnson as fully as they now denounce the
radicals Yet President johnson hasn't chang
ed Mr.. L. P. D. Newman followed. His
voice was still for war; He, like Mr.. Isaac,
could not and would not support Mr.. Nicolai,
and desired the Convention to maintain intact
the GLORIOUS principles of the Democratic party"
by nominating ticket for themselves and con-
tended that they had the power to elect it, A
young man from the Second District, Mr.. Ship
ley, we believe, then made some inchorent re-
marks, but really we don't know which side he
represented, nor do we believe he knows himself
If he has any friends, they should Immediately
| take him in charge, or else he might. do some
thing desperate. A vote was then taken and
all the resolutions were adopted, by vote of
26 for to 9 against. hos 0~ 80
This was simply contest whether large boz
| dy of Democrats should be absorbed by hand
full of conservatives" or the handful of CON
servatives be absorbed by large body Dem
ocrats; whether the whale should swallow Jonah
or Jonah swallow the whale. The result exhib-
its the fact, in some respects satisfactory, that
&c Jonah has swallowed the whale that the
old Democratic party of Baltimore county is no
more-that it has surrendered its principles to
the " new party" and that henceforth its mem
bers can only be known as adherents OF the great
{" Bread and Butter Brigade the masterpiece
of such good Democrats as President Johnson,
Thomas Swami, Col. Webster, Charles Fl. Nico-
lai, &c. - ~