Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-25
How to do it.


Under this heading we again propose to
express our opinion on the coming Philadel-
phia Convention.
And the great question among all parties
is, how shall we make it benefit to our
country and an advautageto to our party.
In answer to this inquiry the Radical jour
mails, and the Democratic organs take quite a
different view of the matter. In a very
lengthy and labored article, of nearly two
columns, the New York E1eaing Post, Rad
icaI sheet for universal suffrage and negro
equality, gives an opinion, which is reitera-
ted by every Radical newspaper in the coun-
try, of the elements which should compose
the Convention, and how to make it benef-
cial (only) to the Republican party Here
isits logic
Now, win the Philadelphia Convention
be composed of the men who will adopt such
a platform of principles, as win give equal
and exact justice everywhere and to all men
We notice, for beginning, that Fernando
Wood and James Brooks are delegates from
New York, to the Convention, and George
H. Pendleton-V allandigham 'own famil-
lar friend and Mr.. johnson opponent for
the Vice-P Presidency In the lastelection-and
George W. Morgan, soldier who left the
army In the middle of the war to take part
in politics with Vallandigham, are delegates
from Ohio.
Itshould not be necessary to tell the man
ayers of the Convention that these persons
VIII not do at all The new party, if it is to
be formed at all, is formed to get rid of these
fellows-and here they are, trooping to Phil
adelphia to control it for their own advan-
tagel It is of no use. This is the way not
pie cannot be bamboozled by smooth phrases,
to accept party controlled by the Woods,
Seymours, Brookses, Reeds, Pendletons,
and VaIlandig They feel that many of
the Republican leaders are blundeters but
they remember that they are at least faith
full to the Union, they uphold the flag, they
believe treason to be crime and If there IS
no other choice, thecountry will stick to them
rather than go with such company as IS BOW
on the way to Philadelphia.
Now the manifest result Of all this is
sense of ''goneness" about the Abolition
practice Of Union, which promises an early
collapse of their theory. We believe it is
the intention of the Democratic party, and
we believe lis their duty, after having been
invited, to send its very best, ablest and most
prominent Democrats to that Convention
men who can be heard In that body and who
can and win procure platform of principles
in accordance with those of the Democratic
party, based upon true principles of public
policy men who have always been Demo
Gratis, and who are Democrats st1l, and not
those who are instigated by private cliques
from the meanest motives of political orper-
sonal aggrandizement five understand the
english language there is not. among our two
hundred Democratic exchanges, a single pa
per advocating or even willing under any cir
cumstances to abandon one jot or title of the
platform of the Democratic party by sending
delegates to the Philadelphia Convention,
but only desire to encourage the laudabe ef-
forts Of the conservative elements in break
ing down the sectional Abolition incubus
which is weighing Ike nightmare upon
our country. The idea of abandoning the
Democratic party, q, Of sending delegates
to that Convention who will agree to any
thing not purely Democratic, was distinctly
repudiated by the Democracy IN Mass Con-
vention at Reading, on the 18th inst, and
received no more consideration in that body
than would proposition made to each indi-
vidual to commit suicide. The Democracy
Of Ohio, New York and every other State,
which has already taken action on the pro-
posed Convention, have done likewise, and
approved of sending delegates to said Con-