, 1866-08-31

ackcd Democracy, It lacked numbers, md It
ncked the character Of representation. Not
one balf Of the counties ofthc State were rep
cscntcd nj nil. and those that were repre-.
entcl bad less than onc-fourtb tic number
Df dclegatcs present that thcy'wcre entitled
10. THIS Congressional DiHrIc.t, Instead Of !
having delegate for cvcET Nlrec hundred
Democratic votcs in 1861, Ind hur1ty dclc+
gate for cacl thousand; and then, such dele.
.atcsl The Convention was dlss,stel with
tse!E It felt lis own lncallncss. II wus 81
:nrngcl Mt its own miserable appearance,
hat IL promptly did Two t1lirgs tic first
was to suppress auy report from the Commit
tcc on Credentials, and tho next was 10 dis
Mss Dillcr from tie Chuir'nanst,ip Of The
State Committee.
1hc old staycrs, Allen, Robinson, Ssar,lc,
BROOKS, were not candidates. They 70 IN
Tor nominations when there IL at 1cust
hope Of smccers; otherwise tlIcy do not. AS
the Convention itself was on ,,ckt,uwlcly-
1ncnt That defeat was Inevitable, those men
refused 10 let their nnl,lcs Dc presented. So
Governor Richardson, wllnsc eyes, like those
Of johnson, arc apt to become su1luscl upon.
slight rrctcxt, wcl't coriously wllcu he saw
Tom Turner enter tile Convention arm and
ann with Gus llrsrington. Like johnson he
was convinced that he saw the finger Of
Providence guiding both to the same man
sion w',cro there Is no extra cl,argc for fuel.
The Convention would have snsg Dixie, and
in Imitation Of the proceedings ut pillutlcl-
phia, but the Convention vas not in singing
lu1nor, aud there was no band, SO Rictarl-
son wiped his eyes on his coat skirt, and
Hayes, a IL Raymond, read the platform.
The Convention, confesscdIy llilirc iii
the nu1ahcr and character Of It's delegates,
was 4 s.;ll greater failure In Its nn,niEa.
tions. There Is d gentleman who resides in
the n::.hborhood Of LaSa11c who is l;uown
lis Judge Dickcy but TO distinguish others
Of that ramc from this one, liz Is gc~ .raily
called Lyle Diekcy, and his whole uic Is
T. Lyle Dickcy. This gentleman was "cvcr
Il Democrat until he had to l,c opposed to
slavery or consort with the unwasllcd. lie
was one Of that old class Of politicians that
called themselves Wings, and considered
themselves personally and socially Il little,
il not great deal, better than other men.
The Judge had, when Wing, one great weak
ness, and that was loyo Of office. The
Democratic party he thought might be in
duccd as d return Tor the clceancc.
the style, the dignity and social supc-
riority which he brought to them, to
nominate him for eomc Office. So. some
wears aeo. he notified the partv that lc
would Join them, md ut every convention,
county, district and Slate, since then. be has
been persistent candidate for nomination
for Office Of any grade, fr1m that Of Assc'n-
blyn,an TO Governor. or Congressman at
Iart5c. No convention of any Kind 10 which
he has applied has ever given his application
Il SECOND thought when there was the re-
,no,cet chance Of success, or when there was
A decent Democrat who would accent the
nomination. The result las been that " send
for l.ylc Dickeyr has become by.word in
Democratic meetings, when the party want
cd candidate to RIM as a mere matter OF
show for constable or other Office. OF course,
Dickey ,yas on hand at Springfield. rs usual.
The miserable appearancc of the Convention,
instead of appallfnr lin rs Il did Alien and
Statue. gave him increased hone, Such !,
Convention. he argued. is lust that kind of
Convention that will select nc. or O'Bricn,
or Tom Turner. No suc,, Convention has
ever been held in this State before,
and pcrlars never will nvaiu. and 1t
ccrtaiuly will take ouc of lis, O,
perhaps all three. Dickcy WAS risht. Ar
Informal ballot was had. and O'Bricn. Turner
and Dickcy had the whole vote between
them. Here Turner became d;scustcd. II,
could etoon from, his elevation AZ Chafrma,
of the Union State Committee TO walk nrn
md arm with Gus. ucrrinriou. or Madison
T, johnson. but as Head Centre of the
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