The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-07-15
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How ARE YOU DEMOCRACY:

HOW ARE you DEMOCRACY
The week just passed has been one Of
interest to the country, being the time
when cabal of politicians from all
parts Of our Union in Convention as
scmbled at New York, having laborcd
for the last half century to destroy this
Government, now presume to dictate
to the American people how its safe
ty q? can be secured. The impudence
aside, we come down to the actual do
ings ofthese beggars for popular SYM
patty. The Soldiers and Sailors Con-
vention, which was a side arrange
ment to the larger exhibition given at
Tammany, was scarcely worthy Of note.
Composed entirely of men who figured
as quartermasters or feather-bed Off
GERS and hangers-on about the cities, it
was entitled to no respect from any
party and was snubbed even by the
Democracy. A certain Ewing and
Franklin, bearing the weight of heavy
military titles, and like many Others,
never mentioned in connection with
operations in the field, were conspicu-
Gus. Of the Convention proper, we
CLEAN the following details, incidents,
etc, from the reports of our city dai-
lies, which may be relied on for truth
and accuracy, coming from the pens
of reporters present.
FIRST DAY.-Long before 10! o.
clock on the 4th, all the avenues in
the neighborhood of the Tammany
temple were filled with amotley crowd
the great unwashed, who had come
some Of them hundreds of miles to
stand in the heat and sun just outside
of the magic circle that contained the
favored few. TO see them sweltering
on the sidewalk and in the street, par
boiled on the outside from the exces-
sive heat, and on fire within from hot
and potent poison of the neighboring
groggeries was a sight. A single vii
lage in Pennsylvania had between 80
and 40 representatives in this pitiable
throng at one time shortly before the
meeting of the Convention, and it is
fair to presume that many other places
were quite as we'll off. The desire
for tickets among them was intense,
and all who could be presumed to have
even a tithe of influence in the proper
quarters were implored for favors until
the importantly became almost intol-
erable. "Tickets" was the universal
cry until long after the Convention
adjourned, and then they amused
themselves with the report that on
Monday morning these miscrablepi pieces
of pastebo,rd could be had tora dollar
and the asking.
At noon the hall was crowded to
its utmost capacity. The heat was in
tense, and the painting, putting, per-
spring, but patient multitude, bore
this inaiction with great resignation
and some show of good nature; but
many, while silently throwing noun
tains of blame upon those who had
paid so little attention to the ventla-
ton of the hall, threw ceremony and
their coats aside at the same time and
sat as quietly as possible in their shirt
sleeves, and gazed earnestly at the le-
gion of great men whom the exigen-
cies of the Democratic party had called
together on the nations birthday.
Scattered over the room were veteran
Democrats, upon whose bald heads the
eye rested but a moment, as the re-
Election of the light from the windows
was painful, and the memories called
up when one recognized the faces SO
long prominent in the past history of
the party of slavery and corruption
we're by no means pleasant. There
were Forrest of Fort Pillow fame,
Simmons of Georgia, and hosts of
other ex-rebel delegates, surmounted--
strange as it may appear! hot as ii
was bad as they smell! by-a "nig-
gerw His name is Joe Williams, and
he has his papers as a colleague OF
Forrest, from Tennessee! Consider
ing the last worthy's attempt to ex-
terminate the black race on a small
scale at Fort Pillow, is it not curious
that he and his confreres now take
one of their number to their bosom?
July, of all other months, should not
have been chosen for the alliance,
After the Introductory by Mr.. Bel
mont, the Rev. Mr.. Morgan read from
a little book carefully lodged in the
bottom of his hat a most eloquent adj
dress to the Throne of Grace, lis
listened to with great reverence by the
delegates, most of whom remained
standing during its delivery. But the
people in the galleries, perhaps unac'
customed to the unusually quiet man.
ner in which what they supposed tc
be speech was received, became some.
what impatient, and at the close Of
the reverend gentleman's long address
began to alphabetically for your
"Go in old smooth-topw etc. At thu
conclusion of his speech, which wa
received with applause, Mr.. Belmon
nominated for temporary chairman
the Hon. Henry S. Palmer of Wis
consin, which was agreed to. Com
mittees were then formed for perma
nent organization, after which th'
Convention adjourned.
SECOND DAY.-Monday, Tammany
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