The Montana post., 1869-06-11
} As. ii. MILLS.
A. II BEATT1E.
THE CONVENTION.

They did it. Precisely in the manner
Iudicated by the PosT yesterday, the so>
aIIed Democratic Convention met, went
through the preliminary fOrmslities,
and rsnominSted Mr.. Cavanaugh by ac>
.Imation on the first vote as chief wall
for the ensuing campaign, amid
iesfening silence that must have been
painful 10 his friends. He accepted il
with becoming nOiesty and a suffusion
Of hrst~class Washington bushes that
would have done credit to Az Jay or
Ben Butler. The resolutions which had
been adopted were delivered the night
before through n spirit medium: were
youched for as the sentiments in brief
sfan extinct Statesman; were swallowed
without grimace, and with the ortho>
graphical errors carefully expunged.
will appear in full in this mornings
GGzstts. AS the extinct Democrats spir>
iis were somewhat depressed, he had
lodged tue eVertion necessary TO think
o. something new. and mildly endorsed
the New York Platform of 1868 The
preamble of that Platform. if we re-
collect arIght, declared in terms that
The Democracy of the country trampled
the Constitution under their feet
Nothing could he more appropriate. and
j. wss unanimously adopted. To be
sure three million. sixteen thousand.
two hundred and fifty-three voters of
these United States pronounced its
propositions an attempted swindle upon
the American people. but that goes for
nEught. when Cavanaugh tells the doz>
sn or two delegates il is good medicine
n L.
tugL afterward addressed the COnven
ton by special invitation; thanked
them "for the manner in which they had
nominated him." went into a difficult
and embarrassing explanation Of the
great good he had effected for the Ter
ritory. and which we will attend 10
hereafter; said some good. some in
different. and some very absurd things,
and closed by saving that we would
wake mp some morning in July and
ind Grant had established an Empire
on the ruins Of the Republic. at which
:he broEan- pedal applause was unuspal-
y emphatic. This might have been
through misapprehension, which
charitable inference we are sustained in
by other obtusities Of the Convention,
and the assertion of Shakespeare that
lew Democrats know "to applaud al
The proper times and places"
The speech. rs a whole. we are free TO
say, was in it's character the most tenn
perSte and digni6ei we have heard
made by Democrat in Montana, and it
will be 10 the credit of both candidates
ald parties. if in tho coming campaign
Ihere is no descent to the low and scau-
oalous- On its conclusion, q resolution
vas offered, thanking Mr.. c. for the
anse manner in which Che said) he had
fepressnted Montana" and another
that the proceedings be published in the
Gdzette, which was amended by adding
and the IBdep>Rdenf" and put by the
resident AL the Democratic papers in
Aontana; so the Democrat was infer
,husily read out. because gallant. con-
scientious Major Bruce ssould not bow
% baal. when be knew he was q false
goo. Soon after, the Convention adj
Ioqrned sine de. IL was lugubriously
sS.emn and undemocrstic convocation.
'ue Speaker drinking water. nnd a sober
.sns, , OF impending defeat apparently
.iusAlnE in IFS inception every effort
\ .oN ara enthusiasm or even interesting
Vitality. Unexpectedly it died with de-
4 .ofan, and on the frst Monday in
2eeHsi. the Republicans will bury IL
4 iiy, IS becomes vanquished and
/ Latest Arvirrs indicate rl,e Irish