Year: 1861

From the Hamilton Telegraph


The BUTLER COUNTY CoSvESrroS
DEEoUNcED By A DEMocRATIc PAPER
The proceedings Of the Convention at
the Court House on Saturday were
most uupatriotic and disgrsceful. We
publish elsewhere the proceedings Of
this meeting, and the resolutions passed,
as also the minority report Of the COM
mittee. The preamble and resolutions
of the majority report which were
drawn up by Secessionist, and filed
with Secession doctrines, and adopted
by an evidently packed convention Of
misguided men. many of whom de-
meaned themselves as wild and reckless
almost as Secession mob. They came
up to the Convention 10 carry out their
purpose of endorsing Mr.. Vallsndig-
ham. who is regarded by large and
respectable portion of the Democracy
as arrant traitor at heart as JEFF Da-
Wis himself, and denouncing in the most
bitter terms the action Of the President
in conducting the war, while express
ing no word Of blame for the traitors
at the South, and this all regardless OF
the harmony and success of the Demo-
cratic party. In doing this they ac-
complish more than their point, and
more than they intended. They not
only succeeded in adopting set of Sc
tcession resolutions, and endorsing a
man, if not traitor, one whom many
honestly believe to be such, and we
confess we are one Of the number; but
they at the same time put upon the De-
mocracy Of Butler county a burden. too
intolerable to be borne, which they al
most unanimously declare that they
cannot and will not undertake to carry.


Sooner than subscribe to any work
upon this platform, and be thus sold
out to the band of conspirators and
traitors at the South, and thus go
against their country, all genuine Dem
ocrats will see thep party go to that po-
litical perdition to which such a plat
form will instantly and eternally send
it. The masses Of the Democracy are
not ready to follow some of their cor
rupt and dishonest leaders on this short
line route TO SO deep and fatbomless a
political hell.


No, they are for their Country right
or wrong" and against assailants from
any and every quarter whether from
without or within. They have no sym
pathy with rebels and traitors. There
is no party or political resolutions or
platform strong enough to sever their
affection and support from their coun-
try. We thank God that this is not
Democratic platform, and that the
masses of the Democracy will not rally
under il for a moment. They would
as soon, il not sooner, make their bed
with the abominable Abolition fanatics
of the North, as thus to lie down with
armed traitors Of the South.


But they do otintend to do either of
these things. They intend to support
both the principles of Democracy and
their Government irrespective Of Ad-
ministrations. They feel in the Ian
guage Of the great and lamented Doug
las, that "no man can be true Demo-
crat without being at The ssme time
loyal patriot, and that there are but two
positions to assume; we must be either
for or against our Government, either
patriots or traitors"


There is being held at Middletown
tonight meeting of the Democracy
of that place to denounce the proceed
ings OF this "bastard Phaeton" Con-
vention, to be followed by a rousing one
in this city Immediately after the meet
ing Of the State Convention, TO pass
such resolutions as will be both Demo
cratic and patriotic, and will wash the |
hands of the Democracy Of the stigma
and disgrace that have been put upon
US. There is scarcely Democrat to I
be found in this city who will acknowl-
edge that be endorses the proceedings /
OF the Convention. There is general |
and irrepressible feeling of indignation
at this abominable attempt to commit
the Democracy of old Butler to the
damnable heresy of Secession, and to /
get it TO resume hostile attitude to the
Government in the vigorous prosecu.
ton Of the war.


JOHN P. P. PEcK,


Editor of Hamilton Telegraph.