Representative Convention--4th District

The Democratie Convention for the 4th Representativo District of Wabhton iw County, was held at Chelsea, on Saturday, 8ept. 17th, at 1 o'clpok, P.M. Olivek Hiuuwas called to tbechair, nnd W. L. Knai'P elected Secretary. A committeu on credeuttals vías appointed and reportad ; the report was accepted and adopted, wbereupon, on inotion, tho convention proceeded to ballot for a candíante for Representa tive, as foilows : Int 2iid 3rd. ForC. S. Gregory 9 7 i " S. Haite & 10 1 " Té. Congdou "i I o " S. Parker 3 Eiras Haiku, of Freedom, was, on inotion, unaaimously declared nominatod. Ttio foliuwing gentlemen woro appointed a District Cominittee : Messi. E. Ilaiie, Freedom; Thomas Young, Ljrndon ; David M. Kose, Sharou ; L.H. Jones, Dexter; Elisha Congdon, Sylvan; G. S. Gregory, Scio; and P. Starriug, Lima. The convention adjourned sine die. S3T In 1844 the "American AntiSlavery Society'1 adopted the following among other equally fanatieal and treasonable reaolut'rons :' " Resolved, That the abolitfonista of this country should make it one ol the primary objects of this aitatioa to dissolve the American Union." The abolitionists hoving succeeded in this jtrimary ohject, almost en mass, advocate tho reelection of Abraiiam Lincoln as the surest way ofpreventing a restoration of the hated Union. Lïxcoln was not an original disuaionist - notwithstanding his dem&gogical speech of 1848 - but ba has proven put ter'e clay in tho hands of the abolitionists, and they have shaped hi.n and his policy to the accomplishment ofvtheir ends. He is in their mesheR, and can not escape, and his re-election is certain to make dissolutioa final. Then vote for George B. McClellan who says '■ the Union (not the abandonrnent of slavery,) m the one condiiion qfPeace," and that "the Union must be preserved at all hazards." L2"Wm. Lloyd Garrison once said, "lo-day I renew my accusation against "the AmeFtcan Consti'ution, that it is "a 'covennnt with death, and an agree" ment witb heli which ought lo be ''annulled, now and forever." And. to day, Wm. Lloyd Gaiikison supports Abraham Lincoln as the most cfïectual way of annuiling the constitution 80 bitterly denounced. On the sarno 4th day of July, 1856, the same Wm. Lloyd Garrison said, " to-day I pronounce the Amwican " Union a league of despoiism, to perpet"uate wTiich il a crime against our com"mon humanitij, anda sin against God." And, to day, the sarro Wm. Lloyd Garrison supports Abraham Lincoln as the surest way of perpetuating the destruction of the Union be has so long prayed for. Is it any wonder that in the hands of such men Abraham Lincoln has pursued a policy destructive to the best interests of the Union ? Will it be a winder that in the hands of such men - and they are, and will be, the power behind the throne greater than the throne itself - his future policy will be such that a restoration of the Union will be an impossibility ? In 1860, when the Democracy told the people the Union would be endangered if Abe Lincoln was elected, they were 6neered at as "Unionsavers" And now that the Union is rent in twain, and the Democracy, judging the future by the past, charge that Abe Lincoln's re-election will secure permanent disunion, we are called secessionists. Oalling names proves nothing. Let patriotíe, Union-loving citizens examine the record, and determine for wbom they will vote, Lincoln, who affirms that "any people, anywhere, " being ioclmed, and having the power, " have the right to rise up and shake " off the existing government, and form " a new one that snits them better," and whose policy is" directly calculated to make the rupture tf our Union, based upon such advice, final, or Mo Clellan, who denies the right of seces sion, and says that "the Union must be preserved at all hazards. Choose ye betvveen the rail and Union splitter and the "Union-saver." E Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party are pledged to destroy slavery and let the Union take care of itsel. Georoe B. McClellan and the Democracy are pledged to restore and perpetúate the Union and let slavery take care of itself. There is a radical difference between the two propositions. Which will the patriotic voters of the country endorse ? U5f The IGth Annual Fair of the Washtenaw County Agricultural and Horticultura! Society, will be held in this city next week, eommencing on Wednesday, and closing Friday. We hope to see a large turn ont of the farmers of the connty. tt - Therc tvíll be fióme epirited troMing dnring the Fair, and on the day following. ij-íST" At a meeting of the Democratie County Committee, held iu this city 1 terday, the 22d inst., the Chairman, Mr, I A. C. Blodget, presented a letter from Patek'K McKernan, decliningthe noiiiination for Circuit Court CorirmisBioner givun kim by tho recent County ! tion. The dealination was considered by tlie Committee and aecepted, and on niotion Robeht E. FiiAZKH, of this city, was unauimously noniinated to fill the plac0 roado vacant on the ticket. Mr. Frazer is a young mau of more than ordiuary ability, a gradúate of both the Literary and Law Dcpartiueuts of the' University and posseses the qualifieations requisito to mako a good üominissioner. We I vouch that if elected his duties will ' be proniptly discharged, and with that care and correctncss peculiarly necessary to the office. As to his Democracy, Mr Fuazek is in thé habit of speaking for himsèlf, and spcaklny well, too. Wc trust that the Democracy will be.satisfied with tho actiou of the Committee, and that not a single Democrat in the county will draw a black mark across the name of Rouekt E. Fra.ek. - The Committee trausaeted other business we have not time to notice this week. jL3T Tbe State News is still shedding sj'mpathetic tears - crocodilo tears, perhaps - over the slights tbe Democracy of the county have pat upon the "iec-ent conversions." If the News and its co-partisans have such unbouuded sympathy and respect for the Republicana who joined the Union movement in 1862, will it teil ue wlvy Messrs. ' Crank an-d Carvester, both received back into tho Republican cornmunion, both delegates to the ïecent Republican convention, were so unceremoniously given back seat6? Don't Ihe eympathy of the News aricf its friends manifest itself a little too late ? jL"5T We have not given our readers much politica during the last threeyears, but the time has come, sêfr apart by the Coustitution and laws, for the eketion of President, and it is now our duty to eanvass the political opinions of opposing parties and candidates, and espeeially the political policy of the admiuistration. Our readers will therefore, chcerfnlly we presume, excuse the absence of our usual quantity of miscellaneous matter antil after the election. j&rLT The French and the rebels have been striking hands on the Rio Grande, but Cortina whipped them united, drove the rebels out of Brownsville, hoisted the American flag, and then turned the place over to the Federal commander, who, advised of what was going on, advaneed- frora his neighboring post. J53T The State Fair opened at Kalamazoo on Tuesday and will close to-day. The' weatlierhasf been fine, and the attendance is reported largo, with a good show of horses, stock, &c. We had iutended to be present, but business absolutely prevented. JÜ3T We see it announced that Lieut. Gov. May is to address the Republicaus in our city on the 5th of Uctober. He will probably givo a pathetic report of the summary manner in which he was shelved by the State Convention. jL3E Gen. Siikhidax bas met with a glorious success iu the Sheöandoah valley, but with a loss of many brave men. The Michigan Cavalry Brigade suffered severely. L3C" Jacob M. i Howard, Zack Chandleu, an original "blood-lotter," and Col. Hawkins, held forth to a lew hundred men, nomen, and children, at Ypsilanti, on Thursday last. It was a sorry affair. A Noble Boy Gonb. - Our citizens will remember Henrt J. Dkmino, a Printerboy, who luft our city with the First Michigan Infatitry, and afterwards went with tlie 14th Infantry, wliere he won a Lieutenant's commission. He was a noble boy and a brave soldier. The following extract from a letter to II. P. Dodge, son oí' L Dodge, of this city, tells his fate : Adjutant's Office, 14th Micu. Ikfaktrt ) Jo.vksboro, Ga. Sept. 4ih, 1864. J Horace. - "In the niidst of life we are in death." On tlie evening of the Ist instant, our regiment with its división assaulted and 'carried the works of the enetny near this place. Still it was not without a heavy sacrifice to us that it was done. Among those who yielded up their young lives for their country, was Henüy J. Ueming, a brave and gallant soldier, long-tried friend. early associate at home, and more than brolher in the field. He was an excellent ofiicer, a genial coinpanion, and a generons liearted man, tho very incarnation of bravery itself'. Cool and self-possossed, no amount of excilement, no description of peril could disturb liis equanimity, or frústrate liis purposes. His name deserved a high place on the roll of honor for deeds done on that day. Our steps were marked with blood, our march was strewn witli dcad and wounded. Brave and noble Hknrt, wlien asked to allow some of his com])anions to tike him from tJie field, he answered, "no ! your orders are, let the dead take care of the dead ! have some one write to my friends, and teil them mine was a soldier's death."