Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-03-31

! The Two-TnIRns RULE-We perceive that
some of the states in sending delegates to the Ma
tIonal Convention have instructed them to oppose
the admission of the twothirds ruein selecting can
didates for President and Vice President. II Will
be recollected that Van Buren, was defeated and
Polk nominated in 1914, by the application of rule
that the vote OF two thirds present, should be neces
sary to constitute choice. a majority of the del
egates were instructed 10 support Van Buren, but
the admission of this rule prevented his nomination
and compelled the selection of a new man. Where
majority are instructed for particular man. but
nevertheless desire his defeat this twothirts rule
is most convenient thing to accomplish the result
bat certainly there is neither fairness or dcmocra-
cy IN II. 1t is, in fact, violation of the cardinal
principles ofdemocracy, that minority may thwart
the wishes of the majority. and compel that MAORI
ty TO yield 10 their dictaon. 1t well recolectpd
that the nomination of Mr. Polk. under the circum-
ces created no small degree Of dissatisfaction. which
though not manifested at the time, has since been
ranking in the minds of those who were then de.
teated Such nomination now, would be fatal TO
the success of the party. \ cardinal principle can
not be frequently violated with impmity. for party
Obligations cease to be of effect, when the principles
upon which alone party can expect permanence are
violated. How can any one be called upon with
proprety 10 support IN virtue of party obligations
any individual who owes his nomination solely 10
violation of the principles out of which party OBJ
legations grow. All men who profess to be party
men. are bound to support nominations made in
accordance with party principles but when those
principles are clearly violated, we hold that all men
are absolved from party allegiance If then the
Baltimore Convention should again resort to the
trick of the two-thrds rolc, the candidate must
rely solely upon his merits for party obligations
being broken, they can afford him no strength
u Speaking Of the comparative merits of men
in resisting evil under difference of circumstances
Theodore Parker says: Merit depends upon the ef-
fort made and the difficulty to overcome. A man
who abstans from stealing in the present state OF
society, may deserve as much a saint under
we'll organized and perfect state Of society The
very greatest and most glorious men that have ever
lived, may have no more merit in the sight of God
than the most humble and obscure who have been
clogged with bad physical organization and sur
! rounded with more evil influences
Charming thus beautifully dweIlS upon an idea
somewhat akin to the foregoing:
1t is not improbable, that the noblest human
beings to be found in the least favored condi-
tons of society among those, whose names are
never uttered beyond the circle in which they toll
and suffer. who have but two mites to give away
who perhaps not even that but who desire 10 be
fed Wllh the crumbs which fall from the rich mans
table for in this class may he found those Whc
have practccd the most arduous duties, who have
contded in God under the heaviest trials who have
been most Wronged and have forgiven most ard
these are the great the exalted 1t matcre nothing
what the particular duties are to to which the in
dividua is calied.-hoW minute obscure in
their outward form Greatness in God sight lies
not IN the extent OF the sphere which filled. or tie
effect which is produced but altogether in the
poWcrol virtue in the soul in the enegy with which
Gods will is chosen with which trial is borne
and goodness loved and pursued"