Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-01-31
Tue TWO CONVENTIONS

sin be seen that they adopt the prineiPes Of he
national democraey-lhe platform laid down at
Baltimore in 1870. "a and So, lhst hey reject
The doctrine Of secession as utterly unsancrioned
| ty Tie federal constitution aud pledge he party
10 he support Of the Compromise measures as a
fnal settlement Of The seHei and dangerous sla-
very question. They appointed seven delegates
With alternate, 10 attend the Baltimore Couven.
ton and a select committee Of ten to tiil vacan.
cies aud nominate candidates Tor electors.
We also publish an abstract of ihe proceedings
Of the Convention Of tho shit vas impossi
bic Gr US to give rhem in Gall. hi, Conven.
ton, ii will be Iseen also adopt the Baltimore
platform, but they 20 little further and add the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions Of 'ss aud 90
This is all well enough perhaps, in as much as
they d. nos openly avow The doctrine Of consti.
lutonal secession and Of courss allow every one
To pm his own construction IN these resolutions
As IRE understand hem we have ever looked Up.
on the Virginia resolutions as The bible Of our
political f,ih-as the touch stone Of republican
principles We published them in 1889, and
mol only The resolutions bat the address which
accompanied them in fill, But we always cun.
sirued these resolutions in The same Iigid as they
were construed by their dslrou. anIhor, Mr..
Madison, by ibe Virginia Legislature Of 1898
and by all the leading democratic republicans
who supported The administrations If Gen. Jack,
sou and Mr. Polk. We utterly di.avow now, as
we hare always disayowrd, The construction put
on Them by South Carolina politicians. by Gen.
Quiuan and other nhras Of this State, by the
nuders Of 80 and some &C she self styled states
rights men of the present day. And bel ieving
az wa do tina, tho spirit and4neaning Of these
resolutions are pretty fully embraced IN The BAL
ignore PLATFORM we cannot but consider their in
corporation into the resolutions Of the Conven-
ton Of the 9Th rs sort Of supererogaiion.-
They might just as we'll have appended the fed
era constitution In full TO their articles Of polt.
cal faith. However we can lake no exception to
The course Of the Convention in this matter
Had we been member Of that body we should
have I'll, bound to vote ior.ihe resolutions but it
would have been with the protestando, at the
same time, that nothing like ratification, seces>
sion or dsanion was to DO implied by their adop.
ton.
The Convention nominate an electoral tirkct
for the State and appoint fifty three deleg,ics 10
attend the Baltimore Convention. The dclesa>
ton Is entirely too large. Mississippi will be
entitled 10 only seven votes In the Convention
and twice that number would have been quite
sufficient TO ensure the State a full representa-
ton. But this u matter Of little consequence as
il Is presumed only small number Of the dele.
gates will attend
We have now the action Of the two Conven
tons before U.S. aud We heel much like the man
who had been capszed in boat, aud who hay
ing Tor sometime expected such cat slrophe,
arose 10 The surface putting and blowing, and *
claimed, swell ms just what expected aud I'm
glad It's over" But 10 be serious, there IL ground
TO apprehend continued dssenfions IN our ranks !,
unless better spirit &c Cancellation and com
promise prevails. Which oflhe two delegations
are 10 take seats in the Baltimore Convention
and which will be the democratic electoral ticket
for we supposc tho Union Genital Committee
will appoint their ticket also II seems to us
that there would have been good grounds to
hope for fall understanding and codial co
operation between the two divisions Of the party.
Eueach convention had LEFT the appointment Of
tho electoral ,icke, and the Baltimore delegation
to joint Central Committee. And may they
not YET agree and unite in harmony on the same
ticket Why not They have, in the main
The same platform, the same principles, aud they
will have the same candidates for the Presiden
cy aud Vice Presidency, for we take it, thai each
division stands pledged to support the Nominees
Of the Baltimore Convention. Why then con.
tinue TO wrangle and keep up distinct orgauiza
'lonsi such course Is suicidal and ought to be
fIowned down by every true friend ofthe cause
But in order 10 come TO an amicahle arrange.
menl, there must he concessions on both sides,
aud these examinations aud recriminalious thai,
we have had so much Of both through the press
and on the stump must be put an end to. A
house divided against itself must fall, and no,
even the hitherto invincible democratic party Of
Mississippi can stand against the tdRet and
waves ot continued aud elnbtered dissen,ions.
As,o ourselves, while we win continue true to
the Union cause and will tread no step back
ward, we will extend The rigb, hand Or fellow.
ship 10 all, wings and democrats. who will un,,e
with us upon the platform Of republican princ.
Piles. We know not what is in the future. bat
zee 'ciR icaich, and VIt, and hope for The best