Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-11

State Democratic COnVentlOn--itS nominees
Holding Conventions has ever been practice
which the Democratic party have recognised as
necessary to concentrate the wishes of the mass of
the party-held rather as a necessary evil. They
are so organized, however, that fragrant outrages
may sometimes be perpetrated by designing poll
ticians, upon the masses of the party, and we
deem the late convention at Jackson one of the
latter character.
In our notice of the convention last week, we
did not specify point out the Objectionable names
upon the ticket, but merely said we were in favor
of tripping up the whole concern and hold a new
convention on the 4M Of July nert, for which we
were taken to task by one of the nominees, Mr..
Barksdale. But we beg leave to say we are still
for ripping up the ~hOls concern, and in favor of
holding a new State convention. And now we
will proceed to point out objections to the tick
et We feel conscious that the ticket as now form
ed does not meet the wishes of the mass of the
democratic party. If it was not the result of bar
gain and intrigue it certainly smacks very much
like tiff the delegates endeavored to act out the
wishes of their constituents, they certainly made
great mistake in attempting to do so. Person
ally we know no harm of any gentleman on the
ticket, but as democrats we do. We have ever up
to this time supported the nominees of democratic
conventions, but we hold that the democratic party
is in no wise bound to support the nominees of the
ers can prove to US by any kind of logic that the
democratic party is in honor bound to support the
nominees if they should nominate wings, then we
will surrender the question. But some is
ready to say there are no wings nominated on our
ticket. Grant you they do not call themselves
wings but how much do they lack of it; let US see:
two years ago, the democratic party held State
convention at Jackson usual, and nominated
full State ticket, at time when the democratic
and where were some of our present nominees in
that memorable contest? We found Mr.. Banks
dale, the present nominee for Congress for the
State at large, Mr.. Muse, the nominee for Secre
tary of State, and Mr.. Hemingway, the nominee
for Treasurer, all battling in the whg ranks
They not only opposed the nominees of the State
democratic convention fairly got up, but they &C
tually supported the wing or Union nominees, and
accepted nominations at the hands of the wings
and canvassed vigorously, and were elected each
to office, beating their Democratic opponents. In
that canvass they used every means in their power
(as all of the so-called union men did to forever
crush the State Rights Democratic party. And
now these men come fresh from the whig party
1 (the smell of whfggery scarcely left them) and
are nominated to Office by democratic convention.
We suppose that the democratic convention, see
ing that they all got Office by joining the wings
concluded they would all come back if they could
get Office apiece, and hence they were nomi-
mated. A bargain that we unwilling to stand
too, because if we buy some we must take all and
an Office for each one must be the consideration.
There Majors, Wilcox, and all the whole
batch of disorganizers, are ready to threaten US,
that if we do not give them Office they will join
the wings again. and defeat our party throughout.
Old and tried veterons of the party have been
laid aside, and men have been chosen not for their
devotion to democratic princip les-not for the i'm
portant service they have rendered the democratic
party and the country, but to conciate, to har
monte, or in other words to prevent the Union
democrats from afhlating with the wings again.
We appeal to democratS-those who have grown
gray in the service of the immutble principles of
democracy Is this just? What have we to gain
by elevating such men to office and power? Are
we not nurturing and giving power to those who
at some future day may give US more deadly
stab In their election to office, are we not re-
cognizing their formerNeourSe And will it not
encourage other dsorganzers and Office seekers to
take the same course. But says one we must
support the nominees, or the wings will be elected
If the wings should be elected they will be elect
ed as wings and we will know where to find them
But let us have a new convention On the 4th of
July, as we have ample time to do So and let the
primary meetings instruct their delegates, and
| give us clean genuine democratic ticket and we
fear opposition; the people will rally to its sup
port. We are not urging the nomination of GER
tain men, We care not who the nominees are so
they are true and tried democrats. That is all
we ask,-Democratic Oxford) FIog.
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