Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-11-10
Regular Nomina;iOuS.--their Repudia
ton.

tion.
Among an the inventions vi party, TO &C.
cure il. perpetual triumph, there has been
non. be, tor calculated for this purpose than
regular nominations" !, has been the
chief a. wei ri. the elEeien, resort OF shTcWd
politicians. for wears. When the object Of
.br,, nom milton, WAS the elevation Of hOuora-
be independen, ana caOabls men, the people
sIUays sustained Them bot when men Of
different stamp were non. tnsted-vhen eau
ru.s, and conventions wcr, packed when
delegate, TO them were bouchI and sold
when candidate, were placed 10 nomination
by intrigue. double.dealuc. hypocrisy aot
5eccpuou-whcu usaccs were ,rampled upon,
and The people ehca'ed-whcn principles were
rrpudiaisd--and when candidates Of a doubt.
iul ehlrsc,cr were placed IN nomination by
Combination and previous promise, these ere
eular nominations could not command The
rssqSc, or confidence Of the people They
,r,. % -,lurall, under such circumstance, be-
,,r. , /. ,e.word and reppaeh
"Re,pl,r :, 'oniu''.ous' sustained the dem
,..,,,,. r,ry IN n, 5 STATE, almos, uninlcr-
-ur,edr, rom It's f,uu1a' ion ur'o isi?. The
rrpudistion Of them a, that me, ih'e" It ~
to disorder from which 1t csnnol '-eo'er IN
90 oct Of the mass Of the people Of name
Who arc iraly Democratic IN sentiment, priu.
cple and practise. real Democratic Party
il formed Who Will observe regular" usare'
, and "recul,r" nominations For those sho
st rcpgdiai,d regular nominations, to Al.
tenn, to form the nucIeu, Of the true Demo
,r,re "a and to claim to cou'ain within
,h.m..,ve, II the democracy ,nd patriotism
,,,hs STATE. /, attempting and c'l'mirc vhl,
,t. recrl. vii; no, sanction ard wins, never
ca, and never Nillu'k, place. Regularity
20 b, Of snv ,suice mus, irregular just ct
psd,en, ard consistent.
Other states, q, the preset tine are r''e-
Using, II not initiating the cyi, eN''nf'e o.
Maine. Those Who claim 10 be tie se'a'
advocate, and defender, Of an the mcasnr,'
-"the mos, prominent among the rest--oi
this Admini,,raiIon are resorting To course
they hav. 80 often denounced in relation 10
regular nomination.. They are r,PujiItinr
.r,-llar nominations, The Boston Poet !,
s7ss n point,
The following article from The New Yo'k
Evening Post, wall illustrate III, progress Of
Reputation.
"Rr6utAR NOMINATIONS ErNouScru. Are .
VI Douglass measures to be made ties, Of
5cmoc-acy' We ,houch,,ha, d,.per,auon
hal been granted BY the political hierarchy al
Washington to the people OF New England
a, least, allowing them 70 take such ground
10 this respect As might seem to them good,
Nilhcu, he hazard Of he.ng cut % from the .
democratic party. When the New HnmP-
shire election TOOK place, that was the doctrine
proclaimed a, headquarters.
Bu, now It seem, that to disarProve Of the
statute admitting slavery into the territories,
b, suddenly made a fatal heresy. The Dos
ton Pos, /, provincial organ Of the admins
,rauou. ,nd il f,tly refuse, 10 register among
democratic nominations, the name II gen
ilgrrsu VIM wa, fairly and unanimously nom
mated b, the democrats OF his district at 4
convention. the regularity Of which is no,
disputed. The candidate upo1 whom the AL
m,nis,ra,ion puts us veto, Is Nathaniel p.
Banks. IT,, member Of Congress, from the
seventh Congress disiis, in Massachusetts.
HIS crime ., stated BY the Boston Pos, IN the
following paragraphs
The position Of NJ. Banks is unlike thatof
any other democratic member. lie not only
laboreL in Congress to defeat the Nebmska
bill-but in June he visited his constituents,
Iust alter a period Of unparalleled excitement
her, on aeeoun, Of the rendition Of Bonn,
and 10 an address. delivered ., walham he
declared. iha, by an irre,rievabls step he had .
separated himself from his political friends,
and TIA, he should wage eternal hostility 10
the Nebraska bill and 10 the 'men' Mo pas
sod It,.
n ,hi, manner does the administration
make war upon regular nominations. Its
chance Of obtaining moderate proportion Of
supparisr, IN the neII Congre., lies solely in
the respect which is paid to the iarmllily Of
somina,iOn, made according to usage IN con-
vsn,ons IL these arc disreglrded. ito party
snnhilsicd at Unce.
To our ss,onlshmeui we fud il setting the
dangerous example Of disowninc party usl-
ss,, aud treating regular nominations with
contempt, Il employs it, creatures to break
IN pieces the very organization from which it
derive. all the hold on The people OF the free
Stale, which rrmain to H."
Dram or GoyrRNoK BvRr. The Govetn-
OF oi Nebraska Territory-lICn Frances Burt
of South Carclina-disd 4, Bellevue, Ne
Jrass,. on Wednesday. the 18th Of October.