Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-10-07
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When conventions meet together to select candidates
to be supported by any party for any particular Office
it is natural to suppose that it is the strengths OF the
nominating party that is to be represented and to
troll the action OF the nominating convention, and not
the strength the party opposed to it. Thus, for in
stance Arkansas. Mississippi, Alabama that al
ways vote Democraticay. have not much strength
in electoral votes as Massachusetts, that votes o
a Democrat and so on. But the strength of Massa-
chusetts is so lar as mocratic candidate is concerned
worse than weakness.
1t is conceded fact that the greater portion OF the
electoral votes cast for the next Democratic Candidate
for the Presidency must come from the South. We say
this without any wish cast upon honest and
faithful Democrats at the North. who stand up manu'
". They are deserving of all praise and OF all conf
dence and W. only wish there more of them But
there is the difficulty They few, and cannot
but think that some protesting Democrats the North
ern States would do WE'LL at any rate they would act
with better TASTE if they exhibited little modes
ty For instance our pseudo Democratic managers at
Albany. New York, Messrs. Dean Richmond Cassidy,
Cage err aud sucb like say nothing Of other managers
throughout the Empire State" end in the Empire
City, those good people, who have Sc long teathered
their own nests and worked wires to control the Demo
made see that they really do no coed to the Demo
cratic party. THAT New York gave vote to Mr.
Buchanan aud is hardly specuIaed upon as likely to
give any votes to bis Democratic successor.
The time has gone past for wire pulling Every Dem
ocrat who has the good of his party and his country
heart must see that 1860 will be 20 holiday time but
that every effort must be put forth, and that in order
that this may be done the real wishes of the real cleo
tors must be consulted and that the candidates must be
chosen III accordance with the popular Democratic will
and not in obedience to any clique dctation proceeding
especially from States that give electoral vote,
or from who do not express the wishes of the
weakened remains OF the party where its strength has
been sacrificed TO their profit and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
We read such charging and plunging ruling and ru-
lining articles in Democratic papers, published in States
that are hopelessy Black Republican they be
we hear of Democratic Federal ofice-holders for
mer Federal oficehoders, in such States threatening
the South with their vengeance and the loss of their in
aence unless they consulted and allowed to dictate
forgetting apparently that ali the position they had
was as j. were. thrust on them from the necessities of
the case-hat other States those victories for the
Democratic party, in whose fruits they received nl
participation.
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the parry known as the twothrds rule will be sought
to be abrogated-some say in the interests Of Judge
| Douglas--s0me say in the interests OF other par
ties This would never do The Northern States might
all 90 convention for particular man, and thus url.
der the majority rule choose him the whole South
while yet they could not give him corporals guard
| of electoral votes.
| We trust, however that better feeling will prevail
at Charleston than some OF cautious friends
are led to fear We trust thar the Forney anl Cassidy
element will be more reasonable Or less predominant
among the Northern portion of the delegates to Charles
otherwise they must take Of themselves and the
South of herself We wish the South neither to ask for
anything not justly due and right and prop
We wish ali mutual respect and forbearance to be
exercised towards each other by Democrats from differ
ent sections Of the Union but it is evident that the
strength that dominates Democratic candidate must
be- and ought to be the strength that and will help
to elect him. not that which will help to oppose him.