Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-04

tDo-MtfuS 0T Me DOieS W the Uh0e C0HUea-
tton, IN electorm COLLEGE, was adopted by
decided majority. How you voted on this
! resolution l know not, but judging from
your 'antecedents as one of the editors Of
the PATRIOT AND UNION, I should believe
you voted in the affirmative. This resolu-
tion being in full force and effect when the
Convention adjourned tosaeet in Baltimore,
and not repealed it was as binding and as
imperative on the Convention at Baltimore
as it was at .Charle leston. And we find, in
the proceedings of the Convention, that
after five days of elimination and re-orimina-
ton, the Convention divided into two sepa.
rate bodies, the one nominating Messrs.
Douglas and Fitzpatrick, the other Messrs.
Breckinridge and Lane, and each calling
themselves the Democratic National Con-
vention. Now, sir, ask you in all candor,
whether any of these nominations were
made in accordance with the provisions of
the resolution referred to- Did either of
them receive "two thirds of the electoral
vote" or taoo-,hirds Of saA The votes in a
JoN Contention You must admit they
did mott therefore neither MrDouglss nor
Mr.. Breckenridge has been nominated
according to the custom, usage or precedent
of the Democratic party of the Union. 1t
was under these circumstances that the
State Executive Committee met at Phila-
delphia on the I'd inst, and offered tho
olive branch to the friends of the respective
nominees in Pennsylvania and every
Democrat, if he IS honest in his profess.
ions, will sustain the Committee in their
patriotic efforts to redeem our old Com.
monwealth from the blightiug rule of Black
Republicanism, by uniting upon one elec-
toral ticket, and that the one put in nomi-
nation by the Reading Convention, and
the triumphant election Of Henry d. Fos-
ter. You protest against the action Of the
State Executive Committee as an .'assump.
tton Of po,cer,' while you are the State
Committee by appointment Of certain
Southern gentleman, who calls himself
Miles Taylor, and very generously places
Pennsylvania under your control-1 sup.
pose there is no assumption OF pouer IN
this while you can politically say:
liam monarch Of all l survey;
My right there is none to dispute"
Again, l find, by the proceedings of the
Tod Convention, that Benjamin Fitzpat-
rick, of Alabama, was nominated by the
same Convention as Vice President, Oh the
same ticket with MIR. Douglas and directly
afterwards the Convention adjourned sine
dir a committee was appointed to inform
MIR. Douglas and Mr.. Fitzpatrick of the
nominations. Mr.. Fitzpatrick declines the
profered honor. But it appears, by the
/ va,rol tl,nt H., .o,,,,;,.a, L. i
them rowing power greater than yours /;
for when the nominee for Vice President
declined, the committee caught Mr.. John.
son and nominated him Us Vice President.
There is no assumption of power in this J.
Yet there is one thing true, that Mr.. H. V.
johnson was not nominated by the Con-
vention that nominated Mr.. Douglas, but
{ bya c2nsmittee oppointea 10 antorm Mr..
Eitspatrick of his nomination and after
the Convention had adjourned sine de
, That committee nominated Vice Presi-
dental candidate, and this you approve oi
I and sustain as Democratic, and object tc
{ the State Executive Committee for acting
within the sphere of their legitimate duty
/ and for the best interest OF the Democratic
/ party of the State. regret to see this
division in tho Democratic party of the
State. When the party sustained "mcas.
ures, mol men, it was always victorious
and if you reflect and look back, when the
partizans of Wolf and Muhlenberg divided
the Democratic party of the State, the re-
! suit was that Ritner was elected. Gov.
Rtner was delighted that he had beaten
two Democrats, but was astonished to find
that the "Ion Gray" beat him single
handed. And in more recent Conven-
/ tion, held at Altoona, another contest
, about men--not measures or principles
resulted in electing majority of Republi'
tieing the Senate, and giving a majority in
the Hous, of Representatives OF that State;
and, if | am not mistaken, you opposed
this measure, and went for union, harmony
and concession of the Democratic party
And this was in accordance with Demo.
cratic principles. Everything for princi
pie, nothing for men. The old truism Of
"united we stand divided we fall ;" is as
, applicable now as when it was first uttered
l | regret cannot give you credit for your
l present position, as your circular is dated
! the 10th Of July. But the editor of the
Philadelphia Press (whom, as editor o.
the PATRIOT AND UNION, you denounced
for his selfish and vindictve opposition tc
, President Buchanan) states, in an editorial
: of June rs, 1860, that "while, however
we shall support the election of stepher
, A. Douglas, the Press ~iit in no respect b.
G a party net0spoper." To this remark
c we must make one exception the Irsss i,
: the uncompromising Joe to the disunion
. secession Administration party; the foe o
s its candidates, of its leaders, its organs, ,
&C. And again, he is the first, through
the columns of his Press, to proclaim tina
there should be no union of the democrati,
: party of this State, unless they bowed
}. down to the imperial mandates of Johl
W. Forney, who is now receiving the wage
e of his political prostitution with the Blacl
;. Republican diSunionists in Congress as
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