The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-06-28

ury, ana ne Is now before the country
on the same ticket with Douglas whose
only claim for votes in the Free States
for that ticket, is based upon the pre-
tence that he is earnestly in favor of
the very doctrine his associate upon
the ticket has thus contributed to
nullify! A fascinating ticket, isn't it !?
The rump Convention claimed that
its platform had been regularly adopted
at the Charleston assemblage, though
this was denied by the seceders. The
Breckenridge and Lane Convention,
claiming as appears, with good reason,
to be the regular National Democratic
Convention, passed aresolution calling
the next National Democratic Conven-
vention at Philadelphia. After finishing
their business, both Conventions, the
Rump and the Regular, adjourned
sine die; thus abating the intolerable
nuisance which had so annoyed the city
of Baltimore for an entire week.
Portions of the delegations of all the
States except Delaware, South Caro-
lima, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia,
California and Oregon took their seats
and voted with the Rump Convention !;
and these portions of delegations
assuming for the most part to cast the
entire votes of their respective States,
as though they were full delegations,
had no difficulty in nominating Doug
las; and then, as if to give greater
breadth to the farce, passed reso-
luton that he acas nominated by a
two thirds vote"
AS last desperate device to secure
nomination without disruption of
the original Convention, Douglas tele-
graphed from Washington to his friends
to yield the contest in respect to the
platform; that is, to allow the popular
sovereignty" planks of the Cincinnati
platform to be chiseled out. This
would have been done if it would have
reconciled the Slave State delegates.to
his nomination. But it would not.
They would not trust him or take him
on any platform.
A few individuals of the Georgia
delegation were present on Saturday
in the Rump Convention, but refused
to take any part in the proceedings.
The entire delegations from California
and Oregon, the only Free States in
which Douglas had any chance even
with harmonious nomination, refused
to act with the Rump and were mem
bers of the Regular Convention.
The regular Convention embraced
the entire regular delegations from
Louisiana, Texas and Florida, with
majorities of the delegations from all
the other Slave States, except South
Carolina which had no member in either
Convention, its delegates being ac-
credited to the late Richmond Conven-
ton only. The Regular Convention
also embraced portions of the delega-
tons from the Free States Of New
York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Penn
sylvania and Maine, as well as the entire
delegations from California and Ore
gon.
Amongst the proceedings of the
Regular Convention, was resolution
inviting the democracy" of all the
States of the Union, to run electoral
tickets for the regular nominees. Bu-
chanan's administration will see that
this request be complied with.
Douglas, it will be noticed, was nomi-
mated by the votes of delegates from
Free States in not one of which has he
ever had, as against Abraham Lincoln,
any chance for solitary electoral vote,
even with a harmonious nomination
and no black "dem ocratic" competitor
in the field.
This faction will run electoral tickets
for him in every State; and with too
black democratic tickets in each State,
there can now be no doubt that Lincoln
and Hamlin will receive the electoral
votes of every one of the Free States
and little Delaware with good show
for Missouri. Of the other Slave States,
Bell and Everitt stand a chance for
Kentucky, and are pretty sure of
Tennessee and Maryland. The re-
naming Slave States will unquestion-
ably vote for the Regular black "demo-
cratic" nominees, leaving not a solitary
electoral vote in the whole Union for
the pestilent and traitorous demogogue
of Illinois the detestable and detested
author of the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise; the apologist, ally and
accomplish of the thievish, murderous
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