Des Arc citizen., 1860-05-26
Vote on the Majority and Minority Platforms in the Charleston Con.

LldtlVIMS III buS CuaTleSJOn COu.
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 We have taken pains to analyse and dlssect the vote cast upon the two sets of resolutions presented to the national Dem ocratic Convention by the majority and minority portions of the Platform Com mlttee. It exhibits some curious features Out of lS3 votes from the Northern States only 30 were cast against the minority platform. Of these 30, Pennsylvania cast l5, New Jersey 2, California 4, and Oregon 3. The Democratic party had right to expect to carry every one of these States. In addition, Massachusetts gave 6 votes. We had no right to expect to carry her. But she was the ogsly csr- |fain Republican State that gave us the least countenance or support. The entire vote of the unqusllonabIe Abolition States was cast in favor of the minority platform. Maine, New Hampshire Vermont, Con- neclcut, Rhode Island, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Min nesota, voted unanimously the same way. And so did Indiana and Illinois, which we doubt whether any Democrat could possibly have carried.
 On the contrary, see how the certain Democratic States voted Out of 120 votes cast by the South, l0S were cast against these resolutions Only l2 were cast for them. of these Maryland gave 8 Virginia l, Missouri 4, Tennessee, and Kentucky 2a. If the whole South had voted as unit, one hundred and fifty votes would have been cast against these resolutions and these votes would have represented the certain and the PROBABLE electoral votes that would have been given for the Democratic candidates.
 There can be no doubt (except as to Maryland ) that all the slave States would at the November election, have given tre- mendous majorities for our candidates, if they had occupied sound conservative platform. And yet the real strength, the only reliable power of our party has been bafled, their principles defeated. and their just, fair claims denied or evaded by the delegates from States, in large majority of which the Abolition element was greatly predominant. We had not the ghost of chance in any of them except Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana, and our chances there were rath- CT spectral. It is possible that, if the Richmond Convention unites upon plat form and candidate that, in addition we may get Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We regard Oregon and California as certain If we should fail to get the Electoral college and the election is thrown into the House we are safe The fifteen slave States will never cast their vote for Black Republican, and then we have California and Oregon, to add to them, which will give us seventeen States in the House, a majority of all tbe States Our readers know that, if the election is made by the House of Representatives, a majority of States Is all that is needed in such contingency. Delaware counting as much as New York Let US take courage. The Republic has seen darker days. The Democratic party has been threatened with great dangers, and she has dared and conquered them all. Let us nail our colors to the mast and inscribe on them the words " our rights, our South, our country" and should we feel inclined to despond, let us look alof," we'll find encouragement there.- Vcksburg Sun.