The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-08-03

uouy years JEALOUS OppOnent vi Tue lem.
ocratic party, and, as appears by his letter
OF May 10, 1860, ouly attended the Rich.
mond Convention in that character. One
paragraph from the letter will be sufficient !:
You say" Have we not heretofore opposed
national party conventions, and is not the Rich.
mond Convention national party conventions"
| answer, no. A national party convention is
the convention of party which is based on
nntional principles, that is, principles common
to all portions of the United States. The Rich.
declared principles are not national, for not q
single Northern State has dared to avow them.
1t is sectional convention, called by one Sec
ton of the Union to support rights and interests
belonging to one section of the Union, and &C.
knowledged by but one section of the Union.
1t arises out of the debris of the one great ma.
tional party in the Union-the Democratic par.
ty-and is intended to counteract its policy. 1t
is true that all those of the Democratic party
in the United States who agree with the plat
form the eight Southern States lay down as
their crterian of party utilization, are invited to
attend the Richmond Convention. This, is GER
tainly, and Objectionable feature in the con.
vention but it does not alter its character as
Southern convention to support Southern
rights and interests. The black republicans
invite all in the United States who agree with
them in their abolition designs to join with them
in their convention at Chicago. Suppose del.
egates should 60 into that convention Gas they
willy from Southern States, would that disrObe
it of its sectional character? Certainly not.
Nor will the fact that from few or many
States in the North, delegates may attend the
Richmond Convention, change its character as
a sectional convention.
Another delegate. Hon. Armistead Burt,
thus addressed the Convention, by which he
was appointed, at Columbia, June o.
Mr.. Wright, of Spartansburg, rose and nomi
mated Hon. A. Burt, of Abbeville.
Mr.. Burt rose and begged to inform his friend
that he was most egregiOusly mistaken if his
nomination was to be considered concession
ment of the National Democracy in him. l was
raised a nullifier of the strictest sect. l was
brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, and would
be recreant not only to friendship, but to prin.
ciple, if l were to apOstatize, and find myself in
the ranks of the National Democracy. l will
say, ifyou will allow me only few words, for
more than sixteen years l have entertained an
opinion which has never been changed. 1t
was my misfortune, in 1851, to differ with
friends whom love as dearly as man loves
near friends; and, from February, 1874, have
never doubted, so help me God, that the
Southern States would soon have to choose be.
tween slavery and disuniOn.
Mr.. Burt received after this declaration
all but one and e-eleventh of the votes
cast, and was of course elected.
Such are the avowed sentiments of two
gentlemen with whom the sceders of the
Democratic National Convention at Balti-
more afterwards united at Richmond in af-
frming the nomination of Messrs. Breckin-
ringe and Lane.
FLORIDA.
The State Convention of Florida reap
pointed most of the delegates who had sece.
ded at Charleston, but accredited them to
the Richmond Convention only; and yet
those delegates, while they did not even
claim admission into the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore, were ad.
mitted into. and constituted a part of the
meeting at the Maryland Institute, by which
Messrs Breckenridge and Lane were nomi-
mated.
The delegates from this State who sece-
ded from the Charleston Convention were
reappointed to the National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore, as well as appoint>
ed to the Convention at Richmond. They
were acknowledged by the former as reg
ular delegates, but refused to take their
seats.
The Charleston seceders from Texas,
were reappointed to the National COnven-
ton at Baltimore, as well as appointed to
the Convention at Richmond, by the State
Democratic Committee, in virtue of power
specially conferred. They also were ac-
knowedged by the former convention as
regular delegates, but refused to take their
seats.
LOUISIANA.
The seceders from this State avoided tri
al before regular Convention of the demo.
cratic party, but called upon the delegates
by whom they had been chosen-delegates
whose duty and Office had expired-to as
semble at Baton Rouge, and represent the
democracy in circumstances not contempla~
ted at the time of their appointment. A
mere "rump" of these delegates did re-assem.
BILE, without authority from the people, and
re-appointed the seceders as delegates to the
Democratic National Convention at Balti>
more, and also appointed them as delegates
to the Convention at Richmond.
Meanwhile, in pursuance of a call from
several democratic associations in New Or
leans, sactioned by the representative of
LOU siana in the National Democratic
Committee, the democracy of the State as
sembled in Convention in Donaldsville, by
delegates Immediately chosen from the peo-
pie, and repudiating the seceders as unfaith-
full, appointed new delegation, accredited
solely to the Democratic National Conven-
ton at Baltimore.
ALABAMA.
In this State, the committee appointed at
Montgomery, in January, 1860, for the pur-
pose of carrying into effect the scheme of
secession then meditated, and afterwards &C.
complished at Charleston, assembled con.
vention in pursuance of the original design,
or as they declared, to consider what was
best to be done. Whereupon the Democ-
racy of Alabama, sensible that the Mont
gomery Convention had abused its trust in
assuming an attitude of hostility toward the
Democratic party of other States, de-
nounced that committee az an integral part
of the scheme so meditated and accom-.
pIished, and thereupon declined to be gov.
erned by it's advice. On the contrary, in
accordance with the usage III that State,
the Democracy OF the several counties
called on each other, by county meetings, to
appoint delegates to a Democratic State
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