The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-08-03

TINS was ~ substance saying to the majority of
The Convention, E'lt we the minority, cannot
rule you, We will do what we can to ruin the
party" ln common with 4 large majority of
the body felt that / could never submit to the
dlctatlon Of such minority that we would be
rccreant 10 0nr duty 10 ourselves II we dId not
maintain our rights. But / had other grounds
than these The platform reported bv the mi
norhy OF the committee and adopted bY the
Convention correspooded 10 principle with the
resolutions adopted at the Reading Convention
al which the national delegates Tor PennSylva-
ma were appointed. The friends Of Douglas
from this Stale We're happily IN condition 10
to be aoIe to support the sentiments OF then
own Convention. 1t several OF our colleagues
who opposed Dougas had sustained the Convpn-
ton that appointed them, there would have
be, n less trouble.
There was one evil that stood out in the clear
Est character, and that was the wrong done to
M Democracy by having office holders in the
conversion In my Judgment, no ntan who
hoaS oifce sho1d ever be delegate 10 such
body.-Nl!h th-m, with few honorable ex-
cePtions, love Of salary has more inhu4nce
than love Of couu'ry. Fearing that they viii
lose th~rr places aud the corrupt sleahngs con-
necied therewhh, renders them unfit to nave
judgment Of their own They seem 10 be cen
lrolrd BY some other power tban that Of the
people. Never was the saving Of an eminent
poet ih regard to pIace-ineG more fully verified
than at Charleston and Baltimore. Itis.
'Depriye them of their salary and before to-
morrows sun,
Tie United States If not the worlds undone.''
Corrupt Custom House officers, Naval officers,
Naval Store-keePers, Postmastefs, Post Office
agents, Paper Contractors, their retaiuers, ua-
der-StIapprrs and relatives, furnished the re-
cruhs 10 the platoons OF iaclIonlsts that endeav-
ored 10 lhwart public opinion at Charleston and
Baltimore. he people may we'll say.
These men acted for their dirty fee
Aud not from any love for you or me-"
In all cases where delegates were found IA
vorng disunIon sentiments and where they
were found ardent opponents OF the nomination
OF Douglas, on inquiry 1t would br found that
they were oiice-holders, or related 10 or in
some manner connected with some recipient OF
pecunlary tavors from ithe national qdministFa-
ton. The great northwest, comprising The
States OF Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, which are en-
titled to 90 electoral votes, were unanimously
in favor OF Douglas. Their delegates alleged
that on the Cincinnati platform they could car
ry all or nearly all OF these States Tor their ia
vorIte. Considering their number and their
union on one man, they were certainly eHti-
tied to some respect. Their Influence was just
ly recognized at Charleston By all out faction
lists anG after the uomlnaton OF Mr. Lincoln by
tue Republican Convention at Chicago the iu-
terest and success of the ID emocratlc party seem
ed to indicate Mr.. Douglas as the man who
"a, a i..-t..4 ff
tloUal Democracy. At Charleston 305 delegates
voted Tor the nomination OF Douglas about 81
times. Ihe " hole Convention, when full, lu-
cadrd 600 delegates. Tas shows that DougIa
the;e bad majority in his favor. Why this
majority should yield to the minority who were
divided among themselves into small factions,
Is position that in a Democratic Convention
cannot be maintained The vote on the ad-
tournament at Charleston shows that 500 d-ie-
gates were present. Thus far the >eceders ana
dIsunionlss had not much impaired the Con-
venton The Seceders, headed by Mr.. Yam
cey, did not, when they withdrew, intend to re-
turn. He said ''It would be dish0n0rqbLe and
humiilatIng tor any delegate to 60 back to Bal
tmore." l. was as to them a resignation o. their
places in the body they had left. Provision
was made by the Convention for the election Of
de!egatesin the places OF the SeCeders by the
Democracy OF the States which they had mis-
represented Fearing that this would not work
we'll for the dIsunionists, the Senator'S and Rep-
TesentaliveS in Congress, who support such
principles, got up letter recommending them
tie Secedersl TO 90 back to the Na,lonal Cen
vention at Baltimore, and there 10 demand ad-
mission, and II admitted, and the majority would
not Weld 10 their unreasonable dsuauGS to Sc
Cede second time. This letter was signed BY
Jefferson DAVIS, and ali who favored d!sunion.
Had It not been ior ''congressional IHtervpn-
tlon," the secpders would not have appeared at
Baltimore. Tae secr5ers from South Carolina
and Florida, having more respect for themselves
could not, after having withdrawn, be induced
TO return. None from these States asked for ad-
mission at Baltimore, aud yet with the know-
edge OF this fact we were asked to invite them
10 come back The majority OF the Committee
on Credentials representing a majority OF the
States, reported in favor OF the s-ceders being
re- admitted, when they had been re-accredted
TO the Convention. But in the States of Ala
bama and Louisiana, where he people had
lected new delegates, and in Georgia, where
new men had been chosen instead Of the portion
who went out, the report of the Committee was
III ldFoF oI lhe new delegates rs 10 hIdoallt
ana Louisiana, the new delegates were admit I
ted. The new delegates from Georgia were on
the vote of the State of New York rejected. +
This left the State just named without full .
The only representatives it /
had, were the 10 or ! / that refused 10 secrde at
Charleston. Fhese gentlemen, although friends +
OF Mr.. Douglas, on account OF the delicacy OF
their position, did not vote on any question be-
fore the Convention. The seceders from Mis-
sisSlppi, DeewaFe aud other States, although /
admitted, would not return. In my Judgment, /
no man who seeedes from any representative I