Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-07-25


Lmru0 htHgmu nhd We hope oyerj
Democrat wltca it uslalei hoibh B
but lhe facts IN tho case. "lhriwoihifd,
iule was adorltd by The frsl Domocrali,
National Convention, in 1882, and Is &,
Bcn. JAuKsoV was nominated Ton pfcti.
dent, aud MARtiN VAN BuptN For Vice
ptcsidont II wa, established for The
purpose Of protecting The certain Demo.
cratic States FROM having obnoxious conv
didatcl forced upon them by tho dele.
gates nom Opposition States who might
possibly control bprc majority Of the
Convention. The rule has been adhered
TO In every instance since then until the
present time. In 1874, Mr.. VAN BURES
had decided majority Of the Convention
from the start but failing to obtain the
requisite two.thirds, he was defeated and
Mr., Polk received the nomination ard
was elected
Tho recent Convention, which assem-.
bled at Charleston, also adopted the rule,
and declared that 2O2 votes two thirds Of
a full Convention Of 303) were neceessa-
Try to make q nomination. This rule was
not repealed at any subsequent stage of
the Convention, either at Charleston or
Baltimore-consequently no candidate
not receiving that number of votes can be
said to have been regularly nominated. -
In the portion of the Convention which
remained i'll session, and which nomua,
ted Mr. DOUGLAS, there appears to have
been only 1874! votes all told including
some twenty or more, principally from
Southern States, who were admitted to
seats to the exclusion Of the regularly
elected delegates from those States. The
highest number Of votes which Mr.. DoUG-
LAS appears to have ATTAINED at any time,
was lSl4-being 204 less than the reauie
red number under the two-thirds rule,
even admitting the legitimacy Of all the
votes cast
The seeding portion Of the Convention
which met at the Maryland Institute,
but l05 full votes, all Of which
we're cast for Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE on the sec
ond ballot. The State of South Carolina
was not represented in either Convention
at Baltimore. In the first Convention
twenty six States were represented, in
whole or in part, at the time of the nomi.
nation and in the second Convention,
twenty-five States were wholly or partial.
Iy represented.
The above statistics we have taken
from the record. The facts, as they ap,
pear, clearly show that, under the two
thirds rule, adopted before the balloting !
commenced. neither of the Democratic |
candidates for the Presidency now before !
he people can lay claim to regular nom.
nation, as nominations have heretofore !
been made. Mr.. Douglas comes nearest
10 it, but still does not quite reach the |
standard recognized by eight consecutive |
National Conventions, including the re.
cent one held first at Charleston and then |
At Baltimore. Haa he received a clear
md undisputed majority of tyo,thirds of,
he regularly elected delegates of the !
Convention, or had the rule been repeal- t.
I'd before the nomination was made, then /
t would have been the bounded duty of
Every Democrat (no matter what his per-
ional objections may be) to yield him q
hearty and Jealous support as it is Dem
ocratS are lett TO prefer him or Mr.. BRECK-
NRIDGE, and we know of no better plan /.
of operation by which to keep tho rarty
ogether in Pennsylvania, whatever may
30 the condition Of things elsewhere, than
or all emocrats-DoUGLAs men and |
BRECKENRIDGE men-to carry out, fairly .
md honestly, the recommendation of the |
State Central Committee, by voting the
anne electoral ticket By so doing, Mr..
DOUGLAS will secure the vote of the State,
t it can be made available for him any
'ther course must, of necessity, result in |
giving the electoral vote of Pennsylvania
o LINCOLN, as also in endangering the
election OF Foster, and defeating all, or
nearly all, the Democratic candidates for
yongress, State Legislature, and County
)liicers. We hope our Democratic friends
Who prefer Mr.. DOUGLAS, and desire lis
election, will ponder well upon these
hings before they take a step which will .
inevitably result in his defeat
Our course shall 6e to do Justice TO !
10Th candidates, and carry out in good
aith. so far as we have the power or ahili.
y, the fair and honorable recommends
ION ofthe State Committee. If any 9th,
n course could be attended with better,
n even as good results, we would cheer,
ully adopt it. We are actuated solely in
his matter by an honest desire to har.
nonize and consolidate the party. and
ave the State from falling into the hands
If the Republicans-nothing more, no.
hing less"
"T Srif unon II - II