The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-09-20

Total. ..................... ..2C3
by lAis in.l..uus sM4..uAc Nc tptalAeu W
wards Of tifty vvtss aniens s~s". 10 make lp ih.
unwarranted majority u Vnar.es.oa.
Leaving TINS part>ol lAe eu4eGi. we return
to The assertion uf Mr.. Nony..s it'ut. Le "as
nominated ia exact euAeuiA....cr w4ii' the lolle
established usage of liz. par.a.'' it was not ii.
= Concordance Will pal,y usage ~ pass ta,
ruie refereed ~; .lsl.her Wa " "A" 'coAc q dance
WITH party usaSc " lur" uut vi tne COM c..t.o'.
nlembars WIZ we're ut'pustd 10 ~. Ooue i.s,
a.ld admit NH who favored us noA1t!ii..vA.
'if li".l"t. t.e autnor Y! tne N.AIAt,A.' lat
,.o,an Wits alpo.uted . delt gate. Aiis SCAT .as
co..test, d a, charleston Wy y Mr.. GOAvf,y. ihe.
Me Oh Air. Aalelt was ylhg Gu hsr q :s'A st q.
Being uiianle " mtteud VI LAallcstnL, he Maa
off inihss own handwriting tAe, p.psrs cs.aa
ishlng hls ughE 10 hls eea. AID sruL thttu W.
charleston ~ his substitute, Ar. Chattev. Ih,
convention ~ Charleston upon. .,hese .papeis ID
.Ject,d M. l'unrrly aud ad.nltl.u Mr. 1naasec us
AIT. HallrCs suust tute. Gs,Urc the MteunK v,
iia.ilinure Mr.. llal,rt,s wIe an d Aud he witt
t0 HalliR0re aad took bis SCAT as Y a,emb.r o.
tar 1vAvuit.ou. Ae M..> uppun, y 70 M. H0ug
.as De.alse liz b.l,evcd liza. Mr. Doug ~ ~ u
cndcavaring t0 Iutefpala.e s4naller sovei.Ignsy
INTO Tie Cl,,ciInail Piatf,,rui, ,Mhleh lse, 4at.
Haiiet had written. Mr. Cnutfee dtriug l4ls
0journ at Charleston, had M.dd,d hiaAs.4i ~
;l,e Uolgia, uApi. When Mr.. il. luvk Ills seuUat
3 HlMors, Mr.. Chatee, The substlAt vi Mt.
ualle,. clam d the seat and .ir Douglas NJ II
turn the author Of the Cincinnati -PlRt1ou.
Out aud let Ills substitute. Mir CGutire. in. IhGr
was an exac.ly similarcase from Missouri, Mher,
tue ant Duusias pfi.lc pa. G"i4y w.ss~tutll.n
nut and l4ir EuuEitts hl,tr.,atr. v Fation, was
admitted. sucn n,g baud, d violations ot II
tlgnL were Of th, m..i,ts q suficl, ut cause TT,
tue witrdawal Of every ho"osatle man fium
The con. u.elll0L.
According to o'her rule adopted u, Charles,
ton. II uqarcti ,00 Ands y tie whote slsctsrut cUt-
ieye to make uuHl,laiion. I'M vote Vi aA III,
oLat,& il 3O3 two thlld> ef tint vute IL lOz,
The humber rrqnr,d lv -h"minair and,r lh'
rule OF The convention. Did Mr.. Douglas OBJ
,iil this nulner. as he O serts? Let us ser.
At Raltmtrr there were only twu4 ballots ioI
Il mnminatlon. Here is the first:
For Dous usIas. s............FS4
All nsA r>.............. lag Total. ..... .l9l
Tn was after the ",tndra"ul nt tc fre>l-
dent OF III, G invention aud The other delegates
who seeded Mr.. Todd the then presiding "tfi-
Ger. d Douglas man. sa.,I.nunc,d the vote. and
declared tat. noo having zO2 vmeS. The nuasbe,
necessary to choice. there aCus no 'sO,nut,oA. TN IT
WAS tl,eh 5, coat b.iiot. aad the yOlc slOud:
For Dn,t2l,s. l,s............lsl4
All Others. .. .......... Ii Total, 1914
Az in MIR. Todd declar d that TIE e,c.sno nom
mutton! Then was, in The iaHghagr OF u 20
l.,elnpovary. that resolui i0nswa> passed with
ont call of the vute BY States, d caring thai
MIR. Douglas having received twn-thir.ls Of ~,
| the votes cast. not all the eolve ton, was una,
imously no;ilna'ed. -lf,wo,hlls OF those cas-
| uuuliilate,l him. be was nulni.lat,,l IN ,h. rs
ballot. What necessity for II second? Won,d
it not have i"..n i, better taste 10 have let
| the e unanimously out OF The fesnlutMl aa'
| l,t the vnte npoa it show whether or nut il W ii
unanimously passed. But ii the resolution hat
rec, lived every vntc that was acting with a,.
lelt ulu ID by the actol OF the courent,ou, i
would ant have received the necessary two
4 thirds The fall vote participating in the con
vcniion, as shown l'y The s, co ID ballot Wal
naly ly43. Jn'lge Douglas assumption ,ha
he received more than t,u-thrGt> oI thr whnl,
number Of delraatys, 2O2, cannot l,e s,lstainrt
by counting the yO5e from Delaware aud t~,
AID a,ihali from Kentucky. which pe,naine,l, bu
refused 10 part clpare in any Of the proceedsa=
or to he bound by It's acton. Tn,> a>sumlp pliu.
| is lalirntab!y weak When the character If
portion Ut that 1914 votes is u.d 'r>toud. Ten
| ,rssec On that ballot Cast three votes for Mr.
Douglas whe, thyre were o,iy three delegate
il tIr convention frnm Tennessee, each ..l
gate being entitled t" only olc half vote vi
der tn rules and usages Of the convention, q
| Tue lHIS'-O u uXot Ole u'iu b,ie.IIitN SDttS.-
! M,sSa hns is casl ten in the same way -whe.
| she was only entitled tn five M,unesut. Cas-
ur whtn III. VAS OILY EMIL d To two aud
half; Vermont five when she WIS only en,itipt
to tour q ID a.l,alf D.tduct one aad ,-i,aIf iron
rruucsSee. i've from Massachusetts, om aml
half from Minnc>"a ,ol'- '-lalf from Vrrm M
tn al eight a.ud a-h If. u d deduct that ir,l
lsl3 at,d W. have only ls6 as the to;a, vnl
ol the co vent'o,. But thai is still further I
be reduce l'y ,ied lcti y nj .e for Ihe bogus d
egaies from Alabama six for ,ho-e from Lodis
Il ia,a one from Arkal-as oae- ali fiom Mass.
chuspets. and a-h,if from Missn,,li; toiai Ii
which due ed r"m 1874 l.aves l67. Then.d
d ,ct still tiirth + frnn his l67 The twenty-tiv
"r thirty votes from New York aud "'her Sat
that Re against Mr.. Douglas, bat which wer
iurc ID 10 be cast tor ham untl r the united rnl
",rick.' and Mr.. bon .las Instead of taviu
tSn-thir.ls Of the electoral votes il III. cnav"l
ion. had less than nne half of them. Sn nuc
for 'herrg ll.rity ofMr. Douglas uo.nnatio.
B. r. Advocate
III