, 1860-06-26
POWER OF 4 NlINORlTY.

Mr. Douglas friends exhibited their unscru-
pulousness and want Of sense in their recent
action 1T Baltimore, in tic admission Of the
bogus delegations from Louisiana aud Ala
bama, solely because Of their willingness to
aid in Mr. Douglas nomination. We have be-
fore shown up the claims Of tie Aabamiars
who got their .zeats; but, for the purpose cf
pointing out tue way in which votes were ge'
10 secure the result at last attained, We ro
peat.
After the breakup a. Charleston, the qucs-
ton Of new delegates to fill the rlacts in thc
Convention made vacant BY the secession,
came up in the seeding States. In Alabama,
. Convention was called by the regular Demo
cratic State Committee, to meet at Montgon
crv. en- The 4tt day Of June. VERY :.oaa!tcs
tAe call was issued, number Of private citi.
xens, headed by John Forsyth, Of Mobile, is
sued sort of prospectus for Convention
to be held at Selma On the same day, to VIII eli
1.-The Democracy and all other persons whS
"wote willing to abide by the action Of tht
"B fillmore Convention, and support its 1oml-
"neee," were invited t. send delegates. Botl
Conventions net. The eregulars-about whose
authority in the premises there could be no
dispute-ssat the delegation to Baltimore
which was finally ruled out BY tho vote Of
New York; and the one.horao concern, engi-
/ nea7ed by Forsyth, deputed tho delegation
that was admitted.
III louisiana, the same thing occurred, The
delegates excluded were sent to Baltimore
| s1r'cly in accordance with Democratic usogt
aud precedent. The delegation admitted was
named hy an Irregular assemblage composed
Of less than one hundred delegates called TO-
gelher from tH7enty-one towns or parishes By
| proclamation OF Pierre Soule and his confedeE.
atcs Of the Douglas ranks. They had no more
claim to seats in the Convention than we
have-not whit. But their presence as well
as Tho presence Of the Aabamiabs was needed
or Douglas would have been thrown over
His friends lind a majority on tho Committed
on Credentials; aud South Carolina, Floria;
aud Georgia Icing out Of that body, a major
uy 10 the Convention, and they could do a:
they pleased.
The way in which their majority in TIL
Convention was secured is worthy Of notc
New Ynrk and few other States wero il
structcd 10 vote as an unit. Now in the New
York delegation Of seventy, thirty were anti
Douglas; hut bound by the body tbst con,
missioncd them, they submitted to the contro
Of. the majority In Indiana, out Of thirtee1
votes, five, and in Minnesota, out Of four votes
two, were auti-Douglas. An anti-Dougl4
man from Massachusetts who was not a
Charleston in consequence Of sickness, elaine
lis seat, filed by Douglas alternate, and va
refused; and there was one such case frcr
Missouri. In this way the Douglas strengt
was made up; and in this way tho power {
the minority was displayed.
Alter this exhibition Of unfairness on IL
part ot tha Convention, is it any wonder tin
the Southern delegates, should have felt thu
their dignity, consistency and solcrespcct dt
maaded that they should withdraw from
body that proved its willingness to set asid
the usagcs ogthe party and the principles {
:air~dealing, to secure the triumph Of thel
| fasorite man. Mr.. Breckenridge is the cand
date Of Tho Democratic party, and Dough-:
nominatisp, such as it isr was fraud.