Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-08-25
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For the Standard.
Mr.. EDITOR: writer in the Democratic Press
of the 18th instant who evidently has more ram
pant zeal than political knowledge, announces to
the public the following
ave had not supposed that any man in this conf
munity could 5eso inefably stupid as honestly to
believe that there were any regular nominees Of a
National Democratic Convention before the people
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency Of these
United States. .-.
After the division, there was no regular Conven-
ton. As soon the split took place. Gen. Gushing
said there was no longer any National Convention,
and vacated his seat Each division of the Conven-
ton assembled in separate places, and made their
nominations. Twenty two States were represented,
either in whole or in part by 2s4 delegates in the
division winch nominated Breckenridge and Lane,
and only seventeen States some in whole others in
part represented in their part branch Of the
Convention which nominated Douglas and Ftzpa-
trick, by only 1914 delegates"
Well really, this is indeed pleasant, cheering news,
which this-evidently new fledged writer in the
Breckenridge cause--announces to the world! No
regular nominee of the Democratic partyY Is the
party then, engaged in the Presidential contest
without nominee who represents the great MAORI
ty of national Democratsg If So then is the party
used up, disrupted, divided-irreconcilably at war
with tself-engaged in the delightful task Of COM
hitting suicide If this he so, what shadow Of right
have the Breckenridge party to ask the support Of
the friends of Douglas in this State? The truth is
the "Seceders" desire that the impression should
go abroad that there is no regular nominee Of the
Democratic party. This is part Of the game they
are playing 1t was their purpose to break up--to
denationalize the Democratic party. As national
party, it was in the way of their diSunion plans
The whole plan and purpose were foreshadowed by
Yancey the Charleston Mercury, and other leading
" ire-eaters' in the South, as early as the summer
of 1859. $50
But the friends of Judge Douglas do not admit
that the party is broken up and has no regular nom
nee The "Seceders" are trying to break it up
because they hate Judge Douglas who has refused
to unite in their disunons plans, and who is a ma
tional, conservative man and they will succeed in
this If the true friends of the party do not rally
around the Douglas banner who Is the regular nomi
nee Of the party, fairly as ever Cass or Pierce
was. 447s
I, But what could have induced the writer. from
whom we quote above, to make such barefaced
misrepresentation Of facts-such palpable perver-
sion of TRUTH
/. What right ha6 Gen. Gushing to decide, after the
aSecedersn left, that there was no longer any Ma
tional Convention? Had he the kingly power " to
prorogue the Convention? But this writer asserts
THAT there were only II States represented in the
Convention which nominated Douglas by only 1914
delegates where's Says hey there % States
represented in the Breckenridge Convention by 284
deegatesi' Now the writer must have known that
this was misrepresentation, or he must have been
overcome by blissful ignorance, brought on by
the mesmersm of secession" There were up
wards Of 300 delegates in the National Democratic
Convention that nominated Douglas, casting 2l2
electoral votes IT was, despite the action of the
g Seceders,. The National Gonreatioa. The Sc
ceders Convention never claimed but los electoral
votes, and never pretended TO have cast more than
that number at any time shall stand bg the
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