Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-31
MISREPRESENTATION Corrected.


rate intention to misrepIesent. We are in
clined, however, to think the former.
The other day the Express had the follow
ing in its editorial columns:
READ Tms.-The Democratic Convention Of
Illinois assembled at Springfield on the 4th inst,
appointed delegates to the Charleston Conveu-
ton and passed "a series of resolutions, Of which
the following is one:
RESOLVED, That no honorable man can accept
seat as delegate in tn National Democratic
Convention or should be regarded as member
of the Democratic party, who will not ABIDE the
decision of such convention and support It's noml-
nees.
There. now This Democrat says no honorable
man can thus pledge himself IN advance
To which we replied:
You are a little too fast, Mr.. Express. The
DEMOCRAT said no such thing.
The Express rejoins ty citing the follow
ING extract from an editorial which appeared
in the DEMoCRAT some time ago, and relies
on this extract as proof that we said no hon
orable man could pledge himself in the man
ner in which the Illinois resolution above
quoted prescrbes;
We have no hesitancy in answering the ones
ton, and we answer as plainly and positively as
any honest man can answer a question OF that
character We shall support the nominee Of the
Charleston Convention if he be true and geQU-
me Democrat. Otherwise, we shall not. So far
as we are concerned and to the extent of the in
huence which this paper may WELD, we shall sub
nit to no nomination which outrages the time
honored principles Of the Democratic party. We
have no admiration whatever, for public Journal
claiming to be Democratic, which will pledge it,
self beforehand to sustain a man that may be
nominated by the Charleston Convention, or any
other Convention, who is not a noTough Denio-
nat If he be sound Democrat then ought
every Democratic journal IN the country TO sup
port him. but if he be not, he ought to be thrown
overheard with as little ceremony as bag of
rotten potatoes.
We call upon Democrats to weigh well the
words of the above extract, and see if the
sentiment contained in it is not theirs also.
Subsequently to the appearance of the above
we advocated reunion of the divided ele-
ments of the Democracy in this State, and
argued that the surest plan for effecting that
union was to adopt as a test at the primary
elections the simple query. "Will you sup
port the nominee of the Charleston Conven-
ton p If the would be voter replied eyes"
he could vote-if not, he should not be al
lowed to participate in the primary elections
When we proposed this test, the Express ex-
claimed, with its usual obtuseness, "why this
is a contradiction of what you said before,
when you declared that you would support
the nominee of the Charleston Convention if
he was true Democrat, otherwise you would
not" To which we then replied as follows:
Now, the above the extract quoted on us bv
the Express contains the expression of deter
mination to support the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention, if he be true Democrat II is
not likely that he win be anything else. hut
should he be, we conceive that no honest Demo.
cratic journal could support him. IT. making the
test tClH y0u support tie nominee of the Charleston
Convention it might be added, provided ne bea
true Democrat, but the addition would be some
what superluous for no sensible man. after re-
plying eyes" to that query, would consider him
self bound to vote for Republican or Know
| Nothing, if he happened to be nominated bv thar
| body. lie promises to support the nominee of the
Convention, dl1orgs with the proviso that the Con.
vention do not betray the trust reposed in them
by the nomination of man who is not Demo.
crat.
We think this position sound one. and we
would Ike to see the Express point out its heresv
! II the Express takes an opposite ground it simp-
~ declares then that it aOiL support the nominee
OF the Charleston Convention even if he shall be
an Ab0}itjoRiSt or a Know Nokhtng This posi
ton is too absurd we think, even for the Express
to assume
Previous to any prospect of q union of the
two Democratic organizations in this State
we declared as above shown, that we would
not support the nominee of any Convention
for the Presidency, who was not Democrat.
We say so still. Subsequently, as we have
shown also, when there was talk as there Is
now, Of a reunion of the divided elements of
the Democracy, We proposed, as means of
harmony. the test, ''Will you support the
nominee of the Charleston Convention ?" A
pledge to support the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention. we thought, might be as
fairly asked of one Democrat as another,
when the entire Democracy was to be repre-
scented. It is very clear, however, that if o
large portion Of the Democracy are to be
excluded from the primary elections and to
have no chance for a representation in the
National Convention, it would be extremely
silly for them to pledge themselves to support
the nominee of that Convention. The Mt
most that could be expected of them, as
Democrats thus excluded, would be the prom
Use that they would sup ort the nominee, if
he suited them. Give the entire Douglas
Democracy Of the country voice in the
election of delegates to the Charleston Con-
vention, and we opine there will be no OBJ
lection from any source to the sentiment ex-
pressed in the Illinois resolution, which we
here repeat:
RESOLVED. That M honorable man can accent
a seat as delegate in the National Democratic
Convention, or shall be regarded as a member of
the Democratic party, who will not abide the de-
cision OF such convention and support its nomi-
nees.
BE it understood, however that it must be
Democratic Convention. No sham concern
which affects to act for the Democratic party
when thousands of good and true Democrats
are excluded from all voice or PARTICIPATION
IN Its proceedings. The nominee must also
stand W On a Democratic platform. Donglas
says he would not accept the nomination for
the Presidency from the hands ofthe Cbar,os
ton Convention, if it adopted platform con.
trary to the principles of the Democratic
party, and no good Democrat would. We
quote from his reply to Attorney General
| Black:
They my friends know that will take nc
steps TO obtain the Charleston nomination, that
will make no sacrifice of principle, no conceal.
ment ofopnions, no concessions to power for the
purpose of getting it. They know, also, that
only consented TO the use OF my nnrne NM, -.