The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-08-23
Closing Paragraphs from the Speech of
Hon. ID. \. Dickson.
REGULARITY OF NOMINATION!

REGULARITY OF NOMINATIONS
When all other expedients fail, we are
reminded that the nomination of Douglas
and Johnson is entitled to support over
the other for lis regularity, and have OBJ
served that certain gentlemen who were
regular members of the speckled Buffalo
Convention Of l84S, are most emphatic
in swearing all allegiance TO regulority.
The Convention; which made this noml.
nation bad no sign, no show, nor shadow
of regularity. The delegated Convention
at Charleston had not power to adjourn
to Batimore-a distance of hund reds of
miles, in another State. and nearly two
months afterwards. No such thing was
ever contemplated no such power or
discretion was delegated even by the most
far fetched implications A good noni.
nation at Baltimore would have been en- :
titled to respect and support, but not on
the semblance Of it. The regular Dele.
cations for a large number OF States were
rejected, and bogus contestants. some of
them without pretencc Of regularity or
delegated authority, were admitted in
their places; while regular Delegations
from numerous other States, because of
this outrage, withdrew, and this pretend
ed regular Convention was mere frac-
tion Of one partly but not wholly filed up
with Unauthorized persons from the out
side. 1t acted in violation of the uniform
rule of Democratic National Conventions
which it had itself adopted, requiring
two-thirds to nominate, and then disre-
gardcd it in making the nominations, for
at no time, bogus Delegates included,
did the vote reach two-thirds vote. Its
nominee for Vice President was Mr..
Fitzpatrick, who declined 10 accept such
nomination, and the regularity of Mr..
johnson, who now runs, as Vice-Pres
dent with DoGgfso, consists in the re-
quest of some ha.fdoz9n individuals, after
the adjournment, that he should run, and
in which request it seems he cordially
united. The regular President of the
Convention, Gen. Cushing, left his chair
and went away, and presided over the
Convention which nominated Breckinridge
and Lane; so that the regularity of The
nomination OF Douglas and johnson may
be summed up in this; that Mr.. johnson
was not, and has not yet been nominated
by any Convention; tha: Mr.. Donglas
was nominated by Delegates of an irrey-
ular, fractional broken up Conventlon,-
wlthouta head, without a Democratic
body, but a mere skeleton, half Soft, half
Republican State Delegations and bogus
taa! Laughter
No one pretends that the nominations
of Breckenridge and Lane have the au-
thoriIy ola regular National Convention,
according 10 the usages of the party. But
t ey have More claim to regularity than
the other; This Convention had a head
in the President oflhe whole Convention.
1t had Democrat body in the regular
Delegations fIom all the sure Democratic
States-a majority of the States of the Tn.
ion--it had no bogus extremity, and it
had platform of manly principles-of
liberty, ,equallly and lraternity-upon which
every true Democrat of the whole Union
can stand together. Laughter
The question recdrs, what shall we doP
Do? Why, stand resOlutely by principle
and let the storm rage on-there is sun
shine beyond the clouds-shuu all enlan-
CLING alliance Of every name and Kind.
The readicst. surest speediest, most hon.
orable way to success, is to repudate all
fpsiops, all factions, all patch: work, all
devices, all eXpedirnts, all efforts TO be
upon both sides. and stand by cur can
didates and our creed. We shall then
commence 10 deserve success, and if we
preserve in this stern path Of constitutional
rectitude, we shall preserve our self, re-
spect, command the respect Of all others,
aEd our effort will be crowned with tri-
umph for our party and our principles,
the good Influences OF which will fast
when party managers aad ticksters and
their vile schemes are forgotten or remem-
bered only to, be hated and ex6crated.
[ Cheers for Breckinridge and Lane and
Daniel S. Dicksonson