The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-08-01

as unit throughout ct Charleston and Bal
timore, In accordance with the decision OF
the State Convention.
North Carolina. were but fifteen
delegates, representing this State, and yet
the seceders foot up eight and half instead
of seven and half votes, which is all this
deleg alton should have cast. ------ ---.---
ArkGnsaS.-Four votes were counted
fr ON Arkansas, although one and one.hslf
votes were truly and properly represented
in the National Convention, by delegates
who refused to secede.
MinnesotG.-A Mr.. Johnson, who was
never heard of before as delegate from
Minnesota, cast one vote, when he should
have given, if any at all but the half Of one
vote.
CONCLUSION.
Fellow Citizens-We have thus explained
at length the controversy between the SUP.
porters OF Breckinridge and Lane upon the
one side, and the regular nominees of the
democratic party upon the other.
1t remains for US TO sdd, as the sentiments
OF the Demo cratic National Committee, and
as the universal sentiment OF the supper.
ters Of Douglas and Johnson, that no com
promise whatever is admissible. We de-
sire to ascertain the strength OF the national
democracy in every State North and South,
and we intend to ascertain it. We have
made no proposition for joint electoral tick.
ct in any State; and we earnestly exhort
you to rel ect such propositions Indignantly,
whenever end wherever made. five have
any friends in any State, let those friends
call State convention at once and nom
mate fu II electoral ticket, pledged to
tie exclusive support of Douglas and
Johnson We can sgree to nothing else;
because TO acknowledge the right of fac
tious minority TO dictate their own terms OF
co-operatioE-suffer them 10 violate the
solemn profession Of the democratic party
and uample under loot cur democratic US
ages-woud be TO disband the national or
gnnization at once. Do not fail, therefore,
TO act immedie,elv; assemble yourselves
everywhere, by States, by counties and by
neighborboods; take no counsel, and listen
to no suggestion from those who have 60
shsmeIully deserted the national democracy.
Every vote for Breckinridge and Lane is a
Hamlin; avote for inaugu' atiDg an "irrepres-
sible conflict between the North and the
South, ind therefore vote for The disunion
OF the States.
Be not deceived by the plausible asse.-
tions of your enemies. Breckenridge and
Lane have no strength, not the least, in any
OF the Northern States. They will not re.
ce;ve one electoral vote in the North, and
except, perhaps, in three or four Nor
thern States, will not have even an elector.
al ticket.
On the other hand, if the Southern demo.
cracy should now desert the democracy Of
the North, it would be an end of the alliance
between them. What remains, then, to
the South il she would ma ntain the consti
tuition, the Union, aud the integrity and usa
ges OF the democratic party, but the cordial
support and consequent election of Dougla las
and Johnson?
We commit these Issues to your deter.
mnation. Their Importance cannot be over
estimated; they involve the fate OF the dem
ocr0iic purity and of thnt Union it has SO
faithful Iy, and constantly, and zeulously
maintained.
NILES TAYLOR, Chairman.
GEO. r. PUGH.
ALBERT RUST.