Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-12
The Breckinridge state COmVen-
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NAVA
We referred several days since to the meet
ing of Mr.. BREcKINRIDGE's friends, held at Col
umbus, on the 4th inst, at which a com
mittee was appointed to call a State Conven-
ton of those who favor the BREcKISRrDeE and
LANE ticket That Committee has issued the
following call:
1.-THE NATIONAL. DEMocRArIc VorERs OF
ONO, friendly to the election Of JOHN G.
BRECKENRIDGE and JOSEPH LANE for
President and Vice President Of the United
States, are hereby notified and requested to
proceed to appoint Delegates to represent
them in a STATE CONVENTION to be held ssi,at
COLUMBUS, on the It'll DAY or AUGUST Next,
in accordance with a resolution passed at a
meeting Of the friends of those eminent and
distinguished Patriots and Statesmen, BRICK
INGRIDGE and LANE, representing the only true
National Democracy of the State of Ohio,
which assembled Mt Columbus on the 4th inst
The basis of representation for the Convention
to be held on said It'll day of August, having
been, by said resolutions, determined as fol-
lows one delegate for every 500 votes cast
for RUFus p. RANNEY, at the Gubernatoria
election in 1853, and for every fraction of 25O
votes an additional delegate.
ne COunIltS II lnlS blntIiCN VA NC ChbAtOof
under the ratio, to the following number of
delegates: Montgomery 9, Butler I, and Pre-
BILE 3.
What the result of the deliberations of the
Convention will be, we of course have no
means of knowing, nor does the call above
state what particular business is to be transae.
ted. The Republican press are not only san
guine that new State and electoral tickets
are to be nominated, but are extremely desir'
GUS and anxious that such shall be the result
We cannot blame our opponents for desiring
such a result They want to carry Ohio, and
know too well that unless the Democracy are
divided, they have a slim chance for doing so
Whether the Convention which is to meet a
Columbus, on the It'll of August, will gratify
the Republicans enough TO nominate new
tickets, remains to be seen. Every man en-
gagged in this movement, not only claims to b'
a Democrat, but also processes, to be extreme
ly anxious to defeat Mr.. LINCOLN in Ohio. w
ask them, will the nominating Of neto tickets
be likely to aid in defeating Repubhcanism
Will the taking,,of votes from the regular tick
cts of our party, tend to increase or weaken the
Democratic strength at the polls? Surel.
there is no Democrat in the State who will no
admit that such a course will render Obi,
more certain for Republicanism. And ifsuel
be the case, why should it be doneH MI
BREcKINRIDGE, every candid man must admit
has no chance whatever, of carrying Ohio
His friends, as well as his opponents, know
this; and they know further that ereyy rot
taken from the regular Democratic ~electOrd
ticket, and cast for a BREKISGRIDGE ~electord
ticket, is in fact hair a rOte for ABRAHAl
LINCOLN. Is LINCOLN the second choice O
any Democrat We do not believe it. Ger
tain it is he is not our second choice, nor third
nor fourth choice. We ask the gentlemen
who propose assembling at Columbus, in com
pliance with the above call, what they can pos
sibly gain for themselves, their candidates, o
their principles, by nominating another ticket
We ask them, whether they are willing TO rs
sumo the responsibility of doing an act, which
will not only not benefit their cause, but &C
tually give laid and comfort to the commoI
enemy We urge it upon the delegates t
the proposed Convention, to reflect well upo
all the consequences which are involved i
taking such steps as some propose-cuttin
loose from the regular organization of the pa
ty in this State, and bringing into the fel
new State and electoral tickets, which can oil
ly aid in placing in the Presidential Chair d
nominee of the Chicago Convention2
We trust that when the Convention NEE
wiser counsels will prevail that any which W
bring about such a result The Democra
of this State, have, by their Representativ
in Convention, fairly and tremendously Plac
their candidates in the field, and it is the du
ofevery man in Ohio, claiming to be a Den
crat-claiming to stand by the regular orgG
ization of the party claiming to be anxio
for the defeat Of Rep0blieanism--to extend
the tickets already in nomination, his hear
energetic support II this duty is faithful
\ and honestly performed, then we can car
the State against the Republican nominees,
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