The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-07-18
Address of the N'tiOHaI EXecu-
live Committee

The National Executive Committee at
Washington City have addressed circular
in relation to reports in circrl lation that the
riends of Douglas and Johnson intend com
promising with the Seceders in several
States. The circular states:
so far as is known to the members of the
resident Executive Committee no person who
supports the aciiCn of the National Demo.
cratic Convention Ot Balrimore-no person
who desires the election o. Stephen A. Doug
las to the Presidency, and of Herschel
V. Johnson to the Vice Presidency, has ever
expressed wish tor any such arrangement.
or entertained, or even countenanced, for o
single moment, any suggestion or PROPOSE
tion tending towards it. Nor does the com
mittee believe that any such arrangement
can with propri4ty be made rt any time. in
any place, or under any circumst nres. with
those who have placed Breckinridge and
Lane in nomination, and are now their ovow-
ed supporters in oppO,ition to the regular
nominees OF the Democratic party.
| 1.-The Democrats party, as a national
party, stands now where it has stood tor
years, upon The ground of non intervention
by Congress with the subject Of slavery in
the States or Territories. Those who sece-
ded from the Baltimore Convention did so
because they were unwilling TO stand on
that ground They have again and again
repudinted that principle, and both at
Charleston and Baltimore declared that they
would sever their connection with the ma
jority OF the delegates assembled in Conven
ton in accordance with Democratic usage,
unless they, too, would solemnly repudiate
it in obedience to their demund. When the
m0jority Of the Convention refused to yield
to their dCtution, end make their actions
conform to the will OF the minority, these
gentlemen seeded, formed them -elves into
minority Convention, and nominated can-
didates who are the open and pledged enc.
mics OF the principle of on.intervention'
by Congress, Us recognized by the majority
Convention, and Us advocated by their can.
didates. Under these circumstances it is
clear to the committee that il the onlago.
nism between the Seceders and the majority
OF the Democratic Convention WAS such
that the Seceders could no longer take part
in their deIIberation, aud were constrained
to set up candidutes in opposition to those
selected by the minority, that antagonism
still continues, and is such as must preclude
tho possibility OF any union between them
in the support OF q common electoral ticket
in any Strte, no matter what may be the
probable result of the election in it without
such union.
! "The Democratic party which is now uni.
ted in the support Of Dou4lYs and Johnson,
stands upon the only prnciple which is ca.
p"Ole, ii maintained in its integrity, OF pre-.
serving and perpetuating the Union of the
Ststes. The Seceders, and their candidates
are opposed to this principle. Their cou Sc
II sustained IN the SUuih, necessarily tends
though it may not be so designed, TO the
breaking up Vi the National Government
In the view OF the committee, there is nc
room 'or doubt, in the mad Of any NatiOna
Democrat, as 10 the path Of duty in the pre-
sent crisis. The 'Seccders,' by Withdrawing G
from III National Convention ard setting
up their candidates, htVa array lhpmselve
i'll opposition t. the principla OF Congress
sipnuI II n intJrveHl0n.' N4tonrl Demo-
Gratis shOu!d everywhere meet the Issue now
rendered theu', By nominating and support
I ing electoral tickets ia tner respective
; Sites, p!rCge d, il rlrct d, to vote tor Ste
F phen y Duu4tas or President, ami Hers
chrI V. ,hnson l,r Viz President o tn
UHled States. l. the kjrcedrr, and theI
irItnts choose to separate permanently ron
The D"mocFdttc ptfty, and run ticket II
opp liion to tao regular nomlnatlor, le
them 10 so. UpOa them be the re, ponalbI-
lly Ot the result
RI MILES TAYLOR, Chairman.