The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
Charleston Convention.

Who is to blame While we will not en-
tirely exculpate our Southern friends from the
charge of ultraism, we will venture to say that
our A6Ythern Democratic friends are response
bic for the "break up in the city Of Charles
ton. A number of States icing fully repres-
ented in that Convention stood out to the last
against the majority report, and for the nom
nation of MIR. Douglas, when any man of
common sense knew very well, that let the
platform be what it might be, and let the nom
inee be who he might be, their States never
could be carried for the nominee Yet, they
persisted in contending against the platform
of principles which the South was willing to
accept, and by their votes defeated the har-
mony of the party. When will Vermont ever
go for the Democratic candidate for President
/ When viii Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
and number of other free soil States do so /?
Yet, these States, by their obstinacy in the
Charleston Convention, have assisted in break
ing it up and defeating the great objects for
which is assembled. Supposing that the South
was imprudent--which we do not admit-in
asking little too much, with what grace
could the delegates from the abolition States
say if you insist upon your platform we will
break up the National democratic party !? In
the spirit of lnagnanmity, the Representatives
of these States should have come forward and
said, as we are powerless in carrying single
vote for the Democratic candidate Tor Presi-
dent, we accede to your demands, and will
fight the battle upon your platfornI.-Atlanta
Latelhgencer.
The foregoing dispassionate and jusfyiew Of
the recent occurrences in the Democratic party,
at Charleston, is from the Atlanta Intelligen-
Ger, one of the most conservative, and we may
say, most moderate, of all our Southern ex-
changes.
1t was the settled purpose of the partizans
Of Douglas to rule or. to ruin-to force him
upon the Convention as candidate for the
Presidency with the Cincinnati platform un-
changed, but really interpreted by the nomin-
alton of Douglas himself who is the embodi-
ment of the Squatter Sovereignty principle
To have submitted to such demands, (render-
ed more offensive because emanating from
delegates who represented States in which the
Black Republicans will receive their entire
support in November) would have covered
with infamy the delegates who represented
00utnefn constituencies.
In proof that We have not erred in our
opinion of the designs of the Douglas section
aliSts, and of the spirit which controlled their
action we will cite the following extract from
a late number Of Forneys Press, their leading
organ:
A word in conclusion. The extreme poll |
ticians at Charleston and their Northern allies |
have discarded Democratic principles and |
may discard the best representative of those |
principles. They refuse to go for Douglas, |
because, and only because, he is this represen-
tative. For our part and speaking only for |
ourselves, WE DECLARE IT TO BE THE |
PURPOSE OF THE PRESS TO SUPPORT |
NO OTHER CHARLESTON NOMINEE |
TAKEN FROM THE LIST OF THOSE |
NAMED. Or to be more
explicit, no man like Lane, or Hunter, or
Guthrie, or Slidell, or Davis, or Bayard, or
even Breckenridge, greatly, as we personally |
esteem, and closely as we have been attached
to his character. And why Because all
these men have directly or indirectly assisted
in the war upon the principles of the Demo
cratic party, and upon Douglas, and have
stood by and aided, or been silent under the
public prescription all those who dared to
stand forth for the one or the other And
such is the platform of THE PRESS 1t may
mean nothing to others but it is our ULTI-
MATUM.