Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-15

editors OF tho Patriot d' Union, ! should be-
lioyo you voted in the affirmative. This
resolution being in full force and effect
wheE the Convention adjourned 10 meet
in Baltimore, and not repealed, il was MS
binding and as imperative on the Conycu.
ton at Baltimore rs il was az Charleston.
And we find in the proceedings of the
Convention, that after five DAYS of crimi~
nation and re-crimination, the Conven.
tton divided into two seperate parts, the
one nominating Messrs. Douglas and
. Fitzpatrick, the other Messrs. Brecllin-
ridge and Lane, and each calling them
selves the Democratic National Conven,
tion. Now, sir, l ask you in all candor
whether any of these nominations were
made in accordance with the provisions OF
the resolution referred to? Did either oil
them receive "two-thirds of the electoral
vote or two-tLirds Of all the votes in q
full Convention? You must admit they
did not therefore neither Mr.. Douglas or
Mr.. Breckin ridge have been nominated
according to the custom, usage or precedent
oftho Democratic party Of the Union it
was under these circumstances that the
| State Executive Committee met at Phla,
delphia on the 2d inst, and offered the OIL
i've branch to the friends Of the respective
nominees in Pennsylgauia. and every
/ Democrat, if he is honest in his profess
I ions. will sustain tho Committee in their
patriotic efforts to redeem our old Com
monwellth from the blighting rule OF
Black Republicanism, by uniting upon
one electoral ticket, ard that, the one put
in nomination by the Reading Convention
and the triumphant election Of Henry d.
! Foster. You protest against the action
| of the State Executive Committee as an
/ 'aSSumpli0H Of fp0rcr" while you are the
State Committee by appointment Of a GER
/ tain Southern gentleman, who calls him-
self Miles Taylor, and very generously
places Pennsylvania under your control
/ | suppose their is no assumption of poocr IN
this while you can political lv say:
am monarch of all survey;
Ny right there is none 20 dispute" "
! Again, find by the proceedings Of the
! Tod Convention, that Benjamin Ftzpat-
rick, OF Alabama, was nominated by the
same Convention rs Vic4 President on
the same ticket with Mr.. Douglas; and
directly afterwards the Convention adj
burned sine die. A com mittee was ap.
pointed to inform Mr.. Douglas and
.Hr Fitzpatrick declines the profiered
honor. But it appears, by the sequel,
that the committee had invested in
them aroying power greater than yours
for when the nominee for Vice President
declined, the committee caught Mr. John
son and nominated him as Vice President.
There is no assumption of power in this
Yet there is one thing true, that Mr. II.
Y. johnson was not nominated by the
Convention that nominated Mr.. Douglas,
but by q committee appointed to inform
Mr.. Fitzpatrick of his nomination and
after The Convention had dpdjourned sine die
That committee nominated Vice Presi-
dental candidate, and this you approve
of and sustain rs Democratic, and
object to the State Executive Com,
mi,tee for acting within the sphere Of
their legitimate duty, and for the best in
teTest Of the Democratic party of the
State. regret to see this division in the
Democratic party of the State. When
the party sustained "mcasurcs. not men. ."
j. WAS always victorious and if YOU re-
fleet and look back, when the partizans of
Wolf and Muhlepberg divided the Demo
cratic party of the State, tho result was
that Ritncr was elected. Gov Ritner was
delighted that he had beaten two Demo
crlts but was astOnished to find that the
"Irou Gray' beat him single handed
And in more recent Convention, held
at Altoona, another contcst about men
not measures or principles resulted in
electing majority Of Republican mem
bers Of Congress from tins State, t;eing
t1e Senate, and giving q majority in the
House of Representatives of this State Z;
and, if ! am not mistaken, YOU opposed
this measure, and went for union, harmo.
ny and concession Of the Democratic party
And this was in accordance with Demo
cratic principles. Everything for princi,
ciple, nothing for men. The old trui3m
Of "united we stand, divided we fall, >" is
as applicable now as when it was first ut.
tered. regret cannot give you credit
for your present position, as your circular
is dated the 10th of July. But the edi,
tor of the Philadelphia Press (whom, as
editor Of the PATRIOT AND UNION, you de-
nounced for his selfish and vindictive op.
position to President Buchanan states, in
an editorial Of June 25, 1860 that "while,
however, we shall support the election of
Stephen A. Douglas, the Press ciH in no
rcspcctJe party HscspHpcr.' "To this re-
mark we must make one exception the
Press is the uncompromising foe to the
disunion, secession Administration party
the foe gifts candidatcs, o! its leaders. its
organs" &c. And again, he is the first
through the columns of his Press, to pro-
claim that there should be no union of
the Democratic party Of this State, unless
they bowed down to the imperial man
dates Of j. W. Forney, who is now re,
ceiying the wages Of his political prosti-
tut.on with the Black Republican disun-
lonisis in Congress assembled and, 6e-
fore you, he has issued his 5uH that sepa-
rate electoral tickets should be nomina.
TED IN every State, and then, like your
sell protests against the course pursued
n.y. the Democratic State Executive Com,
mlttee, And find you following in the
wake OF the editor of the Press-not
leader, but his political automaton. This
no-party Press declares hostility to any
candidate on the local tickets that are
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