The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-09-26

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Al ro,t.n.,a M, p,ecL;h,;dca did vou
not fonaIv hona thai the nretfv Sisstaaem
Won used A. sf.incinnsti when voiS sacsifsed,I
homes, old Ivnn Royd. conld - 6lsxed off |
AZ ChArlestoo T, Would not a. 10 sav
that your friends would not let Won decline.
That WON'T be credited You could nave
positively declined. You did not do ~ and |
what is your reward! You have ldesplS
embittered the friends of Douglas and OF
Guthrie by your bad policy and your wofse
faith. See the effect inNtbe late election in
Kentucky, where Suur friends were shame j
fully beaten. -
Trusting to the admixture OF man6ke-
ment aud of accident by which YOU got the
Vice Presidential nominatiou Of Cincinnati
you wereY sfter the Ia i1uT Tnment of khe Con-.
ehtibn rim CHR st5 3 81 ! i III
Fplaeed Ia. nomination. ThEouq II : J9-
tings, hi pitiluI minority, you stil permit
ted your name to be used. Whoever else
might have been vexed By the failire 10
get nomination, you had aSFight 10 feel
spiteful. Your own State bysRQur oRn
consent had presented another candidate
and that dandinate far exceeded you 10 dass
tional strength, as the vote Of the united
Convention will show.
The lanentable result of the Baltimore
Convention is not pleasant theme 10 dwell
upon' but must remind you, slr,aof other
points IN Its history. The rnles OF the
convention, submitted TO oY all, required
two'thlrds OF the votes gwen to nominate.
1t is believed by THOUSANDS OF Democrats
that Doug as had an honest t"oithirds OF
the votes, but sfaIl not discuss that point.
A powerless minority, unable to nominate
you or any one else in fuil convention
had always said (faintIy, it is true,) you
were not q candidate at all, were fixed upon
as the dangerous preference OF these fsry
bolters. What was your plain duty, sir, to
the Democratic party which had SO honered,
advoca ated, aud, may say, spoiled you =
Was it to weaken the force Of the delegate
system of nominations Was.it to give
sanction to the factious minority that hid
fattered you with its favor and precedent to
all future factions minorities! A conf
dent negative can be returned to these
questions. ..s.s
Forgetting that it was force Of discipline,
as maintained by nominating Conventions,
and not any surprising merit or services of,
your own, that prevented split in the Con,
, vention in 1856, and made you the Vice
f President-forgetting that it was solemn
t compact and the binding strength Of eau
, Gus nomination, that made you Senator; you
! welcomed the nomination o. the mad minor
! ity of the Baltimore ConVeniion-there0y
giving parricidal stab at the very heart oi
that party to whom you owe so much--and
unoratefnIlv sou hit TO degrade and demoral.
ize that strong organization and that par
tv drill which have made you what yot
Sare .p.- 3H ~ NJ
a izasrt net pteseWded % Nfr.rA 81
Vt who is your most powerful supporter an
n in whose poisonous sembrace you now repos'
a that your nomination lsregular. Inc Whol
l. nation beside knows that it is utterly lrrsgt
n lar and unjdstihAble.
Vt Why, sir, what was itto you more ina
to any other Democrat, whether Mr.. ID ~
8 las was nominated or not, even II 1t Produt
r ed the de feat of the party Iney coul
: not say you did it. You could nos haE
u prevented it, and were not ansWeraols ~
y. it at the polls. You had Opposed MIN, yo
It had done your honest duty. lnere' Withl
h the party organisation, you should nave pau
e sed But, no,-your weak and wajwar
= to seizs tbs miserable oalt so madly ohF
ID ed. You had secretly hopea 10 Dc hohilnd
n ted by the full Convention, ana your cn
j. grin and your vanity carried away yo'
y limited judgment. In an evil nouF ~
= yielded TO temptation, and fell INTO u
e aWkwardest snare that was ever Se' 'o'
at fortunate gentleman with fair prospects !
d OF all the candidates for the Pfesdenc
(Houston and Line excepted) none ont yo
is would have been weak enough 10 grasp
Mt that shadow of nomination. And now yc
ry begin to see where you are ana wnat y,
We have done. Now you see that however "
n, mny deny the responsibility, 1t Lincoln
in elected the fault rests with you more IN
re on any other living man. IL lS IN VAIN y
ou make speeches like that at hexioStoh'
Ial define your position ana repei 'lnnueI.
Ike A man who has acted as nn"lSey' "
an to say as badly, as you nave dohe' must
on pect to have his mSdeeds exposed ana eV
he exaggerated. You cannot escape the 10
lth rent of indignation which presses towar
ss. YOU. The farce of secession at Blltlm1
would have had more n'''"s oo"',n''on
lbt Houstoo had been wne'e you a'0' D"'
ST. sir, with all your smoo'h e'oquu,oe', !; T.
'r- your talent for rapid ascent 10 Po!l''ctl a'
al tinction' conno' saVe ~ '1o '',,. IN Kontnci
eat taught you, il you did not Know oe'o
ISL where you are destined to land. Every
on accumula,es the warnings, and shows y
ins how sadly you have erred' how surely y
et will be punished.
led Your supporters in the Northern Sta
'ou comprise few but the office holders ana IN
for friends. In the South there IS no State
uld can surely count upon but South Carol