The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-18


The Nashville Union presents the following
statistics in regard to the recent Conventions
at Baltimore, which may be found not entirely
without value and interest to some of our
readers:
1.-THE following is a list of the States repre-
sented in the National Democratic Convention,
with the number for each
Vermont l; Massachusetts, 16; New York
2; Pennsylvania IL; Delaware 2; MARYLAND
9; Virginia %; North Carolina 16; Georgia
%; Florida 6; Alabama SO; Louisiana II; Mis-
sissippi IA; Texas 6; Arkansas 8; Missouri 2;
Tennessee 10; Kentucky 10; California 8;
Oregon Total, twenty States represented
by 284 delegates.
South Carolina had no delegates in this con-
vention.
Delegates from Iowa were in attendance,
and were admitted to seats, but without the
privilege Of voting as they were not regarded
as having been legally elected.
So twenty one States actively participated
in the nomination of the National Democratic
ticket.
For DouglaS-Maine 4; New Hampshire 5;
Vermont S; Massachusetts 10; Rhods Island
4; Connecticut SO; New York 35; New Jer-
sey 21.; Pennsylvania 10; Maryland 211a;
Virginia 3; North Carolina 1; Alabama 8;
Louisiana 6; Arkansas IL; Missouri AZ;
Tennessee 3; Kentucky 3; Ohio %; Indiana
Iowa 4; Minnesota 4-Total 1871 Is.
r
sylvania 7-712.
For Guthrie-Pennsylvanis az; Missouri
IL; Kentucky 1a-5H.
The whole vote of Minnesota was cast for
Douglas, although several delegates declined
TO vote.
Take from Mr.. Douglas vote the nine votes
from Alabama, six from Louisiana, and one
and half from Arkansas, which were cast
by parties who had no right to vote, and his
vote from the original delegates to Charleston
| is cut down TO one hundred and sixty-five,
which would be further reduced by votes il
legally cast. OF this one hundred and sixty.
five, only seventeen are from the entire South.
Excluding Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas,
(Which were illegally represented, there were
only twenty votes represented from the South
em States
From the States of Connecticut, New Jer'
sey, and Pennsylvania, Democratic States
which are entitled to forty electoral votes, Mr.
Douglas received only sixteen votes; while
but twenty six were represented in his Con-
vention. ...----...
These facts show where Mr.. Douglas
strength came from-in the main from States
he could under no circumstances, carry.
Mr.. Douglas received 1917 votes cast il
the convention that nominated him, and 16 !.
of those were bogus delegates from Alabama
Louisiana, and Arkansas, thus leaving hin
but 1855 votes, and a portion Of these, a:
we have every reason to know, did not repre-
sent one in twenty of the Democratic voter:
in being cast for him. We thus see that hi
lacked thirty eight of the numter which thu
rule adopted at Charleston, and to which h.
and his friends had subscribed, declared wa:
necessary to nominate There was not two
thirds of the electoral college in the Conven
ton, including the bogus delegates from Ala
bama, Louisiana, and Arkansas, unless W.
count those who remained in the Convention
but positively refushed to participate in it
action. It was clear that Douglas could moi
be nominated according to the Democratic us
age, and hence the resolution declaring hin
"the unanimous choice Of the convention fo
the Presidency" was an effort to override al
established rule which makes the assertion
that his nomination was regular simply ridicu
lous
There were only twenty-five States repre-
scented in the convention that nominated him
and three of these were represented by bogu!
delegates.
In the convention which nominated Mr.
Bell, there were only twenty three States re
presented. The following States had no dele
gates in that convention, to-wit California
Oregon, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michi
gan. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Louis
lana and South CarOlina--ton States en.itlet
to forty -nine electoral votes.
The following is Mr.. Bells vote on tn,
second ballot
For Bell-hlabama 8; Connecticut 81
Delaware 3; Florida 3; Indiana Il; Kentucky
4; Maine s: Massachusetts, IL; Maryland
713; Missouri l.; New York 4; New Jersey
5; Ohio Is; Pennsylvania 10; Tennessee, II
Vermont 5; and Virginia 13-Total 139.
A number of votes were changed to Mr.
Bell, and he was subsequently declared the
choice of the convention.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Bell received only
521% votes from the Southern States on the
second ballot"
| AN ADDITIONAL REMARK.
Our contemporary might also have men
toned as evidence Of Douglas want o.
strength the utter imposSi6ility of the attempt
to make him national candidate, and the
unfair means which were used to give him
semblance of nomination, that under the
operations Of the unit system Of voting i'm
posed by his partizans, he received fifteen votes
in New York to which he was not entitled
six in Indiana, and several in Ohio and Other
Western States. If his real strength had beer
polled, he never could at any time have re.
ceived but little more than one-third of the
votes of the Convention and they would have
come from States in which the Black Re
publicans are in the majority and which will
be certain to vote for Lincoln in November.
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