The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-08-09
= MONROE, La, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1860

NJ, AUUUOl y, 1oOU.
did not occupy them for the whole period Of
the protracted sitting at Charlestsn--a qucs-
tion belonging entirely to the constituency of
these delegations alone, and with which tue
National convention had no hasiness whatever! /!
And not only were these delegations expelled
under such pretensions, but bogus delegations,
made up to suit the convenience and necessity
Of the occasion, were put in their places.
A decision 40 abhorrent to every prisciple
Of common fairnees--so replete with outrage
and s0rpati0n--divided, Remembered and
broke up the convention, a. it SHOULD have
done, and as every sensible mind saw 1t would
do, and l commend with my whole heart the
spirit and approve the conduct of the Presi
dent, Gen. Gushing, who refused longer to pre-.
side over the tyrannous cabal, and Of the dele
cations who, under the same President, reor-
gantaed and placed in nomination Messrs.
Breckinridge and Lane.
The 'reE9ining fraction, made up chiefly Of
delegates from Republican States, whose dele
cations were the authors of the great wrong,
deprived Of their head and without Demo
cratic body, proceeded to nominate Mesers.
Douglas and Fitzpatrick, a. we were informed.
amid tremendous enthusiasm Vermont and
other New England States, and the whole
Northwest were pledged 10 Mr.. Douglas (sub-
Ject, Of course, to u sligM incumbramcs, held by
one Abraham Lincoln) with deafening ap-
plause ...- .
Some fiat boat men, ascending tho Mssissip
pi River. in rather a jolly mood, passed house
on The shore where they were tiddling and
dancing on the plaza; the boat fell into an cd
dy, and once in each half hour passed the house
again, aud the boat men swore they were tid-
ding and dancing in every house for hum
dred miles on the shore Of the river, while they
had been revolving in an eddy, and had seen
but one. The Douglas strength is estimated in
the same way.
CAUSES OF DIsnurTIoN-TuE AUTHORS OF 1T.
Waving all questions Of the merits and de-
merits of Mr.. Douglas rs candidate, his pre-
tensions were pressed upon the convention
sometimes under the pretensc Of platform
upon which he could stand with convenience
sometimes in the admission and rejection of
delegates by the process Of machinery and
management, and at other times IN tho direct
presentation Of his name; beyond all prcce-
cedence, or bonds Of courtesy, or Ieason--in o
manner and in spirit, and with feeling
which spoke defiance TO nearly ono-half Of the
States Of tho Confedcracy, when 1t was we'll
known they would rot acquiese In his nomi-
nation-that they would not support him II
northumberland that he could not be elected
without their votes--pressed, too, In tone
and temper, and with q doggcd aud obstinate
persistence which was we'll calculated, ifit was
not intended, to break up the convention or
force It into obedience to the bchests of COM
bnAtion.
The authors Of this outrage, whom VIC should
hold accountable. and who are justly and di-
rcctly chargcable with II, were the ruling ma
|jority Of the New York delegation. They held
t1,n hOlnr 0f md y1nHIy - NJ "a
and corruptly used it for the disruption Of the
Democratic party in endeavoring to force II
up to fixed point to subserve their infamous
schemes. They were there charged with high
responsibilities by patriotic and confiding
constituency in crisis of unusual interest
in the history Of the party and the country
they. in All evil moment, held in their lcprous
hands hedcstinies Of n noble party and OF this
great country, they prOfessed to be Cover ned
by honorable considerations and to desire the
unity, and harmony, and success Of tho Democ'
raoy.
They proclaimed, personally and through
their accredited organs, that in their views the
Southern States were entitled to name can
didate, and declared that II would be their first
policy to second such suggestions as were msdt
In that quarter, and support such candidate
as should be named by, Or be most acccpliblt
to the South, and with such professions nnt
falls pretenses on their, lips, they went tt
Charleston. But from the moment they enter
ed the convention at Charleston, until 1t Wal
finally broken up by their basc conduct ono
worse faith at Baltimore conduct which SO
cured them the'designatiOn Of political gam
blcrs upon the floor Of the convention. thei
very oct was to oppose the wishes, and ress
each, any and every candidate who would b
acceptable to the Southern States, and thei
every effort, in season and out of season, b.
night and by day, was TO force upon the South
ern States u candidate whose creed they repu
dated and condemned-a candidate they hat
declared in tho most solmn form and with re
not suppOrt--a candidate who was at opel
war with the Democratic Administration
who had but single supporter in the Demo
cratic Senate, and whose especial adhercnt
had lust aided the Republicans in the election
Of Speaker and Clerk of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, two of the most influential and com
manding positions In the Government
Those who ruled, and dictated to and WELD
ed the vote of the New York delegation
through the fraudulent process Of unit vote
a ruled forced upon large minority Of th
delegation to stife their sentiments, Will
small mnoritics were released from 1t, in Other
to suit the purposes Of the conspirators, wi
hereafter be known by tue name plainly bral
ueu upUu tuCal suhHy .csS"."A" ~ S".'
J "political gamblers !''--who hang festerin
upon the lobbies of State Federal legislation
purchase chartered priviledge and immunit
by corrdpt appliances, who thrive In its fetI
atmosphere and swell TO obese proportion
like vultures upon offal Office breakers VIII
crawl and cringe around the footsteps of pow
er, and by false pretenses procure thcmsclvt
or vile tools, places of efficient trust aud emo
umcnt, that they may pack and control ca.
F, cuses and conventions at the expense of "
people they defrand and bctray, while honc
men are engaged in their industrial avocatior
to earn their bread. -
Oh, how, has the once noble spirit Of the D.
mocracy fed from such communicating al
proachesi Rome, whose proud banner ono
; waved triumphant over u conquered world, d
, generated in the pursuit ofsensual delights
a band of tldders and dancers: and the Dem
, cratic party of New York. founded in the spir
of Jefferson. and emulating, for many year
the noble efforts of a jackson and u Tompkin
!. has, iu the hands of political gamblers" bee
y degraded by practice which would dishon
= the resorts of Peter Funk in cast-0f clothir
u cheating the sentiments Of the people OF Il
:, States and nation; cheating great and con
y y ding party, whose principles they put on as
u disguise; for the purposes Of cnabing them
u cheat cheating the convention which adm
:, ted them to seats; cheating delegations wi
q trusted them cheating every body and ever
thing with which they came In contact, exec
u Mr.. Douglas, their nominee, and then lame
. ting through their accredited organ, from d
r IN iav that the convention had not remain