Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-07-20


they know that the Black Republicans can
carry or defeat any measure We cannot
believe that the people desire that such a
House shall select President for them.
Then what shall be done? The under
signed after much reflection aud consulta-
ton with Democrats of distinction for their
talents and service lin the cause Of Democra-
cy, concur in the plan suggested for mass
Convention of National Democrats, who ad-
here to the usages and nominees of the reg
ular organization, to be held at Staunton on
the 10th Of next August.
In our opinion, this is the only way which
will secure the election Of the nominees of
the National Democracy, and defeat the e.
lection of Lincoln by the people.
TIMOTHY RIVES,
JOHN A. HARTMAN.
RICHMOND, Va. July IL, 1860.
Speech OF Senator Pugh.
At the Great Democratic Ratification IN
New York ON the End inst:
Senator Pugh, of Ohio, was introduced
and received with cheering. He said he was
DESTROYS before his return home to see how
the Democracy of the Empire State would
receive their gallant delegation after the
scenes Of Charleston and Baltimore. 1t was
the subject of reproach and speculation
whether the administration of James Buc-
hanan would or could not buy the State of
New York. Three cheers were proposed
for the New York delegation and given with
great enthusiasm also three cheers for Mr..
Pugh.] The speaker proceeded to say that
he was one of the delegates from Ohio; and
day after day and hour after hour their ears
are vexed by the pretensions Of the admin
istration and it's satellites, that it had made
a bargain with the New York delegation
(groans); but as often as the New York del
egation was called, with virture worthy of
the best days of the Republic, it repelled
the false SANDER. (Cheers) Would any
earnest man tell him why the regular nom
inees Of the Democratic party should not
now as in 1856 and in 1852, and of all for
mer times back to the days of Jefferson, re-
ceive the united support of the Democracy
of the United States (Yoices-'' They
willy There could be no reason for it ex-
cept the determination of mere clique of
men, base minority, overwhelmed, rebuk-
ed and repudiated by the people, that they
will govern Democracy or they will ruin it,
(Voices-"They can't do it.') No, sirs,
they cannot; they will ruin themselves.
ca Voice-''They are played out" An
other Democrat added They will 60 to
hell every one of them.'')
When the convention met at Charleston
it was spectacle such as no other political
convention ever presented Every State of
the Union and every Congressional District
in every State was fully represented, and
what spectacle could be more grateful to a
patriotic heart, whether it beat in North
ern or Southern breast. whether from the
Atlantic or the Pacific from the States which
border on the lakes dividing US from Cana
da, to the valley of the imperial Mississippi?
Why was it that the great council of the ma
ton, where all the States were represented
by delegates, did not peaceably, promptly
and quietly perform the Office for which it
was elected He answered that it was be-
cause certain gentlemen design to prolong
the present administration of the federal
government, whether it was or was not the
will of the Democratic party. They had in
tended to make the nomination Of Mr.. Doug
las an impossibility by thrusting upon that
convention a platform upon which it was
we'll know he would not stand. This was
the beginning and the end Of it. ('tThat's
SOY If Mr.. Douglas had never written
his letter to that gentleman in Wisconsin,
declaring that he would not be the candid :
ate of the Democratic party if it repudiated
the ancient doctrine of non intervention,
they would have seen at Charleston what
they saw at Cincinnati--the unanimous af-
firmance of the Cincinnati platform.
In order to accomplish the result desired,
the seceders, using their power and their in
fluence, stimulated portion of the people
in the extreme Southern Statesmen who,
to say the least, had not been notorious for
their devotion to the Democratic party--to
dictate to the convention. They resurrect-
ed Yancey, who seeded from the Baltimore
Convention, in 104S, because he refused to
abide by the nominations gentleman who
did not act with the Democratic party in
1852, who voted the Whitman ticket, and
who came back to the Democratic ranks in
1856 from the overwhelming pressure of
Black Republicanism in the North. The
Democracy of Alabama, instead of acting
like some of the elders at camp meeting re-
curing him to take back seat. they put
him into the pulpit to teach Democracy
daughter and applausc.) Yancey went to
Charleston, not to consult with the Conven-
ton as to what was best for the interests of
the Democratic party and the country at
large, but with platform ready made, say
in, "Take my platform; have made it; |
will go with you, provided I like the can
didate; but if you nominate candidate
do not like, give you notice that | shall
withdraw from the convention" Was that
the party of Jefferson and Jackson if it would
submit to dictation like that? (No, no
IF the Northern part of the Democracy Che
would let the Southern representatives pres
ent speak for themselves submitted to die
tation like that, every man of them would
have deserved to have his face BACKED and
to be sold for slave. (Cheers.)