The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-29


one sess, and the regular delegates from ii,
second district two votes nay, they even Hent
further, and resolved that in case the regular
delegates from the second district did not vote
the bogus delegates from the first district were
TO cast the full vote of the State And yet
after such high-handed procedure as this, we
are meekly told by the Douglas Committee
that .'it must be conceded that the report Of
the Committee on Credentials was so liberal
and ccncilatory toward the seceders and their
friends as to be hardly just to their represent
tatives of the National Democracy from this
State ~
GEORGIA.
In the case Of Georgia, the Douglas men
themselves called a State Convention for the
purpose Of having the seeding delegates re-
pudiated by the Democracy of that State
Every shade of the Democratic party of the
State participated in the election of delegates.
The Convention met, and upon taking vote,
the seeding or regular delegates were sent
to Baltimore, by vote of 299 to Al. The
forty-one Douglas delegates then bolted, and
also appointed delegates. Yet the Douglas
Committee on Credentials at Baltimore, in
defiance again of the resolution of the Geor-
gia Convention instructing the delegates to
vote as unit, and in utter violation Of their
own rule upon the subject, reported in favor of
dividing the vote of the State, giving one-half
to the regular delegates, and one-half to the
bogus appointees of the Al boilers But this
was too great an outrage even for this Con-
vention, and they voted to admit the regular
delegates, and thus placed the brand of bogus
upon the brow of 81. v Johnson, the Douglas
candidate for Vice President! Commenting
upon this action, the Douglas Executive Com
nittee characterizes it as an ''extrayigance of
iberality !''
Thus was the Democracy of sovereign |
States wantonly DISTINGUISHED in a National |
Convention, and thus were Democrats COM |
'elled to give up all fellowship with men so |
egardless of their own honor, and the welfare |
nd unity of the Democratic party
IR. DOUGLAS NOT NOMINATED By Two-THIRDs
VOTE.
But it is claimed that Mr. DOUGLAS ,oas
By a tloo-thiTds cote. The Doug
as Executive Committee, in recent address,
eclare:
"After all secessions, as well as the refusal
fcertain delegates from Georgia and Arkan-
as, together with the entire delegations from
NNoo anu oAlodiSSippl U occupy tHeiT SeatS,
ur National Convention at Baltimore yet
stained 424 delegates, or 212 electoral votes;
eng ten more than two thirds ofthe electoral
otesofthe whole Union. But some ofthese del
5ates Gas in the case of Georgia. refrained from
'tlng, the majority OF the delegation having
tired others, Gas in the case of Arkansas,)
though full delegations, and authorized, in G
Sc OF any secession, to cast the whole vote c
their State, preferred only to cast that which a
ould be fair proportion between the sece- c
rs and themselves; and yet others (as in
e case of Delaware, and portions of the del t.
ates from Kentucky and Missouri) declined {
vote, but refused to secede. This accounts
the fact that upon the second ballot by 4
Gtes, Mr.. Douglas received only 1917 v
ties; Mr.. Breckenridge receiving 101S, Mr.. D
lthrie votes, the States of South Carolina Y
ght) and Florida (three) having authorized ~
delegates to any Convention at Baltimore.
re is the ballot as recorded: Or
Rreckinridya Gufhria nou0Ias | a.