Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-04
The Reading Electoral Ticket.

the FoRNEY HALDEnAN mass Convention
of precisely 200 cx.officc holders and
ofiice.scekers has had its poor hour and
! f zzlcd out, we desire TO address few
words of sober common sense to the De-
mocracy of the State on both sides OF the
house. You have manifested a proper
spirit in refusing to become the tools Of the
bombastic TRIUMvIRATE at Washington.
You have declined to recognise the Oh'oam,
the Ark1n Saw man, aud the LoatS'anaan
as your conquerors and masters, and you
have crushingly robukcd the insolencc OF
little Mr.. HALDEMAN and the pcridy and
disorganizing conduct of the other petty
political blockhcads. The FokNEY-HAL-
DEMAN mass Convention, but a repetition
of the KNOX .FoRNEY States Rights
Democracy" Convention of last year, has
met the same miserable fate of neglect and
popular contempt. Why, the intriguing
and corrupt politicians who have Egurcd
so conspicuously in this impudent and
wicked movement, should have imagined
for an instant that you would fail TO vim
dicate tie right and-4+tty Of the Democra
tic party Of Pennsylvania to manage its
own affairs by its own appointed and reg
ularly authorized agents is matter OF
profound astonishment, and just as insult
ing as surprising. If they supposed they
could safely practice on the patience of
our Democratic peoplt they have been
wofully disappointed. In every part of
the State, both the local press and the
people, without regard to their BRECKIN'
RIDGE or DOUGLAS proclivitics, had de-
nounccd in fit terms the arrogant prcten-
sions of those who have undertaken to
superccdc our old accustomed State organ
ization by an imperial Ukase, dated at
W ashington, comforting absolute powers
on Mr.. UALDEMAN. So it il that the
mass Convention has failed to do anything
except to expose the folly of the move
ment, and the imbecility and bad faith
combined, of a set of wretched factionists
who would use the name of Judge DOUG
LAS to his own discontinue and disgrace,
TO serve their own miserable ends Of per-
sonal malice or party treachery.
Now why, under these circumstances
should not every honest and rational Dem
ocrat in the State vote for our electoral
ticket chosen by the 4th of March State
Convention! Does any one, or can any
one with any show of pretencc or truth:
dispute its regularity and fairness! The
electors were not selected by a Committee,
or even chosen by the Convention "a
nsaSse. Each district presented its OWL
carefully selected member of the college
In DOUGLAS district DOUGLAS elcctol
was fixed upon. In district friendly tC
Mr.. BREcKINRIDGE, or some other Pres
idential candidate, an elector friendly tC
Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE or such other can.
didate, was put upon tho ticket. Wha
honest Democrat ought to hesitate wher
the question is whether a Democratic olec
toral ticket thus sanctioned by Il regular
convention of our party shall cast the
Presidential vote of the State, or th
LINCOLN .HJOlltiOR cdcctOiS sh7N do a.
One or the other thing is incvitab ant
no sensible man believes nor can believ
otherwise. If any man calling himself
Democrat thinks he is serving his princi
pies, his party or his country, or main
tanning his own personal consistency an
honor, by preferring the election of LIN
COLIN to BRECKINRIDGE on the one hand
! or DOUGLAS on the other, let him prov
his persistent folly and declare his pol
teal infamy by obstructing the success
our regularly chosen Democratic electors
J ticket But all those who are not prepal
> ed to go to this extent, will vote the Read
ing ticket. Why should any Democrf
.. desire to see the vote of the State deliver
ed into the keeping of the Black Reput
licans? And if not, can any proposition
= be fairer than those submitted to us a
4 by the Democratic State Committee
Uthe vo's of tie Site a0U elect JUDG
DOUGLAS, ii sciN be giuem TO linn, VIII,
o more can any DOUGLAS the Democri
{, rightfully demand If, on the othC
. hand, the vote of the State will Gle,
BREcKINRIDGR, it will be given to hin
No Democrat ought to object to this, III
less he prefers LINCOLN, the Abolitioni
&c and rail splitter, to BRECKINRIDGE, IL
9f Kentucky conservative, devoted friend
II the Union, the gallant soldier, and trio
st patriot and statesman. No one shoul
Is prefer LINCOLN to BREcKINRIpGE, unle
=, he also prefers the election of CURTIN
r, Henry ID. FOSTER for Governor, and
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