Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-12
A Deliberate. MilfuI Thing.


no other object than the breaking up. if pos
sible, of the Democratic party. aud the con-
sequent dissolution of the Union
In the first place, they seeded because the
Charleston Convention adopted the platform
of Non-Iutcrveution, platform upon which
the party had stood for years, and upon
which it had won all its victories. If there
had been any new doctrine iuterpolated into /
the Democratic creed. they would have had
an excuse, hut to bolt the party because it /
had simply insisted on an old and well estab-
li,hed principle Of the organization, showed
clearly enough a deliberate intention to
produce diseord. They pretended also that
they would not have Uoltcd the Conventions
had not the Unit Rule been adopted Well,
they themselves voted for the rule, and if
there was anything wrong in it they them
selves sanctioned every bit of it. But, there
was no wrong in it; it was all fair.
The secession took place at Baltimore, be.
cause certain delegates were not admitted
and others were Now let us see how nimsy
this excuse was. 1t will be remembered
that Resolution had been adopted at Char
lesion, adjourning the Convention to Balu-
more, for the purpose of having the rdcqacics
occasioned by the secession at Charleston
supplied Upon reassembling at Baltimore,
there were two sets of delegates from Al.
abama claiming seats One set included
Mr. Yancey, and this was the set that the
Breckinridgers say ought to have been ad-
mitted, on the ground that there had been no
vacancies and the original delegates were en-
titled to their seats This is answered by
the fact that considerable number of
these delegates were aew ones entirely and
not the original delegates. This set were in
structed to "repair to Richmond and to Co
! operate with the delegates of that Conven-
! lion, but at the same time allowed to 20 to
Baltimore, under certain contingencies -
They were justly refused admission in the
regular National Convention. and oh what
fuss the Breckinridgers made about it None
but traitors and disunionists would have pre-
tended for a moment that such delegates had
a right in the Convention at all. The del
egates who ,oere admitted were accredited to
Baltimore alone, ana were the only delegates
supplying the vacancies made at Charles
ton.
From Mississippi, there were no contestng
delegates, and those newly appointed after
the adjournment at Charleston were admitted
without question at Baltimore With fac
tious and disorganizing spirit, they refused
to take their seats. This showed a deliber-
ate intention to create disturbance, for they
had been granted their request and refused
nothing. They would have preferred prob
ably is be refused admission, but inasmuch
asthey were not refused, they were deter
mined to disconnect themselves from the
party, with or without excuse.
The newly appointed Texas delegation did
the same thing-eame without contestants,
applied for seats, were admitted, and then
refused to take their seats They, too, were
most probably in hopes that they would be
refused admission, in order that they might
have an excuse for a hareup Not being
gratifed in this, they were determined to
have flreup anyhow
As to Arkansas, two sets of delegates new.
ly appointed appeared. Both were in some
respects irreg,lar, and one entirely so; and,
in view of this fact, the Convention conclu-
ded the fairest plan was to admit both. This
was considered or pretended to be consider
ed, vast outrage by those fellows from
Mississippi and Texas who had already fared-
up without any excuse at all
As to Louisiana, when the secession took
place at Charleston, and the vacancies were
to be supplied, the Executive Committee of
that State were expected to call a Conven-
ton for the purpose of appointing delegates.
Instead of that, they reassembled the old
Convention, which had adjourned sine die
and was of course out Of existence, and this
Convention simply sent back, or assumed to
send back, the delegates originally sent TO
Charleston. This was mere farce. for Of
course a Convention which has been nd
journed sine de is dcfunct and cannot be re-
viyed. The Executive Committee tbus re-
tusing to act, the Democracy in the different
parishes of Louisiana took upon themselves
the responsibility of holding a State Conven-
tion, and this Convention sent delerates 10
supply the vacancies at Baltimore These
delegates were admitted, and the seeding
delegates sent back by the old defunct Con-
vention set up a great howl, as though fear.
full injury had been committed when they.
like the Disunion delegates from Texas and
Mississippi, would not have taken their seats,
even if they had been admitted.
We might go on with these illustrations of
the factious and disorganizing spirit with
which the Yancey Party went into the
Charleston and Baltimore Conventions, but
we do not desire to consume too much space.
Enough has been said to show how deliber
ate was their determination to create discord
and if possible to disrupt the party. They
grumOle at the Unit Rule, when it was them.
selves who voted for it. They denounce the
nomination Of Douglas, when it was their
privilege to remain in the Convention to
vote against him, till the crack of doom, if
they saw fit. They refuse to abide by the
platform on the question of the adoption of
which they themselves voted, thus violating
what was no less a thing than a public
pledge to abide by the result Of the ballot.
In short, they have exhibited in all their
proceedings at Charleston, at Baltimore and
at Richmond a spirit of treason to the De-