Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-07-12
WHOLE no. 4fl

|, lisa cheat and deception; II has lost
rlits vitality and only remains in the
Y statutes as obsolete. We are teld
$ our objections TO Judge Douglas
}, we're unreasonable and We ought 10
have abandoned them. Now, we
utterly deny this assertion, but if it
Z were tree, the like or dislike of a
/ people towards candidate. il it cen-
4 uot be changed by the day Of bis
. nomination, 10 thing not 20 b.
reasoned about, but to be aeknnw :
edged and scted on IL Judg
Douglas, Up TO TIE day Of tie I'D
|, jccrBmeut Of the Charleston Coavens
ton could not remove even fhe
prcjHdsces of oue-ttirl Of the Demo
cratic party,he Oeqkt 10 hacs declined;
he had no right to risk tie eonss-
qatnces of an adjournment. and t,y
10 wsary outh his opponents By ,felay.
We insist, therefore, he is liable for
/ az that has occurred
j We shall not be understood as in,
sinuating that the friends OF Judge
Douglas were bound, when he With
drew, to vote for tho eaaGidate or
candidates preferrsd BY TIE minority.
u The Tennessee delegation distinct
ly rspudIsted any such ground at
! Charleston, and hence they abandon
4 ed their own cardidats. Tksy
thoughtit due to the majority TO
let them indieste second choice,
and with Ibis view We implored the
friends Of Judge Douglas, before We
adjourned at Charlf ston, to name any
sound Democrat acceptable to tkem,
and Ne would give him our support
and sndeayor to secure bis election,
but they sternly refused
DoIing the interval between tAo
ADJOURNMENT at Charleston snd the
meeliag at Bsliimere, a spirited at
tempt vas made by the friends Of Mr..
Douglas 10 seser.l Southeru Siates
to reverse the position Of their De-
mocraey st Charleston and sCnd
delegates to Bsltiners isvorable TO
Mr. Douglas This Was dangerous
ard disastrous move for tie RRal
success Of our ticket, calculated 10
disorganize and weakeu the psrfyen
the eve Of the con0lct, aad it was ihe
necessary result % the false position
OF Mr. Douglas 10 remaining can.
didase, ahan be found nearly If not
quite one-hslf Of tbs party voting
against him or being opposed 10 him
for City odd consecutive bailo,iDgs.
We H4tsbed With some intsrsss
lhs pragress sfthis development, sad
thought from all the information Ue
received, that 10 every instance tee
seeding delegates had been re-eboscn
with. singular uosuimity by the reg
-ulaT organizations Of COR party. We
deemed il probable that there might
he some dispute in one or two cases.
-butsupposed TIE genesal result would
not bs materially affected 1t WAS
with some. aston:sbment and adismay
VIC learned, On reaching Baltimore.
that it Ess doubtful Rhetbsr The
convention would receive any Of the
seeding delegates unless they would
give parol oi honor to rs mania The
convention, and abide Its nomination
at ell hazards 10 regard 10 It's final
action. Such a resolution vas soon
introduced into ths convention, I'd
its adoption seriously pressed; if it
bad been passed, It's friends we'll
knew that no credentials would ever
have been presented to the eonven-
ton by the opponents OF Mr.. Doug
las and bis friends been the only
applicants. The stern opposition Of
Southern men induced eomprOmiss
on this matter and the whole subject
mas referred to the committee on crs-
dsntials without any Instruction.
Now. it seemed TO Us, although We
submitted to this arrangement that
it was irritatipg and useless thus 10
refer the credentials Of delegates.
some OF whose seats were wholly un-
contested, to a committee and so
keep them cut Of their places for two
or three days. The committee az
ter session sftwo or three days re-
ported to the Convention. and such
report as was offered by tbs ma
jority We have rarely heard read
They decided in the case OF Georgia
that the Delegation should be divided.
and one.half OF each set admitted to
the Convention, although il was
known 10 every person that at .hs