Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-08-02

At the Breckinridge and lane Ratification Meeting Ne
York, on Wednesday Erening, July ah 1860.


importance thing known in the history Of governments
among men, civilized or savage. [Appause
Upon preceding similar generally il has been the
good fortune OF that great party to which you and belong
OF that party hCh has swayed the destnies Of the
try and shaped ts policy from the days Of Jefferson to tie
present momeuo stand united in principle and purpose
and movement like Roman cOhoft in the best period of
cpes such united energies, and such harmonious action
the DEM cratic party deserved highest conf
dence and gratitude OF the ong it bore al0ft
its banner the sacred words equaity- piuckeG hoary
headed privilege by the beard and aIagned pre-
tension before the great tribunal of the peoplet rad
cal IN the reformation Of abusest conservative IN the
preservation Of all that experience had apprOVedhe Con
stituton its pillar ana its cloud and progress was lis
watchWord IAPplsuae.l Under its benign policy our
borders extended from the Atlantic to the Iaccwe SUB
dued and fertiZed new terorieswe civilized educated,
and absorbed their barbarous and races
and nearly ebled the number Of free sovereign Staes
OyerhadOwing morOpozng Constitutional federal banks
protective tariffs those devices of craft and fraud that
they might upon fruits Of others labor have,
after years Of conflict with the democracy. finally been
driven the field and eXtemnated and the only great
work left them present crisis vindicate the
premacy of the Constitution and the equality of the States
It's present Administration by wise and farseeng foreign
and domestic policy quietly advancing the great inter
ests of the country in spite OF the efforts OF foes without
and foes within and democracy il the zenith Of IFS til
umphs If to-day that great conservative party Of the peo
pie and the Consttuonthe countys safety and the pat
ot's hopeis crippled and divided its power is weak
ened its forces scattered its energies weighed down
there forebodngs that its proud banner may h trailing
in the dust let De remembee that it i tie fault OF
the party principles, OF s masses that it is thus
mept e into the hands Of the fish corQp' venal,
who have bers ycd half gained by stealth half
coufded 10 them, and becauee IL attempting to use s pow
advance personal ends only they have destroyed lis
CrganiZation divided bec and brought them i1tO
conflict with each other, iisead Of concentrating all its
forces upon the enemies Of the Constitution.
This organizaton With many clements of p~lson clever,
ness bodies evil the interests Of true reed and
humanity; it founded sectional disturb aIce its all
ment prejudice and passion its efforts calculated to
against State section against ec0n against
man. brother against brother destroy all kindly rea-
on and light up the fires Of sectional dscord and strife TO
end battle Of blood Though its managers threw over
board its great founder aud leader Gov Seward ichees
I'd be
PIES hoping thereby conceal it's dangerous tcnGencea
It's true theories are beched by the Summers the Chez
vers and are reduced practice by John Browns. 1t
sturbs and enbtters the social relations 1t sewers tile
holy ties Of religious brot hood it breaks The bonds OF
common political faith it bots on. the great memories Of
the revcluon destroys commercial interests and the m
terchanges Of trade ii dc2l&de> & nation before the
mona1chies of earth ad depryee Of or Inherent
ble seeds Of domestic strife Gnd passion that tie people
may reap in due season harvest OF asEcs ami teS" -
there was never moment in the history tie demo
cratic party, q time when tie 81 tie people look
ed The sitting of Rational Convention VIII lnore con
fdng expectation than when about - assemble at
Charleston in April last There w2s 1cgcr tno when
mIr TetIaycd when r.asonahle cxpcctatGrs &c so
mady blasted, as the results produced hy IFS action
proceedings find parallel rlacC aid deg daJ0n
sce the emire OF The Wosd " as old at au ton tor money
applause Ire democratc parry, for st@n6} devotion
the principle Of the IrG- ltlun. - CtG0ltty Gt IL
creed for lis grand aha 4.J jtst .-d ioly
and al coed men locked to IT, in his the evil day Of or
country egelarce and safety Its Convention
bed at Char estoI Gn1 organized Ter business holy ma
arayed in the robes Of his sacred office with raised HANDS
and ryent pcaton invokes the favor Of the benefceut
Being who has vouchated to people. many bes,
Dcs II Vbsper of beauty shushed in the gale ts-the
aged bow their gray hairs in sympathetic and deep devotion
leyy is hUmVed i'll silence, ana even ln'kng fraud Is
abashed and covers for hiding place >enaation But
the pray and band OF COns iratos take posses
of The assemJage, and, instead OF Ntonai Couyen
ton GREAT a is ereced-a po cal trade
sales openeu-uanag NETT 10 uguratcs her lny and
pusve court, and the tie OF chief Aagstrae OF this
mighty Republic is put up Like tie board Of public pauper
rho 6I, hear ~ # t!a
nbelae and long-caeIihed design ct con'natl9n aud
Conspiracy to lie nD r'ties inst them sad leave those
tree who Iem ANA linus attain by frau or t3rce
particular result regardless OF popular sentiment q" q con
sequences which might ioIioE. iCheers
The ruling faction had suta up the scent of + ur hun
dred millions Of spoil. and for the Administration of
Douglas expected to Rim milk and honey sHoWpow
dered sugar, and hail Motat vegetable life pills [Gr al
Under hearty Two weeks Of s application, Of the forcing
process the Convention proved unequal the emergency
and paused for breath portion OF the delegations with
drew AID the residue adjourned 10 Baltimore for period
Of some weeks, ventilation. The publ; had
TO hope that separated from the ueEce that surrounded
them and no longer breathing the contagious they engen
deTed but nhang healthy moral atmOsp here they might
return and discharge the duty which they had undertaken
But abstinence only edged their pettes aud their last
state than the first The drilled packed,
machine majority met egain-conpo9ed Of delegates ON
potion of States and assumed to i'll Judgment upon the
rights Of regular delegates from another l0nto punish
them for conformity 10 the majority standard
other deInQueI3y short deny to sovereign Democrat
&c states the gh to return to their seats at Batme be-
they did occupy them the whole period Of the
pTOtracted sitting at Chareston question belonging
with which the National Convention had no business what
SOever And only these delegations expelled un'
der such pTetepces but bogus delegations made up suit
the convenience and necessity TIN occas H. were put in
their places. [Applause
faiTness-so replete with outrage and usutpaondviaed
dismembeled and broke up the Convention as it should
have done and every sensible mind would do, and
commend with my whole heart the spirit and approve the
conduct Of the president Gen. Cushing WHO efGed longer
to preside the yrannous caba and of the delegations
who under the same PRESIDENT organized placed in
nomination Nessrs. Breckenridge and Lane.
The remaining faction, made up chiefly Of delegates from
republican States whose delegations the authors Of
the great wrong deprived Of their head and without dem
ocrac body proceeded nominate Messrs Douglas and
Fltzpalck as We We're informed amidst tremendous Ell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and the other New England States, and
the whole Northwest pledged to Mr. Douglas isubject
OF course TO Sght 11cu6T0nce heId by one Abraham
ncon) with deatenjng applause [Laugherl Some fat
boatmen descending the Mississippi in rather jolly mood,
passed mouse on The shore "hefe tney were hdhg ana
dancing on the piazza The boat fell into an eddy and
once in each half hour passed the house again. and the
boatmen sWore they wers fddng and dancing il every
house for hundred miles the shore of the river while
they had been revolving eddy and had seen but on1
The Douglas strength is estimated in the same way.
Waving all questions of the merits or dement's of Mr.
Douglas a candidate, his preen8ions pressed up
on the under the preence ct plat
form upon which he could stand with conYenienCesome-
times in the admission and rejection OF delegates by the pro
cess OF machinery and management ana al other tmes III
the direct presentation Of bis name beyond al peCeden5
spirit and with feeling which spoke defiance to nearly ore
half Of the States OF the CotedeaCy, when it was wei
known they would acquiesce in his n0minatlon-that
they would not support him if that he could
not be elected without their voespregsed too, in tone
and temper and with logged and obstinate persistence
which well calculated IT it not intended, to break
the Convention force into obedience to the behess
OF a combination.
The authors Of this outrage whom we should hold accou
table, and who justly and directly chaTgeabe with it.
the ruling majority Of the New York deegaton--
They held the balance of power and mady, and sefshy
and corIupty for the disruption OF the democratic
party in endeayorng to force up to fixed point to sub
their infamous schemes. They were there charged
with high responsibilities by triotc and condng
stituencyin crisis of nusual interest in the history of
he party and the countrythey evil moment held in
their eprous hands the desne of noble party and of this
country they protested to be governed by honorable
considerations, and to desire the unity, and harmony and
OF the democracy they proclaimed personally and
through their accredited organs that in their view the
Southern setes EMIT ed to candidate and de-
ed that il EnIll he their nncE SECOND such