Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-08-08

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Every true Demoeraf stesifese Of course.
that the men and measures u his party
should - sassaaasd b. \ majority q ths
people, and IL therefore willing to do any
thing in reason 70 produce this result
But there are some things that 20 true
Democrat win do, because be cannot even
think of them with any degree Of pasienos.
az attemps them without dishonor.
One of these things is the aoyes and
startling proposition 10 pask ap she whole
Dsmocratie yots a the Keyssons State,
like bundle Of dry dooas, 70 Be banded
over after the eIection, NOS ~ siae people
Of the State have directed but ~ the peo-
pie or shs politicians Of other States may
happen to render necessary for certain
purpose. Nov, there are al least three
gSod reasons why no good Democrat can
ever consent to this. La the iFss place,
the candidates named "a tails compromise
do not represent the same principles, and
cannot therefore both be Democrats.
i DoUuLAs Is most clearly ths representa-
tises Of Congressional on-intervention'
in the local AFFAIRS Of the Territories,
while BRxexIKsiBaE il ~ clearly pledged
to sSactfve intervention on the part Of
every branch Of the General Governm ent'
for the protection of slavs property out
aide Of the slave ststes. DoUoLAs be-
hsves that which is property by the COM
mon consent of the whole nation requires
no other protection in the Territories
than that which the people there win
ehssrfully accord to ii, and that that
which is property solely In virtue Of local
laws will be protected by them as soon as
they desire ii, but should neither b, es-
tablished in opposition to the viii Of
those who are adverse to it, nor withheld
from those who are willing TO adopt 1t,
while Breckenridge is soienanly pledged
to creed that deprives the people of the
Territories of the right Of seif-goyern-
ment on a most Important Point=-thst
would compel the representatives Of the
whole nation to recognize and protect as
property that which is only property in
| certain portions of the country, and by
force of certain local laws, which laws
are repudiated by the local legislation Of
other portions of the country equally re-
spectacle, and equally entitled to national
recognition and support,
Candidates thus representing adverse
principles cannot be run together with.
out gross inconsistency.
In the second place, only one Of these
candidates can be the "reguiar nomiuse''
of the party, even If the platforms were the
same.
| There cannot be two regular Democrat
ic Conventions, nor TWO regular Demo-
cratic uominations--cne or the other
must BE- irregular and spurious. The
regular National Convention, represent
ing all the States, met certainly at
Charles ton, and AS regularly adjourned
TO Baltimore, while there was no regular
I Convention either called at Richmond or
adjourned from Richmond to Baltimore.
The Convention, which was regularly
called at Charleston, did not adjourn siae
die until it had formed a platform and
nominated candidates. That platform
is the one we had in 1856 at Cincinnati ;
and the candidate running on that plat
form is STEPHzN A. DoUGLAs--a very
consistent friend Of it. Those who did
this did not 90 sscede," because majori-
tissnsper do secede-they rots their Way
through. If, then, the old plan Of sub.
hitting when outvoted ia wrong--if the
modem idea Of seeding when you hap
pen to be in the minority is improper and
destructive Of ali order than the ass emily
which nominated Mr. Breckenridge was
Irregular, and he is not the regular NOM
ine1 of the party. Now, all true Demo
Gratis baliavs Ia Irregular nominations"
when made BY regular Conventions"
or regular Democratic platforms" and
they frown indignantly on all irregular
movements, as subycrsiVe Of al order and
organisation, from that Of the township
up to that of the nation. They will not
cannot, therefore, with any consistency,
consent to this arrangement.
Again, the State Committee have no
right to propose, nor have the electors any
right TO agree, to such proposition. Gus
tom has defined and fixed their several
duties, They are appointed to carry out
the wishes of the State and National Con-
ventions.
The former body is bound by party rule
to pledge the latter 10 vote for the nomi-
nees of the National Convention, who, in
it's turn, is, by the same rule, bound to
obey Or to resign. Instead Of this,= they
unite in this proposition 20 defend the will
of their masters.
They are told by the National Convex
ton, 'sHere ia the creed Of the party for
this campaign lit is the same on which We
triumphed in 1856, and has been dsliber-
ately reaairmsd. Here Is the candidate Of
the party, the faithful advocate Of our
party creed. Put now in motion the ma
ehienery that will give to them both the
party vote"
The committee aad electors reply -
We hear you but we choose not to obey
we chose that man who denies the party
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