Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01

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Guthrie he counted as having been east for ~,
resolution declaring Mr.. Douglas the NOM.
nee. Having steadily, through repeated bal
lots, voted against Mr.. Douglas, they were not
allowed to object to the resolution when it was
offered, nor even given the opportunity OF
voting against 1t. Here are the proceedings
at this stage:
"Mr. Clarke then moved to declare Stephen
A. Douglas the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency. Applause
Mr.. Hoge, of Virginia, offered a resolution
to that effect, which was read.
The resolution declaring s. A. Douglas the
unanimous choice of the Convention for the
Presidency was adopted by a shout of ayes
and cheers, which lasted a considerable time.
The band of the Key Stone Club appeared
in the gallery and struck up II tune, which was
greeted with renewed cheers.
The President, (Col. Todd declared Ste
phen A. Douglas, of Illinois, the unanimous
choice of the Democracy of the United States
as their candidate for the Presidency. Loud
cheers.
The rote iH faror Of TIE resolution ,ras alone
tGken' The negatire rote ,cds not put to the
Contention!
But, as if still further to demonstrate that
the eighteen delegates from Kentucky, Della
ware, and Missouri, took no part at all IN the
proceedings, we call attention to the vote for
Vice President, ,chen they refused agoin 10
rOte..
SEVEN VOTES FROM GEORGIA AND ARKANSA
COUNTED IN DEFIANCE or The UNIT RULE.
GEORGIA.
But the nine votes counted for the Is dele
gates who refused TO vote, with the 10 voscS
cast for Messrs. Breckenridge and Lane, added
to the 1917 given for Mr.. Douglas, gives only
"A total of 2OJ, seven less than the vote claimed
by thiscommittee. Where do they get the re-
naming seven votes From Georgia and
Arkansas. The State of Georgia was entitled
to 10 votes in the Convention, to be east by
20 delegates. The Democracy of Georgia,
however, appointed 10 delegates TO east the 10
votes, and instructed them to vote as . az
the majority to determine the ~~,ha'heo IN
State. Eleven of the f-sJorlty VINO seceded
the Convention Lrcse eleven being allowed t.
protested nc Convention decided, by a vote Of
f4S to 100, that those remaining from that
State were not, under the unit rule, entitled TO
vote.
At Baltimore, the seeding delegates from
Georgia, re-appointed by the State Conven-
ton, refused TO take their seats; but one of
them, (Mr. Gaulden, however, came into the
Convention, but did not pretend to vote, as
the majority had determined not to take their
seats in the Convention.
And yet these are the persons decided by
the Convention to be mere spectators, and not
delegates. who had no right to vote, and never
did vote in the Convention, who are now rep
resented rs delegates by the Douglas Commit
tee, and pressed into the service, tor the pur-
pose of manufacturing a two-third vote for
Mr.. Douglas.
ARKANSAS.
Under the decision of the Convention, the
two delegates, Messrs. Flournoy and Stirman,
who remained in the Convention at Charles
ton, were allowed to cast one vote the three
bogus delegates from the First Congressional
District, one vote and the Withdrawing dele
gates who were re-accredited to Baltimore, two
votes. The latter declined to take their seats,
and Mr.. Stirman withdrew.
He is thus reported
.Mr. Stirman, of Arkansas, when his State
was called, said, in justice to himself, and
with sorrow, he parted with the Convention,
he could not longer remain after what had
been DONE
Thus a majority of the delegates actually
admitted to the Convention had withdrawn or
refused TO take their seats, and, under the unit
rule, the minority had no right to vote. Yet
the committee have counted both the vote of
Mr.. Stirman, who had. withdrawn, increased
the one vote awarded by the Convention to
the bogus three, to a vote and a half, and thus
secured an addit onal vote from Arkansas in
favor Of the resolution. In this way. the
Douglas Committee got six additional votes
from Georgia, and one from Arkansas in favor
of the resolution, thus increasing their figures
from POI to 2l2 votes.
ACTUAL VOTE CAST FOR MR.. DOUGLAS.
We now propose to show, beyond cavil, that
even the vote (1Sl4) given by the Douglas
Executive Committee, in the foregoing table.
as having been cast for Mr.. Douglas, is based
ON error. Let us examine the matter.
Massachusetts, is put down Mt 10 votes for
Mr.. Douglas, when there were only ten dele
| gates entitled to cast FIVE votes remaining in
| the Convention from that State. Massachu-
sets had thirteen votes, represented by 26dei-
| egates; sixteen of these delegates withdrew
land Joined the Breckenridge and Lane Con-
y~ention, leaving, we repeat, but ten delegates
to cast five votes.
Vermont was represented by 10 delegates,
with the right to cast five votes. She is report
ed as having given the whole five 10 Mr.. Doug.
las. instead of Al, one of the delegates Mr..
Stoughton) having withdrawn, ard joined the
other Convention.
Mauesota is recorded as having cast her tuU
vote for Mr.. Douglas, when three of her dele
gates entitled to II votes, refused to vote for
him, and withdrew from the Convention:
..Mr. Becker, of Minnesota, said he and tive
of his colleagues desired to announce the con
%clusion at which they had arrived; they wen
to Charleston, and came to Baltimore, actuated
only by a desire TO promote the harmony, un'
ion, and. integrity of the Democratic party
but unfortunately for them and the country
their detires and efforts had failed they had
been ready for any e~xertions and Sacrifices q
nrop,o,o their object and they now took thi