Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-05

| tue building had been arranged and decorated IN
an appropriate and tasteful manner and brilliantly
| Illuminated with gas. Over all the words ss Nc
secession" were spread in large letters and undo
/ II tablet inscribed with the words = Nominee,
| OF the National Democratic COnvention-Stepher
4 A. Douglas and Herschel v johnson" withers
| band was present, and executed several stirring
| airs During the progress of the meeting pro.
] cession from the Seventh and also one from the
| First Ward arrived, bearing numerous transpa
| rencies, on one of which was inscribed the words
We'll maui the rail splitter" and on another
was the inscription, " Douglas, the cabinet
| MAKER
About twenty minutes to Q O'Clock nj, Vim
H. Ward came forward, and, having stated the
| object OF the meeting, nominated Mr. James s
| Holland as chairman, and he was elected to tina,
position. Several vice presidents and secretaries
were then nominated by DR.. Thos. Miller all of
whom were chosen.
Mr. John F. Ennis presented the following res
olutions, which were adopted:
RsSOired, That the Democracy of WASHINGTON
now as ever true to principles and loy1l to party
cordially endorse the nomination of Stephen <
Douglas, of Illinois, for President and Herscbel
v. johnson for Vice President Of the United
States, and rally around them as their only hope
for the country and the Union Applause
Resolred, That the position of the Democratic
party on the exciting question of domestic slavery
was nightly stated by the Vice President of the
United States in his speech at Lexington XIV on
the 9th of June, 1856, when he declared that the
whole power of the Democratic organization ia
Pledged to the following propositions: That Con-
-
states or in the Territories or In the District Of
Columbia. That the people of each Territory
shall determine the question for themselves and
oe admitted into the Union upon footing of
proper equality with the original States, without
discrimination on account Of the allowance or
prohibition Of slavery.
ReSoLrsd, That we approve and accent the plat
form Of principles unanimously adoptsd bv the
National Democratic Convention held at Cincin
natl In 1856, and of the Convention recently held
al charleston, and which concluded it's la6ors at
baltimore by the nomination of the peoples
choice, Stephen A. Douglas; that upon the min
Pies and policy thus inaugurated, we C IN safely
rally for the maintenance of public rioht the
p, rmanency and perpetuity of our institute us
ana the continued prosperity of all sections of
RsSOlced, That as citizens and residents of the
city OF w ashngtOn, we hail with peculiar deliUbt
and enthusiasm the nomination of Stephen A
Douglas for the Presidency of the United States
5000 j and recognize In him one of the truest
friends and most earnest advocates of the Dstrc 1T
Of Columbia, Good and true to the Union he
has been and is the consistent friend of the
Nations capital -
After the adoption of these resolutions. the
Chairman introduced as the first speaker Mr. Geo
w. Brent, of Alexandria, Va
The speaker said he regarded the nomination
OF MI. Douglas by the National Convention at
Baltimore as the triumph Of great truth becau,e
in him they beheld the irnpersonaton of that
great living, vital, aud practical issue which had
l9f SO many years been the destructive element in
the absolute nOn-intervention on The mart of the
Congress of the United States with sla very in the
territories TO this principle had Mr. Douglas
devoted an aus lie as a public man, all his ener-
Sles, all his talents. His name would pass down
with 1t TO the pages of his country's history. en-
titling him to the gratitude of coming genera
tions TO this principle, too, had the pIighted
faith of the democracy, both North and Soutb
East and W est, been given Should that nIigbta5
faith be now violated I'' Ne, ne I,jl S6onId
that solemn compact Of peace; that bond of union
between these States be broken? r.. Never. I
Yet In the nominations presented to the neonls
by the respective conventions assembled at Rail-
more that issue WAS to be determined The CON
ventlon which nominated Douglas and Johnson
IePleSeht e that BOND OF union and that bond Of
peace These candidates Were both pledUed To
this great cardinal truth of the nop-intervsG
on the part Of the Federal Governments: Will. III
nominees OF the secessionists convention AZ RaIt
ton.
The speaker then proceeded to show that in tbi g
question was involved not only the integrtv ~
.Ie d zen. party as party organization, but
also the integrity OF the Union He then went
into brief history Of Mr.. Douglass public career
to show that he (AIr. ID } had always advocated
with fearless ability, untiring zeal and credit and
even at great personal sacrifice this great nynci-
pie which they represented Mr. DOUGLAS tney
no. North, no South, East est; nothing hut the
Union and the rights OF all the people Whatever
ladiels may EaVe been won by their gallant stand
ara bearer, stephen A. Douglas in fghting this
great battle OF nOninterventiOn, he here assumed
that the credit Of first promulgatipp that great
doctrine: and incorporating it into the political
issues OF the day, and especially as defenSe
against the aggressive action of the North dit
not originate with MI. Douglas; but il was the
product OF the mind Of one of the most eminent
and virtuous of Virginia 3 statesmen-a man yybo.
devotion to the union of these States the rights
of all the States, and strict construction of orr
CONSTITUTION, there stands no man higher He
alluded to John TAYLOR, Of Caroline9a man to
whose political writings the politicians ~ ali
ages had referred as the great laboratoyv Ton
which they had gained their doctrines in defence
| Of the Constitutional rights of the States.
He had said that the nomination of Mr. DouoIas
ny the Baltimore Convention was not only the
triumph OF great truth and of Justice lint that II
was likewise the triumph Of the great DrincfDia NJ
the National Democracy, for 1t was the triumph
OF the Union over discord and disunion; il was a
triumph of the rig hts Of the States and The Inion
OF the States under the Constitution over the dis
migrating elements Of sectionalism and fan.ti-
cism. 1t was the triumph of traditjonarv and
time honored forms and usares and
of the great Democratic party over protest and re-
bellien against their authority. He had said a
protest against the Organization of that party. be-
cause, for what purpose were parties established,
Not as parties to carry out the mere bebests of ;,
party bat as the representatives of great nationa
principles, for the purpose Of carrying out and
.hdlntalhlng those principles. They Were essen
tal in the Government; they were essential 10 60
ciety. =. " So-
The speaker was frequently applauded.
MI Ellis b Schnabel, Of this ", was next in
evening with peculiar and unusual feelings. II
was the first time la the history of the great dem
ocFatic party when he felt that it was about ente,
tering upon contest wherein they Were OBLIGED
to strike occasionally friends and foes He Rad
an abiding faith in the principles of the great
democratic party to which they were all attached
He had viewed its history since he was capable
OF understanding its purposes and its objects he
had read closely its history in days prior to his
hlrta, and he had vet to the first party or fac
ton OF party that had ever sprung up in opposi
on 10 1t that had long survived For the frst i'm,
therefore III view OF the fact that portion of tbe
ranks Were arrayed against them, he felt the p
public trembling beneath the shock of the battl,
fhe black republicans felt perfectly competent 1:
take charge OF the government In 1855 he was
engaged extensively in a combat with that party.
He carried the very banner that the Con on
at Charleston and at Baltimore raised over Stephen
A. Douglas; he carried the very platform where
none OF the secessionists could carry 1t to-day and
succeeded But now he would not only have IN
contend against the old enemies Of the democracy
but against the faction Of dissatisfied members ~
that great national party, and therefore II was
that he had said he trembled for the Union.
1t was a matter of great public congratulation
that the people Of this country were not Vet In =
condition to surrender to a handful of men. that
they will not yield to abused power and desert
principle In great historical epochs, wonderful
vicisstudes had ever been associated with Iargs
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