Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-09-14
Mr.. Douglas on Regular n OminatiOns

The great gun of E" the Douglas de
mocracy," which they invariably fire Of
when they wish to persuade the timic
and the hesitating that it is their duty t,
vote for Douglas, however little they may
approve his principles, is the reguiartt,
Of his nomination, and the obligation OIL
all democrats to abide " regular nomina.
tons"
We have already exposed the falsity
of the pretension that be is, in any sense
of the word, the regular nominee Of any
party, rot even Of the motley crowd
which remained in the Front-street The
atre after the Convention broke up, and
enacted the farce of {" the nomination.
We have shown that in the meeting in
the theatre of 1914 men, some Of whom
were regularly-elected delegates, and
some Of whom had no semblance Of right
to be considered, he received on the last
ballot 1871 votes, and was then declared
the nominee, in defiance of the rule
which requires 202 votes, or two-thirds
Of full Convention, to constitute a regu-
lar nomination.
We have urged, in addition to the
foregoing, that almost all the delegates
from all the Southern States, from Ore
gon and California, aud large portions OF
the delegations Of other States, persist
emily opposed his nomination and rcpu-
dated his principles; that his supporters
were almost exclusively from the North
ern States, and that his nomination is
almost, if not altogether, as sectional as
that of Mr.. Lincoln For this the
friends Of Mr.. Douglas have denounced
us and all who think with us, with great
bitterness and most virtuous indignation
insisting that the opposition to him by a
united South-afIords no reason why be
should not be regarded and supported as
a." the regular nominee of the democratic
party !" In reference to this branch OF
the case, We shall only copy the following
from the Richmond Enquirer, and beg
the particular attention Of democrats "a
the extract from Mr.. Douglas speech in
1862, in which he eloquently describes
the dangers Of sectional nomination
and exposes the wickedness of the course
he is now pursuing in lS60.-Cn.
From the Richmond Enquirer.l
On the 9th Of July, 1852, the Hon.
Stephen A. Douglas addressed the de-
mocracy Of Richmond, Va, in the Afri-
can Church. From the speech prepared
by himself, published in the Enquirer Of
July Goth, 1862, we make the suboined
extracts. 1t will be remembered that at
the Baltimore Wing Convention of 1852.
the North demanded the nomination of
General Scott and the South resisted the
demand. Commenting upon the section
al aspect Of that nomination, and the de.
plorable results that would come from it.
Mr. Douglas said
Well. General Scott received the
nomination unanimously according TO
tho official proceedings Of the Conven-
ton. Laughter. Fellow-citizens, did
you ever hear Of unanimous nomina-
ton which was made in defiance Of the
NIFTY times repeated protest and remoh-
strances Of the delegations from one half
the States Of the Union represented 10
the Convention? Every Southern dele
gation voted against him more than fifty
times, day after day and night after night,
and yet the nomination was unanimous
Great laughter. The nomination Of
General Scott, therefore, presents to the
American people this extraordinary anc-