Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-05-23
Our DELEGATE.

Our Delegate.
The Editor of the Mountaineer informed
the rest of mankind Through the columns of
his paper last week; that George Nelson |
Smith, voted in the Charleston Convention on |
every ballot for Hon. Stephen A Douglas
As our neighbor does not state On what au-
thority he makes the announcement. we are
disposed to doubt its correctness. We have !
for years reposed the most unlimited conf
dence in Capt. Smith, and are therefore re-
luctant to believe that he would be guilty Of
treason so revolving. We always understood
that he was appointed as an Anti Douglas
delegate. When selected by the district con-
ference as Senatorial delegate to the Reading
| Convention, we learn from reliable source.
! that he promised to sustain the National Ad
ministration and oppose its enemies in that
! body. 1t is well known that the Administra
ton Party had large majority in that Con-
vention, and they selected him as its tempo
rary chairman, because he was regarded by
them as one of their number. He was every
where placed on the list of Anti Douglas del
egates, and no man in this coun ty, not even
the fareseeing editor of the Nountaiaeer, for
a moment believed that lie would vote for
him in the National Convention. Moreover, he
had been throughout an unwavering Leconp-
ton Democrat; indeed he was one of the
first Democrats in Pennsylvania to sustain the
President in that m memorable controversy
Many of our readers will doubtless recollect
the communications which he published IN
the Democrat d; ,SentineF' in the Spring of
1858, denouncing the course pursued by
Douglas and his friends, and which were af
, terwards Jurlesqued by Splashboard &co.
through the columns of the 1NOuntaiEeer. a
few months ago he placed at the mast head
of his paper the name of Hon. John C. Breck
enridge of Kentucky as his first choice fol
t the Presidency. Ia doing SO he declared
that if James Buchanan had been willing t.
&, accept the nomination, he wesld kave regard
ed Il as his duty 90 to bis utmost to secure it fol
him. \ democrat of this place. ''who won
G le," assures US that Mr. Smith told him du
: ring last March court, that Douglas could no
1 be nominated, and that he would not vote 70
: him in the National Convention. We ais
learn that he assured gentleman from thi
y place in Philadelphia. when on his way t
: Charleston, that he would not vote for Doug
= las He left home an ayowed Br eckenridg
It man, and it is therefore ridiculous to suppos
e that he abandoned him at Charleston and su
e ported Douglas. thereby giving the lie to a
his anticedent promises and assertions n
two men in the country, as is well known
differ more widely in their views with regar
, to Squatter Sovereignty, than Mr.. Dougla
e and Mr.. Breckenridge. Our delegate woul
= not therefore likely render himself ridiculou
by flying in a moment from the one extrem
3 to the other.
= If however the statement of the editor
.. the 1lountaineer be true, we OF course ha,
A. nothing more TO say on the subject. Wit
III Captain Smith, Democrats of Cambria, v
III leave the task of explaining
90 ''What made him do it; be is wise and honor
100 able,
ne And will no doubt with reason answer you"