The Nevada journal., 1860-05-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, I2t., r-uJ.

"a. The Democrat ACCUSES US of "craw
fishing" 10 regard to the question at issue
between 1t and ourselves relative to the
representative character of Douglas tow
ards the Democratic party. Wewill attempt
to state the question between us. We de-
MED in an article that Douglas is repre-
sentative man of the party, and stated that
he is considered By a majority Of Democrats
renegade from the faith. Our neighbor
retorts that he is not renegade but rep
resentAtive man, being the exponent of two
thirds of the party. In rejoinder, we asked
if he is the favorite of three-fourths of the
members of the Charleston Convention Sc
cured for himself, and why, representing
three-fourths of the people, does he fear
the two-thirds rule The Democrat alleges
in reply that the party is not properly rep
resented in the Convention.
The representation is by States, in proper
tion to their Representatives in Congress, and
the States that have gone for Douglas have in
creased so rapidly since the last apportionment
that each Douglas delegate will represent nearly
double the number Of voters that are represented
by each delegate opposed to him. For instance,
the seven Western States, all Of which are in
structed for Douglas, cast as many Democratic
votes as the fifteen Southern States yet the for
mer have but sixty six votes in Charleston, while
the latter have hundred and twenty. This in
equality of representation cannot be remedied
until after another apportionment is made-two
years hence"
Fatal oversight, neighbor. The repre-
sentatiou is by States and your Douglas
delegates, allowing the population of those
States from which they come to have doub-
led, represent population and not the party,
and therefore, do not represent more than
half the people in political sentiment mas
much as the Republicans are in a major
itv in those States. There is but one
party in the South and that party is repre-
scented by one hundred and twenty delegates
who are not for Douglas. Those delegates
come near representing the will of a large
majority of the people South while the
sent half the people of the seven states
singled out. 1t is probable that if the party
were represented at Charleston as in our
State Conventions. according to its vote at
the preceding election, the sixty-six votes
paraded by the Democrat would be reduced
considerably, while the hundred and twenty
would not be lessened so much, leaving q
disparity not pleasant for the Democrat to
-sae.
Nor does the remark Of our neighbor,
that "In addition to this, Douglas has two
friends among the Democratic voters of the
South for every Democrat that can be found
in the North and West opposed to him -
help the argument whit unless greater
array of figures is produced to show how
many Administration Democrats are in the
North and how many Douglas men South,
than we ever expect to see. The other free
States not mentioned need not be brought
into account as they will only help to make
the argument of the Democrat more up hill,
and it is sufficiently so already.
Figures, neighbor, figures are necessary
TO prove Douglas an exponent of vast
majority" of the party.