St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-10
Douglas.

When the ultra Southern delegates
boltcd from the Charleston Conven-
ton rather than be party to the
adoption of Ben Samuefs Minority
Platform, it appeared as though it
would be the easiest possible thing
for the remaining portion of the Con-
vcntion to nominate Douglas and go
home. 1t was even photographed to
Washington that he would be nomi-
mated on the first ballot. But after
all the Platform building and talking
had come to an end, rule was adopt
ed requiring two hundred and two
votes to effect choice, the same as
though there had been no stampede
from the Convention, and under this
arrangcment-made by an assem-
blage in which Douglas friends were
supposed to be largely in majority
the balloting commenced. The result
showed that on the first trial Douglas
lacked fifty-six votes Of two thirds of
the whole Convention and over TWEEN
ty votes of twothrds of those in at.
tendance. During eleven ballot.
ings he gained inst four and half
votes, and there he stuck.
| At this distance it looks to as rs
though the Little Sucker had very
nearly reached the length Of his tcth
cr. In 1852 he wanted to be the
Democratic Presidential nominee, and
received ninctytwo votes. In 1856
he went into the Cincinnati Convcn
ton, and got one hundred and twenty
two votes. In four years, after an in
finite deal of hard work, and altel
: having driven his party to the brink
: of disruption, he has advanced him
, self just twenty-cight and half votc'
, toward nomination At this rate
of progression, supposing his part,
could survive the present canvass
which is rather prohlematical, III
might possibly succeed in pcrsuadins
the Democracy to put him forward al
their representative in 1872 !
u AS Republicans, we feel very III
g different now as to the final upshot o
d the Charleston Convention. Eve
ri could Douglas be nominated on SAINT
els Supreme Court Platform, "
" should have no fears for the result {,
U the North. while his strength woul
# be very likely to be shorn at tn
i. South But the few remaining del,
gates from the Southern States in tn
regular Convention demand as an u
) timatum a recognition of the right {
p the South to take their slavc-propcrt
in into the Territories in defiance {
70 uniavorable legislation by Con
grcss or Territorial Legislatures. {
= course Douglas can stand upon II
AT such ground as this {; and 1t IN
rr friends from the Free States will 1T
" 10 it. the whole South will 60 over
the Boltcrs, and we shall have tw
" sectional Democratic Parties, pun
= and simple, with their distinct Pres
W dental tickets.
ne 1t may seem strange to some tn;
tie friends of Douglas should hay
consented to the rule requiring vo,
| Of two.hirds of a fill Convention
. nominate but the Southern delegate
: demanded it, and had it been denic
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
, would have followed Arkansas, Allah
l ma and Louisiana out of the Conve
ton.
. To that large class of Democrats
3 this State who have stakcd their pol
- ical all upon the nomination of Dou
- las, alleging that he alone of the hos
! of Democratic candidates, could sa
-. the Party from destruction. we of
=. our condolementS. They have hurl
their hittcrcst curses at the Rrput
can Party for its alleged scctionalis
=. haunting them with their lack
] svmpa,hiscrs in all of the Sou,hc
. States, and now the bitter chalicc
> returned to their own lips. 1t dc
l sometimes happen that it needs
: chastiscmcnts of adversely to ties
the simplest lessons of charity II