The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-07-18
The Nomination of Douglas.

Il me NOuAlItANOu OA DOUkb"S
If ever the nominee of Democratic Ma
tional Convention was fairly entitled to the
support of the party, Stephen A. Douglas
is; and, disguise It as we may, those pro-
Tossing Democrats who seeded from the
Convention and put another candidate in
nomination, and those who act in concert
with them in the supporting of that cand-
date, are nothing less than disorganizers cnd
traitors. Many of them are, even now,
more; they are Disunonists and African
Slave Trade advocates and what many are
now, all who fight under the banner of
Breckinridge will be in the enL. On the
part of come Of the leaders of the secession
lists. it is a bitter personal warfare against
Mr.. Douglas, Of whom they are jealous
They are aspirants for the Presidency, and
cannot bear in their path, the shining of
brighter light. The object of others is un-
questionably TO bring about state OF affairs
which must inevitably result in disuDion.-
These are subjects fer the consideration of
all honest Democrats, who have at heart the
success OF the party and the preservation Of
its principles and policy. II the party falls
If, in consequence of the scenes which we
, have recently seen enacted by the Northern
ard Southern seceders, q Republican Presi-
dent should be elected and Republican prin-
cip ina in ho dnni inio oC
the General Government, who does not feel
that the Union would be in imminent dan
ger!
Il the preservation Of lhe party organizn.
,ion was ever Of any consequence, it is Of
tar mrre lmpJrtauce now, when such fearful
issues sTe peLdlug ind those who aid in it's
destruction by supporting the bogus ticket
formed by the seceders at Baltimore and
Richmond, will take upon themselves q
weis bty responsibility. The secession at
Charleston was universally condemned by
the press and people OF The country, and
how tRy portion Of either can now sanction
or even wink ut the secession al Baltimore,
Is more than we can conceive. In princi.
pie they were the same, and both alike de
serve the repr,bslion Of Democrats every
where. Il this thing is sanctioned now,
where will it end! We have, as yet, but
seen the lifting OF the curtain-the first
scene OF the drama has Just commenced
What will be the last act we can only
judge from the character of the actors, and
that bodes no good.
No one has ever yet pretended to deny
that the Convention which assembled at
Charleston Gu the 23d Of April was the reg
ular Democratic National Conventions; nor
do we think it will be disputed that it had Il
rigLt to adjourn, or that it was the same le
gitmute National Convention that met at
Baltimore on the 18th of June. These
things not being denied, how is it possible
for any true Democrat 10 withhold his sup
port to the candidate placed in nomination
by that Convention.
If we value cur rganization-snd who
that is Democrat does not-the nominee of
the regular Convention, Stephen A. Doug.
las, the champion of the Constitution and
the Union, of Democracy and the rights of
the people, will be sustained against all dis.
organizers and aspiring traitors.
On the contrary, if it has come to that
pass, that the organization Of the party is
lightly esteemed, and the masses are willing
to trust their own rights and the desinies of
this great Empire TO the keeping of corrupt
demegogues and evil-minded secessionists-
be it so. There will perhaps never be ano
ther Democratic President elected, and the
"Union will slde.'
But we have confidence in better results.
We believe in the honesty of the people,
and if their intelligence and frmness are
equal to the emergency, the integrity Of the
Democratic party will be preserved, and the
banner OF Douglas will wave in triumph at
the close of the next Preside ntia election. !