Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-10


The several Nominasiens. III
friend in an interior county requests US to
give some statistics in regard to the conventions held
at BALTIMORE. II,
The following is list Of the States represented in
the National Democratic Convention with the num-
Der Of delegatesfor each.
Vermont 1; Massachusetts 16; New York 2; Penn
syivania II; Delaware 2; Maryland 9; Virginia %;
North Carolina l6; Georgia %; Florida G; Alabama
36; Louisina IL; Mississippi IA Texas6; Arkansas 81
Missouri 2; Tennessee 10: Kentucky 10; California 8;
Oregon Total, twenty States represeted by ze4
delegates
South Carolina had no delegates in this eOnven-
ton.
Delegates from Iowa were in attendance, and were
admitted to seats, but withoutthe privilege of voting
as they were not regarded as having been legally |
elected.
So twenty-One States actively participated in the
nomination Of the National Democratic ticket
The following the result of the second ballot in
the DoUGLAs Convention.
For Douglas Maine ; New Hampshire 5 Yer
mont 5 Massachusetts, 10 Rhode Island Connect
I icut 81 New York IS New Jersey %; Pennsylya-
MIA 10 Maryland q Virginia 3; North Carolina
Alabama Louisiana 6 /; Arkansas d Missouri Al
Tennessee 3 Kentucky Ohio % Indiana IS Hi
nOis II Michigan 6; Wisconsin 8; Iowa 4; nneso-
ia Total 1914.
For Breckenridge Connecticut J Pennsylvania
/ III.
For Guthrie Pennsylvania p Missouri Il;
Kentucy l3-51.
The whole vote of Minnesota was cast for DoUG-
LAS, although several delegates declined to vote.
Take from Mr.. DoUeLAs vote the nine votes from
Alabama, six from Louisiana, and one and half
from Arkansas, which were cast by parties who
had no right to VOTE and his vote from the original
dolo N ofa
and sixty-five, which would be further reduced by
votes Illegally cast OF this one hundred and sixty
five, only seventeen are from the entire South Ez-
Guiding Alabama Louisiana and Arkansas. (Which
were illegally representated,) there only TWEEN
ty votes represented from the Southern States.
F-om,the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, Democratic States which are entitled
t. forty electoral votes, Mr.. DOUGLAS received only
sixteen votes while but twentysix votes were rep
resented in his Convention.
These facts show where Mr.. DOUGLAS strength
S came from-in the main from States he could,
under no circumstances carry.
Mr.. DOUGLAS received 1914 of the 1914 votes cast
n in the convention that nominated him. and 16l OF
: those were bogus delegates from Alabama, Loui
lana and Arkansas thus leaving him but 165 votes
; and portion of these as we have every reason tC
4 know, did not represent one in twenty of the Demo
cratic voters in being cast for Kim We thus thai
: he lacked 1irtyeiyh of the number which the rule
n adopted at Charleston, and to which he and hi
> friends had subscribed, declared necessary t.
: nominate There was not two-thirds of the electO
raj college in the Convention, including the bogu
l. delegates from Alabama Louisiana, and Arkansas
unless we count those who remained in the Conven
ton but positively refused to participate in it
o action. 1t was clear that DoUGLAs could no
be nominated according to the Democratic usage
hence the resolution declaring him the unanimous
choice of the convention for the Presidency" wa
g an effort to override an established rule, which
n makes the assertion that his nomination was regular
0 simply ridiculous.
r There were only twenty-five States represented Il
e the convention that nominated him, and three o
l. these were represented by bogus delegates
In the convention which nominated Mr.. BELL
there were only twenty-three States represented
The following States had no delegates in that conven
!. ton, wit: California, Oregon Iowa. Wisconsin
II Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire Rhode Island
+ louisiana and South Ozrolna-tsn States entitled
r. TO forty-nne electoral votes.
p The following is Mr.. BELLS vote on the secont
in ballot
% For Bell-Alabama, 3; Connecticut, 81; Delaware
! 3; Florida, 81 Indiana, II; Kentucky, 4; Maine, 8
u Massachusetts, u; Maryland, rs Missouri, l; New
III York, 4; New Jersey, 5; ohio, Is; Pennsylvania
1t 10; Tennessee, u; Vermont, 5, and Virginia IL
- Total I39.
p number of votes were changed to Mr.. BELL
70 and he subsequently declared the choice Of thu
a convention.
s 1t will be seen that Mr.. BELL received only So
votes from the Southern States on the second ballot
70 This is the convention which some of its Southern
D. Adherents claim having put forward the onll
N national ticket"
+" In 1886, portion of the Democracy of Tennesse
% were led astray by Mr.. BELL and induced to aban
IS don their party in support of Judge WHITE under
" the delusive plea that he was better jackson
Of man" than the regular candidate. Among the mum
10 Der who were thus deceived was Judge DUNLAP, th'
1t Chairman Of the recent DOUGLAS meeting at Mem
10 phis. The present DOUGLAS movement in Tennessee
is of like character, and those who deluded into
e its support will in the course of another twelve
y months find themselves safely housed with the OPP
r position.
In 1855, Know NOthngism sprung upon thi
N country. Unsuspectng Democrats were deludeC
ID into it by their lifetime opponents. They hav
in lived in most instances, deplore their folly. lie
s. the past be a warning for the present Let De
n mocratic friends who inclined to go off from tn
n great body of their party under the mOmentary i'm
pulse pause and consider.
The Louisville Democrat was for many wears a