The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-05-31
The Press ON the Democratic Com
stitutio nai Movement.

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We continue our extracts from the remarks
of the various Democratic aud quasi Democratic
papers, throughout the country, on the recent
occurrences u Charleston We restrict our
selves u papers Of tie state-Rights scchoolnall
Others, Of course, are very malignant at 4 move.
ment Which 'ahnihilates theif hopes of section
alizing the Democratic party, and Of perverting
til organization and It's principles to the pur-
poses Of temporary success, Nowhere in the
true Democratic papers at the South are there
any symptoms Of backing down. az ,ti,r
1. The secession Of the Southern delegates from
the Convection, when it became apparent that
the equality of the South in the Union would
not be Acknowledged, meets the appreciation
Of nearly every Democrat. in our midst. We
hope thst that body will nominate ticket and
adopt p platform which can and will be sup
f6fteaby the great bulk Of the Democratic
party of the. South. In a few days at farthcst
the Convention and the scceders will be ex-
planned. We presume q meeting will be held
iinmed iately after the arrival of 'Messrs Barry
and Mathews, and that all the delegates will at
oucepanyass their respective districts In the
meantime we shall continue at the head Of our
columns the name Of our gallant Senator, jeff
Davis-"the noblest Roman of them all''Aas
our choice fol the Presidency, whether the no.
lninee Of a National Convention, or q Conven-
ton Of the Sopthern,S States. With him, the
South would gain more in defeat, than with
Douglas in triumph-in' the former case, she
weuld save her honor; In the latter she would
lose all !--C Columbus May Democrat. V ,''te"H
ny the latest items Of, intelligence from the
C1,ou1 s.s. A~,k
per went to press, we are informed that eleven
Southern States had withdrawn from the Con.
yentipn 10 consequence Of the adoption of n.y.
brid or Compromise platform. The delegates
from these States, we believe, have done right.
Ii the South cannot get justice and the full re-
cognition Of her rights in the Charleston Com
yention,, where may she hope for it.? Surely
not III the Union or Black Republican Conven-
ton. GOO 9'ii m ''tt' 90 '' 'F.'3 '4tIi
The Northern sectional party have made
theft boast that the last Southern man has been
elected President. If this Ike true: it IL surely
time that we know it, and now is the time and
Charleston the place to test the question. Who
would consent to remain in cOnfederacy,
where the citizens ofhis section were virtually
debarrcd from holding the office of President,
or any other Office in the gift Of the people r.
Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican,. r',.''''
The attempt to coerce the Democratic States
into an abandonment of their rights has failed,
The arrogance which swoald dictate platform
to the South, susceptible ola frce-soil interpre-
tatton, has been decisively rebuked; and the
abrupt termination of the Charleston Conven-
ton puts an end to all hopes Of the nomination
Of Nj. Douglas by the Democracy, let his par
tisans buster as they may. The advocates of
Judge Douglas entered the Convention with
every Democratic State arrayed against him.
The whole South, and the only Northern States
we can hope to carry, viz Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, California and Oregon. were opposed
to him beyond any hope Of change Of feeling
and Judgment, while those who were most ella
morons aud noisy In his behalf, were precisely
the delegates from States whose Democratic
vote scarcely amounts to q BAKERS dozen. In
the face Of this opposition, they obstinately
urged his claims for nomination. which It was
evident he could not receive The cry Doug
las or nobody was raised and still rings through
their ranks; but Democratic history in the past
is no index of the future If those who thus en-
deavor to subordinate the interests of the party
to private theories and partisan ambition will
moi meet with the fate which consigned Van
Buren, and others to the tomb Of NIL the Capu-
lcts.-St. Louis Bulletin.
The majority platform was voted down nv
the delegates from the Abolition States. who
offered as a substitute double-faced platform,
full of ambiguous and equivocal expressions
The platform foisted upon the Democratic States
Ly the delegates from the hopelessly Abolition
States simply Reimbursed that political swndle
called. the Cincinnati platform; and such an in
d"rsement, unaccompanicd by an explanation.
was regarded ny the South as Oh exhibition of
had faith SO palpable, cowardly shrinking of
an honest avowal Of principles so despicable.
IN attempt to mislcad and deceive the people
so gross, that those high-hearted sons Of the