The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-08-08
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tory, of an intense, fanatical and mischievous
spirit of sEcTIoNAL1S Sod on tie part of the del
egates who seeded 4s.ipsr. -
: IF the rule for which thofe delegates con-
tended had prevailed hereto ore some OF our
national conventions would havL tseens curious
ly constitHted. Thatof 1874 wcu. ds,eaTe CON-
sisted onlY of delegates from Alabau1A 7 an =,
sas, 1Gpois, Missouri, New Hampshirs, %Spth
Carolina and Virginia that of 1848 of q. saeH
gates rom Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine,
MIeAigaH, Mississippi, Missouri, New York
and Psnhsylvania, in addition that of 1852
of delegates from Alabama, Arkansas. nlinvisz<
Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi.
NIssouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Car
oilna, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin; while
that OF 1896 would have excluded the Stated
81 Of tennessee and .KeHtpeky, which voted for
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut. New
York, Maryland, sOhio,a Michigan, Iowa and
| WISCONSIN, which voted against him.
II will scarcely be Urged that delegates
ought to be sazanatted into q National conyens
tiou, and thare denied the right of voting. Il
accordance with their own convictions. The
OBJECT amounts to nothing, therefore, unless to
the dlsfranchisement, from time to- time, Of
such OF the States as for any reason peculiar,
lacab or temporary, vote against our Presiden-
| tial nominees How Yoaid such 3 rule oDer-
ate four years henee2 Z. :; s.,
The boast of the Democracy is In its NATION
AL character and sympathies; therefore. althoi
our DemocFatic brethren Of sachrsStts
have no achieved a, victory in any Presidential
eleeslenl since 1920, We do NOT 'despise them,
but gladly sdpit them, on terms ef equality,
t9 our National Conventions. 81 ls.
The truth is, that the seceders at Charles
| tom; were aetuated By .yother m6ffTes than q
sincere regard for the welfare of the Demo-
cratic party, or attachment to Democratie
usages and principles. They were detsifhszg,
med to rule the party, or else to ruin it. No
polltcal organization can exist upon such
terms; because hewould be less than man
who could submit to them. We have suffiz
GENTLY guarded the rights of minorities hers-
totore by requiring each of our nominees to
receive two-thirds of all the electoral votes
/ given IN natiQnal convention, but whenever
i We acknowledge that one fifth of the delegates
/ may Gas Charleston) demand An ADDITIoN
to our platform, and upon the refusal of such
demand, may rtghtfully secede, we repder it
| impossible for our party to exist any longer
Let no man decisive mself in this regard
because here is the whole controversy at
Charleston reduced to plain definite, and
unavoidable issue.
i WHAT OCCURRED AT CHARLESTON AFTET-
/ TIE SECESSION.
4 Finding itself thus suddenly deprived Of
party in eight States, the convention abandon-
ed all attempts to modify or enlarge the CinS
cinnati platform, and proceeded TO the nomi,
nation of candidates. *But, in order that No
reasonable objection should be alleged to the
validity of its nominations, the convention
altered the rule of all former conventions, and
required not merely two-thirds of the electoral
uotes given, but wothirds of all the electoral
votes.
: Fifty-seyen ballots ensued, and in the course
of those ballots, repeatedly, a majority of the
entire convention indicated STEPHEN a. DoUa-
) LAS as their choice for the Presidential office
: The enemies of that distinguished States.
man have asserted many times that his friends
were disposed to force him upon the Nation.
al Convention. The falsity of this will appear
from the fact that his friends could have nomi-
mated him at Charleston, after the secession, in
accordance with the ancient rule demanding
two-thirds of the votes given; whereas they al
tered that rule Immediately, and required two
thirds of all the electoral votes or nearly four
ffths of the votes which remained
ADJOURNMENT 70 BALTIMORE. :.
AT last, unable to discharge satisfactorily the
trust confided to it by the Democratic party
Fl of the United States, in consequence of the
secession to which we have referred, the Con-
) venticn adjourned frona the Sd of May to the
! 18th of june, and from TIE city of Charleston
I to the city of Baltimore, calling upon the De-
mocracy of the several States, whose delegates
had retired, to ell the vacancies caused by
such retirement. The resolution was proposed
FL by Mr., Russell, Chairman of the Virginia
delegation, and unanimously adopted, in these
q words - =
+ sResolued That when this Convention adjourns
i to-day it adjourn to reassemble Baltimore Md. On
4 Monday the 18th day of june and that it be re-
spectfully recommended to the Democratic party OF
- the izt1pn
all vacancies in their respective delegations this
t, Convention When it shall reassembls.n :. :;
= It is impossible to misconstrue this resolu
, ton. There was no vacancy whatsoever In
:; the Convention, except such as had been caus-
: ed by the secession of certain delegates, and
: unless the States of Alabama, Louisiania
Mississippi, Florida Texas, South Carolina
!. Georgia, apd Arkansas were thereby invited tc
{ elect ne1 delegates, the State of Virginia and
! all other States which remained in the Con-
: yention at Charleston; deliberately stnltifed
= themselves.f That the seats of the seceders
= were understood to be vacant at Charleston
- appears also from the decision of General Cush
= ing, sustained on appeal that the minority o.
y the Georgia delegation could not vote in the
! convention after the majority had seeded:
= That the seceders intended to resign all claim,
= of membership is evident from their speeche.
: and protest at the TING Of secession. No Ian
= guage could have been employed to express
1 Concluded on fourth page.l
stt Sat Baltimore ON motion of Governor wicklife
of Louisiana the following resolution was adopted
1t unanimously in lieu of that proposed by Mr. Sam
I uel at Charleston: 81 -. = 40 ~
..Rcsotyed That it is in accordance with the tru,
Interpretation of the Cincinnati Platform, that du
ring the existenceof Territorial governments ths
measure of restriction, whatever may be- imposed
J. by the federal Constitution the powers of er
ritoria legislature over the subject Of domestic
81 xam has been shall hefeafter
= finally determined by the Supreme Court of tn,
United States should be respected by all good citi
= zens and enforced with promptness and fidelity b,
= every branch of the Federal Government"
dt-A s.s.sis& 81
e. + Surely this was the interpretation Of thi
|, tresolution by the Convention, for we find, a
l. Baltimore that the following resolution, whic
l. was introduced by Mr. Church, of New York
n was adopted unanimously ~ - = :. Z
IS ..Resokped. That the ctedentials Of an person