The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-08-08

On motion of Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, at the
instance of Mr.. Hoge, of Virginia, the ques-
ton was then ~propounded from the Chair
whether the nomination of DOUGLAS should
or shonld not be, without further ceremony,
the unanimous act of the convention, and OF
all the delegates present; the Chairman dis
tinctly requesting that any delegate who OBJ
jected (whether or not having vcted) should
signify his dissent. No delegate dissented;
and thus, at last, was STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS
unanimously nominated in a convention repre-
senting more than two thirds of all the electo-
raj votes, as the candidate of the Democratic
party for the Presidency of the United States.
Was it irregular thus to propose acandidate!
If SO, Lewis Cass was irregularly nominated at
Baltimore, in 1848-which no mar ever pre-
tended-for the same method was adopted in
his case.
Subsequently, Governor Fitzpatrick of Ala
bama having declined the nomination for Vice
President, the Democratic National Commit
tee Gin pursuance of authority conferred upon
it) rendered that position to an eminent SON OF
Georgia, HERsCHEL v. JOHNSON, who accept
ed it without hesitation, and whom the Demo
cracy of the Union will support with conf
dence, and pride, and pleasure.
MEETING OF THE sECEDERS AT
BALTIMORE.
/ It did not rise to the dignity of q eonven-
ton; it was a mere assembiage of odds and ends,
without formal proclamation, without authori-
ty from any State, in open contravention OF
Democratic policy and Democratic usages.-
| The seceders would not risk the experiment
of proceeding to Richmond, although the dele
CATION from South Carolina was there waiting
for them, and adjourning the "Convention'
from day to day for their accommodation,
They invented the farce, therefore, of an I'M
prompta gathering at the Maryland Institute
in Baltimore; and having consummated theil
scheme, by the adoption of a meaningless plat
form; and the nomination of John G. Brock
inridge and Joseph Lane, the seceders from
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Ar
kansas, Georgia, and Florida proceeded Il
Richmend, and there, "by exclamation" unitee
with South Carolina in ratifying what the,
had accomplished at Baltimore.
WHO NOMINATED BRECKENRIDGE
AND LANE.
In his speech at Washington City, acceptin,
| this irregular nomination., Mr.. Breckinridg
permitted himself to- say that the meeting a
the Maryland Institute was a meeting of tn
"NAT1oNAL Democracy" in due form, and
as such, entitled to his allegiance: :
Fellow-Citizens: Here is their own list o
ALL the delegates who participated In tina
affair:
The Chairman of the Committee on Credeh
tails, reported the following duly accredite,
members in attendance:
Elginia-Charles w. Russell, Arthur R
Smith, John K. Kindred, NJ. w. Fisher, Gee
Booker, James Barbour, John Seldom, Levi
; E.. Harvie, Wm. F. Thompson, Henry 7. Gal
nett, VIM. A. Buckner, John Blair Hoge, c
r. Funston, Walter d. Leake, VIM. p. Ceci
Robert Crockett, John Brannon, Her ry Fitz
. hugh, Robert A. Coghill, P. B. Jones, E. W
! Hubbard, Walter Coles, VIM. RI. Clark, RE
! Glass.
! Georgia-Henry R. jackson, I. T. irwin
E Henry L. Benning, Solomon Cohen, John "
t b. Underwood, Frederick H.. West, d. Butte
King, Julian Hartridge, Hugh M. Moor,
o John A. Jones, James NJ. Clark, Nelson Tiff
T. j. McGehee, o. G. Gibson, P. Tracey,
o L. Strohecker, Thomas W. Hill, VIM. Phi
$ lips, James NJ. Barnwell, G.. j. Fain, Lew
Tumlin, Jas. Hoge, Mark Johnston, 81. j
Thomas, James jackson, James A. Sledg
e Osborn T. Rogers. John A. Cobb, David {
a Barrow, NJ. G. Fulton.