New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-10
Douglas at Reading
Ills VIEWS on FUSION.

READIrG, Pa "a urGay, sept. ., lsbO.
In noticing somei remsrks msde by Mr.. Hester,
who introduced him to the meeting, Judge Douglas
eaid: wirh TO God we bad General jackson at this
day. in orcer that ne might grapple with Nortnern
Aboltionism and Southern Be cessOnlsm trampe'thsm
under foot and bury them both in a common grave
In referring to the Convention at Baltimore, ne si'o
recey ed majority OF the whole nunbsr OF woes III
the Convention on large number Of successive bai9Is'
confess after having Withdrawn my name fro pc
fore the Convention in the years when fIerce, M i'
and Buchanan 1856 received the support OF the ma
iority | expected that the candidates before tH1
Charleston and Baltimore Conventions would leei
bound in honor to treat me | treated them on a
for,cer occasion. Inasnuch az | had given d. v.
Rrfckiuridee the nomination in 1856, by Withdrawing
nv name had right TO expect thst unneF gie;isey
similar circumstances he would nave IeH mn-
s.H bouDd TO be as generous toward me
"a + had been toward him Iuasmuch "a my con-
dnct had maze j. c. Breckenridge Vice President OF
the United Staes Xpeeted be- as gentleman, WoGd
have e Il bound to puIsue similar Line OF CONDUCT 70.
werd me as that pied voluntarily toward hl n. IL
that course hsd beI pursued there would be no dlyl-
sion of tie party to-day. And why had it not been
psued7 II happened that received mere )es IN the
Convention than all the other candidates put together
almost two thirds of the whole NUMBER but whom IL
was fond that the large majority supporting ne could
not he compelled TO sccumb TO the minority, the de-
fe,ed candidates formed combination TO break up the
party rat than permit n; majority to govern under
ibe Two thirds rule, as in former cases what excuse
does BrecB Lrdge make for breaking no the C0nVen
MIR. Bfef kDrdgp, InfC6 UdFs Ildlo clhI
speech in which he tried Justify the breaking up Of
the Democratic party on the ground that the Conyea-
ton which nominated me insisted on dogma Ia Us
platform. Foster was minated IN Reading for Gov
erpoT of the State on dentcaly the same principles
that | was nominated at Baltimore. Foster Is mus
pledged oy his nomination. 10 the Identical principles
10 which / an irrevocably COMM Ted. How can a
man vote for The one without supporting the other II
he prolesses TO be governed by principle trust every
Democrat in Pennsylvania viii rally zeaons!y, cor.
daily and heartily, round the banner of Foster and
Non Intervention Cheers. And when you shall
have done that how can Ysu refuse TO sustain me on
tie 50 ne platform in the National Conyendoni Cries
of We cannot That it. IL is true that BrecA-
inrdge tells you that the National Convention adopted
a dogma contrary to and the Constitution. II
that be- true, you OF Reading, when You nominated
Foster adopted a similar dogma, equally hostile TO rea-
an the Consultation. an Tree 70 ssy lhat ule
National Convention ana the PenDsylvaDla state pat
form both ia harmony with reason and the ConsL-
tuiiOn. But Breckinridge has declared, IN ms la'e
stump speech, thai was not nominated according TO
TIE usages of the Democratic party. Cries OF You
were."I suppose Breckenridge thinks 50, or sup
pose he would not have said sO bat 1t only shows his
Ignorance of Democratic usages when he makes that
declaration received thirds vote in the Conveu-
ton after the bolt but less than twohrds vote OF the
whole Convention; hence was nominated in the same
way as Csss according to the known uniform usages
of The party. But suppose Breckenridge will excuse
hiu self for not regarding the nomination OF Cas- as
regular on the gIoGbd that at the time he diG not
belong 10 the Demo ratio party, and hence ne was
net bound Dy ltS ueages. lou All Know LudL III
lS47 BreckiDridge at meeting in Lexington where
lie made a speech denounced the DE nocraac party
as corrupt faction and came out IN favor OF Gen.
Tay Tor for the Presidency Now suppose, he will
excufe himself for being bonId by the regularity Of
The Cass nomination on the ground that he did not be-
long II the Democratic parity and further, on the
ground that be went hunting on election day and
would not vote LChters and l.ughter.l But my
friend Breckenridge, in his Kentucky stump speech
while be Acknowledges that he was 10 favor of Taylor
ia 1871 hunting in lSiS aud thus could not vote
for Case yet he asserts that he made speeches for Cass
because Case then represented his principles. Now all
we have do ia TO find ont what his principles
We have only TO learn hat Mr. Cas- in favor of
and We have Breekioridge principles. 4 voice
"The Nicholson letter Yes my friend, you bit it
exactly. Cass hsd just written the Nicholson letter.
! !. which he asserted that Congress had no power
to interfere With the Slavery question in the Terri
tories, and Breckenridge tells that be made
speeches for Cas, although up to the publct
ton OF that letter he had been for Taylor; but
then it Was he found out that Cas5 presented his
principles. Here we find Breckenridge sg lin
boiling. Cheers and laughter. My frienos, never
yet b0lted the regular ticket Of my Party-neyer yet
went ont hundDg the day Of Presidential election
in my life; and hence, if boiling against ths regular
Organization is r claim to De nOcfatc support am
entitled to no credit Cpon that ground. But, let me
ask you fellow Demo ,rais, what is to be the conse
quence OF your sustaining those schemes of secession
lam and b, Ting How would it work az your
elections for Governor When one man cones for.
ward and gets 200 votes in Convention for Gov
error and there 100 scattering votes against him,
al the minority man has 10 do is to bolt against the
man that got the tVothirds and then propose a
promiie, by way of fusion. Then again, when you
hold Congressional Convention to nominate caodi-
dates and The regular Democrat who never bolted in
his life gets O two.tnirds VOTE aud one equivoca DEM
ocrat who goes hunting election day gets but one
third vote al his friends and himself have TO 10 is TO
bolt and thus one-tbrd candidate, and then de-
mand a compromise and fusion. Then again when
YOU come to nominate candidates for the Legislature,
and one portion of the party Outvo'ts the other
BY two.thirds, all you have 10 do is to get the
minority to bolt, and refuse TO support tbs reg
ular ticket, unless you divide with them and form
a fusion by way of compromise. Cheers and laugh
ter. ask you, what will become Of the Democratic
organization Of that moral power which attaches hde-
ity 10 principles il You going 10 sustain this new
idea Of boiling and secessioni Why it seems that in
order to be true Breckinridge mao, you must bolt
against the regular nominee every time or else you
must 90 bunu lbon election day cheers, and thus de-
feat the Democrat who wayerod faltered, or
cheated his party. Loud cheers. II you Sane
ton or tolerate this dodge you hold out premium
for every iathess 10 bolt ia future. For one, |
can lie yer fuse, and never will fuse with man who
tells me the Democratic creed IL dogma, contrary TO
reason aud 10 Constitution, Let spuru the bolt
iDg idea. Let MS stand firm by our principles, let
maintain the integrity Of the Democratic party, and
then trnet our 10 God and the people. Cheers.
| have fought twentgtoven pitched battles since |
entered public life, and never ye. traded with nomna-
tons or surrendered TO tresehery. Cheers. And if
mistake not the true spirit OF the Democracy of Old
Rerkr they will stand by h,ir clors and all ai-
auce either with Northern AboltJnis's or Southern
Seeessionism. Cheers.