St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-19

The New York Atlas on the Dis.
ruption Of the Democratic
Party.

Attas, giving its opinion in regard to the
appearance Of the political field. We give
to-day an extract from its leader of the
following week (the LIST inst) While it
announces it's determination to sustain
Douglas, it makes q terrible wry face Of
the prospects. Defeat is certain, and the
Atl1s is frank enough to admit it.
We were sorrowfal witness, at Balti-
more, Of the events, intrigues and misman-
agement, to which the democracy are in
debted for the disastrous Acknowledgement
Of the great national party of the Union,
by which the brilliant prospect of demo-
cratic victory in the Presidential contest
has been entirely obscured. It il, per-
haps, useless now to comment upon the do
ings at Charleston and Baltimore, because
nothing which can be said will bring back
the past, or close up the wide breach, that
has been needlessly made in the ranks Of
the old national democratic party. That
party has been irrevocably severed in the
middle by the action Of it's professed
friends, aha it will probably never again
be reunited in the power and strength that
has sustained it for 80 many years, as the
predominant political organization of the
We had hoped for different result than
that which we now behold; but from the
opening Of the convention at Baltimore,
our hopes began to yield. Instead Of .
desire to harmonize and unite, which we
expected to find in the members of the
convention, we perceived in the outset
determination on the part Of the support
ers of Mr.. Douglas, to force him upon the
party and the country at all hazards, and
without any regard to consequences
With the aid Of the New York delegation,
they held the absolute power to determine
the destinies Of the party; and in the face
Of certain destruction, they resolved that
their will should be done, at the sacrifice
Of the national organization. In the ad-
mission and rejection Of delegates, they
perpetrated outrage supon the rights Of
individual delegates and State organize
tions beyond the endurance Of their asso-
ciatea, representing the certain democratic
States. They refused admission to the
regularly elected delegates from several
States, and gave their seats to party rebels,
who we're never appointed by any legiti
mate organization and by = variety of
other unfair, illiberal and dishonorable ex-
pedients, and the strict application Of the
'tunit rule" they contrived to obtain fac
tious majority Of the convention, and obi
ged q large majority Of the delegates, rep
resenting certain democratic electoral votes,
to withdraw from Ill further association
With them. Thus left with less than two
thirds of the electoral vote represented,
they proceeded to nominate Judge Doug
las, and declare him the candidate of the
democratic party, contrary to the usage
which requires wo-thirds vote of oil the
electoral colleges to make q valid and bind
ing nomination. By the same vote, Sena-
tor Fitzpatrick was nominated for Vice
President. ...... ~,
Tho seeding delegates, embracing ne
presentation from twenty-five States, in
Guiding tn delegates from, all the States
certain to give : democratic vote, with the
President Of the Convention at their head,
retired to another hall aud nominated John
G. Breckenridge for President, and Joseph
Lane for Vice President. y..Ss..z r..
In this manner tho great demooratic pat-
~ has been dismsmbered, and two candi-
dates arc now presented, BY two factions