Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-03


Especially may we ask whahone. when it was
only very small squad of this 100 who were
elected delegates at all, the balance being picked
up wherever they could be found d-Democrat
The DENcCRAr here asserts that a very small
pre- oportlOn Of those who nominated Breckenridge
were elected delegates at all. We most emphati-
ca!ly deny 1t. Now, prove it, or stand con
vlcted OF misrepresentation ErPreSS.
Very well We think it will not he de-
MED that there were no delegrtes at oil elect
ed to the Secession Contention which was
held at Baltimore. There were delegates
accredited to Secession Convention at
Richmond, but this was Bo,ting Convention
at Baltimore, and there were no deicqateS
that we know Of accredited to it at all. In
fact so conscious were the Convention Of this,
that they passed u resolution inviting the
delegates accredited to Richmond, from Flor
ida and South Carolina, to sit with them and
participate in their proceedings. Call You
this picking up delegates or not?
California responded in the Secession Con
yention for her whole electoral vote. where
as she had only three votes present msrep-
resenting her in that convention. Where
d.d they get her fourth vote? And was the
delegation authorized to cast any vote at all
in Secession Convention
only a part of a delegation from Louisiana
was present; yet the full vote for Louisiana
was cast. Call you that picking up" votes
or not?
Vermont cast fire votes in the Convention,
when she only had one delegate present.
Where did they get the remaining tor
Was there any picking up" about this
Besides she had already cast her full five
votes in the regular Convention.
There were t,co delegates who responded
for New York. The New York delegation
having been instructed to vote as a unit in
the regular Convention, and having done so,
casting thirty-fye votes for Douglas, it is
plain enough tina. the hro delegates in the Sc
cession Convention were no delegates at all,
but were there on the picking up" priuci-
pie entirely.
Two delegates from Minnesota authorized
Mr. johnson, of 4Naryland to cast the vote
of Minnesota, which Mr. johnson did-a pro
ceeding unheard of in the history of Con-
ventions. Was that picking up votes
wherever they could be found" or not?
The full vote for Iowa was cast in the reg
ular Convention by the uncontested delegates
from that State, yet Mr.. Ii. H. Hlllet, an
unauthorized individual, got up in the Seces-
sion Convention. and responded for Iowa.
Violating all the rules of Democratic Con-
ventions the Secession Convention counted
half potcs as full votes in the proceedings,
thus picking up" full vote where there
was none; and this was against the ruling of
their own President, who said that "if the
balloting was to be the same as in the Demo.
cratic Convention, each Imam must vote half
vote"
However, the point contended for is not
very material The whole Secession Conven-
ton was an unauthorized body, and no mat
ter whether they bad one hundred and five
30 called delegates or five thousand, the spu-
robustness of the body is none the less demon.
strable. The Convention was self constitu.
ted manufactured concern, and having not
one solitary delegate authorized to sit there,
True, there were delegates there who had
been sent to the regular Convention at Balt'-
more and delegates who had been sent to
Richmond But they could not be claimed
as delegates authorized to sit in an independ
ent separate Convention at Baltimore. Ii
the Express make out n cnse to satisfy'
itself that the los members of this spurious
Convention were all duly authorized to sit
there and nowhere else, it is welcome to the
satisfaction it may thence derive
Gov. DowNEY. We hear this able, honest
and fearless Democrat, who now does honor