Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-11
VOL. a..

Wletner at nome or III foreign lnndS to the
same extent as its native born citizens.
~ DhereaS, One OF the greatest heeessitie.
of the age, in political commercial, postal
and military point of view, is speedy
communication between the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts therefore, be it
keSo red, That the national democratic
party do hereby pledge themselves to use
every means in their power to secure the
passage Of some bill to the extent of the
constitutional authority of Congress, for
the construction Of Pacific rail road from
the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean,
at the earliest practicable moment.
Let US hereafter hear 10 more from any
one protesting the democratic creed, and
pretending devotion and obedience to the
constitution and laws, in denunciation of
the Southern democratic States, or assert.
ing that they have either proposed or de-
manded slave code, or that the Conven.
tion of democratic States which nominated
Breckenridge and Lane have adopted one
but let all such foolish fabrications be left
to the rantings Of Sumner, and Cheever,
and Giddings, and their sombre associates.
(Cheer, laughter and hisses,)
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
The public and private history Of our
nominees con.titutes heir eulogy. Both
are now, and for years have been. in high
places in the government. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge is an able, intrepid aud popu'or
statesman, and Gen Lane has W litten his
name upon his country's his ory with his
sword They are true fi,nds to the
constitution, and free from the cxpedien.
cy clap traps of the day. They were
placed in nomination by he opcrat ons of
public sentiment, and not forced upon the
public by the process of political machine
ry. They will carry seventeen States by
acclamatioh wi b fair chance for others
in addition.
REGULARITY OF NOMINATIONS.
When all other cxpedients fail, we are
reminded that the nomination of Douglas
D and johnson is entitled to support over
the other lor its regularity aud have
observed that certain gentlemen who
were regular members OF the speckled
{ Buffalo Convention of lS4S are most
emphatic in swearing allegiance to regu-
larity, The Convention which made this
, nomination had no sign nor show nor
!, shadow Of regularity. The delegated
, Convention at harleston had no power
: to adjourn to Baltimore-a distance of
. hundreds of miles, in another State, and
=, nearly two months afterwards. No such
, thing was ever contemp ated; no such
n power Or discretion was delegated even
: W the most tar fetched implications. A
good nomination at Baltimore would have
+ been entitled to respect and support, hut
not on the score Of regularity, Tor it had
q hot even the scmblance of 1t. The ragu,
, lar delegations for a large number of
v States were rejected, and bogus contes-
> tants, some OF them without prcteuca cf
: regularity or delegated authority were
:, admitted in their places, while gIlar
10 dele cations from numerous other States,
n because OF this outrage, withdrew, and
:. this pretended regular Convention was a
70 mere fraction Of one, partly but not wholly
N IN filled up with unauthorized persons flSm
80 80 the outside 1t acted in violation of the
- uni .orm rule Of democratic National Con
!; = yentions, which it had itself adopted
-. requi ing two thirds to nominate, and then
|; di;rcgard4d it in making the nominations,
- for at no time, bogus delega:'s included
,o did the vote reach IL ar a two thirds vote.
~ - Its nominee for Vic. Pre- idel.t was Mr..
y. fitzpatrick, who declined TO accept such "A
~ nomination, and the regularity of Mr..
u johnson, who now runs as Wee President
- with Mr.. Douglas, consists in the request
y OF some half dozen individuals, after the
~ Adjournment, that he should run--and in
winch request, it seems, he cordially uni.
IL ted. (Cheers)
IN The regu ar President of the Conven-
, ton, Gen. Gushing, LETT his chair and
"a went away, aud presided over the Con.
~ veution which nominated Breckenridge and
y Laae--so that the regularity OF the nom.
ination OF Douglas and johnson may be
ry summed up III tnis /: that Mr.. johnson wa.
- not and has not yet been nominated BY
T. any convention that Mr.. Douglas was
Ve nominated by delegates of an Irregular
~ fractional, broken up Convention, without
~ a head, without democratic body, but a
C. mere skeleton, half soft, half republic II
o' State delegations and bo rus tail. Nc
, one pretends that the nominations O
~ BrccAinrIdge AMI Lime have the authorit,
Is, of regular National Convention accord
u ing to the usagoS OF the party but the,
''' have more claim to regularity than tn,
u otncr. This Convention had head il
the President of the whole Convention
'r 1t hid democratic body in the re.ua a
rm delegations from all the sure democrati
n Stat.s-a majority of the States OF tn
by Union-it had no bogus extremity, aud i
on mad platform OF manly principles-o G
eer liberty, equality and fraternity upon whcl
sht every true democrat of the vhols Unio
'n can stand, The question recurs, wha
og shall We do! Do Why, stand resolute
ly by principle, and let the s'orm rag
rty ou-there is sunshine beyond the cloud,
nd We shall thus commence to deserve sue
m cess aud ii We psrsevere in this stern pat
at of constitutional rectitude we shall pre-
serve our self respect, command the r
ate sn,ct of all o,bor, a,A o,r g., IN ,