Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-07-04
Douglas aud johnson. The Meanest
Thing vet.

n more disreputable thing. than did those
who assembled at Baltimore, when they de-
.ermined at every sacrifice TO nominate Mr..
Douglas for the Presidency. While they pro
tested that their desire for this. was not 80
much owing to their love for the man, as
their adherence to the great doctrines OF
which they said be was the exponant. They
we're for Douglas because he was the
champion Of Popular Sovereignty-the
originator Of the idea that the people oil
Territory had the right to determine the
character Of their domestic institutions Tor
themselves. It was for this that they sd-
hered to the Little Giant. For this they
stuck to him while the great party 10 |
which they belonged was breaking in
fragments around them. IL was for this |
principle, they asserted they would stand,
until the crack of doom, and go for no man
who was opposed to il.
The Convention split in twain, and the
remnant nominated Mr.. Douglas, and
placed him on Popular Sovereignty plat
form. BY this act they drove, in one fell
swoop, the entire South from them. To
reconcile this Southern vote, and make the
party again harmonious, these same men
who nominated Stephen A. Douglas be
cause he toas for Popular Sovereignty, cast
their votes for BeDjamin Fitzpatrick, who
is, has been, aud always will be. opposed.
in every way, to this very doctrine. What
other word in our langu age can so express
the feeling that honorable men must have
for such conduct, but meannsss, absolute
meanness. Lower and further down than
trickery. More contemplate aud censure-
able than political double dealing. Ii
was the quintescence of double di stilled
meanness. Douglas nominated as the ex-
ponant of Popular Sovereignty, - to
catch Northern votes, and Fitzpatrick
nominated because be is opposed, in every
particular, to this same doctrine,-for the
purpose of catching Southern votes. He
sustained the Lecompton policy through
out, voting for the Lecompton bill. and
against Douglas at every stage of the con
troversy, and concurred in the policy Of
ejecting Mr.. Douglas from the Chairman
ship of the Committee on Territories
His vote stands recorded in the affirmative
on the Senatorial Caucus resolutions, con-
cocted expressly to put Mr.. Douglas and
his followers out of the Dem ocratic party
he is the perfect antipode Of Mr.. Douglas
upon the very doctrines that have made the
Little Giant friends in the North. Yet the
Douglas men in the Baltimore Convention
so far forgot themselves, as to put this mar
on the same ticket with their favorite-bu
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. so far remembered himself
as to refuse to play part so Janus faced
He declined to accept the nomination, and
some person OF persons, some individual
or individuals, some party or faction pu
Herschel v. johnson of Georgia, 10 hi
stead.
: In this, the corrupt wing Of this mos
corrupt faction, is as unfortunate as before
They are more fortunate in getting les
honorable man than was Mr.. Fitzpatrick
but equally unfortunate in getting one
whose political record, is directly in tn,
teeth of the doctrine Of popular sovereign
ty.
In the proceedings of the Democratic
State Convention held at Milledgeville, oil
June 4th, called 10 take action 10 regard I,
. the secession of most Of the Georgia dele
gates at Charleston II seems that Bus
|, mess Committee of "a was appointed. o
, which Herschel johnson was oos. Tbi
: Committee disagreed as to the propriety o
J appointing new delegates to Baltimore
, the friends Of the Seceders opposing and 1
. few who preferred to see Douglas elected
t to a dissolution Of the party, favored tina
step and the consequence was, that tw'
reports were presented--a majority one b,
= twenty members of the Committee, and
!. minority one by four members, which latte
division included Herschel V. johnson
who, as Chairman, introduced the minorit,
report.
The two reports were discussed by vari
Gus persons, Mr.. Johnson defending his
and Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treas
!. ury, acting as paciicator. The latter gen
O tlemsn stated that there was mo difuenc
10 the principles enunciated in both the ma
jority aud minority reports. There wer
only two minor differences one was, tina
q the majority report endorsed the secession
!. from the Charleston Convention-whil
d the minority neither endorsed or common
# ded censuredl the action Of the Georgi
y delegates there"
n The result was, that the majority repol
+ was adopted by vote OF 299 to al, whe
the minority, under the lead of Mr.. John
son, seeded, and organized another Con
;. vention and appointed the bogus delegate
who, representing one eighth Of the Demo
Gratis Of Georgia. we're admitted into tn
Baltimore Convention by Douglass friends
to an equality with the representatives Q
, the other seven eighths Of the party.
;. The following is the report presented t
: the regular Convention by Mr.. J ohnspn
MINORITY REPORT.
, Resoired. That we resffirm the CIncin
nati Platform. with the following add
{ tional propositions:
j. LIST That the citizens Of the Unite,
States have an equal right to settle witt
their property Of any kind, 10 the organize,
Territories of the United States, aud tia
under he decision the Supreme Court O
Of the United States in the case of DreC
Scott. which We recognize as the correc
exposition Of the Constitution in this par
ticular sispe property stands upon the sam
footing as all ether descriptions of property
and that NEITHER THE GENERAL GovEERN
MEsr, NOR ANY TERRIT0RIALG GOV
EMINENT, can DESTROY or IMPAIR III,
b right In SLAVE PROPERTY in the common
Territories, any more than the right t6
: any other description OF property, thai
property Of all kinds, slaves as well al
: any other species Of property. in the Ter
riiories, stand upon the same equal and
broad Constitution basis, and subject to
like principles of recognition and protection
in he LEGISLATIVE, judicial and er, Gu
4 | fine dspa time afs of the Gopernsnenf