Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01

4ot w NouuVu AV6OtAcA'
The Democratic party is now divided,
ono portion is supporting Mr. Douglas and
the other Mr.. Breckenridge. N
five are perfectly united, and ell cast
our votes tegother for the Electors made ut
Reading, we can defeat Lincoln by more
than 10000 votes. five are divided of
course we have not the shadow Of a chance
of carrying the State, and thereby Lin.
coin will certainly be elected. Itre1uires
no calculation to make this out, IT is as
clear as the shining sun. What then is
the remedy? There is but one that has
the least promise Of success-and that is,
our united support of-and cast all our
votes for single Electoral ticket, this The
friends of Mr.. Breckinridge agree to do,
but some of the leading friends of Mr..
Douglas indignantly refuse 20 do. There
Is no doubt about the success of the ccn-
promise. o. 1t gives Mr.. Douglas the first
chance. He would thus get the votes Of
all the friends Of Mr.. Breckenridge, and if
the q electoral votes of Pennsylvania
would be of any benefit to him, he would
have them. o''-'l ns ("
And why do the iiiends of Mr.. Douglas
decline this liberal offer? Because say
they, it would be a departure from Dem
ocratic usages. There can be but one
regular nominee and that nominee is Mr.
Douglas. ,,-- ~r
These gentlemen arrcgate to themselves
the privilege of thinking for others en-
tirely too much. There are those who
are just as honest as themselves, and men
who are as old, and consistent in the ser.
vice of the Democracy, who deny that
Mr.. Douglas was fairly nominated and
therefore cannot be convinced that re.
fusal to support him will be any violation
ofparty fealty. ...
They say and believe that some of the
most cherished and sacred rules of the
party were violated, and disregarded in
the Convention botll at Charleston and
Baltir ore. They point to the fact that
no certain Democratic State was fully rep,
resented in the Convention at the time
his nomination was declared to be made
that two thirds of full Convention was
not then present, and that the highest
vote polled for him at any time was ISL
when 202 votes were required to make
Misunderstanding been ruled so, both
by .he Chairman and the Convention it,
self; which ruling is unrepcalcd to this
day. They also point to the fact that all
but about 80 Of these ISL! delegates were
from states in which the Democrats are
either in hopeless minority or have but
an even chance Of success with the Re
publicans.
On the other hand it. is said that in the
Convention that nominated Mr.. Breckin-
ridge 2lO delegates casting l05 undispu-
ted votes were present. These delegat es
represented states certain to cast I27 elec-
toral votes for any Democrat regularly
and fairly nominated. .H
Now when the minds of menare so wide
asunder, in relation to party obligations,
is it rot the height of madness--is it not
ridiculous folly, to undertake to drive
them into the support of any particular
man surely it is, and those wh1 under,
take it either cannot have the.good of the
party al heart. or else they are destitute
of charity which we have right TO de-
mand. We repeat, that there is but one
way of whipping Old Abe Lincoln, and
that is for every Democrat, to cast his
vote for the Reading Electoral ticket
This will do it but nothing else will
Those who decline doing so, whether
they are the particular friends of Judge
Douglas or Mr.. breckenridge, are aiding
and abetting the Republicans. The case
is SO plain and clear that 10 man can be
mistaken and we are quite sure that the
thousands, and the tens of thousands of
the Democratic Yeomnnry ol Pennsylva-
nia, who unlike the hungry politicians
have no political aspirations beyond that
Of the honor, the welfare, and the per-
petuation Of our glorious Union in all its
length and breadth, are ready, and will
ling, ani anxious TO cast their votes as
unit, and it Is THEoNLY POSSIBLE MANNER, in
which it can be successful against the
common enemy.
Democratic Organization.
We devote large portion of our pa>
per this week TO the question of the nre.