Gazette and sentinel., 1860-06-30
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cal die is castl The great National Demo-
cratic Convention, in its session At Baltimore,
through the prejudiced and sectional views of
a majority Of delegates, (aud which majority
hailed from the free States,) separated ITSELF
into two distinct parts u few hours previous
to its final adjournment. The one tht. scce
ded carried with 1t, or still retained, all the cl-
encnts Of Nationa'jsm-the one S.at remain
ed still adhered to its cne,sidod or sec, ona'
principles-such as have been termed a short
cut t. all the ends Of Back EgPub'lca"'sn
and in a spirit Of iact.ouS opposition to one
| Of the plaine>t and hireat propositions OF p5~
! H;icaI justice and constitutional right that vas
ever offered 10 the consideration and marH1n-
unity OF a political body-we mean the equal
ity of rights in the protection Of property IN
the Tcrritories-it nominated u its standard
bearers in the coming Presidential contest, the
names of STEPHEN ARNOLD DuvGLAs, Of H.
nois, for President. and BESJ iNIS~ FITZPATRICK,
| of Alabama, for Vice President. These 'om.
nations, therefore, are entitled TO al! the hon
orS emanating from Il trump or the taI.-ena
Of what was a National, Convention. They
were the nominations Of del, gates from States,
not one of which we believe gave a Democrat.
&c majority al the last Presidential election.
1t was a de-d ct for such a "rump"-a majo
| Iity Of members of a convention admitting n
to its q deliberations as delegates, representatives
| of States, men such as those who, without au-
thOrity, or the shadow Of authority, assem-
bled at Donaldsonville and apyOiuteI M,H>
Selres delegates to represent The Democratic
party of the State of Louisiana. Was there
ever a greater hulnbug, or a greater farce:
Think Of half a dozen men from This State,
with Mr.. 'SoULE at is head, in the face Of eX
isting facts and the we'll known sentiment OF
The Democracy Of Louisiana with reference TO
Douglas, pretending to represent the Demo
cratic party of this State, and giving its vote
for the "Squatter Sovereign when. at the
same time, no candid and intelligent man
would pretend to say that Douglas could car
~ five parishes in the State! NOV, he will
not carry ohS
Of the five candidates for President, we
consider Douglas chance the worst. 1t IS not
possible that the Democracy Of those States
that have a Democratic majority. and which
opposed him, will turn round and elect him
IN November! On the other side, it is scarce
~ probable that he can be victorious in those
States which joined legitimately in his nomi
nation, Chose from which delegates were reg
ulary appointed) and in which the Democra-
cy are in the minority ! 1t is as clear as any
thing can be that Black Repub,icanism, j. c.
"Old Abe Lincoln" viii sweep all those free
States, Onciudins Illinois heIselO which voted
for Douglasl What, then, can his most san
guine friends hope for him' As a mere mat
ter of policy among Southern men, their votes,
one would think, would be given to that can.
didate which would prove to be the strongest
against Lincoln. While we can count as a
certainty upon every State for the nominees
of the seceders where there exists a Demo-
cratic majority, where is there a State that
can be r~ecIoned upon certainly for Douglas'
All that can result from his nomination, Git is
highly probable that Fitzpatrick will nat &C.
cepO is disSension in the Democratic ranks and
aid to the Black Republican enemies Of the
Constitution and the South. May he and his
friends make the most Of it! Douglas has
become as a "dead cock in the pitt" as sud
denly and as l~astingly, as Van Buren, became
after the publication Of his celebrated letter,
EXPRESSING bis abolition a~finities
The crisis is now met. The Southern anti.
"Squatter Sovereign" or anti Douglas Demo-
osats,-which are more than two thirds of the
Southern people-have shown to the people
Of the Union, through their delegates, that
they know their rights under the constitution /;
and that under any and every contingency,
they are determined to struggle for them to
the last. They have asked for nothing but
what is right-and they have shown that they
will submit to nothing that is wrong. They
have started firth, with the assistance OF Ore.
gon and California, as well as a portion of Old
Massachusetts,, and other Atlantic States,
(the delegates wholly and in part of tGenty
one States,) two noble champions as the rep
resentatives of their principles-men whose
voices, in the forum or on the stump in the
excitement Of politics, and in the heat of battle
on ~sanguinary fields, have never failed to cleo,
trify ardent and patriotic bosoms; and whose
names, now emblazoned at the head of Demo.
cratic journalism rich banners and glistening
transparencies-as the leaders Of the ''forlorn
hone" the Old Guard of Demecracy-in