The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-05-14

HE Charleston Convention.
To-day we place a, the lead of our pa
per the name of Stephen A. Douglas for
President of the United States. By what
authority. perhaps his enemies will ask?
We answer. by the authority Of THE
PEOPLE-by the authority of the Demo-
craic party the authority of the
Charleston convention. He is tie first.
and last. and only choice of them all. A
majority of the people are for him!-a
large majority Of the Democratic party Of
the country are for him!-and decided.
in'incibe. 'irr-pressible' majority of the
| Charleston convention were for him! What
m,re do you want? All, we have it! You
want him TO yet two-thrds of the votes
in convention! Well. he will do H. And
if you are very particular about it. he will
get two-thirds Of the votes of the people
at the polls in November next. The
Convention adjourned without nominating
hlm--'hat Is uue, that Is to say, he did
not get two thirds Of the votes. But he
did get the votes Of states that give two
thirds. aye. nearly three -fourths of the
entire Vote Of the Union! Ii he had been
a candidate for President, that is, if il
had been presidential election, instead
OF nominating convention, and he had
received the same number of electoral
votes. he would have been declared DULY
elected president of the Uni,ed States
Thus. you will perceive. under stiicl par.
~ discipline. il requires greater number
OF votes 10 make a man candidate for the
the presidency. on :he Democratic ticket.
than it requires TO make him President BY
the people. Under The constitution of tie
United States. the majority Of the electo-
raj votes. is declared duly elected pres-
dent. Under the rules OF the Democratic
party. as they prevail i'll our national con-
vention. It requires two-thirds OF these
votes to make him y party candidate. Tat
ted States and the Democratic party diff.
fer. Well. suppose that as a stricl party
man. who never yet boiled the orsaniza
lion. we are compelled 10 admit sha, in thi,
the Constitution of The United States Is
wrong. and to maintain that the Demo-
cratic party is right. Well. that's just
what We intend TO do. as long as there's a
button left on our coat. We are IN deci.
dedly for the two-thrds rule. the constitu.
ton of the United States TO the contrary
notwithstanding. Don't you see that if
the constitution required TWO Il irds Of Tie
electoral votes To make President, black
Republican couldn't possibly be elected.
NJ matter who might be nominated by the
Democrats? Well, il such a cl,use in
the consti.u ion would prevent the elec-
tion of Black Republican President. don't
you see that il ought to be there? Of
C urse. il ought! What Democrat. then
what friend of Douglas can object to
The two.thrds rule? But, under the ope
ration Of that rule. how is Judge Doug'as
10 become The caudidate of the Democrat
ic party? lie failed TO get a two thirds
vo'e at Charlesion--why should lis friends
hope that he will set it at Baltimore? He
will yet ,wo thirds of the votes at Baii
more. because he has a maj j,rily to start
wiih--because he is the second choice, af-
ter Hunter, of Virginia. the second choice
after johnson, Of Tennessee, and will re-
ceiye several scattering votes from North
Carolina and Kentucky. and because the
people Of those states whose dele "a ions
Withdrew frsm the Charleston convention
will appoint delegates 10 Bal.imere in
strucied for Douglas. The great Object
10 be atiained by the dj,nrnment of the
convention. AS understood at the time, was
to give the friends of Judge Douglas in
the seeding states an opportunity to be
heard. There was not man in Charles
ton who doubted the effect of the adj.
journment upon The convention at Bali
more. II was conceded by all that when
the convention rassembled. in June
Douglas would be nominated, and in all
probability. upon the first ballot. For
these reasons. therefore, and in considera-
ton Of these facts, we have this morning
placed at the head of our paper the name
Of Stephen A. Dpuglrs as the Democratic
candidate for President. We have got the
plslfsrm. and will get the candidate.
Another company of latter day saints,
numbering about three hundred. passed
| throuOh hi, cit. Yesterday on their wav