Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-02

trlotlsm of the panty, claiming to be national, !
and claiming % have principles for its Guide |
it should acknowledge for It's declaration of
faith Il creed upon which aro placed two
distinctly opposite interpretations by its own ,
advocate.
We cannot refrain from expressing our adj
nlration and approve of tMs loftly manifcs-
tation OF adherence to principles rising supc-
rlor to all considerations of cXpcd .mcy, to
all traWmcls OF patty and looking with II sin
gle eye to the defence of the constitutional
rights Of the States
The delegations of other democratic States.
however, (ncuding few delegates from
the seeding Sthtos,) net less faithful in dc
Vot'on to PRINCIPLES, were more hopeful of
obtaining from their brethren some salts
factory recognition of sound principles, and
decided in remaining in the Convention after
distinctly declaring, however, their d,tcrmin
alton also to withdraw if their Just cxpccta
lions should be disappointed.
1t is thus apparent that there was almost
entire unanimity of principle in the dclcga-
tons OF the only State on which absolute
reliance can be placed for democratic clccto-
rel votes, whilst there existed diversity of,
op'nion IS to the line OF policy best calculated
to secure the triumph of those principles. -
Nor is 1T matter Of surprise that in Il conicc-
turc so unexpected and anomalous when.
III the cm,nciution of democratic principIcs,
the voice OF Virginia was ovcrbontc by that
OF Ohio, and Louisiana and Arkansas were.
forced TO succumb to Vermont and Michigan, 1
there should l. excited feelings, divided coun-
scls and disco laut action
/ In the subsequent proceedings Of the Con-
/ vcntion, however, wc think thpt distinct in
tinations may be diSccrncd Of Il disposition
on the pant OF the Convention to rcccde from
its determination, and tc afford, either by al
amendment of the platform or in some othe'
manner equally satisfactory, such recognition
OF principles as would c!Ioctually obviatc mis-.
construction and secure tic harmonious action
OF the party, and that because of these in
/ tlnatioms that the delegations of the remain
ing States consented to join in the ballots
which took place with 10 other effect than
to induce an adjournment to Baltimore OH
the 18th of June, whilst the seeding dele
cations adjourned TO meet at Richmond OH
the second Monday of the same month
or this state of facts the path seems omen
! Tor the United action of the party and no
insupcrablo obstacle opposes the restoration
OF ITS harmony. So believing, we insist that
| our position as representatives of Democratic
! States and constituencies form no lust bar
| to our right, but rather imposes on us the
| duty, OF joining our counSels with those of
our democratic brethren, and uniting in their
efforts to secure the triumph of our prnci-
PES. 1t is plain if the Convention shall at
baltimore adopt satisfactory platform of
principles before proceeding to select its
| candidates, the reason which dictated the
Withdrawal of the delegations of the EIGHT
States Will have ceased and no motive Will
remain for refusing to unite with their Sister
States nor for holding an adjourned meeting
ut Auchmond. On the other hand. ii The
| Convention, on rcassembIiEg ut Baltimore,
! shall dlSappoint the just expectation of the
| remaining Democratic States, their deleoa-
tions cannot fail to withdraw and unite with
the eight States which have adjourned to
Richmond In either event there would be
unanimous acton In support of our prnci-
| pies byall the States which can be relied on
for casting Democratic electoral votes.
From this statement of facts, is it not cv-
idcnt that the wise and prudent course now
to be pursued by the delegations of the
eight States is to defer assembling in Rich
mond until the necessity for such meeting
shall become imperative? Ought they not,
IN view of the already altered condition of
affairs, to return TO the Convention at Bal
tImore and aid their. sister States in the
struggle for the recognition Of sound Demo
! cratic principles May it not be that their
votes would now suffice to turn the scale, to
purge tho party creed Of all hcresies, and to
cmblazon on the party banner its honorod de-
vice of fidelity to.thc Constitution and the Tn
ion in characters 50 clear as to defy miscon
structOn
Suppose for a moment that in this last
struggle for tho right they should again be
! oyerbornc. Is it not, tEcn, equally plain
that he~dclegations of the other Democratic
States cannot for an instant be suspected of
am intention to refuse to redeem the replcdge
OF Withdrawal from an aSscmblagc which
shall presently determine on the sacrifice of
| principle which they themselves have de-
clared indispensable for their united action
to a supposed cxpodicncy? And will not
all the Democratic States thus withdrawing
andadjournining to Richmond be joined by the
true and faithful delegates from Pcnnsylva-
MA and New Jersey from Indiana and New
lork--ayo, from every one of our sister
States where delegates arc found imbucd
with the living principles of our party, but
whose voice has hitherto been stihcd in the
Convention, because of their being in the
minority of their respective delegations /?
For it is striking fact not to be over
looked iii this connection, that whether the
vote had bcen taken entirely by States or
by delegates, in either event there was "a
clear majority in the Convention in favor
of the recognition of sound constitutional
principles, and it was only by taking part