The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-07-19
Mayorbwood's letterin favor of Doug
The fellowiag,is AaysTo Woods to the
Baltimore ratification meeting: -,.,.-

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The fellowiag,is Maysro Woods to the
Baltimore ratification .mestHgy: .ss +.
MAYOR OFFICE,
n' s@@ New. YoRK, July I, 1860.
DEAR SIR: / regret that unexpected
business of impoffaice wiih7render 1t Inn
possible for1ie to be ahser from this city
on Monday, aud that, sequently, |
shall not be present at the proposed rati-
fcatloA meeting on, that night | can not,
however, o'ni. to express tie deep interest
| take in the action of the Democracy of
Baltimore at this time, disjointed and dis
tracted as our party Organization appears
to be- am confident that, an arprecia
tion of the causes and the consequence 81
will induce them to rally to your stand
ard, regardless of personal or sectional
difFerentes. 0NVhen the Union is threa
ened, every Deniocrat should sustaia :ie'
marty organization. .TI-GEoa sllf uf n1g-l3 y
We profess to believe that the success
Of the so called Republicans will not on s
endanger but will actually destroy the ret'i Z.
tiqps existing between the States. To ar
rest such a Calamity should be tie sole oh
iect II every l6Vver Of his country If'tlse
patriots who originally constructed the
Govecnmentwere read to make, the. 81
ciifice ot,4ey 7aid TN lis accomplishment. :
we should be ready to lay aside prsjudi'
ces, passions, and personal magligniiy. IN
our ,effosts TO preseryedisw In my Jut1i}gsrr
ment. all that is required faus to e9 dc is To-
stand by the principles and usages OF tie
Democratic party. 4 know that it is SAID.
in the present dilemma, we are divided on
principle. and that there is doubt as TO
which of the two Conventions recently
held in your city was regular.
In nv opinion, there was little or no
variance in the expression of principles by
those bodies. and as 10 regularity, 1t Is
impossible that minority of a deliberate
body, whether of secession or while re-
manning with the n,ajotity, can act ipde
pendently of II. and upon-its own voliilon'
! without surrentlering ITS regularity. This
Is the theory upon which the Government
was framed. aud upon which the Demo
cratic party has always stood and can on
ly be maintained Therefore the remain
ing delegates at Baltimore constituted the
Convection as much as the whole did up
on the original assem- bling at Charleston.
While the body was DO doubt affected by
the subsequent Withdrawal Of delegates,
yet it viii not do to say that the party or,
/ ganization was destroyed by It. If we do,
the whole fabric is unstable, and prece-
dent j. established which will prove de-
structive Of the continuance Of the respect
and binding effect of party organization
! hereafter
TIE osis si,iaf secession of some of the
Southern States II Charleston appeared
to have been jasiiiefupon a question of
vital principle TO them. Those States de-
rmaudt i aI uneqniyocal declaration of the
rights OF the Save States in the Terrific
ries, 50 as to make the platform conform
y tie decision OF the Supreme Court in
the Died Scott case, which had been rem
dered Since the Cincinnati platform was
,ai3p,e1 But tlfs Ddtimor3 Convention
which dominated Mr. Douglas supplied
this objection to tho Charleston Convention.
L. adopted the folio wing explanatory reso-
luton. which, in my ,indgmea,, should be
sufficient TO sali.fy cur friends of the
South. 1t cefainly covers the whole
ground. if rightfully Interpreted without
! prejudice, and should have been accepted
blythe seeding ielegatien: sA w
+, g. Resoigea,, That ii is in accordance
with. the Ciscinnaii platform. that, during
tie. existence Of a Territorial government,
libe measure of restriction, whatever it
may be. imposed BY the Federal Constitu-
ton on The powers OF The Territorial L.
fgislature over the sabject of the domestic
drelations, as abe same has been and shall
thereafter bssfidally determined by the Sd-
1 preme Court ct tho Bnited States, should
4 be responded to- by all good lcitizens, and
fenforeed wthp promptness and fidelity by
every branch of the General Governments. -
H. Therefore, both on The, ground of regu-
lsrityI and doetripe,s the Convention l. en-
tuled TO our support. 10 refuse to do so
lis anarchical and -diSorganizing. n For
fthsss reasons | shall support Douglas and
= Fyohasea.immo3'- a. uri7i tssn- 81; .orss
~. am "a party man, and. verify believe
, that the, Democratic party is the only one
: that car, successfully fesistthe attempts no W
-pbeing made TO subvert our institutions
j Letps preserve It's solidity, stand by its
, Integrity, and tirm1y maintain its time
) lhonored' pfecedents. am confident the
q National Democracy Of New York agree
with me in this view of the question. and
; that they will rally with rare unanimity tc
' the support of Mr. Douglas upon these
r grounds. Let Maryland do likewise
I Ever truly.
i ls1.a FERNANDO WOOD.
: To Hon. Henry May, and other gentle
4 men, Baltimore. a.,
Six of the Deocraticpapers in Kentucky
: viz: theLouisvile Dehiocrat. the Elizebetl
town Democrat. the Bardstown Gazets, tn,
: Nicholasvile Democrat, the Hickman