The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-30
How the alledged Douglas Majority
was Got up!

| Somebody has sent rs Douglass stnm
lharangue, delivered in the .. s Senate on ii
18th inst, in reply 10 the mastery argumer
q Hon. Jefferson DAVIS in which he boast
D virtue of his II majority at Charleston
hat he is the choice Of the Democratic pan
IL Of America for the Presidency OF the Uni
ia States.- The effrontery of this boast Wi
6recosnized when fact IS borne in mind tia
mreceived the votes offs majority of thrice
djegations, all of whom represented State
inch with two exceptions voted for the Blacl
B.publican candidate for the Presidency il
| 1S6-and one of the exceptions is now Will
tiaeleven others completely under Black Re
! nsklican control in their local organizations
| Hswas opposed by everyreliable Democratic
| Sue-by all the delegations which represent
tbsesIectiye strength of the Democratic party
inhe Union.
be following details which appear in late
spseh delivered before his constituency il
Mdachusetts, by Benjamin F. Butler, dis
finished delegate to Charleston from that
So will throw some additional light upon
theslbjeet:
How was that majority made up Sim
pIvby the unit rule, which stified the MAORI
tiesh the Northern States under instructions.
ID New York there we're fifteen votes OPP
nose to Judge Douglas from first to last, yet
g OF Ga m
nv bllot. In Ohio six votes in Minnesota two
yos opposed to him, yet by that rule cast
for Do, so that the majority was more APP
parst than real. The Southern States gen
err acting without direct instructions, by
csningIy devised resolution Of the commit.
tesN Organization, forsthe most part voting
scuhtely, so that all Judge Douglas strenth
in ID Southern delegalions substantially APP
pea1. Now, nth The lSouh opposed 10 Jadge
Do&as, even to destructian of the party,
,eit5rery Democratic free State roting against
ha.rfh tsco- thirds 0f he defegatioacf the
oreaEate Of Pelaeyl uania firmly agaiast lin,
,ciaaEe-haLf Of Neac FORK hostile, Ner DER
seq 4rided. and the oaly State IN Neg Eng
laadfhege the Democracy can hare much hope.
Cos2fcut, near4y eg,aaliy balanced, what was
it thspart of wisdom for your delegate to do
Sboaa he, coming from State where there
was hope of Democratic vote, persistently
endeaor to force upon the Democratic States
a canflate distasteful TO them, as shown by
their fotes. in so much so that they were
readyto sunder all political ties rather than
subsnSto his nomination Were his prefer-
eneesnd yours for gwen man to be insisted
on atill hazards lie thought not then he
thinksso still.
Inn quite aware that I am addressing
whose first choice was Judge
Douzs Bnt why was he your chois Be
cause pu believed he, Of all men, could most
suceehlIy bear the flag.
N. hltler adds:
Wfi these Facts before me, and impress
ing up6n me the CONNECTION that tie Hozn5-
naiioaF .Jttige Douglas you'd mot Be- made
lcits 81 hope 81 sat4g5o The Demetratic par
tn, Win was TO do J? ! will tell you what
| did d and am afraid it is not what ought
to have done. Yielding to your preference
voted ssen times for Judge Douglas. although
my iskment told me that my votes were
worse IAN useless, as tseg gare him an ap.
pearan1 Of streagtt ifthIe ConUentioa ic1,ich
felt he not, an }a,t, IN DE Democratic party
Il thisfas an error if WIS your fault. then
looked 3round to threw my vote where, at
least, a5hould uIislead no one. saw Estates
man National fame and reputation vbo had
ed his ngiment TO victory at Buena Fista--a
Democa,, with whom | disagreed o some
things but with whom ] could act il most.
LoEing6s country first his section heXt, Jn
'ust 10 IA; so that through his entleavor in
he Site of the United States, M&sachu- |
;etts oAined from the General Government |
1er jusiaaes deferred forty years of handreds
# thoHspds of dollars, a feat which bone of |
ler ages had been able heretofore tsaccom- |
Dish hsides, his friends were not pressing |
lis nam before the Convention, so that he |
vas not partizan in the personal stHie then |
,oing on | thought such man deserved, at /
east, ii poor compliment of vdie from |
and. therefore, l threw my I
ote farDefferson Dafis, of Mississippi, and |
clailna least that vote was guided by in |
elliseaet''
The olbwing are the Agures illustratise ofthe
.ct aforementioned that this boosted Doug
Is msieesy OF ~ s.s.s aiorsc -f...1...st SfItieI
he operstion of the INIT rule, which complete
: swanRed the voicesof large minaities in
ertain Nnrthern ieIesafionS