Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-09-08

the convention. How were they treated by the friends of Mir. Douglas?
 BOGUS DELEGATEs-MAssACHU
 Benjamin F. Hallett was regularly ap- pointed delegate from Massachusetts to the national convention; the same conven- tion appointed K. L. Chafee as his alter nate. Owing to sickness, MT. Haliett was unable to attend the convention at Charles ton, and, in his absence, Mir. Chaffee, his alternate, took his place. At Baltimore, however, Mir. Hallett was present, but the convention actually turned him out; actu- ally turned out the regular delegate, and gave the seat to the alternate!
 MISSOURI.
 The same course was adopted in regard to the English electoral district of Missouri. Mir. Johnson B. Garder, the regular dele gate, was unceremoniously busted out of his seat, and MT. O'Fallon. the contingent, voted in. Heretofore, 1t has always been considered that the alternate acted only in the absence of the principal, but this con vention gravely determined that the true test for admission into that convention con- sisted in an affirmative answer to the ques- tion, are you for the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas?
 LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA.
 The next step was to vote out the regular delegation from the State of Louisiana, who were re-appointed to Baltimore by the convention that originally appointed them, and also to exclude the regular delegates from Alabama, who were appointed by new convention called by the democratic committee of the State. The history of the case is this. After the secession at Charles ton, the democratic central committee of Louisiana, the only association in that State having the power to assemble the de- mocracy in convention, called together the State convention, representing every coun- ty in the State, and that convention reap pointed the same delegates to Baltimore A few irresponsible men called another convention, at which the democracy of the State were not repre- ;ented. In the case of Alabama, the democratic central committee called new convention, to be elected by the several counties. This convention met, and sent back the regular delegates to Bal timore. A number of persons, however, issued call. published in only three papers in the State, addressed to the people, not the democracy of Alabama. for another con- vention, which met and appointed set of delegates, the leader of whom never cast democratic vote in his life, and who open Y avowed that he was going to Baltimore to vote for Mr. Douglas, in order to break mp the democratic party! Yet the so-call- ed national convention voted out the regular delegates elected by the democracies of these States, and voted in the bogus dele gates!
 ARKANSAS.
 In the case of Arkansas, the congression- al conventions of the State which nominat- ed the democratic candidates for Congress, re-appointed the delegates to Baltimore.- Yet this convention deliberately voted out the regular delegates so elected in the first district; while they declared that the regu- lar delegates, elected in Me same manner, in the second district, were entitled to Me'r seats! and then, in defiance of the resolution of the democratic State convention of Ar kansas instructing the delegates to vote as a unit, and in utter violation of their OaOn unit resolution they divided the vote of the State. giving the bogus delegates from the first district the right to cast one vote, and the regular delegates from the second dis trct two votes; nay, they even went fur ther and resolved that, in case the regular delegates from the second district did not vote, the bogus delegates from the first dis trct were to cast the full vote of the State! And yet, after such high handed procedure as this, we are meekly told by the Doug las committee that |" 1t must be conceded that the report of the committee on credentials was so liberal and conciliatory toward the seceders and their friends as to be hardly just to the representatives of the national democracy from this State"
 GEORGIA.
 In the case of Georgia, the Douglas men themselves called State convention for the purpose of having the seeding dele gates repudiated by the democracy of that State. Every shade of the democratic par " of the State participated in the election of delegates. The convention met, and upon taking vote, the seeding or regular delegates wese sent back to Baltimore, by vote of 299 to Al. The forty-one Doug las delegates then bolted, and also appoint ed delegates Yet the Douglas committee on credentials at Baltimore, in defiance again of the resolution of the Georgia con vention instrueting their delegates to vote as a unit, and in utter violation of their own rule upon the subject, reported in favor of dividing the vote of the State, giving one-half to the bogus appointees of the Il boltersl But this was too great an outrage even for this convention, and they voted to admit the regular delegates, and thus plac ed the brand of bogus upon the brow of H.. V. Johnson the Douglas candidate for Vice President! Commenting upon this action, the Douga las executive committee character izes 1t as an extravaganza of liberaity!"
 Thus was the democracy of sovereign States wantonly disfranchised in national convention, and thus were democrats com pellei to give up all fellowship with men so regardless of their own honor, and the welfare and unity of the democratic party. MIR. DOUGLAS NOT NOMINATED BY A TWO
 THIRD VOTE.
 But it is claimed that Mr. Douglos aoos nominated 5y tco Mirds vote. The Doug las executive committee, ill recent address, declare:
 "After all secessions, as well as the refusal of certain delegates from Georgia and Arkansas. to- gether with the entire delegation from Texas and Mississippi to occupy their seats, our national con- vention at Baltimore yet remained 424 delegates, or PIP electoral votes; being ten more than two thirds of the electoral votes of the whole Union. But some of these delegates Gas in the of Geor gia) reraned from voting, the majority of the dele grafton having retired; others, Gas in the of Arkansas,) although full delegations, and author of their State, preferred only to cast that which would be fair proportion between the seceders and themselves; and yet others Gas in the case of Della ware, and portions of the delegates from Kentucky and Mi souri) declined to vote, but rofused to se- cede. This accounts for the fact that upon the se cond ballot, by States, MT. Douglas received only Isl% votes; Mr. Breckinridge receiving l0b, Mir. Guthrie 4 votes, the States of South Carolina teight) and Florida (three) having authorized no delegate to any convention at Baltimore. Here is the ballot as recorded:
 Breckinridge. Guthrie. Douglas. Name. New Hampshire. Vermont