Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-08-02

For these doctrines the Southern States to accept
Mr. Douglas candidate and who. had ne 1eeh WIN
Southern States reasonable capcious In their re-
fsa to accept and support Mr. Douglas they nao
avowal was before the country and well undefsooo
and unless he had pre- enpve right to the nomna
aa as mere matter of choice, without reason What
ever These States held one bundred ard twenty electoral
yot sure for with acceptable canddae
While every other State except those the Pacific was
counted against doubtful and yet managers OF the n
norty and doubtful States by arthce and combinations
sogbt through the proacted sessions OF the
Conventions held at Charleston and baimole 70 force TINS
one candidate upon Southern States and In THIS perss
tent and insane effort first dmembered and then adou ned
Convention at Charleston. aud hnaly DIV anu
il I'D at Baltimore. 1t of all others an occasion Wneh
all mere individual preferences should have been
and surrendered for the public good here II was ran
or nothing and hence the result The COnventOu
upthe marty divided all for candidate who cannot
get single electoral vote.
The democratic party, under such rule like the serpent
in the abe which gave up the lead for time to the tall IN
stead head to prevent its camor and in
to 90 tail foremost stuck fast and thus emalnedthe tail
refusing give up the right to go ahead And thus VIII
the democratic party remain until 1t sheds ITS taperng eX
tremity which Insists on being honored WIN coml'no
For the purpose of turning attention from the weakness
absury of their position for the mad aud seln
pTostraon Of the democratic partyo alarm me leaI oi
the timdshake the knees of the weak and minister 10 the
morbid cravings Of lingering a d dormant aoohuonlsIn
they proclaim that the national democracy who have place
in nomination Breckenridge and Lane are the advocates OF
begoen by design upon ignorance ana Is suppofte9 Dy
empty noise and brazen Glamor The platform ASKED or
insisted southern states, was iuS Wndt
Constitution entities them to- IS construed Dy the supreme
Court and nothing Here it is IN all It's length and
BREADTH adopted in the Convention of democratic States
which nominated Breckenridge and Lane 1t IS the same
nonntervn0n which every true democrat has advocated
and giving effect to the decision Of the court and nothing
Let every democrat read it with unclouded VISION,
and not through the smoked glass OF ncpent aboltonsm
let him carefully and then tell US in what secton
sentence syllable this terrific Sdre CODE rePoses ana
when read aud weighed and understood let all who can
not subscribe to the great principles OF personal and state
equality there enuncated established guaranteed by
the Constitution and authorized and vindcated by the de-
that he has taken the first lesson in abolition repubcans
and already his way to that organization in his sympathy
with sectional bgoted creed and narrow political belief
Let hereafter hear from any one protesting
dence to the Constitution and laws in denunciaon of the
Southern Democratic States asserting that they have
eef proposed or demanded save coee, or ndC iHe Eon
Venon OF democratic States which nominated Brecknrdge
and Lane have adopted but let all such foolish fahrica
tons be left to the rantDgs OF summer and Cheever and
Oiddings, and their sombre associates.
The public and private his DRY of nominees constl
in high places the Government. Mr.. breckenridge is
able intrepid, and popular statesman. and Gen Lane has
They true friends of the Constitution and tree from the
expediency captraps of the day They placed in
forced upon the public by the process of political machine
r lhey viii carry seventeen States by acciamatlon, with
a fair chance for others il addition. [Cheers.l
When ali other expedents fall reminded that the
nomination OF Douglas and johnson is entitled to support
over the other for its regularity and have observed that
certain gentlemen who regular members of the spec
led Buffalo Convention of 1913 most emphatic in
ing allegiance to regularity The Convention which made
this nomina ton had sign show, shadow of
guarity The delegated Convention Charleston had
power TO adjourn to altmorea distance of hundreds of
nleS IN another State and nearly two III nths afterwards
10 such thing was ever contemplated no such power
discretion delegated by the most farfetched
inplcauons good nomination at Baltimore would have
been entitled to respect and support but not the
OF TeguGly for lad not The sembance of it. The
regular dele cations from large number of States
Jecfed and bogas contestants of them without pre-
enee of regularity delegated authority admitted
III ther places While regular delegations from numerous
O'her eates because If this outrage withdrew and this
pretended regular Convention fraction Of
from the outside. 1t acted in violation Of the uniform ule
OF democratic National Conventions itself
COPIED requiring two thirds to nominate, and then dsle
garded IL ID making the nominations tor at time, bogus
delegates included did the votes reach two-thds
vote lts nominee for Vice President Mir Fitzpatrick,
who declined to accept such nomination. and the regular
ty Of hr johnson, who Vice President with
Mr. Douglas consists in the request of some hatdozen In
dVduas after the adjonrnment that he should and in
which request he cordially united. The regular
president OF Inc Convention Cen Cushing left his chair and
Went away aud presided over the Convention which nomna
ted BrecknTidge and Lane that the regularity Of the
nomination OF Douglas and Johnson may be summed up in
this that Mr.. Johnson not and has not yet been
nominated by an5 Convention that Mr.. Douglas was
up Convention without a h6ad-wnhout a democratic
body but skeleon half SOFT half republican State
delegations. and bogus tail! Laughterl
No one pretendB that the nominations of Brockinrdge
and Lane have the authority of regular National Conve
claim to regularity than The other This Convention
had head IN the President OF the whole Convention
had democratic body in the regular delegations from all
the sue democratic oatea majority OF the States of the
UniQnlt had no bogus extremity, and had platform Of
manly principles Oh liberty, equality. and fraternity upon
which every true democrat Of the whole Union stand
tpgether. Laughter
The question recnrs, what shall we dc Do Why, |
stand resontey by PRINCIPLE and let the storm rage
there sunshine beyond the clouds shun all enap Cling
alliances of every The readies surest
speedest most honorable way to repudlae
all tusons all factions all patchwork, all Devices all ex-
pedens all be upon both sides and stand by our
candidates and creed. We shall then
serve success and persevere this stern path
stitaona recudo, We shal preserve our selfrespect
command the respect OF all Others and efforts will be
crowned with triumph for party and principles, the
good Influences of which will last when party and
trlcBseTs and their vile schemes forgotten, or re-
membered only to be hated and eXercrated Cheers for
BRECKENRIDGE and LANE and DANIEL S. DICKINSON
ESss~ Gov. Ellis connected Mr.. Badgers name with
the cd raoren SCHEME nhs speech because he found it