Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-07-12
call Of. DemOeratIe state Convention.

wsslssrp from the Engsirsr Of yesterday, that the
Democratic STATE Executive Committee which met 10
,bi. ci,v on Tuesday evening, have recommended the
LILO If Democrats State Convention, in the town
- ch,,,o,,esville on Thursday the 10th Of August
.,t A the Committee, in imitation Of the habit Of
,syul,r Know-Nothing lodge sat with closed doors,
snd conducted all its proceedings in profound secret VIC
are Of course entirely ignorant OF what was sAia or
ona On the occasion That all not harmony in the
Committee. however, we feel ve-y confident Indeed
We shrewdy suspect that several members Oh the CO,
ni,tee were present as the resoute aud determined
friends Of Douglas and the Regular OrganEAnon Oh 'oe
Democratic party, aud neither aders' aee'oFs OF syn
sthizsrs with the Secession and Disunon democracy
under the lead OF Yancey and Rhett. Whether These
Douglas members Of the Committee viii call Oonven'
ton Of the friends Of Douglas and put forth regular
Douglas electoral ticket the Regular National Deoe
,v are doing in nearly all the other States, North anu
South We have no means Of knowing. We can only
s,v that unless We have egregOusy mistaken the metal
of which the Douglas leaders in Virginia are made there
iii certainly be call for a Douglas State Convention,
n vary short time Indeed for the friends OF Doug
l. q; virin. 10 adhere firmly and faithfully, TO their
,;,;,ri.bsd sandard-bearer and 10 the Regular Or
i,,,;on Of the Democracy IS the only safe and homo
~ course for them TO pursue either for the present
= ~. h,ture Ii would be bad enough for them 10
.,,s into he DsuniOn, Breckenridge Democracy, even
the Rbet and Ysueey eke, stood the remoiest chance
NJ ees But asst stsRds earthly no possible chance,
that ppbeardoffoy and uadEess for the National Demo
-t n Virginia 70 unite their fortunes with sectional
fiction that is already beginning to sunk IN 'he-nos OF
abe peoDe of all parties and sections and which, IN less
,,,nsx months viii be infinitely more odous than ever
- an, Hartford Conveutionsts Il is incredible that
,v REGULAR National Unon-oyDg Democrat in the State
st,,l5 3,e,u even tor a moment Of coalescing With
~, R,s,tipridge Secuonasts and Dsunionists. To do
40 4. for them 70 commit suicide and at one ana the
-, lime also To murder the Regular National Organi
.,,;,. Of the Democrats party in the Old Dominion
Aud this too at the very moment, when t'e "'eDu'
D,,,s and the Regular Organization Of the Democracy
In asaryal the Southern Staies-u KENTUCKY IN lel'
ne,see in Missouri in Arkansa' in Georgia IN Alabama
in Louisiana in Texas-are holding large and enhusils
, Douglas MITIGATION meetings. and eiecting thorough
M lent organization Of the forces Of the true and
rs,pi,r Democracy And is Virginia With The exception
~ bs rups,i Disuniou State OF South Carolina, to be
l, southern State in which the friends Of Doug
Ia and the regular organization Of the Democracy are to
h,,5,, .beir ground AMI play into the hands Of the
& .,oris,s and Disunionisrs Are the National Demo
at, Of ,bs Os Dominion willing 10 constitute themselves
,-, or the al, of Yancev Rsyoutionsts and DeS,ruc-
lives of the Gulf States We do not, and cannot ana
will not beelieve it, until the fact Is patent before Us,
tb,, The Riyes and Walaces aud Haraans and osis,
and Nots and Hoges and Dayiss and Browns aud Cox
and Sh,rDes aud S.ova and Eeieys and the host OF m
,, Democrats in this State have indeed surrendered
their personal independence and political faith, aud g
ANONYMOUSLY and sbameesly boged their knees to the
R,,l Of Y,ncev Sec.ionalism ald D.suuou
Bs, sC,nventoa has been called 10 meet in Charlotte
h on tbs 10Th OF August which il nothing more nor
less than Yancey Breckenridge thick. The whole OBJ
; Of the scheme f. a. has been opsay asserted by the
ss,s5e to bring the organization Of the party in Nir-
ua 70 bear upon the friends Of Douglas and thereby TO
farce these friends Of Douglas into the support OF the
secession Disuuion ticket That the Breekinridge men
inb,ve entire control ofthe Charlottesville Convention,
there can be no doubt-for the seceders viii take very
good care being expert in the ART 70 pack the dslegA-
lions from hrge majority Of the counties And thus rule
the Douglas men, as With rod Of rou, if the latter in
deed should be so stupid allow themselves 20 be
caught in the smart trap which has been laid Tor them
ast see how the Seceders vl manage to control the
Convention az Charlottesville, and crush out the Doug
l,tss II the latter be insane enough to give them the
chance In Eastern Virginia, the Wings have two or
three thousand majority while the Democrats have sew
en- or eight thousand majority in the Tenth Legion alone
Although there Is large Douglas party in Eastern Viz
ioa vet the Seceders in nearly all The Eastern eoun
ses will send Breckenridge delegates to Charlottesville
and although in a minority Of Two or three thousand
this side Of the mountain they will Ouvo.e and beat
doWn the large Democratic majority in the Tenth Legion
IN the proposed Convention. In a word the Seeeders
have control in those portions Of the State that gives no
d ,mocrate majority for Democrats candidates, while
tbe Douglas men have eoutro in those portions that give
ns,ry the entire Democratic majority Of the State Is
s fair then or just for the minority Seeeders to rule the
majority Dougasess And yet such viii he the neyita-
BILE result the DOugas,es consent 70 enter the Char
lo.tssville Convention.
But. enough for the present We shall refer to this
subject oen before the meeting Of the great smartap
Yancey-Breckiuridge Convention held at Charlottes-
vile.