Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-14
The Secession Skeleton.

If we may Judge by reading over the re-
port Of the Committee on Credentials OF the
Secession State Convention, the simoG-pure
Natl, nal @ Democracy is dead, and we have
seen its skeleton. Lers than two-thirds OF
the counties were represented at all; many
counties we're represented 10y men who did
not claim TO have been chosen by anybody,
and scores Of proxies figure in the report.
The great County of San Francisco, which
casts one-ninth Of the entire vote Of the State,
was represented by crowd of deiunct Fed
eral oflicials and their friends, sel!-clected,
no primary election or conventol of the
party having been held, or claimed to have
been held. Mariposa and Humboldt were
each represented by one person only. Shasta
was among the unrepresentcd counties. Trim.
ly was represented by one vote, cast by Sol.
IIcydenleldt as proxy. In PluIhas there
never were any delegates chosen although
two men (Chambcrs and McGce,) were re-
ported as entitled to cast the vote. The
whole thing was farce of the broadest kind
Imaginable The San Francisco dcadheads
very coo!ly took possession Of the Convcn-
ton, and some of them discussed the proprie-
ty of turning out the delegates from Sonoma
because of the alleged unsoundncss Of the
resolutions adopted in the regular County
Convention which sent them. The subject
was brought up by one Maulden of Sacra-
mento, who said:
81 beg leave to state, as n member of the
State Central Committee that we found it
necessary, under the difficult circumstances
that surrounded us, to issue test That test
has been regarded in some counties, and |
understand that in other counties it has been
disregarded. | understand that there are
men, gentlemen carrying the banner Of Abe
Lincoln, that have presented themselves with
their credentials duly elected to this Con-
venlion; that at The primary meetings for
the County Conventions which respectively
elected them, the test which was submitted
by the State Central Committee was disre-
garded"
This was a thrust at the Yuba delegation
as well as that of Sonoma and Butte for the
Yuba Committee dsregarded the State Com
mittee's test
Austin E. Smith, the irreprcssible, said
"We do not desire to act here in the dark
We do not desire to act perchance-t may be
in consequence of ignorahce-w the enc
my. Applause. There are delegates re-
ported here as members of the Convention
who, in consequence of resolutions passed by
their respective County Conventions, have n
dark cloud cast over them in their political
horizon of the day. We ask now that this
report may be read, that we may know what
we do, how we do it, and with whom we do
it," LApplause.l
This was cool, in view of the fact before
mentioned that Smith and his colleagues
never were elected delegates to the Conven-
tion from San Francisco. The question was
upon adopting the report on credentials,
without further reading, and the distinguish
ed Geo. Penn Johnston, more liberal and
conservative than the fiery Smith (what a
plebian name for fre-cater) said
81 made the motion long ago, or rather
seconded the proposition, that this whole mat
ter should be passed over. The time to pass
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foul in their political doctrines, is hen oul
platform comes to be adopted. Then, if they
do not desire to stand by it and coincid,
with us, let them go. [Applause and lou,
cries.
The report was not read entirely through
the leaders doubtless hoping to hide the pro
portions Of their skeleton from the public
| view SonOma was not kicked ont Th
sound Union resolutions of that County ant
Butte were unceremoniously crammed dowI
the throats of the delegations from thos,
counties; the long winded, janus-faced, Sc
ccssion-Unio resolutions of the Yuba coun-
ty pacificators Were blown out of the win
dow at one fell putf-Pitt, Burke, Southern
Commissioners, Lindley and all, and with
wry faces the weak -kneed devotees of Cot
tondom were made to swallow the outspoken
resolutions approved by the majority, and
given in our issue of yesterday. The Seces-
sion State Convention was rich affair." The
best joke of all Is its pretension to represent
the National Democracy" The Devil ought
to wear white cravat, and oliciate as chap
lain to the party. lie is as good friend tC
the Christian church, as they are 20 the "Na
tional' Democracy. jeff. Davis is goo,
National Democrat so are his followers here
| If Nationalism consists in laborng to tea
down the Nation, then the California Seces
sionists are good and true men.