The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-06
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The zns choice a lie 6oufAen Den0c1g
The South can dictate, coufinnes the same
paper, who aAaI not be the Dem0cszaSe candidate
Dor President. This d not asking mach, conzid-
ezing thss de South WIN give she majority Of
The electoral vOtes thas The Democratic candidate
win receive. Bot the South cAnBot exercise, in
the most telling way, her uDdoubGed power, il
the delegates are fettefed By resolutions and in
strnciions OF Stale COnveusionA The opinion Of
the le.den d the party i that the Soothezn
States shOald SPARE NO pains IN selecting able.
firm and sagacio0s representatives,. bat should
leave them entirely free TO oct and vote - they
deem best " ben they reach Cincinnati and com
prehend the whole situation II ID TO be hoped
that the Southern delegates win harmonic their
views and act together. Certainly this Il no time
for frittering away strength, or for consulting
personal pgefeTencA The Soulhezn delegates
if they be carefully selected and represent the
people, can be trusted to concentTaie upon The
candidate who d likeliest to win because worth
lest Of success But In order that they shall do
this they must be Al liberty TO act As their j0dg-
ment dictates from the hIst- As long as the
Southern delegates are unpledged and nothing
IS known Of their intentions save through news
paper surmiseA the particular candidates for the
DemOcratic nomination can hope and expect
what they please The Cincinnati Convention
viii then really be deIiberative body, Is far as
Southern delegates are csOcerned These dele
gates win have NO thought or interest bat to act
in the manner best calculated TO promote the
public good Bot if they are instructed TO vote
in particular way they are mere machines, and
the convention IS unnecessary except to keep up
the appearance OF freedom OF action. The COM
ing election is OF momenious importance to the
whole country, and the Southern people ought
not to End any difficulty in choosing delegates
who will act warily, boldly, conscientieusly and
patriotically. Such delegates are instructed by
their experience and by their knowledge Of the
the indissOluble Union Of indistructable States
They require no other instruction, except, the
FLoRIDIAx adds, TO UOte az a unit
Upon the subject OF the two-thirds rule, the
Nescs and Courser is no longer in favor OF its
abolition at is considered best to LET il stand, "
it says This IS the desire of the most promi,
nent representatives, Of the Democratic party
who are satisfied that the abrogaiion Of the rule
under present circumstances, will give the party
either an extremely Objectionable or extremely
weak candidate 1t is not a time when we can
afford 10 run any Objectionable risks and the de
cision will most likely be TO adhere this year. al
all events, TO the rule that a twoihirds vote shall
be necessary for the nomination Of the candidate
for President The general belief is that, with
uninstructed delegations from the South, and
with the two-thirds rule in force, the Democratic
party will secure a candidate whom it will be g
pleasure to work for and vote for, and an honor
to elect II is hardly necessary To say that his
name is not TildeD."