The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-24
The baltimore Convention.

The proceedings of the Baltimore Convention,
which we give In our columns to-day, up to last
evening, are extremely interesting in the present
position of parties throughout the country, in refe-
renee to the Presidency. The character of the de-
bates during the first day, and, doubt yesterday
also, appears to have been exciting and picturesque
to an extent almost great as the first days pro-
-ceedings of the National Assembly of France.
There was probably about much order and re-
gularity in the one as in the other Certainly, the
Baltimore Convention, composed of delegates of
the omnpotent democratic party Of the United
States, has not much advantage In point of order,
regularity and decorum, over that of any conven-
ton that ever met, be it Fourier or Mormon.
The proceedings thus far, indicate the chance
that we may have revolution in parties before
next November, throughout this Union. On the
hrst day, they with some tact, avoided the knotty
difficulty between the two sets of delegates from
New York, and threw the responsibility upon
committee of their own body, only requiring that
both sets should please themselves to agree to
such nomination as the Convention should grind
out, after the proper voting. 1t appears from the
report which we received last night, by telegraph,
from Baltimore, that this committee was engaged
all day, yesterday, without coming to any positive
determination, other than what would be highly
offensive to the barnbumers, and cause them to
secede entirely from the Convention The chances.
therefore, according all appearances are that the
barnburners will secede and erect separate and
independent standard of their own The ntma.
ZION thrown out, that Mr.. Polk had written let
ter favorable to their principles and policy, in or
der to defeat Mr.. Buchanan's nomination, will
hardly mend the big rent in the breeches of the
democracy.
Some of the features presented by the conven-
ton are amusing and picturesque in the highest
degree. Not the least Of these characteristics, is
the splendid and graphic prayer, pronounced at the
opening of this venerable Convention, by the cele-
brated and reverend Theophilus Fisk, an ultra
radical clergyman of the church of God This
prayer is the most original thing of the present day;
but the most curious part of the affair." is to see
body OF politicians, who care far more for the
spoils and plumber Of ofice-for the division OF the
one hundred millions of taxes, that will be dis
trlbuted during the next four years, than for
all the prayers, and all the sermons, and all the
invocations that could occupy time from
now to the last day A Convention of political bro
kers, invoking the blessings of Heaven on their
dolngs, is very much like meeting of the inmates
OF the highly respectable State PRISON at.Sng Sing,
deputing one OF their mem ers to pray for the
cess OF their unconverted brethren beyond the linn
Its OF that respectable establishment and who have
not been yet incarcerated, by order of the Judge,
tor their sins here below.
On the whole, the convention, its proceedings
Its prayers, and its principles, are all interesting
The prospect now is, of a complete and irrevoca-
bic separation of the barnburners of New York and
elsewhere, from the old hunkers of the democratic
party. If the leaders of the barnburners are men
OF principle and integrity, and mean what they say,
there will be revolution, and nothing less We
wait for the denouen,ent