Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-24
The Democratic Convention.

The Democratic Convention.
The Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Mercury specuates as follows on the proba-
BILE action Of the Baltimore Democratic Con-
vention, which meets on the first day of next
month:
Nothing but the Baltimore Convention is now thought
OF talked about in the political circles here and wh
the ordinary business of legislation apparently pursues
its course the under of intrigue runs deep and
strong The chances of Cass again to be diminish
ing while those of Buchanan the rise The Doug
las men begin despair of his nomination. and the great
struggle now is, which of the two will combine against
the third The idea is that Cass will be considered the
and killed off by coalition of the friends
OF his two chief opponents but that case sup
posed neither OF the two his nomination
As previous OCCASION the conflict between these two
prominent politicians will result the choice ofsome man
of less prominence and the Polk game be PLAYED over
again If Cass be chosen on the first ballot of which
there may be remote possibility then he is ont of the
question: the tug will be between the other Failing in
acholce which will be next to impossible make par
ties stand either Marcy Dallas Butler or Lane may
be pitched upon available The friends each of these
gentlemen are sanguine and active but there know
ing what Is to turn up until the delegates assemble
| Baltimore.
The collection there will be almost as curious and as
varied as that assembled at Noahs Ark One of each
species of the genuine Democrat will be in waiting Nor
thern reesoilers and Hunkers Southern Rights and
Union Democrats and many who scarcely be claimed
with either The naty ofthe Compromise is thought
Wlllnot be insisted and consequence of such oms
sion the Southern Union Democrats can't get n but it is
just possible that kind OF Compromise
standing may be patched to preserve the entire unity
OF the Democratic party for the campaign, If such
arrangement is made it will have to be with the
or connvance of the Southern Rights and Free Soil
ers both OF whom for widely opposing reasons are op-
| posed to the introduction of Compromise tests.
| The writer regards the retirement of Mr.. Don
eison from the editorial chair of the Union, as in
dlcative of the overthrow of Cass and the Com
promise platform. The efforts of the Union,
whilst under the change of that gentleman, to
unite the Democracy in support of the Compro-
mise, were active and untirng, and drew down
upon the head of its editor the bitter resentments
of the Southern Rights and Free Soil wings of the
party. Their con- oint assaults were too strong to
be resisted, and Mr.. Donelson was compelled to
abandon the control of the National organ. 1t
was found that the total disorganization of the
Democratic party would be the inevitable conse-
quence of his pertinacious attempts to make it
unit on the Compromise question, and this, it is
believed, is the true explanation of his with
drawing from the field.
1t is evident that the nomination of a candidate
that can unite all the dscordant Earring and fac
lions of the Democracy, is not the only difficulty
with which the Baltimore Convention will have
to deal. The Compromise is a stumbling block in
their path, which can neither be removed nor
avoided, without seriously jeopardizing their
cess in the approaching election. The conserva-
tive portion of the party would gladly endorse that
measure, and make it part of their platform, but
such proceeding will encounter the violent OPP
position both of the Northern and Southern ultras
Mr.. Forsyth, one of the leaders of the Southern
rights wing OF the party, warns the Convention
against making the Compromise a test and avows
his belief, that such step will drive off the De-
mocracy ofGeorga from the support of the Demo-
cratic ticket Mr.. Preston King, the leader of
the Free-Soil and Higher Law faction makes
the same threat. In speech delivered by him
in the House Of IL presentatises few days ago,
he took occasion to inform hi pocratic breth-
ren' plainly and distinctly, he Convention
made the Fugitive Slave ID test of political
faith the Democrats of New York would fatty
repudiate 1t by voting against the nominee of the
party.
Should the Baltimore Convention heed these
menaces and dodge the Compromise mortal Of
fence will thereby be given to those who claim
that measure as the peculiar property of the De-
mocratic party, and who have all along insisted
thatthat party alone could be relied on to main
tain and defend it. Whatever course the Conyen
ton shall pursue twill require some stronger plin-
ciple of cohesion than prevails in the physical
world, to bind together its antagonist and explo-
siye elements.
REPORT OF THE CHOLERA IN THE WEST
The St. Louis Republican publishes letter. da
ted Independence (Aissouri) MAY 10, which
says:
For fear exaggerated reports may reach you
respecting sickness here, think proper to state
that we have had three cases of disease resem-
bling cholera. These cases are confined to the
family of an emigrant from Illinois, who was
found in bad situation in a camp near town.
They We're taken into the houses of some of our
inhabitants, and received every attention that