Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-27
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2y.
THE DEMOCRATIC BALTIMORE CON
VENTION.


VENTION.
The Enquirer of Tuesday INDUCES in hopeful
antcipations ofthe issue of the approaching assem-
bage of the Democracy Baltimore. 1t 'trusts that
the Democracy in Convention, will again show
their good and devotion to the principles and
success of the party, and is firmly persuaded
that ''ts nominee cannot, in the present condition
of things, be any thing else than strong man,
fully imbued with the principles of the party,
and true to the constitutional rights of all sections
of the Confederacy." And the Enquirer quotes
the Boston Post, upon the extremely enigmatical
question. what these principles precisely at
the present juncture, and upon that authority
the reader must take it, that Democratic princi-
pies at present would place re-affirmation of the
Baltimore resolutions of 1874 and 1849-avowals
of doctrine antedating, as the reader Knows every
question and every issue, which and its
tremendous results, have since they were pro-
claimed, presented to the mind of the country.
The Enquirer and the Post, however, have for
gotten, or omitted, the recent enlargement which
the Platform has undergone in the South-we
aude to the re-adoption of the resolutions of '96
and 80, and the Declaration Of Lndependence.-
These latter additions are to supply the place of
any dangerous avowals on the subject of Southern
rights and wrongs. They are as innocuous as
bread pills, and can be swallowed by Mr.. Hallett
and total Freesoilism, without wry face. In
the organizations ofthe Democracy in New York
last year, these bye-gone resolves OF 1914 and
1e4e, were adopted for the ease offender con-
sciences, expressly because they were dated be-
fore the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law,
and the other obnoxious Compromise measures.
But another cardinal principle of the Democracy,
it seems, consists in its progressive ideas as to
the future of reform and extension'--the ideas OF
Jefferson, say they, without which 'neither the
valley of the Mississippi with its world of trade,
nor Texas, nor California, with its golden com
mercial train, would now be united in the bonds
of one country and destiny" This al
fusion to Jefferson and his opinions upon the
acquisition of new territory, we must be al
lowed to think extremely unfortunate His
known opinion was that the acquisition Of Lou
isiana as an extreme measure OF State neces-
sity not the legitimate result of settled policy,
ought to have been ligitimated by an erpost tacto
amendment to the Constituton-and as to the
Empire on the other side of the Rocky mountains,
he has left it of record, that to him its natural
destiny seemed to point to the erection there OF
another kindred constelation-of Anglo-Saxon
origin language and poity-separated from us by
natural barljer--but bound together by treaties
sympathies and instincts in the common love
and brotherhood of Freedom. Again, we must be
permitted to suggest that far as ''progress" is
concerned, the Democracy instead of going for
wards is intent at present going backwards, not
b,,+, hv Of
active iumps-l848 '44-,95 land '99-and 1776
that is the series of progressive Reorganization in
in which this singular party delights at present.
They are afraid of the future, and like Sawney,
sare ganging book agen." Progress in the old sort
has fallen altogether out of fashion. Not so with
the rampant spirit of IA Then Brough, of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, could proclaim to the ap-
proving faithful that mo man who was Demo-
crat twenty-five years ago, and entertaining the
principles noW that the party did twenty-five
years ago, and has not progressed aoia the party,
but remained stationary, IS Just t'centy fire gears
behind the times and the party, He is not Dem
ocrat noao. Nay, the man who stands in rea-
ton to some principles where the Demo-
cratic party did only ten years ago, is not Dem
ocrat no.o. You must change your ground. If
you would be esteemed a Democrat now youmust
abandon a portion of your superannuated faith.
Twenty seven years ago, in 1916, the Democrat
ic party III Congress, under the Democratic ad-
ministration of Mr.. Madison, established a bank
ofhe United States large portion of the par
ty supposed such an institution constitutional and
all appear to have thought its charter sound policy
and it not till near 20 years after that the
party changed its principles in relation to bank
If you, then, entertain the principles which you
entertained in common with the party twenty
five years ago. in relation to this question: you are
now ia favor of bank of the United States, to be
CT artered by Congress. If you are, you cannot
be Democrat of S43, though you were in 1916,
Is. Ten years ago, the party in Ohio were in
favor of State Banks, and actually granted, by acts
of the Legislature, many charters. You doubt
less believed, in common with the party in these
bank doctrines you acted with the party. But
the Democracy of Ohio now opposed to them.
If you still adhere your political faith of 1888
iu relation to these matters, yoa are not Demo