Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-06
The pem ,oratio state Conventi 70

November as the day, for holding the Guberns-
toral Convention of the party. we find 1t con
graduating itself on the unaRiiy. with enc ek-
cep.on. with which the proposition has been ac
cepted by the democratic press of the State. So
far as ..the press may be taken TO be reliable
exponent of popular opinion it concludes thai
itmay safely be affirmed tha, il is the wish of the
Democracy. that staunton and tho last Of No
vcmber should be the place and time selected
Bat it seems that the Enquirer has misoalcnla-
ted We don't know what there may b. 81 vital in
the question, but presume that there must be-
something awful to be ofpn henied p"rhaps
"a limited below, in the Vaccinations oi the ter
rible Know Nothings, perhaps in tie dolngs of
the ghost of the Hunter Land Bill. perhaps of
whiggery itself. 10 leopard = p ace and safety
of the proposed con,eoatlou. But we venture
no opinion. The following is the view of the
case as graphically stated 10y our neighbor of the
Republican. 1t is rather ominous of muss in
the ranks of the unterrifed Harmonious
"ln another article we have briefly expressed
our opinion # the course of the Richmond En-
qurer IN urging an early convention. That mr.
ticle is for the exclusive consideration of the
main wrierfor that paper, Who for reasons un-
kBewn'to and by authority Of which we nre
to dictate the time and place for the holding of
the democratic convention. We now propose Ia
submit few plain reasons, not IL the writer of
the Enquiries article but Ia the ether members
of the democratic press against an early conven-
ton The readers of the Enquirer cannot have
failed TO that the active Editor Of that paper
has but zone iaeasin connection with the couyen
ton, and that idea is the advancement of The
claims of Henry A. Wise. Whom Wise publish
ed his letter Ia kidwell--a letter. which, We al
firm, If published editorally in the Richm nd
Wing, would have justly subjected that paper to
the charge of dsloyaty to the South. the Rich.
mond Enquirer took occasion not only 10 endorse
it but also to do gross injustice to delegation
in Congress, by the charge that they were seek
ing TO control the gubernatorial nomination.
And, the other day, it promineily paraded Wise's
letter TO the Rev. Mr.. Adams the subject of
slaYery--a letter which we Gun demon s,rnto Ia
any intelligent man 10 be composed Of on third
nonsense-one third hypocriticnl cant-and the
other third to be heretcal The time past in Yir-
GINA when the ''ror" of the Richmond Enquirer j.
the ''ror DEF 10 our people. When T.as. A.eaie
went to Nashngton,-unlike Elijah when trans.
lated to heayen,-he took his mnnte with him
Certain it is, that he did not leave il to the apal-
-ogist of Russian despotsm. We euye the En-
qurer TO its 'idols," and proceed to submit rea-
sons to our democratic contemporaries against an
early convention.
The Both of November is too early in tho fir,
place-because until rery recently no sensible |
democrat expected a convention until ut least |
after Christmas. The consequence is, that pub |
lie attention has not been directed to the choice |
Of a candidate aud that the chances are that it
the convention should be held at that early day, |
the nominee would not be the reflected voice of |
the democracy-hut the mere echo of this. or.
that clique which might happen to have, or get
the control of a county meeting.
In the second place il j. improper cause
there is at the, present time more and stronger |
reasons for caution in the selection of candidates
than any previous period in, the history of our
party. 1t is useless to Disguise the fact that
there exists in ranks many elements of dis
sension and disc prd elements found not only in
preference for candidates, but also in division
upon the new questions which have lntcly arisen.
Besides this, new party has sprung up--thc
Know Nothings. We have not only TO beat the
wings. but we have TO beat these Know NothingS
in addition. Cautious deliberatnn-calm cir |
oumspeetoD prudent management are cssenti-
ally necessary, and without it Democratic harm
ony is IN serious jeopardy.
There is a third.and conclusive reason against
convention until late in the II 4 meeting of
Congress. Upon Hunters Land Bill The dem
-ocratlc party is certainly divided and that most
seriously. II a convention meet at an early day
that question is certain to be thrown into tho
deliberations of the body. The friends Of Mr.
Hunter would not relish tine support of n oandi-
date pledged to denounce the bill. The enemies
OF the bill would make II matter of State rights
principle and be equally cold to friend of the
bill. An early convention Is certaia-and we
speak upon positive nfonnation--to throw this
hre brand IN the party-a fire brand which could
not tail to produce serious explosion. Put off
the convention and this rock can easily be avoid
cd. The unadulterated Homestead Bill will be
pressed upon Congress beyond question. An
dem ocrats-Hunter and all--will unite in resis-
lance To 1t, aud we can go into the canvass with
an unbroken and satisfied unanmity. But hurry
the conyention-get snap judgement in favor
of Wise, Leake. Smith, or any body else, aud
serious dissenslon is the inevitable consequence.
RESULT OF THE MAINE ELrCrIoN-The Ma
'tional lntegeneer states, ON the authority of
the Augusta tMaine) Age, that the Democratic
loss in the recent election in Maine was over
d5,OoO. 1t now appears, too. that THOMAS ID.
FULLER. the present Democratic member, is
reelected to Congress from the sixth district of
Maine. and not Mr.. MuLrKIN, as heretofore sta
ted. The vote in the district is: for Mr. Fuller,
a,s03, Millikin, 4,665, Smith. 2,447 These re-
turns show that Fuller has plurality of 1873
votes, which elect him, although there is a ma
Jorty against him of 2,309 votes. He voted
against the Nebraska bl and is the only demo-
'orat elected from the State. Both of his compet-
itops were also AntiNebraska men.
The complete returns for Governor show that
morrill, falls l,lOO votes short of an election by
the people. The Legislature will elect him.
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The TREATY WITH JApAN.-Among the pas
sengers who sailed for Europe on Saturday, in
hePacihc, was Captain H. A. Adams, of the