The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-22

ton 70 b held IN Cincinnati.
ANDERSON November % 1855.
DEAR avail myself Of this occasion 10 respond to
your letter nqurng my opinion Of the propriey Of hay
ing South Carolina represented in the National Convention
% Cincinnati.
The objects OF this convention are two-old: fret to
nominate true and reliable candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency for the OF 1885, aud second
70 lay down platform OF principles for the maintenance
Of which the democratic party 10 be pledged.
convention 10 merely method Of hnding oat what
the popular opinion s and giving TO it conspcu-
Gus aud imposing expression IL has been steadily aud
uniformly pursued By the democracy Of all tue States Tex
cept our OWN Tor fifteen years more and the selection
OF Delegates manner o. voting and nominating, has been
defined by usage we'll understood and aequieseed in, il
regulated by law. Hence know that such convention
viii aseule in Cincinnati in May next and that II win
nooinae candidates for the presidency and vice prss
dency, adopt platform OF pineplesand II s nearly
certain that the nominees win receive the Of the de
ocratc party Of every State in the Union. Shall the de-
mocracy Of This State send delegates II s privilege
70 be represented there and the present time believe
It TO be high and soemn duty to meet political allies
and aid by presence and counsels in selecting suit
able nominees aud constructing platform which will
cure our rights and uphold the constitution.
There has never been time since the convention policy
was adoptedif indeed there has been such time since
the government was ihe Of the
democratic party IN the electoral college SO yiIay inn
portant If that party should be defeated in the
election before the people every patriots mind must be
filed with gloomy iorebodngs the future The indca-
tons now that the opposition to the democratic party
made up know-nothngs, abolitionss and isionss will
Z
cure msjority n the electoral college all elements of
opposition then the election must be made according TO
the constitution, by the House of Representatives Can
we safely trust the election of rights that body
The Honse is elected and knou that a decided
ority OF the House members of the knownothng fu-
sion aud whig parties and if the election be devolved
them the democratic party will be certainly defeated and
perhaps fusonisi promoted to the presidency Are the
people of South Carolina so Indifferent their relations
the federal government that they win quietly look and
see such administration have had since the Attn Of
March, Ban administration that has faithfully and
feaTlessly maintained the constitution pGrityeup-
planted by lnow-nothingism or black repubicanisn?
That Is the issue 10 be decided In the presidential
eectionand that too in the electoral college; for If
fail there then know with absolute certainty that
must be defeated before the House Was it, then,
SO important before that the convention should be filled
With discreet patriotic men, thatthere should be the full
est representation Of devoted the democratic
faith and opposed TO fusion and w-nohipgsm that
they should commune freely together and nominate
didate who will command the confidence OF the entire par
~ and that such interchangeof opinions enable them
to ADOPT sound constitutional paiiorm2 W as it
before SO important that election should be made by the
people without going TO the House OF Representatives,
Can we hesitate TO meet the OF the North, aud
operate with them when the dust of the fray in many
hsrdought battles against fusionisis and black republic
cans is siu settled their garments They have for
more than twelve months been fighting for the constitution
and for the maintenance Of your rights VIII you turn
from them with calous and heartless indifference, and
twit them whh being aboonsts themselves? Such a
policy wonld only be the blacklist ngrattude hut it
would drive off al. those national conservative friends
That standing by YOU. a~-ss4s~asuass
WIN We hesitate our friends from our
on there and aid them in the grave work before them
or VIII we haughy turn From them and by conduct
IN refusing TO niinge with them, by implication reproach
them for nidelity to Us aud themselves?
But may be met here with this inquiry Why do you
assume that the democracy with favore nominee and
sound PLATFORM will be successful than the party
when the members Of the House of Representatives
elected and from whose action you hope for little bene
bt TO the south reply that nearly all the non-save-
holding States elected congressman than twelve
monhs ago and Immediately after the passage of the Kan
sas and Nebraska act That act raised of fanat
cism which waited fusion demagogues into power the
men who voted for it could reach home in time to
vass their districts thoroughly should have been
done they could discuss before election the prin-
cpes OF the BILL and show that they drawn from the
constitution Fanaticism ragged with wild fury at the
North But tbtee OF friends sustained in the
great State OF Pennsylvania and two in Indiana The u-
sion Of know-nohingsm and abotonism swept the
former State By majority of thrtyve thousand and
the latter by near twenty These disasters over
took year ago when members to Congress were
elected Illinois, Michigan Maine and New Jersey were
| likewise oyerrun by fusion.
But how stands the contest in those States? Penn
sylvana the gallant Keystone State and the reakwaer
against the turbulent of northern anaticsm, has
rallied to the constitution and the old democratic banner
IN her late election for State officers and has not only
beaten back fusion but has fifteen thousand OF pop
uar majority for the democratic faith including the Ne
braSka Indiana has redeemed her escutcheon from the
stain OF black repubcansm and has given the democracy
majority Of fifteen thousand in her State
ons Many other of the northern States have done equal
y well and yet in the next Congress- If the presidential
election Is devolved the House of Representatives
the votes Of every northern State Except Iowa. and
IT will be divided) will be cast either for fusion
or know-nothing candidates. The late elections show
that there has been reaction in the North, almost
unparalleled in political annals and it is nearly
tain, II the South is true TO herself and susains with
unanimty constitutional democrat that the aid will
receive from OF the northern States will enable to
elect him in the electoral college; but If his election was
doubtful than imagine still it il ail-important
that vigorous and concerted effort should be made for
have shown that II fail in the electoral college the
House will elect President hostile to political opn-
Ous, II to institutions. Ift should be Seward
any other black republican, and effort should be made
carry out their platform, then means whereby
the government itself be preserved Such election
produce disunion, bloodshed and anarchy Are
prepared for t And II yea viii not be grossly derc
ct TO humanity If neglect all the efforts in
power the catastrophe long preserve
the government consistently with own safety and
rights2
sister Saea Of the South begin toapprecate the rhag
ntude OF the crisis which awaits section. They per
ceive that the convention IL to be Of much
than usual Importance end they preparing for an able
and efficient representation there. Our sister, Georgia has
already taken The initiative unity and harmony
among the States OF the South questions Of vital inn
portance TO q section. The democratic aud anti
nothing party OF that State through Cobb, Toombs
Iver5on, Stephens Warner yer Bailey, Lamar Scriven,
and many other distinguished sonsforiner wings and
democrats State-rghts and Union men--hayo taken
ground 10 favor of sending delegates 10 that
declared the belief the democratic party at the
North the only constitutional partyhsve reiterated
the Georgia platform upon which most Of the politicians
Of this State think properly stand and propose to in
struct their delegates insist at Cincinnati upon plat
form which shalrst recognise and adopt the principles
established in the knnsasN nebraska second, that
neither the Missouri Compromise nor any. other anti