Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-30
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.

If fanything certain can be predicted of the
Cincinnati Convention, it is that its resolutions
! will be an echo of the views of the slaveholding
party. 1t cannot he otherwise. The party has
ruled in our National Conventions hitherto, and
will assuredly rule now; it has even come into
our own State to dictate the tenor Of the reso-
u,ions passed at such assemblies land it has an
infinitely better chance of controlling the Gin.
cinnati Convention, in which the Southern
States are represented by their own experienced
politicians, accustomed to have their way, and
we'll versed in the expedients by which weak
rebels against their authority are made to submit
But there is another point Of which it is i'm
portant to take notice. The representatives oil
the Northern Democrats in most States will 90
prepared to agree with the South in any decla-
ration of opinion it may think fit to impose. In
such States as New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Vermont, but remnant of the administra-
tion party is left. Large numbers of those who
formerly composed it, and who gave their sup.
mort to Mr.. Pierce at The last election of Presi-
dent, have abandoned their old organization, and
will have nothing to do with sending delegates
to Cincinnati All that remains to take part in
the composition of the Cincinnati Convention
are as orthodox on the question of the day as al.
most any man South of Mason and Dixon's line.
These delegates will act in perfect harmony with
those of the South, aud if any man in the Assem-.
bly, should manifest spirit of non-conformity,
they will join the Southern members In voting
him down.
What has happened in the three States we
| have named has taken place to certain extent
in several of the other Northern States. The
party by which Mr.. Pierce was elected has under
! g. hovo rirO-
digiously reduced its numbers, so that those who
counsel nac'ion and approva!-the acquescsents
and submissionists- among them
and shape their policy. The truth is-aDd it is
manifest to those whose who give the subject a
moments aitention-that of all the National
Conventions that have been called eince the
Convention system was adopted, there mas been
none of which the whole control was 80 COM
pletely in the hands of the Southern politicians
ms the Convention which is about to be held at
Cincinnati The resolutions to be passed are
all written, they are in some Southern poti-
clans pocket at this moment, and all that the
Cincinnati assembly will have to do is TO regis
! ter them. As are The resolutions, 80 will be the
candidate Whether it be Mr.. Pierce, whose
chance of being taken seemed so good year
since, or Mr. Buchanan, who now seems to leave
MN DenlnU III Tie TiCe, OT, RS IL
some person now unthought of by the public, no
man viii! be nominated for the Presidency who
is not pledged to regulate his politics by the
maxims of the Southern school.
It is not by, any means certain which division
Of the Democratic party in this State will obtain
admission into the Cincinnati Convention. It's
not improbable that, to end controversary, both
will be received the majority of the Convention
will be able to manage them both. But sup
pose the delegates who are TO be appointed at
Syracuse on the 10Th of January should alone
be admitled-it will only be done to swell the
triumph of those who have already arranged
the proceedings of the Convention. The feeble
resistance our delegates may make to the exc
cution Of DEGREES which have already gone forth,
will be swept away like dritt-wood by torrent.
If they vote with the majority, they will make
themselves odious with the people whom they
profess to represent; if they are refractory, they
will be sunmarily voted down.
The considerations on which we have here
dwet furnish additional reasons why The Demo-
Gratis of this State should decline to take any
part in sending delegates TO the Syracuse Con-
venlion, and leave that Office to the faction by
which the administration is supported in their
efforts TO favor the extension of slavery. This
i. the only course left us, if we wish neither to
be concerned in this conspiracy against the in
terests of the Union, nor to be dragged helpless
y along in the train of those who are its authors.