New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-03
FROM CINCINNATI.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONyEN-
TION.
CINCINNATI Eridsv Nav On 1875

CINCINNATI, Friday, May 80, 1856.
The throes of the Pro Slavery Democracy pre-
paratory to the birth of Presidential ticket, are
in active progress here Whether the pains of
na,urition are to prove fatal or not to tie parent
hone and confidence are certainly buoyant You
cannot make the men assembled here believe but
that they are to elect the President aud Vice Pres
dent Of the United States for the next four years
The election in November is, in their abundant
confidence, bur mere formaty-a necessary per-
Torrance, perhaps to please the people; but, af,er
ALL az expensive farce
Politics are reduced to a science at these Ma
tional Democratic Conventions. 1t ranks with
profts sional gambling. The prize is Power the
victims the People. Those Who think the People,
az srch. have any serious Influence here, are j,lly
Green. Nor even do their delega.es-if they, in
deed baye any among this thr"ng of Office holders
and slave.onweis-dispose of The questions upon
which they record their votes. While they dis
cuss. with loud talk and boisterods gesture, the
merits of the various candidates, in the halls OF
the Burnett House, the thing is being quietly set
tied ia few retired paIlO.s on the second floor;
and when the fitting moment arrives the busle
will be- sounded, the steeds trOtted out, aud all will
say Amen.
There are two histories to such Convention
tb. false and the real-the outer and the inner
The former is low taking shape, and will count
itself out by the middle or last Of next week lac
first votes will be- no indication whatever to the
putlic of the conclusions of the Convention, No
more than they will represent the purposes OF those
who piv. them. Let the readers OF newspapers
not deceive themselves, therefore, with appear
apces Though Gen. Pierce will start OF with
fnll half of the ConventiOn-perhaps a clear ma
iority even, though never the charmed two thirds
he vet will not possess real strength enough to drive
Mr.. Buchanan out OF the feli. IL will take all
tie real Pierce and Douglas strength to keep Bn-
cbanan from taking the nomination; and il they
sncceed il will be at their own expense Tee
Douglas hope that Pierce wonld be strong enough
to kill of buchanan, and let the "litte giant" in
between them, or rather their dead bodies, il
proved ipllscious by the ,yelopments of to-day.
When Buchanan is defeated the Douglis strength
will baye been run out Pierce has no real strength
AZ all in the North and the South, though willing,
is indifferent, certainly with Northern opposition.
The Southern delegates mix but little in the ou,-
side preliminary struggles. They shrewdly hold
Themselves aloof ard await developments, while
the Northern men are getting earnestly engaged
with each other The result will be- as usual, that
the South viii make the nomination. 1t will be
united and will not fritter itself away Ia personal
strfrs. 1t prefers the North should have the cio-
didate, bu. he must be thoroughly acceptable to
the Southern interest As yet they are not recon-
ciled to Buchanan. The fact that ne IS Supported
by The NORTH ern mep, who threaten the atefnatve
Of De serripg 70 he Republicans, weskens their con-
fdencs il him. And he will not be accepted by
them unless the fullest assurances are given OF MS
fidelity to Slavery, ard not then unless the cou'n
becomes alarmed at the reaction from its own per-
severing LOldness. Fillmore is too strong IN the
South to be trusted with an opponent thit has Tue
smallest taint of suspicion as to hla readiness u Wv
the bidding of the Slave Power.
In the matter Of principles, there Is no Nof'n
here. Even the hcuse-burning and man. killing per-
pe,ra,ed upcn the people OF Kansas, and the knock
inc down of Senator's for the indulgence o' iree
speech at Washington, have inspired no ieenhs u
resistance. Rather they baye reduced the o'cA'
bore of the party, az represented here TO WeaS.F
and thinner pulp. 1t fairly flows along III one us
custiDg 2eletiuous mass. If the new demand oi
Slavery tba. i. shall b. recognized in all the le'r'-
tories as the equal OF Freedom, and pr'tec.eu ~
them throughout their entire Territorial condilon'
does not supplant Squatter Sovereignty IN the
platform. il will Only be becausetfe S'u'n 'oroeii'
TO press it from prudential motives, haVlp9 li'ae
sure of II in III candidates There are none mere
Who reverence the Democracy of Jeferson' 'acA-
scD, Van Buren and Benton. With the N"r'n' De-
mocracy bas descended simply into a struggle f'r
power and profi,. and the struggle between Pierce
Douglas and Buchanan is Only as 70 VINO shall dis-
pense il.
Ncbcdy thinks Of a conclusion being reached IN
the Conyention before Friday or Saturday. thou-h
, it opens on Monday. After tie preliminary quei-
iiCns are ser,led. ard tie balOtine commenced
there is no foretellinc how long il Will take to de-
eide whether Buchanan can be thrust OUT or hos
That vii te the grea. srugsle--Bachanan ana An.i
buchanan. 1t is likely TO be long aud bltte' Ihe
friends Of buchanan are very determined Ser!
hopeful, very Industrious, aud are using p @er'
| fui lobby with fl, ct. TIE under-tow ce:tani!
s.ts strongly in his favor to-day. But tha cltadri
III he Scuth remain cold and silent. lie ifienu'
| o9 Douglas are all in the West ard cempFi'e uie
ac,ve, fighting men Of the party , ne ou''.u','
tba p. ~, 49,, .bs doubtful, sd Ia, iitnic,