Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-22
The Cincinnati Convention.

The Cincinnati Convention.
Monday week. the Democratic National Con-
vention will assemble in Cincinnati. II will be
composed OF nearly six hundred delegates drawn
together from the four quarters of the country. aud
representing every variety and shade of opinion
known under the comprehensive name If Demo-
crazy. Men who advocated the Wilmot provso
and men who opposed it will be there men who
favored The Kansas bin as measure Of freedom
and men who supported il as conducive to South.
ern interests. men who believe in seuater sovcr
eighty and men who repudac il (; men who hold
the doctrine of the right OF secession and men
who think secession little better fhnn treason;
men who call for protective tariff and men who
glorify free trade; men who advocate internal i'm
provement by the federal government and men
who pronounce all such measures a violation Of tho
con s,itu,iou men who demand d strihnlion of
the public lands or their proceeds and men who
denounee such system as base and oorrupting;
men who voted for awaited themselves of the
benefit of the bankrupt law and men who declam
ed against that law robbery and swindling;
men who worshipped and men who loaihed An
drew jackson; men who de6cd John c. Calhoun
and men who thought he should have been hung
as public maefaotor; and yet the attempt will
be made to bring all these men together ON one
political patform,and the pretrnee will be set up
that the democratic party are united aud that
there is but one democratic faith.
Nor will the moral and personal character of
the convention be less mixed and many colored
than its political, Doubtless there will be gentle
men in that assembly, men of mind and principle
aud patriotism, but how many more politicians
how many drummers and tools of the aspirants-
how many treksters and wire wrokers-how
many who are aotuaied chiefly by yindictivo
hatred of their adversares- aud how many solely
by hope of plumber Sume. we are ready to be-
heve, will be governed only by desire to promote
the welfare of the country, but how many others
will be Influenced by parasitoal aud slavsh de.
votion 10 the interests of the master whose livery
they wear Some will seek to have recognized
and established the true principles of government
but how many will look only to the surest and
readest mode of securing the spells
Apart from these elements Of dscord and con.
fusion there matters that will demand action
on the part of the Convention which will scarce
ly admit of satisfactory adjustment. The first
Of these will be the determination of the question
which of the New York delegations shall be ad-
mitted to seats. Our readers are acquainted
with the causes that have led to the formation of
two distinct party organizations in New York
both claiming to be the regular Democracy
Each of these has chosen its delegation and the
Convention will be called on to say which will be
recognized. The following extract from the Ma
tonal Democrat, the organ of the IIards. and un-
derstood TO be the exponent Of Mr.. Dckinson's
sentiments will show the temper Of that wing:
The Convention dare not reject the National
Democratic delegates of New York, and both
delegations cannot be admitted. because If the
Convention choose TO SIT and commune NTH IN,
Free Sellers. the National Democracy of Ne,c
York does not and iciH not Seventy men from
New York are entitled to represent the State at
Cincinnati, q the Convention must decide which
are the Legitimate seventy. The question has 10
be met and the delegates who are to decide might
as well prepare themselves Cor it. 1t must be de-
cided whether the men who, within the last SIX
months, supported ticket upon Free Soil
platform are entitled to seats in Convention of
National Democrats,
When this question is disposed of, another will
be raised by the demand of Florida and Alabama
that the platform shall be adopted before the
nomination of candidates. In the former state
the following resolutions were adopted by the
democratic convention:
D. RESOLVED, That the passage by Congress
OF any law abolishing slavery in the district of
Columbia,or prohibiting the slave trade between
the States. or prohibiting slavery in the Terrific
ries or other places subject to the laws of Con-
gress, or the refusal by Congress to admit State
into the Union because its Constitution recogni.
yes slavery, would afford evidence of fixed and
deliberate design on the part of that body to i'm
pair, weaken. and finally destroy the institution
of slavery i'll the States, and would be such vio-
lation of our rights would amount to intoera.
BILE oppression and justify a resort to measures
of resistance.
6. Resolved. That the Delegates from Florida
to the Cincinnati Convention are hereby instruc-
ted to insist upon the adoption by that Conven.
tion.be( fore the nomination of candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President. of platform of pripci-
Plies embodying the substance of the fifth resolu-
ton Of this Convention: and should said Conpen.
tion re fuse to adopt such resolution resolutions
the said delegates ave hereby instructed TO oith'
drav.
The State Democratic Convention of Alabama
we're equally emphatic ip their demand. The,
declared;
g. Thatthe delegates 10 the Democratic Ma,
tional Convention. to nominate President and
Vice President.are hereby erpressiy Instructed to
insist that said convention shall adopt q plat
form cfprineiples a. the basis of Hational or.