Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-30

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teal operation would Be to leave
slavery untouched in every Territory
until L shall enter into State orgsni-
cation, when the people, througa their
Constitutional Convention, WI have
full authority to make the State free
State or a slave State. In q party
view. the two extremes upon this sub
iect can only agree upon this plan OF
leaving slavery in the Territories I'M
touched by Congress and by local
legislation. True, this policy might
nnlify the late act Of the Legislature
OF New Mexico for the protection Of
slavery in that Territory but that
affair il mere bagatelle TO the democ-
racy compared with the great object
Of settling among themselves these
foolish abstraction OF Squatter Sover-
eighty VS.. Congressional Protection.
The Cincinnati Convention positive
" fixed upon Charleston as the place
for the party Presidential Convention
of 1860, but the time is not yet deter
mined. A committee was appointed
to appoint another committee TO name
the day but, if this second commit
tee was also appointed, we have for
gotten the fact. Ia any event, as
Charleston is to be the place, the time
cannot safely be delayed beyond the
Ia, .er part Of April or the first half Of
May, On account Of the danger Of the
climate. The strangers fever, if We
are not mistaken, begins to developc
itself in the latter part Of May at
Charleston. and that dreadful visitor,
"Yellow Jack" sometimes is found
there in June. Concluding, then, that
the Charleston Convention will be
called together early in May, $780,
will it not be too early for the Conven-
ton to make clean work Of the bust
ness before them-platform, ticket and
all
The new Congress meets in Deccm-
Der next-thc long session. 1t may,
and most probably will, be protracted
till July or August, 1860. Certainly
we may expect to find it in full blast
simultaneously with the Charleston
Convention and as the leading dem
ocrats in Congress will be the manag-
ers cf the Convention, they may not
be allowed by the opposition in Con-
gress the time required to patch up a
treaty of peace, and to shelvc all the
impracticable contrasting candidates
for the Presidential nomination. In
this view, the proposition to hold
second Convention after the adjourn
ment Of Congress, to nominate the
democratic candidate, becomes emf
nently advisable.
The cxpedicnt will afford many ad-
vantages to the party. 1t will enable
it to compass all the weak points Of
the proceedings Of an opposition
House Of Representatives, and all the
weak points OF the common enemy
outside Of Congress. Nor is this all.
A September Convention Of the de-
mocracy in this city, to nominate their
Presidential ticket, will leave the oppo-
sitiop in the interval to fight in the
dark. On the other hand, it will OPP
crate to rally together the New York
and all the Northern democracy and
it will give the party the fullest insight
into the secret of the most available
man. In the interval, too, from May
to September, this financial and COM
mcrcial reaction of prosperity will have
relieved the Treasury, and silcnced all
the clamors of the OPPOSITION concern
ing the bankruptcy Of the adm,nistra-
ton, and this will give prodigious lift
to the democratic cause.
Thus, from the good sense and sa-
gacity indicated in this reported pro-
grammc of the party peacemakers at
Washington, we are inclined to believe
in the probabilities Of its ultimate
adoption. We believe that no better
plan of operations could be adopted,
and that the intestine squabbles and
difficulties Of the party upon measures,
distractions and men. are so numerous
so complicated and so serious, that it
will require at least two National Con-
ventions to bring them to practical
treaty OF peace. At Cincinnati there
was no other alternative than Mr.. Bu-
chanan. At Charleston Mr.. Buchan-
an will not be in the arena but there
will be dozen Richmonds in the field.
Thus prccipitate nomination may be
the death of the party, while cool
and judicious postponement may re-
store the party to life and power.
Prompt action is good general law;
but there is nothing like little "mas-
terly inactivity" when in the shadow
Of coming events we see the advanta-
ges Of delay.