, 1859-06-15

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HOW TO GET s0MET91NG OUT OF
NOTHING.
Those who fancy that the breach in the
democratic party growing nit Of the 1ecomp-
ton fight and the later squabble about Un-
friendly Legislation, will result in any great
d''n3nution Of their strength III, 1860, hnve OBJ
served the down-hill progress Of that party IN |
regard TO principles, and its uphill battle for
the spoils: to very little purpose Both wings
Of the bclligerants-shat belonging tn Douglas
and the other represented by Bucl,anan-are
wholly given over to slara-drivine, and It Is
idle TO suppose TINT when tho issue Of eighty
or ninety millions Of dollars per annum and
the privilege Of aqnandering ii, is before
the people, they will haggle over such an
abstraction as whether slavery should
fct possession Of tho Territories By this or
that particular process. The Forncy and Hick-
'nan Democracy Of Pennsylvania, who symra-
1hlze to certain extent with Douglas, have
indeed united with the Republicans on State
ticket to he voted for III October. But there
is 10 evidence tint Mr.. Douglas himself mp
proves Of the more. His Chicago organ ex-
prcssly rcpudiated the principles laid down BY
Mr.. Hickman at the preliminary Convention;
and the platform upon which Mcssrs. Cochran
mud Ken have gone before tho people, is
flat contradiction Of his whole political life.
We may therefore conclude that Mr. Douglas
has surveyed the political field and asccrtained
that he can mako nothing by breaking with
the Charleston Convention. And according to
all the canons Of Democratic faith this is suf.
lcien1 reason why he should not break with it.
Buchanan never had any better reason for
qnarreling with Douglas than Douglas for
4uarreling .eitL Bachanan--to w.t. the Fede-
ral spoils Among the initiated the doclama-
tion Of the ono about his "grc2t principle"
evokcs horse laugh, equal III llilarity to that
Of Ciceros two ausurs discussing on a street
corner the latest revelations from DullocL'a ell
trails: while the silky insinuations Of the
other as to the final settlement effected by
the nrcd Scott decision are alwnys acconpa-
MED BY 4 wink from the Presidents worst
eye and IT. admiFing chuckle from his audi
tors. Thus much Of principle stands in
tile way Of complete reconciliation at Charl-
s,on--an I'D no more. The representatives
Of the rank and file-to Wit, those who will
llnve scutlled themselves into tue Convention
for tile purpose Of driving sharp bargains with
the andidatcs--will have no more reason for
rrotracting the discord than their principles
In short, the Charleston delegates who will
be all.powerful in the premises will have rca-
SONS. equivalent to Il small fortune for each
1nan and large one to the more experienced
wire-w"rkers. for closing the breach at once,
and putting ali things rigidly IN statu quo tsAte
hsllum. They will, if need he, c1tort
the written promises Of Douglas, Bl1-
s'hanan. Hunter, Davis, Dickinson, Slilell,
and the rest Of the gang, to support,
h.indly and nnreserredly, tile nominee Of
Tie party, whoever lie may be, or whatever
platform is thrust under him. Tho impudcnt
fellow who shall raise the question or 4princi~
pic. or suggest one set Of principles M l,cing
lntr1nslca!lv better than another, will be laugh
cd down fir Ill idiot. No man will Ike entitled
to votc i'll the Convention who cannot under
stal'd tie logic of 4 eonsu1sllip or a contract
We make these suggestions for the cnlight-
cnnent Of those who believe that the Demo-
cratic quarrel ls likely to end ina Republican
victory without downright hard work from the
beginning to the end Of the conflict Every
thing may be expected from earnest and pro-
tracied labor in behalf Of Republican pri,,ci-
pics. hut nothing from either the inlolcnce or
the disrorls Of the Democracy, AL yaticina-
tons based upon tile devotion Of tho Douglas
ties 10 one style Of belief and that Of any
other faction to another, will come TO noueh,.
They are but a new statement Of the old
problem, How to get something out Of noth-
Ing. Nature has forbidden it; it caunot he
done.