The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
TEs Charleston coaysntion,.An In
partial View of the Past and Future.


Squatter Sovereignty faction and the eonse-
luences which must inevitably follow the
success of their plans.
Before the Convention assembled, these
reckless and unprincipled agitators proclaim
ID their resolute purposes not only not to
permit the Cincinnati platform to be relieved
If the mysteries which they had thrown
around it, but to interpret it adversely to the
Southern construction by the nomination of
the most turbulent and INSCRIPTIONS of all
the Squatter Sovereignty advocates. They
boosted loudly that their creed and their
champion would be warmly supported by the
South but the results having demonstrated
the utter delusiveness of their boasts and of
their estimates, still intent upon their pur-
pose of demoralizing the Democratic party
and of using the prestige of its name and the
semblance of its organization, for the accom-
plishment of their aims, they now build their
hopes of success in this endeavorb by the get
ting up Of bogus delegations in their interest
in the States which withdrew from the Con-
vention. The Union tells them truly that a
victory thus obtained, would end in humiliat-
ing defeat at the polls. None of the South
ern States that remained in the Convention
subsequent to the withdrawal of the Others,
can accept him after the record made up by
themselves against him at Charleston and in
the seeding States. scarcely acorporars guard
could be found who would support him. We
speak confidently of the Mississippi Democra-
cy, when we assert that there are not enough
Douglas men within the whole limits of the
State who would incur the personal and poll
teal degradation which would inevitably at
tend their service upon Douglas-Squatter
Sovereignty electoral ticket. Hence nominal
ton thus made would have to depend for sue
cess solely upon the Black Republican States
whose delegations voted for Douglas and who
the Union. But the conspirators will be
again thwarted in their game. The Democra-
cy of the Southern States will accredit the dele
gates who may represent them at Richmond,
to Baltimore also, if they believe the interests
| of the South demand it and the delegates
thus representing them will be cheered by
authoritative declarations of approval of the
ground heretofore occupied, and viii be in
structed to adhere to it to the end. If the
partizans of Douglas are prepared to yield to
the constitutional, and hence, just and reason
able demands of the South (of which they
have given us no ground whatever of belief
the Democratic party will remain united -
Otherwise all the Southern States with Cal
ifornia, Oregon, and the controlling wing OF
the Democracy of Pennsylvania with proba-
| bly, portions of several other Northern States,
will unite and nominate representative, but
not sectional, candidates upon the principles
of the Majority Report.
But to the extracts from the Nashville
Union
"0w readers have already been informed
that the Charleston Convention, after fifty-se-
ven Intellectual ballots, adjourned to meet in
Baltimore on the 18th of next month. 1t was
perfectly clear at the time of the adjournment
that mo nomination could be made. Mr. Douglas
friends were unyielding in their determination
that he and he alone should be nominated
Those who opposed his nomination were
equally as determined that he should not be
placed at the head of the Democratic column
This Numerically antagonistie feeling ex.
isting, the adjournment was carried by vote
of 134 to 55. There were forty-onc Northern
votes cast against Mr.. Douglas 3 from Maine
from Massachusetts, 215 from Connecticut
from New Jersey, liz from Pennsylvania
4 from California, from Oregon, and /. from
Minnesota In the seeding States, inelu.
ding 1 from Delaware, there are fifty
two votes. The friends of Mr.. Douglas evi
IDENTIFY hope to secure for him, by means of in
struetions from State Conventions or othel
public demonstrations, between this and the
18th of june, the whole or large portion o.
the forty-o votes from the free States tina,
were cast against him at Charleston. They
are also not without hope that such of the De-
mocracy in the secending States as prefer him
will get up conventions and supply the places
of the seceders with ardent supporters of their
favorites. With the additional aid thus OBJ.
tanned from the North and the South, the no.
mination of Mr.. Douglas on the first ballot at
Baltimore is regarded as certain by his friends.
Anti Douglas delegates who voted for the
adjournment, being satisfied that no nomina-
ton could then be made, entertained the hope
that Mr.. Douglas seeing the utterimpossibility
ofhis uniting the Democratic party in the on
ly reliable Democratic States, would with
draw from the struggle and permit his friends
to unite with the Democracy of the South in
the selection of some eminent man whose
name would be acceptable to the Democracy
of the Union. Should Mr.. Douglas decline to
restore harmony by withdrawing from the
contest, it is palpable that his friends will
persistently, obstinateIy, insist upon his no.
mination.
"Those who opposed him at Charleston will
oppose him with quite as much zeal and de-
termination at Baltimore. He cannot get the
nomination unless through the instrumental
ty of delegates selected by minorities in the
seeding States. A victory thus obtained in
the convention would certainly be followed
by defeat at the polls.
1.-THE Democracy of the South do not in
dorse Mr.. Douglas Squatter Sovereignty
views, and they yet further object to him be-
cause of his unealled for anti Lecompton war
fare. There may be many Southern Demo-
Gratis who would have been willing to have
held in allegiance their opposition to Squatter
Sovereignty in order to have prevented the
direst of all evils to our Government, Black
Republican triumph. But they are unwilling
under any Circumstances to endorse that doc
trine. The unnatural war of the author of
the Kansas Nebraska bill upon the Lecomp-
ton Constitution went far to strangle the affec-
tons of his Southern admirers. They are
not willing so soon to rally to his call with
thousand hearts beating as one. The past is
not yet dead. The occurrences Of the last
few days have re-kindled smouldering en-
bers.n
gNEw TERRIToRIEs-TheC Committee on
Territories in Congress propose to organize
five new Territories, which contain respective
ly the following number Of inhabitants Chip
pewa, from 5000; Nevada, about the same