Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-01

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Tnr Mountain is still in labor at Charleston,
bull what it will bring forth no tongue can tell,
| not unlikely Q mouse, or a housing cross roads
politician of whom ninety.ninc hundredths of the
! people never heard syllable before.
From test vote given Saturday. it was rem
dcrsd well nigh certain that Judge Douglas could
not get tho nomination, or Mt least that the Con-
vention had not then been convinced that his NOM
ination was one 6t to be made 4; but whether sub
scquent revelations will have The effect to create
reaction in his favor, and work conviction upon
the minds of majority Of the members that hc
is the only candidate to proptiate the North, re-
mains TO DO seen.
1t Is very obvious that tho friends of DouSla.
will struggle long and die hard. and wien their
hopes are exiinguished in the Convention by tho
reputation Of their favoritc, many Of them will
" prepared to pass over to the ranks OF the Re-
publieans. The transit will be easy.
Assuming then that Douglas is dead cock in
the pit. we may expect that bis adhcrents in the
Convention will oppose, to the bitter end, the
nomination of Hunter or any other person that
has been named as likely to contest that prize
with tho Little Giant. All the friends, of all tho
aspirants, will then have to compromise upon
somebody who has had no friends or adherenta
Who this lucky individual will he, it requires
some ono who can ace further into n milestone,
than we, to divine. And yet, it will be perceived
that there arc unusual difficulties in tho way Of
accounting this hitherto prevalent mode of adjust.
ment, Heretofore tho democracy hns experienced but
little difficulty in makinga platform, for even
though thcrc might DO conrarirty of sentiment in
the party, North and South, it WINS only necessary
for adopts in tho aasruse science Of philologv to
frame nm instrument, susceptible of two inter
prctatons aud the trouble was overall were nc
commodatod. Then, tho platform MAS the cand-
date, and the candidate WAS motamor, hoscd into
the platform ala James buchanan. so that it was
not necessary Tor him t, have record or n voice.
The public were cited to the platform ~ the ON.
ly authorized exponent of principles. Now, how
ever IL is not easy to build oto ol these President.
making machines. The refractory south, having
been cheated Ivy the Nicholson letter, aud tho
Cincinnati platform. and upon he principle that
"a burnt child breads the fire." require their
Northern brethren to face the music, and express
in terms that cannot be misunderstood the faith
that is in them. And this. not being exactly
nominated in the bond, is what the Northern
brethren do not intend to declare; and stra shway
they tell tho South that if l. be- required of them
mot one electoral vote nor one sympathizinr
| member of Congress from the North can tho De.
mocracy rely upon" Well. this is frank enough,
| and 30 unusual from u member of 1.-The only mn
tional party" that it is really refreshing What
ever, therefore, may be the ssue:of the Charleston
in tbroglio; platform or no platform whether
81 luatter Sovereignty is ignored or CLOSED oycl
| Iii shtly with sugar coated words, We have an au
tb oritative expression from the Chairman Of tn,
,sinority Committee, that Northern Democrat
"cannot recede from this doctrine rithom pesoaa
dshonor. and SO help them God, ,cH neccr abamd
on this principle" This doctrine rs Mr.. Payn,
very significantly said, IL put forward by the rep
resentatives Of one hundred and seyenty.two elec
toral votes, and sustained by the States of Maine
New Hampshire. Vermont, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota. New Yorl
and Pennsylvania. Can tho Southern Democra
cy, then. representing. as Payne told them, on
one hundred and twenty-seveu electoral votes un
dertake hereafter 10 declare what is Dcmocrati
doctrine relative to this vexed question: Ca
they shirk the issue, or refuse to admit that
large majority OF the party in the whole North
committed to tho Douglas doctrine of Squattc
Sovereignty, which some of their organs and pol
ticians have declared is "worse than the Whine
proviso ?" We repeat, then, that whatever ma
} be the issue of the Charleston Convention VIII,
! ki,er they adjourn without making platform G
! huddle together another piece Of patchwork an
, put a human automaton upon it, we shall be jus
fled in holding them responsible for the doctrine
a enuncia,cd by the ex Democratic candidate for IL
+ Governorship Of Ohio. and maintained 10y til
4 Northern Democracy.
d We want Southern Opposition electors an
u stump speakers to arm themselves with this form
,. idable missile, furnished from the Democratic a
. mory, and WELD it as q two-edged sword in ii
70 coming contest with the Southern members
'the only national party" We must hold them to
OF strict accountability; whil.t for the present, "
y leave the brethren to settle their family QUAR-
or at Charleston in tho hest way thcv can