New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-06
PROM RAsHiNGroN,
~up rcoySECTcUT ELECTION THE
CHARLESTON COMMENTARIES RE-
CIPRoCGTY TREATY.

wpR rcoNNECuCUr ELECTION THE
CHARLESTON CONVENTION TIE RE,
CIPRoCITY TREATY.
x,su Or Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April Q, 1850.
The result in Connect cat has BY NO means
answered TIE expectations Of the Saan Democracy,
TIE, isly aDricpated success on the popular vote,
and legislature and even went So FAR as to dis-
tribute the honors OF a victory, which was conf
IDENTITY predicted here and elsewhere. They have
last discOve,td the wisdom Of not counting chick
ems before being batched. The tens Of thou
sahds Of dOllAIs VII ch were subscribed in New
Ysrk, to conquer the -pIejudices Of manufactured
vo,ers, have proved an uoprof able invest nens
and our venerable President nOurns over the eA-
psDiitdre Of money at the election wh':h nav
tsIned out 60 unfortunately. This method OF open
i,e the Presidential ball is badly rehshed by the
Democratic exDectanis. They ttink the Yankees
v,rv pervsrte. and wholly iFreslAimable, and hence
a,a rather incline 10 turn their patriotic efforts in
another direction. Mr.. Douglas and his friends
contend that the significance of the Connecticut
election is that he should be nominated at Charles
ton. as the only hope Of rescuing the party from
impending ruin. That sort of logic will p Oduce
potency as candidate will be disputed by the very
fact which is claimed as O reason IN bis favor.
The National Democratic Committee (which Is 20
meet en- Thursday night will not venture to trans
fer the Convention from Charleston to any other
place. notwithstanding the grOans of the predes-
tined victims. Although the South complains Us
much as the North, in regard Ia the extorbons the
Committee dare not take the responsibility OF such
step az has been suggested by various economic
patriOts IL would be good cause for dissOylng the
Union, and that is an object to which the Sachems
of Tammsny, and the unterrifed generally, are
deyoting their best energies in these temPestuou'
times. A writer in The States this evening pro-
tests that neither South Carolina nor Charleston
should be held accountable for the high tariff 10 bt
imposed during the sitting of the Convention. 1t II
only the ''hot+ls and their hackers" No doubt o
it. Gov. Manning told the Cincinnati Convention
in 1856 that If Charleston was selected for the mex
meeting there would be q welcome worthy of Tn
hospitality Of South Carolina. Well may the dele
gates, who are expected to pay $40 day for a co
in a corner, inquire, is this the entertainment (
which were invited
The resolution which Mr. Ely of Rochester Of
fered few days ago, calling upon the President t
communicate all the Information ia his possession
relative to the practical working of the Reciprocity
treaty; whether the Provincial Government o
Canada has not, through its Legislature, violated
the spirit OF that treaty; what bas been The prac
teal effect of the third clause OF the treaty upon
n the interests of the espececOunrles qua wnetheT
LA it could not be amended or rescind9d with adj
~ vantage TO American interests, will probably be
answered by sending in the report OF Mr.. Hatch,
who was appointed by the Treasury Department,
10 make the necessary investigations. Mr. CORD ~
now examining the information which he collected,
bot will doubtless be disinelined to recommend
abrcgation. As the President had no connection
With The negotiation of the treaty. aud complained
of Gov. Marcy for refusing TO transfer it 10 him
when be went to England, he may possibly be will
ing to 20 further than his Secretary if the latter
should not insist too empbaticaly. Tins treaty has
operated to our serious disadvantage and especially
to those cities in theState Of NewYOFk which were
originally tempted into its support by assurances
of increased prosperity 1t is not to be disguised
that we're outwitted in the bargain, beside being
cheated by the untriendly legislation Of Canada
viOlatiye of the whole spirit of the treaty Mr..
Elys resolution has placed the subject before the
BOuse in kuch q manner that it may be discussed
with some prospect of enlightenment. if few
boars can be spared from President making and de-
voted to practical question of much Importance.