Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-10

which has been designated for the meeting Of the Nation
Al deposition Contention is Baltimore and the time, Wed
ueslay. the 9th oc May next As no, quito two months
intervene before the assembling Of the Convention &c is
all importau, that early steps should be taken In al the
States TO appoint delegates thereto We would espeel,
~ invoke our Opposition irenisin the extreme Southern
States in Georgia Florida Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Arkansas, and Texas-.o lose no time in calling
State Conventions with view 20 the appointment Of de-
legaes the National Convention Or, should any 9th
mode Of appointing delegates be deemed most advise
bic or most convenient et chat other mode be promptly
adopted. For 10 Is absolutely necessary that action in
the premises should bee taken without DELAY if We expect
20 secure representation OF al the States in the Nation
a Convention.
We learn through correspondents at Washington tha,
the Conservative National Opposition movement is max
ing encouraging strides iu All the Northern States, and
that without doubt every Northern state viii send de-
legt;cs 70 the Baltimore Convention. We rejoice az the
gratifying intelligence thus impaired to Us, aud bail 10
as a gratifying Indication that the true men and solid
men Of the North are awakening 20 the Importance OF
the crisis and are ready and anxious to unite with DE
conservative OF the South 10 one noble and determined
effort TO crush out che baueia sectonalm Of Democ
racy aud Repu5icaasm, and preseye the Constitution
tia, Che Conservative Wing strength the North has
been greatly underestimate. We believe that in all
the Northern States there is Conservative bal
ance-0-pover party as between the Democrats
aud tle Republicans, if proper efforts were made
draw 10 Out sud 90 concentrate De- We need no clear
er evidence Of this fact than what may be found in the
rssul, Of the Massachusetts, election last fall In thar
State where as had been supposed there was nothing
but Democracy aud Rep1b.cum and precious h,t,e OF
the former call 90 hc Wings TO rIy,bu ten days pre-
yiols TO the election brought TO the polls upwards OF
1900 conservative national men, while OF the 9th
or parties only poej 81 600 votes and the other abou.
$1,000 The Wing, %, Massachusetts themselves were
utterly unconscious of their strength and numbers, until
the true state Of tue ease developed the polls
Had they organized thoroughly and efficiently month
or two f. advance Of the election, aud put forth proper
efforts 1 the canvass i, is unlikely that they would
have carried tle State, or all events, have the
strongest party Co the very neck This only shows that
there S. a strong conservative Wing sentiment in the
Northern States which only requires active ezerOas TO
bring j, forth and make itself ts a, the polls What
vas proved 90 be true last taI a regard TO Msssachu
sets we believe To- be equally true I'm respect 10 s the
other Northern States And ve sincerely trust that care
mes. and persistent efforts vl Immediately b, made iu
each and al toe Northern States c. oe- aud c0-,cu-
trse the conservative Whv strength u rssou-e oppo.i-
ton TO ,de hereses f5cs and madacsses Of both tlc
Republican and Democratic parties, in le approaching
Presidential. election. Let friends then, i1 the Nor
thern States Immediately about the wo- o.. orcari-
cation. AID let hl Conservative Opposition In every su-
gle Northern State De represented In tae forthcoming
Baltimore Convention.
4. is our 1era,e Judgment tha, che Baltimore Con-