, 1860-05-10
THE CHARLESTON DLOW-DF.


THE CHARLESTON DLoW-UP.
Various Opinions and speeulat1ons"
DOUGLAS AND Els nErrRx1Na pRAVEs-araAsa1
CONDUCT OF stuARr, or MICHIGAN, AND aA1ARn,
or DELAWARE.
Correspondence tbs Cincinnati oonaefeaA1
WAszsoTo1, My 4, leto.
Douelas received his returning braves last |
nioht and give them his blessing. Ae had 5ea.
son to be grateful, for they had fought 1ot am
as Northern Democrats hao nesel oet?ae 'grsu TH
had indeed outgeneraled their opponents. The
enemies of Douglas in the 9on7entaon were,
even with the powerful aasissauce OF Caleb !
Cushing, beaten in parliamentary warfare.
Then the general tactics Of the Dong'asAes we're
good. while those Of the South Indicated poT-
erty Of invention and the absence Of executive
minds. Now Douglas is well pleased, and says
ha will certainly be nominated IT basuaofe.
He does not entertain auy douot On tus so1jest.
He accepts the responsibility OF tearing ne
party in pieces In the hs;na resa nt
the Democratic party, his friends Light the can;
die and open the book and ring tbe bell, and
mt his enemies out. It does not amount to
much, however, for without the south the Dem"
ocratic party passes away ana Dous.a? .n.hk a,'..
r
but The leader Of faction. As have hereto:
fore stared, The tate Of the Baltimore Conren"
t;ou Is in tho hands Of the New York delegation.
The political gamblers Of that State, the most
unprfncip1ed men in tAe nation, who have re-
duced tie azt of bribery and corruption to 3
science, aud perjury to al art, can do as they
will at the adjourned Democratic Convention.
In that Convention there will be new delegs.
tions from Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and
Louisiana. There will be no Representation
from Florida, South Carolina and Aissis s1ppi
L New York yotes to admit the new delegations
and then casts her vote for douglas il good
earnest, be will become the nominee.
But there may, and probably will be, strong
effort at Baltimore to revise the order Of exer~
eises-fnish up the platform first, and noml-
nato afterwards. Let It be remembered that the
Charleston Convention would have been utter
II broken ,p II it had not been for the assurance
! made BY New York that she would vote for the
| Tenuseee Resolution, introduced by Howard,
| whenever it might be called up. This resolu-
tion expicately declares that aterEitorial legis-
laure has no power to destroyer impair rights IN
| slaye properly in the territories. New York
agreed to stand for this, and to enforce the
| Gushing construction Of the two thirds rule. In
| this way, and in this way only, the States OF
New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
lucky were saved to the Convention. IN other
words the political gamblers Of New York, con,
North Carolina, 1hat il They would stay in the
convention, she would take care that Douglas
should not be nominated, aud that the platform
should be made agreeable to them. sud death
to Douglasism. With this understanding half
the South WAS kept in the Convention. Other
wise it would have been broken, as hare here
tofore stated, and the fragment which has ad-
jourred to Baltimore would hare lost the pres
tige of regularity, and could not hare pretend.
to be other than the expression Of a faction. It
is impossible to say what will be done at Balti-
more, because 1t is impossible to calculate the
tricks of the New York gamblers.
Two questions have been pu1zling mo not Q
little. 0ne: Forwhat reason Stuart, Of Mich
igan, made speech-nnd such speech-afte1
the adoption Of the Minority Platforma The
other: Why did Senat.r Bayard Withdraw With
tho Secessonists. and why did be "ithdra"
from them! As for Mr. Stuart's case, it is toll
esabIy well astested, that he spoke for the e1
press purpose of producing a Southern explo
, I sion. lie WAS afraid the South would not gt
out, and be made speech to draw them out
80, as soon as the platform was adopted, b
| took the stand upon q motion to reconsider
nude for the purpose Of injecting speech init
! the most offensive way to claw at the old sor
Of the party, already full Of fever. If his oh
I iect was to produce irritation, he succeeded ad
mirably. The explosion followed fast upon hi
/. iuceudiary shaking Of fire.hrands in the part
). powder-house. Some one, Cor. Bedford Brown
:. t am not forgetful, cut short Mr.. Stuart
speech By do1eful appeal for harmony. NoN
q Brown preferred the unity of the party to th
o nomination Of Douglas. Stuart did not. Bu
+ there was more powder in the explosion tha
- Stuart calculated upon. Instead Of merel
e blowing off fragment or two, and .producin
# the coveted reaction in the North, oue.ha
i Of the South-the rery citadel and heart OF ID
!. mocracy-was blown away; and the other ha
prevented from following, only By that Whlc
o was in effect real reconsideration Of the pla
II form, the last thing which Stuart wanted.
/ As for Senator Bay ard. bis departure With Il
- Secessionists YVES not a little remarkable.
J. was quite mysterious disappearance. Llslr
n in the northern part Of Delaware, State 8
!, most entirely diyested Of slases, aud where Il
- institution will ultimately be extinct in fe
of years, and stating all the time that while be VI
Id against the nomination Of Douglas, he "ou
- toners? There was much zpecuiation On u
u, point, and I think bave cypheredit out Ba
I'd ard knew we'll the tremendous power Of Sout
ce ern sectlonalism. He considered the minor
a platform adopted, beyond hope Of reconsider
= zion. He felt certain that the remaining Sont
re also. and drag with them the Pacific States.
u, By withdrawing at that time-tLe evening
80 the explosion-he could enter the all ha
~ hereafter with greater confidence. He COZ
l easily receive the nomination Of the secede
a ! for Tice President.
| 0UHhlAa "0AA %uAA GANAkA A'1Aht@~ AS.
to prevent an election Of President by the ell
&c. ! toral college. Tie Secessonists would ofcoul
lot | carry the major portion Of the o3uth.
"a. Chicago movement would Of course sweep NJ
Of the Northern States. The electoral cole
ne would not be able to elect. An election OF RI
int | ident BIZ the present uouse would be impos
I bic. Consequently the election would be thro
into the Senate, where the Constitution provit
0" that the two highest for the Vice presiden
shall be ba1otted for for Vice President, q
rer that he shall be President Of the United Stat
I,.- The two highest Vice Presidential candida
W. would be the Chicago and the Secession mol
en- nees, The latter would have clear major
:an in the Senate, and become President Of the
ted States. / am convinced that this was B
ards idea. He did not anticipate tie crawl
na' ing Of New York on the platform and the c
ing sequent reduction Of the Importance Of the
,.u ity {providicg he retired from the REGULAR c
"n ventlon that erening) to become the Vice Fl
Or identia1 nominee OF the Southland be saw
ars White House skinning down the vista The
- trograde movement Of New York has dis
'aa' pointed him, and he sought the earliest ho1
yer able opportunity of retiring from the conr
ILL | ton Of which be Vas nude chairman.
y u TIE NEW ORLEANS uSloy MEETING rosTFo.
ncn [Flom the New Orleans Delsa, tth.J
ges We are at a loss to know whether the ed
led, rial notice in the Crescent Of this morning Is
lint ideucc that cur neighhor has modified his !
:,.~ decided Southern views, which be 80 dough
IKE maintained some time ago, and is now dispt
'ose ! to enlist in Union movement, and to cond
On. the action Of the Southern Representative
III, Charleston, and 80 we give its owu word
.eA our readers mny judge for themselves on
tne point:
MEETING PosrpoxEn-We are requested
ken state that, IS many objections have been \
10 the shortHess Of the notice for the holdiu
&c the great Union Demonstration Meeting, il
position TO the Secession notion Of the
- delegation at Charleston, and also to AFFORD
~ offending parties an opportunity to de
themselves in person if they see 1T, the q
ing for this (Friday) evening, is postpone
Tuesday next, at the same hour and place.
N. Nothing would be more gratifying II
1rles "ot1ending aforesaid, than the con5
II Of ton Of such meeting. Let US see, as spe
pno. as possible, how many citizens Of this {
Southern city there are who stand prepar
ubil" denounce as disunionists the representa-
VIC who refuse to recognize the right Of the u
ouob ern delegation to exclude their property
~ and deny their rights in the Territories, y
one a1o the common property Of the Unicn.
Tman there be no disguise and complication o