Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20
The baltimore Convention.


The baltimore Convention.
We suppose that the interval between
the two conventions would have given
all parties an opportunity to cool Oft, but
Judging from the proceedings of the con
vention thus fss, II would seem to have
had contrary effect,
Every delegate IN view Of tho nnsa,is-
factory dcnouement Of the Convention a,
Charleston, should have gone to Balti-
more with a determination to restore as
far as in his power lay, good feeling and
harmony once more to the party ana
unite upon some man who will be most
likely to represent the interests OF all
sections of the country. II would seem
not a difficnIt matter for party having
in its ranks so large a number of eminent
statesmen, to find one capable Of com
mandlng the entire strength of the party.
Why would not such man as Judge
Nelson of the United States Supreme
Court, or Gov. Seymour Of N. Y, or
Daniel Dickinson he acceptable.
They are all men Of unqucstioned
ability and unimpeachable integrity land
are above any imputation Of being wed
dcd to any clique or faction.
We have never been able to convince
ourselves that there is but ONE MAN who
can lead us to victory in the coming
campaign. We believe there are a doz-
en- at least whose nomination would have
. tendency to harmonic and smooth
over the differences Of opinion now cx-
listing, and kept alive by the attempt to
nominate one particular man, who never
can be acceptable to the larger portion
Of the party.
1t is useless to expect the larger por.
ton Of the party TO yield 20 the smaller
Mr.. Yancy says that he shall go to
Baltimore and quietly Inform the con
vention what is the wish of his State il
the nomination-th that they are opposed
to Douglas. IL he is nominated the,
will put up another ticket, and oppose
him in the field with all the lower the,
can exert. At the same time Mr.. Yam
cy 1epndiatcs the idea Of breaking up tn.
onion.
We do not wish to be understood As
approving the course Of the seceders a
Charleston. We believe it was their du
ty to have remained at their post unit
the Convention rose. II, at the end
they were not satisfied with what liza,
been done, and could not endorse tn,
action of the Convention, they woult
have had the same remedy as that the,
now propose to avail themselves of tina
Of nominating a candidate Of their owl
at Richmond.
Their action established a bad prece
dent and We hope it may never be fol
lowed in the future.
From the proceedings Of the Conven
ton on Monday we can of course form
no idea as to how this matter will turl
out. The seeding delegates will CLAIM
their seats, and Caleb Cushing, Chair
man OF the Convention, on account Q
no new National Democratic COMMITTEE
having been appointed, owing to tn,
Sudden breaking up of the Convention
at Charleston, will undoubtedly issu
tickets to them. Judge Smalley, Chair
man of the Committee At Charleston
will insist upon his right to issue tickets
to the new delegates elected, so thai
there will be two sets of delegates
Which set will retain their seats we viii
not pretend to say. We are by no mean,
prepared to say, notwithstanding tn
somewhat gloomy picture now present
ed to our view at Baltimore, that W,
despair of good feeling and harmon,
being again restored.
We hope some new man will he ia
ken up--whosc name has not been idcn
tilted with the questions which have o
late caused distraction in our ranks
Let his past record be guaranty of hi
future action.
We don't know that it is neccssar,
for us to say what our course will he
that will be known as soon as the actio,
of the Convention is announced. w,
have this much to say, however, that W,
do net belong to any clique or faction
we shall support that man who shall re
ceive the nomination FAIRLY and REGu
LARRY.
HERE is queer, yet startling calcu
lation made by Judge Capron, Of Nc,
York. In New York city alone Their
are $4,000 dram shops, 900, 700 drinkers
each drinking two gills OF liquor, bcin
100000 gills, or so5 barrels per da,
100000 barrels per year. This will fill
reservoir 900 feet long, so feet wide, an
could float four chips in full sail. A
$50 per barrel, it amounts to $4,000, OO(