Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-07-11
pgarr=HED DAILY AND TRl-W EkhLl -
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
ALEXANDRIA,:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, july II, 1869.

-;1nrel in these parts as a denJ Ectts|--Was
IA truth, potent cause Of the disruption IN
the Democratic party. 1t says
The rejection Of the seeding delegates
from Alabama and Louisiana, was not The
true cause Of the withdrawal OF Virginia,
Tennessee. and Kentucky from the balt-
more Convention. They had sat pauent!
IN this Convention after the elgat cotton
States had Withdrawn from it, Why should
they leave il when only two-Alabama and
MiSsi.>ippi--were rejected: The answer Is
t,,yd in the existence of the Richmond Con-
,ention. When the Richmond Convention
stood Organized ready to act independent OF
them. q stern alternative was forced upon
them: they must unite now with the South
crn States or lpS" .rrever all influence III
their couuseis, and all control over their des-
TIMES. The frontier Southern States acted
wisely for themselves and the South IN With
drawing from the Baltimore Convention and
uniting with the South. Instead OF the Demo
rraric party being Refrigerated by the Rich
aond Convention, il has been rent asunder
with wider disintegration. The Richmond
Convention was the great cause which pre-
,luced the secession Of the frontier Southern
States from the Baltimore Convention, the
subsequent organization, and the final nom
ination of Breckenridge and Lane for the
Presidency.
The Mercury further says. and It's words
convey world Of meaning
THE Seeding Convention at Baltimore
wa4 q Southern Sectional Convention. 1t
represented the rights Of the South. and was
controlled by Southern power. With tie
exception OF Oregon and California, ~ one
expects u support Of Its nominees Tor the
Presidency and Wee Presidency Of the nj
ted States beyond the Southern states. Yet
i. called itself the National Democratic par
w. 1t affected to be the National Demo-
cratic PARTY The atfectation of the dlSrup-
ted Convention, clinging to the name OF the
,%%ationa! Democratic party, was equally ab-
Surd. As National party, it hai ceased to
exist with the secession Of the Southern
States. Both Conventions became sectional.
The one represented the North: the other
the South The one aimed ut Il >ectluna!
domination over the South: the other or1an-
lied 10 save the South from this sectional
domination, looking clearly to the aitcl'n;.-
tive Of independence. There Was not Il par
ticle Of nationality III either Convention.
Yet both claimed TO be 'natiuna!: and the
nolitics of the South are being driven along
by the shallow hypocrisy OF these mlsno-
n,era. instead Of being governed by the true
state OF things.
The New York Herald says that these
are trying times for the Federal Office hold
ers The men who perform, or are eupro-
scd TO perform certain very easy routine du-
lies in and around the custom houses, post
uthces aud navy yard, throughout the coun,
try--are in 4 terrible state Of bewiiderment
irst now. Between Douglas and Breckti-
ridge-the two democratic asplrants Tor Tie
Pre,idcncy-they know not on which side
50 lean. They have no defined notion as 10
he answer they should give to the question:
/ nder which king, BeZonian2 for, if they
declare their preference for Douglas, the
chances are heavy against them that they
are removed from office; and If they should
taan towards his kentucky rival, they may
atiaud their Immediate supcrorS, and ruH
the same risk Of losing their bread and bat
ter It - frying position 10 have these n!!~
fortunate q Ice holders in. and the worst ii
il = that, at heart, they d. r.o; care I ti@ tor
either candidate. II matters little 70 taeG
whether Breckenridge or Douglas makes n!H
,yay to the White House, provided only thar
he he representative Of tne Democrats
party"
The Grafton delivered on the -ith AT Dos
Ton. by the Hon. Edward Everett is a reply
IN tho CHARGES md :ntinetiOus ALLEGED AGA inst