, 1860-05-07
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION

Tho CAafieston convention had scarcely
adjourned when We were advised By telegraph
that tho Democracy Of Indianapolis and Colum-
bus wero firing guns in honor OF tho rupture
Of their National Convention. But the Do
mocracy Of Savannah were nearly twenty. four
in adxSnce Of them IN .celsbratng the erent,
and the Georgians seemed to hare somewhat
the advantage Of their brethren in Indiana,
and Ohio Also in tho t:nequivocal directness o.!
their pfantouaime for We are informed thai
tLcy went into guppowder ecstacies, 1scause
their delegates had aoceded-r This is not alto
getheE promising opening Of Presidential
campaign certainly. Let US see what is tho
most obvious tendency Of events, as now
shaping themselves, for the Baltimore c0nvon'
ton -, -
It pretty clearly shown that Mr.. Douglas
is the stumbling block Of the party. Until ho
ia got out Of tho way there can be neither
harmony nor the semblance Of it. Eight
Democratic States fatty refuse to touch him
It is not to be supposed: that the party in the
nation will nominate candidate who is bound
to lose torty-theee Southern electoral votes,
for the doubtful chance Of winning back twcn.
tt or thirty Northern ones Whatever the
Northwestern delegates might say on this
point, it is clearly shown by the yote on the
two-thirds rule, nfter the cotton States had se,
ceded from the Convention, that New Eng
land, New. York, Pennsylvania and New Jer.
soy, will not stand any such uonseuse Mr.
Douglas average vote in tho Convention was
one hundred and 1fty.onc. He. went a
trif]a higher on two or three ballots, but
fell back again. He received no help from
Massachusetts,, only one-talf the voto Of Con-
necticut, only a portion Of New Jersey, and
but ameagr, minority Of Pennsylvania. The
vote Of New York was given to him Under the
unit rule, by majority Of but three delegates in
the whole seventy. A portion Of Minnesota
deserted him, az everybody anticipated, in a
critical moment. We are informed that indi-
ana showed signs Of shakiness towards the
last, and that. TWO delegates went home, leay-
ing Senator Bright and Gov. Willard, doug
las mortal foesl to cast their votes When
the vote was taken on the two-thirds rasolu-
tion-tbe only vote which tested the number
Of Mr. Douglas sincere friends in the Conyen-
tion--;here were l46 ayes to Ill noes.
But among the noes there were
four votes from Ohio and two from
Indiana given to the Douglas interest under
tho unit rule, which were radically hostile 10
him. Thus his real bona Jide strength in the
coming Baltimore Convention SINNERS down
to los, or about one-third Of the whole NUM-
terof votes at Charleston.
Another element Of discord remains to bo
hridged over, which was only prevented from
making a ner disruption by the timely ad-
j,urnmeut Of. the. Convention. We refer to
The ultimatum Of tho. Tennessee delegation,
which was in the following words:
1o'e That al The cizens Of The United State. hare
IN fual to setsls With their property In The Te7to
lies Of tie United Statea and that undex the declons Of
the Suprpnc Court which recognize the correct ex
preston Of the Constitution neither their ebts OF pc..op
q property can be destroyed iupad by Congressional
~ ts7f1tos1ai 3eE1ktst9n.
This was the very least thing that the "cou-
seryntiye" Southern delegates would take, in
lhe way Of platform. Without this the Ten.
nesseans would at once join the South Carroll
1a, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas and ARKANSAS seccdcrs, and
it was confidently expected that Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina Kettucky, Missouri
and that portion Of Delaware which had not
already gouc, would follow suit, and form n
united South Mr. Douglas is too wary to
step upon that platform, and the South will
never accept him with anything less, even if
they could be induced to accept him at all.
Nevertheless, the Chicago Convention must
presume that the Democracy will play us tic
best thing in their hand when they assemble
ut Baltimore. Our nominee must be the very
strongest man in our ranks, whose record
shows him to be q thorough Republican; for
VIC are not to DO guided by q foreknowledge
Of the movements Of the enemy. It is not Il
part Of our business to make nomination.
which will te1rly the warning actions Of the
Democracy into instant harmony, or Tighten
the South into such concessions to the Doug
las crew as shall secure his nomination and
assuro him tho electoral votes Of the fire-cat-
ers, but it is emplatically our duty to make a
ticket which will sweep tho doubtful ground
between tho Atlantic and the Missouri. We
can then afford to let the fighters on the pro-
slavery side settle their difficulties bow and
when they may.