Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-04-19
FUR PRESIDENT,
ED w A RID 3 A II E 8
The Convention.

To day, convention oil the Opposition IL
to meet in the city Of Baltimore, in obedi-
enco TO call eminatng from two indepen-
dent sources. First the Opposition members
of the Legislature issued Il call, signed by
\. Kimmell, for a meeting of all the OPpo-
siton in Baltimore city, on the 10Th OF this
month. Subsequently the executive COM
mittcc of the Constitutional Union Party, is
sued call for convention to nee. at the
same time and place. Whether il is design
ed to have two Conventions or not, does not
appear, or whether tho delegates answering
70 the call OF tho members of the Legislature,
and those answering TO the call IF the Execu-
tive Committee of the Constitutional Union
Party, are to meet together, and organize "a
one body, we have not learned. Which eve:
may be the progrnme, We are satisfied it will
require very large share of that virtue de-
nominated prudence, to manage affairs, 30
q, to prevent disaster to the cause, for it is
fact patent TO every member Of the party
that We do not see eye to eye III reference to
what is best to be done.
there should be manifested u spirit Of
annexation Is to be paramount, it had been
better the Convention lad never met. We
hopo however for tho best and, trust
that there will be manifested spirit OF con-
citation and disposition to unte the entire
Opposition of the State.
1t will not do for the Convention h. after
denunciatons against any part Of the Oppo-
sition.--this is not its object and design as
We understand them, and nu effort in that
direction, would be sure to produce discord
and confusion Neither has the Convention
any business with side issues-any reference
to any other subject than The simple one for
which it has been called, viz: to seek Il
common ground upon which to act in oppo-
sition to the Democracy in the coming P.esi-
dental campaign. If such q course is
pursued, then it will be easily demonstra-
Bile, that the man upon whom the united
Opposition shall cast their vote, will he tri
umphant in the Presidential contest in this
State
Our convictions in reference h what tic
convention should DO toward placing Pres
idential candidate before the people, are we'll
known, and we are fully satisfied that they
are the sentiments Of nnetcen-twentictls Of
the Opposition voters of Allegany. The Con-
vention should nominate n candidate for the
Presidency; and that candidate without dis
arrangement to other gentlemen, we say,
should be Edward Bates, Of Missouri We
believe he can poll larger vote in this State
than any other man. and that he has more of
the elements of availability and success than
any other candidate in the field.
But we are not welded to our opinions. lfany
other gentleman is more available, if j. ~.
Bolts, Judge MCLEAN, John Bell or Mr.. Crit
tenden would more certainly receive the nomi-
nation of the National Conventions to meet in
Baltimore and Chicago, we shall most cheerful
ly render our support to such candidate; but
we protest against division Of the Opposi-
ton. We have on other occasions referred to
the madness and folly Of perpetratins again
the blunder-the crime Of SO We want no
third-party candidate-the contest must be
narrowed down to fight between the De-
mocracy and united Opposition. Under
such circumstances we will have some heart
to enter the campaign-some prospect of
success in the contest otherwise oil our Ia
Dor would be utterly futie-worse than use-
less-consumate folly.