Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-22

rHE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Faifo,ioI Co~y,spoadenrs Of The Star l

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rounded by more intense excitement than the last
twenty-four hours, during which the fate Of the
Democratic party-its future existence as national
organization-has hung by the slightest conceiv-
able thrsad-by that Of the determination Of the
New York delegation TO sustain the report Of the
majority Of the Credentials Committee, or that Of
its (the committee's) minority. term the thread
very slight one, because IL is known that to-day,
in their inter delegation debates with reference to
the two reports, on no question taken has the
majority been more than four, and most Of
them only two;-seventy men voting all the time.
The Convention adjourned this forenoon after
ordering the main question to be put upon the
different reports, at the request Of the New York
delegation, to allow them time to deliberate
among themselves to what action they would
take upon the reports. They came together again
at quarter before Ave- aud shortly after the
organization for the afternoon, in rushed Mr..
Ludlow-Douglas that delegation as pale
as death, with formal request from them-the
New York delegation-for further time to make
up their minds how to vote upon the reports. OF
course II was granted; the Douglas body gnard
only-some forty votes-voting against the motion
to adjourn until tomorrow at 10 a m, to that
end. The constitutional Democrats looked upon
the request as 4 good omen; it having been
York; delegation had carried all the questions
voted on in their sessions to-day, by from two to
| four majority. A proposition has been started
| that may save the party from becoming donation
allied, II not deftlnct. That is, the majority of
every southern delegation is said 10 have Just
united in a paper addressed to the New York
delegations, signifying to them that if they will
vote down the majority report and admit that of
the minority Of the Credentials Committee they
(the southern deegations) will vote for any Presi
| dental nominee, other than Douglas, New York
may indicate AS, to refuse to adopt such
proposition, which leaves New York the whole
Democratic party of the Confederacy except Doug.
las, to chose from, will place that del legation In
position in which they cannot sustain themselves
at home, in case the nomination of Douglas shall
drive of the whole South and large portion Of
| the North, 1t is judged that they will at once
accept 1t.
For my part, have ceased to care whether they
do so or not 1t is clear the light of the sun
that the Douglasitss from the anti Democratic
party States are playing to rule or ruin and really
do not care the snap of finger whether they
abandon the Democratic party organization not;
being convinced that, In the long run, the Democ-
racy Will be far better off without than with
them. They are but gang of abotitionists In
Douglas, Montgomery, Stuart, ct. al, on the
Lecomption question, and are at this moment
seeking to lch surrepitiously the bold and easily
exposed pretense of a Democratic party nomina-
ton for the advantage of candidate of abolition
tendencies and purposes. | write to flch such
pretense. because that man must be blind who is
not competent to at glance that the report Of
the Douglas majority of the present Credentials
Committee involves prostitution of the honor
and personal integrity of every man who Joined
In 1t.
The minority report, by the by, does its author,
Gov. Stevens. of Oregon, infinite credit, being as
pertinent and well-reasoned as any other paper of
the kind was. He was compimented upon IL on
all hands to-day. So well were the South pleased
with it, as that they placed the whole cause o! the
seceders upon 1t, and pushed the question TO a
vote without word Of oral argument to sustain
1t; compliment of which Gov s. may be proud
indeed.
Ere the Convention separated to-day, VIM
Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, disgraced himself
by making frivolous question against placing
the Pennsylvania delegation ticket in the hands
Of Gen. Dawson, the delegations chairman on
the ground that holding personal intercourse
with that gentleman, be would not 20 to him for
his ticket He accompanied his arrogant com
PAIN WIN lulputdlcns so UNJUST ana ungentlc-
manly as to draw forth an indigna remark from
the venerable Josiah Randall, whom he under
took to insult, in reply, from a safe distance Mr.
Randall's son, however, being nearer than the
father, sprang at him, but was fortunately pre-
vented from reaching him, (AIontgomery. whose
conduct throughout reminded all present of his
PoltrOonery as so signally exhibited in his affair
year or two ago with English of Indiana So
marked was this pOltroOnery-as that all the
Observation-Disclosures well as anti Douglas
ites-instantly joined In a universal hiss under
which he slank down from his standing positi on
upon his bench. with blanched check and tail
between his legs.
both sessions Of the day-morning and afteraoon
leave the Starts readers to the newspapers for
an account Of the almost-a-g of the
forenoon, occasioned by the sudden disappear
ance Of a benchfull Of delegates into the cellar.
by the giving away of plank or two of the
hoor-pretty much as a similar event occurred al
one Of Jenny Lind's concerts in Washington that
will be well remembered there All were dread
fully frightened, but none were seriously hurt
shall not pretend to prophecy what is TO be
the end Of matters here. The hesitancy of New
York however regard good omen-as an
omen that she will prevent a sectional DISRUPTION
Of the Democratic party after all-knowing well
that she has power to do SO, as her delegation
does. WD WI
The DISTRICT APPRoPIATioNs-By reference
to Conversational Yenort in anntbe, coIrr,n