Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-05-19
Sensible Suggestions.

The Southern Monitor, Democratic paper Of ability
and influence published in Philadelphia, suggests that
unless the Democratic party concentrate harmonious
" Gov Wise in thirty days they shall make no NOM
inaon at all but unite with the friends of Bell and Ev-
ere IL against the Black Republicans. 1t says:
The idea of nominating jeff Davis by sectional wing
Of the Democracy Is merely of the soap bubbles OF
Washington letter writers. If such thing were done,
Bell and Everett would beat him in the cotton States
No. If the Democracy cannot WH not concentrate
on Gov Wise then there will be universal combina-
ton North and South East and West, against the Black
Republicans. The people will the Constitution and
the Union against the sectional Abolition traitors Doug
las cannot get the nomination and if he to run as
the candidate of a sectional Northern Democracy, he
could not carry any of the Abolition States Unless the
Democracy can concentrate tremendously Gov. Wise
in thirty DAYS there should be nomination at all
Then the Constitution and the Union would settle the
hash of the sectional fanatics"
As it is not at all likely that the Democracy will
centrate tremendously Gov. Wise, may expect to
see our Philadelphia contemporary the expiration of
the time named urging combination of all opposed TO
Blck RepubHcAnsm in an effort to elect Bell and Eve
re 1t could not be periodically employed. The
wisdom of such course is strongly presented in late
issue Of the New Orleans Crescent journal independent
in its party relations The Crescent says:
Our friends in the North who willing to stand by
the Constitution and the equality of the States must pre-
sent an uubroken phalanx to the fOe-or by DIVISION
they VIII invite "A disastrous defeat But this cannot be
done il there are three tickets before the people. One
ticket alone and sustained by united South, can
avail to concentrate and make effective the opposition TO
the Black Republican party in the States of the North.
ticket is already announced, and two gentlemen are
presented to the people who known all over the
Union North South East and West for the moderation,
conservatism aud nationality Of their feelings, and for
their devotion the Constitution and the constitutional
rights Of all sections of the country. These gentlemen
are both experienced statesmen whose names have been
linked with the political history Of the Iuation for
third of a century aud whose past lives afford the am
pest guaranty of their honesty and their naxble patr
Otsm + there any need that the contest be embarras
sed by the presentation of other candidates Is there
any proprcy-is in fact the merest madness in the
South-tO invite defeat by the dispersion and division OF
our torcesy John Bell and Edward Everett known
TO the North and acceptable to the conservatives OF
that section thorough concentration of the Demo
Gratis, Wings, Union men and the Americans of the
North upon these would give them the victory in
several of the Northern States Add these the united
vote Of the South and sectouaism is crushed out at
once and the Black Republican party irretrevaby over
thrown On the other hand il the conservative strength
be cut up-reduced TO nothing 10y divson-the probab-
y is that the entire North will be carried by the Black
Republican ticket and thus their assured. We
eleat the people of the South of all parties, to think
of these thing and in an enlarged spirit of patriotism
combine together for the honor and safety OF the Repub-