Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-04-20
r11r cnAn1.EsrnN CONVENTION.

TIE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. |
The disiointed and discovered Sham Dcmoc-
racy by their delegates arc to meet at Charles
ton on Monday next for the purpose Of nomi-
mating candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident, to be supported by them in the coming
campaign. and to build platform on which
they are to stand or fall Who their caudi-
dates shall be- is getting to be an interesting
question: and an intricate one to answer
majority Of the delegates from the Northern
States will 60 into the Convention pledged to
support Stephen A. Douglas, while large
minority Of them have not sufficient indcpcnd-
enco to press his claims so long as they meet
any considerable opposition from tho South.
The South are divided, and will present as
many different candidates as there arc States
represented in the Convention among the
more prominent Of whom are Guthrie, Hunter
and Toombs Mr. Breckenridge will have
strong supporters, while a host of lesser lights
are looking anxiously from behind the scenes,
in hopes that the wheel Of fortune may turn
favorably for them.
What shall be the result Of these family
quarrels the official announcement alone can
decide Many Of the Northern delegates and
most of the Northern Shamocratic presses
have proclaimed that unless the Convention
nominate Mr. Douglas, there is no hope of
victory. slaughter Douglas says the Clovc-
land P'on3eaier, "and ignore Popular Sovo-
reigniy, and there will not be a school disc
trict north Of Mason aud Dixon's line reliable
for Democratic majority And this is but
ono of host of similar predictions that have
already been put upon record IN the North
On the other hand the Charleston U.rruy
says:
1--WE hesitate not to say. that SO fgr as the
rights Of the South in our Territories are con-
ccrncd, Douglas, with Squaucr Sovereignty.
is just as Objectionable as Seward with vii
mot Provisoism. Tho South should turn
with contempt from both"
The Rome ga Courier "caunot with any
degree Of certainty predict the color of the
mouse, whether white or black, that will be
brought forth at the Convention, but express
os lis own convictions as follows:
~ tney 'nio" "'''o IN tne'r 'nmoerToom
worthless for amy purpose except as building
material for Soua,tcr so,,roi',nty admins,
tration. aud reconstruct another with sound
constitutional hmbcrs, h"rn o"t and p" w
l.'I.' .."'P, ~ "' '"It".a '""" ana ,i"''
principles are not as changcablc as the skin
of the chameleon. then the Democratic nomi-
nee viii meet with but htte opposition in the
Hoo'h, hut u ON the other hand the ''ocn-
~ H. ~ . '' IN ,',','''''
intend In cutcr ne Presidential c,,,oss. ~
if with a platform unexccpuonablo to tho
southern people they nominate Douglas, or
"ny ma" known 10 DC committed TO h'' here
,,r,ir,,od a., pal,i,,,.a.,;li
and unanimous suprort or tbo O,nosit;o, IN
the Southern States, with the corporation of
a large portion of the Democracy
The Courier then proceeds to figure mp the
result IN case the South adopt the candidate
of the Constitutional Union party, and has
strong hopes of the election of their candi-
date in the Electoral College, or failing there
they will either succeed in the House Of Rep
resentGVves or prevent any other party from
dong so IN which case the Vice President,
to be chosen by the Democratic Senate, will
be the President
Our own convictions are that none Of the
prominent men yet named will be selected by
the Charleston Convention, but that after
many days Of quareling among themselves,
another Frank Pierce will he brought for
ward by some fortunate delegate, and the
Convention will close its labors with his nom
nation. One thing is evident: Mr.. Douglas
cannot unite the strength OF the party both at
the North and the South That he cannot
carry the election without the aid of the South
is also certain. Mr.. Douglas then. must be
thrown overheard after the few first rounds
No one yet brought forward by the south,
and acceptable to them, will unite the North :;
and without the aid of the Northern States a
Southern candidate could not succeed against
the nominee of the Chicago Convention A
compromise candidate then must be found.
and who is the man Some two weeks hence