The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-09


ltate business on the tariff, as some members be-
longing to the American party designed to be
absent tomorrow, and some Republicans will leave
Tor Chicago this week.-It was said on the Dem
ocratic side in response, that the Democrats were
not prepared to act hastily on the bill and besides
only two speeches had been made from that omar
ter on the ubject.-Owing to some of the Demo-
crats declining to vote, the committee repeatedly
rnao ruunu nseil without quorum, although it ap-
peared by the consequent roll calls that one was
present. The struggle prolonged till s
oclock, when the committee rose and the House
POLITICAL.
From he Washington letter of ''Ocsasionap' (J W
Forney) to the Philadelphia Pressl
II Ihe Baltimore Convention of Wednesday, which
Will no doubt put forward the first candidate for
PRESIDENT, expects to conciliate Republican sun
port by discovering conservative nominee
Bates or Bell is the favorite with many delegates
Everett is urged by others, and John J. Critten-
den is also advocated John Mclean will find
hearty influence exerted for him. As against these
veterans but one argument is raised, viz: that
they are all too far advanced in years, Everett,
though not much discussed, is probably the most
available, and he is unquestionably vicorons in in
telect and in health. This Convention will have
its own share of troubles Ifit is violent on the
slavery question, it have no help from Chicago.
and If 1t extravagantly bids for this help it NAV
lose in the South. That it can exert wholesome
influence on the two great parties is a sefevident
proposition Why not place Douglas in nomina-
ton at once, leaving the Democrats on the 18th of
June the simple duty of ratifying the nomination?
ms would be masterpiece of strategy What
the Chicago Convention will do is the newt in
quiry. That body will open its sessions on Wednes-
day, the 10th of May. Mr.. Stewards friends con-
hdently claim that he will be nominated but 9th
ers are equally confident of different issue tt
cannot be denied that he has many devoted and
resolute and able supporters; that his hackers are
men OF money as well as brains,. and that he him.
sell Is exceedingly anxious to make the race The
HaHS ~ hol.a
dangerous rivals are Mclean and Wade, both
OF Ohio Benjamin Wade, it must be con-
iessed, has some advantage over Justice Nc
Lean lie is younger, and more energetic
all parties in the Northwest, and has a frank fear
less, and quaint way of saying what he thinks that
has made him quite tavorite in the Senate Then
wenh We have Mr. Mr. Cameron, Mr. Chase Mr.: Bates, Mr.
banks, Mr.. Read, Mr.. Pennington, Mr. DAYTON
Mr. fessenden, and even John G. Fremont. But /
am disposed to think, without the slightest FEELING
IN the premises, that the Republican nomination
ior % PRESIDENT VIII be taken from the three persons
hrst named IN this paragraph. A good deal will
aePehd, however, upon the platform laid down at
Chicago; and perceive that there are many differ
ences on this point.
Is. Ne h-1'hi"sisa' SI~'- Sr-sv .."ry RI
HE SCARLET LErrER.-ln our issue of Saturday
we proposed to lay before our readers to day the
notorious letter of the Hon. W. L. Yancey to Jas
5. Slaughter Esq, Here it is:
''MoNTGOMERY, June Is, 1855
"Dear Sr:-l our kind favor of the 18th is re- |
celved. | hardly agree with YOU that a general
movement can be made that will clear out the |
Augean stable. If the Democracy were overthrown.
IL woula result IN giving place to a greater and
hungrler swarm of flies. The remedy of the South
Is not in such process. 1t is in diligent orpani.
Zaton OF her true men for prompt resistance to the
next aggression 1t must come in the nature of
things No national party can save us: no sectional
party can ever do it. But if we could do as our |
fathers did organize Committees of safety all |
over the Cotton States land it is only in them that
we can nope for any effective movement we shall
fire the Southern heart, instruct the Southern
mind give courage to each other and at the
PROPER MOMENT, Gy one organized concerted action
arc can precpate the Cotton States into a reuoIutiop
The idea has been shadowed forth in the South by
Mr.. Rutln; has been taken up and recommended in
the advertiser, (the Montgomery organ of Mr.
\ ancey,) under the name of League of United |
Southerners, who, keeping up their old party re-
iatlons on all other questions, will hold the South
ern issue paramount, and will influence parties, |
Legislatures and statesmen. | have no time to en- |
LARGE but to suggest merely. In haste. yours, &C., |
ann 'W. L. YANcEY.'
"To JAMES S. SLAUGHTER, ESQ.,"
lfro" the Special Hashngton Despatch Of tie Ne,o FORK
WASHINGTON, May IA large number of the |
seeding delegates have arrived here and a move
ment is on foot, headed by many Senators and
members OF Congress, to bring those seeding dele
cations into the Baltimore Convention, which |
meets on the 18th of June. The principal object |
of this move is to defeat Douglas and if the NOV
ers OF it are successful, they will undoubtedly
accomplish their object The Douglas men are
good deal exercised at this, and will move heaven |
and earth to Illustrate it. They have sent emssa- |
res into all of the seeding States to call Conven-
tions for the purpose of eecting Douglas delegates
to I'LL the vacancies. The fight will be kept up |
mere IN both Houses OF Congress until the C0nven-
ton meets at Baltimore and it bids fair to be more
exciting and acrimonious if anything than the one |
at Charleston. Some of the Democrats think that |
the Richmond Convention will have delegates from |
To in thn lIn1nn hat
nate Dickinson, Hunter or Guthrie. If they find |
they cannot accomplish this they will attend at
Baltimore, and attempt to control that Conv vention |
which the Douglas men say they expect to have ali |
their own way by the election of Douglas delegates
from the seeding Southern States The prevailing |
opinion here is that Houston or Bell will be nomi
mated at the Convention at Baltimore on Wednes- |
day next.
From the Richmond Enquirer, of yesterdqvl
The FUTURE ACTION OF THE SoUTHERN DEMoCRAcy |
we are convinced that the large ma
Jorlty OF the Southern Democracy will be satisfied
with no candidate who does not openly avow the |
doctrine Ot constitutional protection in the Terri
tories. The Southern Democracy are naturally |
averse to any precpitate action TheYwill calmly |
await the action of the Baltimore Convention Let |
that Convention adopt, to the full extent in their
platform, the great doctrine of the equal rights of
the sovereign States, and they will support any |
candidate who can stand on that platform. And if
the Baltimore Convention shall proceed to name a |
candidate without asserting the doctrine of equal
protection, then the candidate himself whoever he
may be, will be required to nscribe, with his own
hand, on the banner of the party, the doctrine |
which the Democracy of seventeen States have |
already pronounced to be essential. On no other
terms can he unite the support of the Democratic |
party.
With these views we respectfully but earnestly |
appeal to the Convention that will assemble in |
Richmond on the 11th of June next to take no de-
clded action until they shall be informed of the |
measures adopted by the Baltimore Convention on
the 18th OF June. As matters now stand, the ques-
ten OF platform is still open, and we yet trust
that the Democratic Baltimore Convention will see
the vital Importance of adopting platform that |
will meet the views of the Richmond Convention,
and thus secure the harmonious and united action
OF the Democracy of every section of the confede-
racy.
THE TENNESSEE RESOLUTIONS The following are
the resolutions presented by delegate from Ten
nessee in the Charleston Convention after the
Southern delegates had seeded. The resolutions,
were introduced with the hope that the adoption of
them would conciliate the seceders 1t is probable
that these resolutions will be called I'D in the ad
journed session in June:
Res0ced That all citizens of the United States have an
equal right to settle Oi DropeTtu in the Territories
of the United States and that under The deson of t
Supreme Court of the United States which we recognize
as the correct exposition of the Constitution of the United
States neither their rights of person nor can be
destroyed or impaired by Congressional Territorial
legislation
Resoced That shall require two-thirds of the entire
electoral vote to make a nomination.
FHoroGRAPHY.-A very remarkable fact comes
out in connection with the volume of Lord Brough-
ans Mathematical and Physical Tracts Just
published by Messrs Griffin. One of the papers,
on the subject of light and coors, was published in
the Philosophical Transactions for 1906 The copy
sent to the Royal Society contained remarks the
effect OF exposing plate of ivory stained with nj
trate OF silver to the rays of the spectrum, and also
on the result OF submitting the plate to the rays
passing through small aperture into dark room.
These suggestions were considered by Sir C. Blag-
den to relate more to art than to pure science and
were accordingly omitted from the published copy.
HAD they appeared, it is morally certain that they
would have led to the immediate discovery of pho
Biography fifty years earlier than its actual intro
duction In spite of its abstruse nature, new edi-
ton OF the volume was required in week-Eag-
tsh Paper.
Samuel Beardeley, one of the most eminent citi-
nf Tho Skato af Nn.r Nnrl- LII L. |