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THE PoL1T1oA1s PRospEcT

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n few, day sSwilllnow determines whether The
|seelIs,n smocratic party is TO be healed,
or whstRsr weSareto havesssepafate nom iha,
tiohs atlei"hmond and Baltimore. Z, The RfeliE
mond Convention assembled Oh tho IIth inst.
after endorsing the platform under which they
hnd assembled, -adourned.to meet again onsthe
2lst-thus awaiting the action at Baltimore.
upon which the qutstion Of union depends
-Insthe way of this desirable result, cert6i6 al
most irscparnblc obstacles exist
The first is The question Of Organization ut
Baltimore. This question cannot be settled
without II rupture, unless the New York dele.
gates sustain the intended decision of the Pres
ident ofihe Conrention, Gen. CUSHING, 10 wit :
that the delegates who have been accreditel
both to Ballimoredand Richmond, shall be .ad,
United TO THE exelusion'of thoseSw ho ha esbeen
appointed irregaIsElS. The Douglas men il
they are able, wilIceftainly overrule this de.
cision Of stiie presiding officer, aud admit only
these delegates wboswere appointed under 4
resolution of the Charleston Couv vcntion, invi
ting the several States to'fill vacancies in their
delegations. They would thus exclude the
trhe representatives of the eight sccediug e
States,' aud admit merely bogus dtegat ions
Such n high handed measure would leaH imme.
diatelv to the withdrawal Of the rejected, dele
cations, and Gen Gushing in that eysht will
also, it's said. advocate the claims The
whole South. .s.with the exception of perhaps
Maryland would likely withdrawn the same,
and unite in the Convention at Richmond.
which would,thus rcpresent.ihe Democracy of
the union. and Constitute the Convention prop
er Of the party. The Baltimore Convention
in that event, would proceed to the nomrna
ton of Mr.eDouglas, as President either by nr
lwothirds votei if they have it, or by resolu.
tion declaring that he is the exclusive choice of
the party. ~
If the difficulty of organization is ovcrwise
the quest ion'of n platform remains which hasx
become more difficult Of adjustment than at
Charleston. The delegations Which are accred
lied To Baltimore and Richmond will not assent
to the Tennessee resolution, and will demand
the adoption of the minority platform. as nm
alternative to their withdrawal at RichmonL
The question is whether the whole South will
un;te upon tlfis pos;tion. The action of Vir.
ginia' would probably determine that of the
other doubtful States. =
10 many far seeing thinkers, n rupture al
Baltimore and n separate nomination at Rich
mond appears rs a "cons,lmmatiou to be wish
Ell" Such result in their opinion, would
most effectually reiucet the freessoi vote in the
electoral collegs, aud ensure the success Of the
Democratic party. kshgle nomination would
not likely be>eaually acceptable to the N orth
Sp,
oat the<S4hple strenr III Of ,.ite party. ..,,.
Iponitlie sueeess'of theparty and The defeat
9. Lineoln, depends the very propetuhy Of The
union. The .nfogress of: eysn:s give evidence
ofsa settled, purpose ssyhe South, to resist by
force of arms the Inauguration of Black Re-
publican President. Being, elected onzsa sec.
iona! ISSUES le;wopld be.rsgarded as the Prtsi.
dentof a section, whose designs to subvert our
f!gAss should be resiseds in their very incep-
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