Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-03-15
The Charleston Convention

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The Charleston Convention.
A precious time they are having, away
down Wonder il great big Richmond. It
seem there are couple Of democratic mouth
pieces in that city, and they will MI the time
le talking, which is a very good thing. il they
only talked alike, seeing they are Of the same
quiet family; they arc respectively called the
Enquirer and the Examiner. but this they
won't do, the Enquirer talks one way, and
the Examiner the ether, ana they are not very
careful about what tbey ray. The suljec
matter of difference between them 1T this time
ia the platform TO he adopted ut the Canven-
ton to he held on the 23d o! April in Chnr!"e-
tan. Everybody and the rcst Of n snkind"
knows, that the Interpretation Of democratic
p!atforrla, are as varient MS tie latitudes in
which they are published, and that they arr
~ construed, as to lnee: the idiosyncracies Of
the conglomerated mGssns of which the con-
Germ is con posed. at is known that Doug
las and the Northern Democracy generally
assert that it contains, recognizes and endors-
ee the odious and tamnablo Free soil heresy
Of Squatter Sovereignty; while TIE Sonthern
Democracy, without exception, boldly and
de6antly maintain that not even the shadow
of such doctrine is to be found therein. -
Feeling pressed with this fact which every
body is beginning to understand, and aware
that Janus faccdsm, will not be longer tol-
Grated by the masses, the Enquirer demands
Of the Charleston Convention, ~ authorita-
tive explanation Of wha. democracy il, and
bases its demands on TIE following grounds:
"Sincs prominent md leading Statesmen
"tof the Democratic partly have, upon the
floor Of the Senate, publicly Gro,re2 coastruc-
".ions Numerically opposite, 1T ls not HoS-
'EsT to permit tie platform, unchanged, 10
practice deception upon The wNrglectiRg and
''unpary Those who cndeavor, by the de-
"ceptious chicanery Of IN ambiEors platform
"to inveigle men Of their vote and influence,
"are as morally criminal rs those who at
tempt, by outrage and violence. to deprive
men fany advantage they hold under the
claws. To entrap the Northern mans vote,
"by the delusive hopes Of Free-sol Terrific
'ree, is AZ hagcious as to ensnare the South
FERN mans property by vain promises ofrigh
80 enter, without the power to hold, his
"saves in the common Territory. Let The
Democratic party avoid this Gcl IF double
'tre1chey-Nis deception Of both North ard
"coutA. Let there be in the Charleston plat
form nothing that can dsceirs-thGt can do
wrong 20 either North IT South" &c.
The many wlirlgig spiniuss which has
characterized the Enquirer Of late years has
seemed to have had modifying influence
upon its moral constitution and 30 soItened
i.s conscience as to produce some twitchings
Ut its past career Of deception, which leads it
now to demand m open, and candid cx-
position Of the principles "i the party whose
particular organ, in Virginia, it processes to
be. The Examiner however Is not at all in
clincd to follow in the footsteps Of its cotcm-
porary. Its conscience has not been tender
ed 1t is hardly old enough in sin to repent.
Iimagines that its crimes are merely venal.
and not OF magnitude sufficient to bring it on
the stool Of repentance, and therefore it cries
out, spare that glorious Cincinnati platform,
cross not n 4 dot not az |, but relilirm it as
an entierty. Hence it will g. up to Charles
ton opposing the Enquirer, and demanding
that the iou5ls faced platform shall be that
L. 1,tn hotl ba nta3
and in which, ike James Buchanan, his iden-
tity shall be lost. Will the people North or
South submit to this; We think not. In
the coming presidential campaign the people
will demand an explicit avowel of principles
especially will the South require to know,
whether or not the democracy favour slave
code for the territories, If they do not, and it
10 go signifed at Charleston such pow WOW,
such muss--such gathering up, walking
out aud boiling as will take place we venture
to assert, has never been witnessed before o.
,nong the gloriously harmonious. The schiv-
alerous democracy will take each other by
the ears. and the loud denuncations the South
shall utter against the North, and the terri
bic charges of deception the North shall
bring against the South, will break even the
cohesive power of the public plunder which
has so long held together the dscordaat elc-
ments. Rich scenes are in the future, and
the pencil Of q master should be in readiness
to hand them down to posterity.
m Vf,,no.f, Earrx NJ