, 1860-06-25
THE BALTIMORE sEcEDERS.

aEE up@0 II.
THE BALTIMORE SECEDERS.
When tie delegates from eight Southern
States lift the Char cston Convention nc took
occasion to say it was evident thu. they rep
resented the do,ni.ant fce;.rg in South Caro-
Ina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisians. 1*1as and Arkansas, faithfully snd
I41ally. We reprint the substance OF our
remarks from ii. PnEss and TR1prsE #
Mag 7th:
"They f,Le sceedersl are al politicians, aud
their movements. drst, last, and all the time,
are taken to save themselves at home, aud to
keep their positions Of leadership amorg their
constituents. There IL no doubt that Tancsy
Of Alabama is 10 day The. foremost man Of tue
Bouth 10 the confidence of the people, He has
already been singled on. as Coz. Fi,zpatrick's
SUCCESSOR in tho L. $. Senate, and, while his
election il ssil pending, it is incredible to sup
pose that he would take step wIich might
weaken hin in his own State. Runnells Of
Texas is another prominent political aspirant,
and it is not to be supposed that be would join
in q movement which bade fair to abatc from bis
popularity ut teme. So OF the rest. Ihey are.
Ill denagoguee, and like other demagogues they
pay the sric.est heed 10 the tone of public senti
msnt in the constituencies which delegated
them to Chsr)eston. They are Us firmly
held up to the doctrine that Congress- ought
10 protect slavery in the Territories, by
their respective States, as the Douglas del
eea:es are held back from it by sbeirs. Hence
The conflict at Charleston is IN irrcprss.
eble one, because tie differences betsreeu
the Democracy Of Illinois and the Democracy
Of Alabama are radical and irrepressih:e. All
fumors and partisan dispatches which ASSUME
that the seceders do not properly represent the
Democracy Of 1heir cwn Suites, are idle and
uonseusical-ss void Of probability as the idea
That Richardson and his colleagues do not mir
ror the .eelings Of the Douglas rhr:y in Illinois
II is L matter Of pubic notoIiety 1hat the Stu.r
Convention Of A'abama contained only tptl,e
delegates cut of more than fire hundred, who
would tolerate tho Douglas heresy fer gu in
staut. 1t is quite fresh in the public mird, that
in the So 18th Carolina Convention there was
not Il mouth opened to advocate the doctrine
that slavery can By any legal means be ex-
ciudcd from Territory; ard tits was fa-
ezc*l1enee the conservative wing Of the party
in that Stste. It is equally well known that
the Arkansas Convention repudiated Douglas
ism By an almost unanimous vote. How sense
less then to Gsscrt TINT these delegates are ruL.
ming aheed Of their constituents in tile adroca-
at 1~$tx ~
~ has tplt on tue rcck Of s1avery ard lies
stranded beside Il Z wreck of old Whigcery!"
How w.ll subsequtat events lave realized
these prceros:ic; tiors We Leave the reader
to dc'crmino. Not ouly have tie States above
namtd seeded again, md thus adhered to
thei7 disagreement, but they Lave carried OF
all tut The roe1est fraction Ct their brethren
Of the South, who have followed them erca a.
:he expense Of destroyicg the only thoroughly
rso-Aarc'y party in the Union. Mr.. Dougln,'
strength at the South is thus shown, in zach
State, to te something alter the pattern Of
the Danits party in illinois. Missouri a1ene
maintains anything like respectable el1ow
for tue sqratter caie!tain, and her EicndsLip
is more than balanced by tho secession Of
California and OreRon-r.c only Northern
States which are counted On IS certain to cast
their electoral votes for the Democratic n:mi.
nse this ysar.
To adoo: the language Of the "cld public
fuaetienary," in his silliman lettr, lit is
"auazing that any ons could ever have
Thought differently" We msy assume that
nine-tenths Of the delegates to both C,nven-
tlons are professional politicians. Out Of the
TWENTY-FIVE from Illinois rot moro than TIN
probably net more than one, can be exempted
from this category. Among the ten from
Wisconsin not single man caa he foucd who
il net En- aspiraut for popular favor. The s,me
remark applies to The delegates from Iadiaua
Iowa aud Minnesota. We know ihs men,
aad ne kcow that whereof We affirm. Sl,sll
We suppose that tho pg5sons tea, 10 the Ma
tlooa! Democratic Convention from A1abama
and Virginia nre such sublime adlerents Of
dogma, that they will follow i. 10 tbs ruin
Q: .ke;r o"n popularity and Influence at LONE
Even If ttey were disp: sed to commit feso de
- at Charleston, they would never have b. ea
been allowed t. do it a se,o1d ne At
Baltimore. Seven weeks baye ;rausni-td
since th, adjournment at the former rlacc,
Tho delegates have al visited their cousti,u.
'n's; they have ali had opportunity to ]eara
1ha wishts Of those WHO gavs them their
commissions. Those who took ra,t il the
secession at Charleston havo oil been se.t
back By the rsgulsr organization of the party,
sxcept in two States which refused utterly to
have anything more to do with "Sa.ional
Democracy" and dispatched their delegates IN
sn autagen:s.ic Convention at Richmond
Those who adhered to the rema rs oe n..
ncoracy-those who "stuck to the shir." a. d
talked Of going down on the las. timser-hnys
also had conferences, snxious and prolcncs d
no doubt. with their neighbors aud cotstitu.
cats. They have had abundant tine 10 con.
slider tbs question in all its phases The ques.
rioa itself has been cf such magnitu ie, has
beco so ovcrmaster:aK IN its importance to the
psop1e, that no man who carried the role ol
his district could h2ve fniled 10 learn exactly
what was desired Of him md exactly what il
would be SAFE or unssie for him t. do. Ia it to
BE- supposed that the delegates from Vlrgiris,
Kentucky and Tennessee found au inclination
among their constituents to support Douglas,
and lien took the responsibility Of goiDg
against him? Is it to to supposed that they
would have dared to take sap involving the
utssr ruin Of the party, without feeling tho
assurance tha. tho people wanted it done7
Further than this. All persons will con.
cads that however .reacherous and unfa;tbfu}
tho delegates in Democratic Convention NAV
bo, msmbers Of Congress ara not apt t, run
counter to tbs wishes Of their constituents il,
50 inpor "a Mt a matter as differentiation Of a
eaodldats Tor the Presidency. But it is f.cs.
u2oa which Douglas hos reared two.thi,ds cif
his strength in the North, that Senators and
Representatives, alike from all the Slave S,at.s
have united in opposing his nretcns;o,a ON,