Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-01

baltimore Convention.
The story which has been put in cir
culation by the friends Of Judge Doug
las 10 the effect that strong Douglas res
olutions were passed by the Baltimore
Democratic Convention, gets little air
ing in the columns of the Balti more Su"
Of the 25th instant, which publishes III
full the resolutions passed by the Con-
vention in question. For the benefit OF
those who claim that there was no Adj
minstration element in the Baltimore
Democratic Convention, we publish the
last of the resolutions adopted. Here ii
is; read it:
Rsyoiped That this convention distinctly an
aonnces its hearty endorsem ant Of the foreign
and domestic policy pursued by the Admins
traiion Of JAMES BUCHANAN that IL hereby
plsdges-whilst expressing its heartisst sym
patbies with the sen,ime nts and interests OF our
sister States of the South-tLe support Of the
Democratic party of this Congressional district
to the nominee OF the Charleston Convention
and that the delegates this day elected to rep
resent this said Congressional Distric: in said
Charleston Convention as may in their judg-
ment be deemed most available ana deserving.
That is Douglas resolution with a
vengeance. There are great many Of
the same kind, but we cannot see, cx-
actly, why the friends Of Mr.. -. appro-
. pirate them so readily. OF conrse we
don't fad any fault in particular with
such conduct, but at the. same time 1t If
little unusual.
Concerning tho manner in which the
friends Of Senator Douglas appropriate
all the resolutions of the different Stste
Conventions to themselves, the Cbnsl,-
tuition makes the following very truth
full and pertinent remarks. The C6"st'-
tuition says, "there is scarcely day
that the tclegraphic correspondents OF
the Associated Press do not make asser
tons with regard to the action Of the
Democratic State Conventions which
subsequent information proves to be ut
terly false. One day we see it stated that
thirty five votes of New York are day
pledged to Judge Douglas. Tho next
it is announced with equal positiveness
that the delegation from Connecticut
is, with one exception, unanimous i'll his
favor A third day it is asserted that
Minnesota la. "gone like a whr for Mr..
Douglas" and that her convention has
instructed her delegates to vote for him;
and equally positive statements are
made with regard to the Democratic
Conventions of variou. other States,
whose delegations to Charleston are
claimed as "unts" for the Illinois Sena-
tor. When the facts are examined and
the proceedings of these conventions
authoritivcly made known, we find that
the Geographic correspondents have
either stated the exact opposite Of the
truth, or else they have grossly exagger-
ated the facts. We know, for instance,
that The New York. delegation chosen
by the regular Democratic Convention
of the State at Syracuse in September
last, are not pledged to Judge Douglas
or to any other man and that they will
never vote for any one who is not entire
" acceptable to the Democracy of the
Southern States. We know that she
Connecticut delegation occupy precise
ly similar position; that the Minnesota
Convention, by vote of two to one,
negatived aresolution OF instructions in
favor of Mr.. Douglas that the delega-
tons from Massachusetts and Maine,
which "the trumpeters" have announced
to be units" for him, are not only not
so, but very far from it; and that in
Ohio and Indiana, whence the trumpets
have sounded most loudly and exulting-
ly, tn re are very strong parties opposed
to Judge Douglas.
If further proof were needed of the
grounjlessness Of the boasts of that
gentleman friends, it would be found
in the disclosures with regard to the
Democratic Convention in Baltimore"