The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-15

The adjournment of the Richmond Convention
without making nomination, and without taking
any further action in reference to Platform has,
at least the effect of simplifying matters, if it does
not bring them any nearer 10 a settlement. II it
has not closed the breach that divides the Demo-
cratic Party it, at all events, has not wldened It,
If there was nothing particularly conciliatory in
the language and proceedings of the delegates who
met at Richmond, there was nothing in their atti-
tude which forbids the idea that the harmony of
the Party may yet be restored. 1t is no departure
from the reserve with which we have habituallv
spoken of matters which are purely of party con-
Germ to say that sincerely hope that it may be.
Since the nomination of Mr. LINCOLN by the Re
publicans, and the adoption by that Party of the
extreme and radical programme laid down at
Chicago, it more than interests the country
that the unity of the Democratic Party should be
preserved It's disruption at this juncture would
be national calamity. We speak not as being
welded to its fortunes or committed to its prin-
ciples but as being thoroughly opposed to the doc
trines of the Republicans, whose defeat, we be-
lieve, can only be accomplished through its
instrumentaty. 1t is of lasting importance to the
whole country, in the present crisis of affairs that
the Democratic Party should neither be sectional
lied nor destroyed, but that it should remain
powerful national organization, capable of resist
ing and wihstanding the tide of fanaticsm which
threatens TO sweep over the entire North, and
which is now beating against the foundations of
our Government. The spirit of Cancellation
and patriotism which animated the trainers
Of the Constitution and pervaded the ad-
ADMINISTRATION of the Government during the
earlier years of the Republic, has been totally
IGNORED by the Republicans in the present contest
war of sections has been inaugurated-a cru
SADIE against the rights and institutions of the
South is being preached in every town and hamlet
of the North, and the only power that can stay
the evil that threatens the UNION is the Demo-
cratic Party with this conviction, we do not
hesitate to say that we feel the deepest interest in
the peace and harmony of that Party. upon the
preservation of which we conceive such mighty
results at this time to depend, and that we shall
wait with unfeigned solicitude the result If tho
deliberations of the Convention which will oo-
sembe in this city next week We are mot in
sensible to the difficulties with which that hodv
will be called upon to contend. As we have said
the adjournment OF the Richmond Convention has
only smphed matters-it settled notbino T.
merely devOlves upon the Baltimore Conren+;on
the duty and responsibility of reconcilinr the
differences which exist in the Party, and of nra.
senting Candidate and Platform in the sup
port of which the whole Party can unite. It
simply relieves the case of the complications
which would have been inevitable in the event of
the Simultaneous meeting, in different cities. of
two Conventions, each claiming to represent the
National Democracy. 1t has put things back as
nearly as possible in the position in which thew
stood before the split at Charleston-leaving how
ever the differences of opinion which were there de-
veloped still unreconciled and the illbood there
engendered unappeased. The friends of Mr. DOUGLAS
have shown no disposition to waive their preference
for him, or accept Of any other candidate and his
enemies have not abated one jot or title of their
opposition. Several compromise candidates have |
been suggested but no one man appears to have
been thought Of or talked of much more than an |
other, for the reason that the opponents of Mr. |
DOUGLAS, provided they can only defeat him, ap-
pear to be comparatively Indifferent about the
selection which may be made, and his friends are |
resolved to have none but him. 1t is apparent |
therefore, that the nomination presents the same
difficulties now as heretofore-here as at Charles
ton. That Of Mr.. DOUGLAS might, indeed, be eff |
fcted by rescission of the two-thirds rule but |
whether the South would submit to the selection of
aCanGldate so obnoxious to it by bare ority of
the Convention is more than doubtful Nor is the |
embarrassment likely 10 be experienced in the
0f1 ,Iaco Il obI
as we have heretofore observed-had there been no
dlfhculty about the Candidate, there would proba-
bly, have been none about the Platform, in the
present condition of things, the subject is likely to
occasion much debate, and is not likely to be
easily settled. 1t is evident that the delegates who
assembled at Richmond will be content with
nothing short of the majority Platform, as reported
III charleston, with its unequivocal recognition Of
the right ofevery owner of Slave property to carry
slaves into any Territory of the UNITED STATES and
Keep them there, without hindrance or obstruction
oy Territorial or Congressional legislation, and
unuef The protection of the Federal Government
WIZ Northern Democrats be able to swallow this
lucy rejected the dose, with unmisakable signs of
nausea at Charleston. VIII it prove more pala-
''''e at Baltimore? Yet a third queston-one,
wv, ol no little moment, and, perhaps, comprising
!" It's solution the settlement of all others-is
presented by the fact that there will be two dele
s"uonS IN attendance from nearly all of the cotton
sto"lhg States. What disposition shall be made
Vi Ileir rival claims2 1t is not a case of informal
VI uSputed credenals-of different delegates or
S''S ol delegates, claiming seats by virtue of the
SAINT appointment. The delegations in question
were CHOSEN by different Conventions, and repre-
'c 81, different sections of the Party. To exclude
.''ief would be to exclude one-half of the Party
=, Tue States from which they come, from represen-
'',on IN the Convention. How shall this diff
9 'e met? As it will be the first to engage the
noh OIL the Convention, the action of that body
''eHce 10 1t cannot but seriously affect, if it
cIS not positively foreshadow its course, both
~, 'l regard to the Nomination and the Platform
nat each and all of these delicate and embarrsss
lug questions may be discussed and disposed of in
a." :p'rt OF wise moderation and enlightened patri-
.'i doubtless is, as it should be, the sincere wish
9levery friend of his country We hone WOO shau
not be thought prophets of evil if we add that 81
present. there is more room for wishing than tboro
Is ground Tor expecting so auspiceus result.
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