The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-15
Editorin1 Correspomdemee.

lett home, the NOMINATIONS OF the Baltimore
Constitutional nion Convention have been
made. The choice Of John Bell and Edward
Everett by that body has rather taken the
politicians in this latitude aback They ex-
pected (as in fact did people generally that
the Convention would adopt a slave-code
platform, and put Sam. Houston or some
other fllibuster on it. Eut instead, the
Convention went to work in a sensible
way, adopted a national platform without
any trouble whatever, and put upon it two
of the best men in the Union almost by ac-
clamation. This master-move on the politl-
cal chess board was entirely unlocked for,
and has upset all the well studied calcula-
! ton OF the oldest players. They are now
I scratching their heads and studying how to
/ counteract the movement and checkmate
the Baltimore players. How they Will sue
! cced we are all extremely anxious to know.
90 70 Chicago to-day at IL O'Clock to see
the Chicago players make the eventtul
move, and to tell our readers something
about it.
Judge Bates and Mclean will have host
of friends there, who will make great ei-
forts to nominate one Of them tor the Presi-
deucy. Such nomination, on platform
which the nominee wohld accept, would
take the wind ont of the sails of the Con-
stiuional Z Mon movement in the North;
and | am very much mistaken in Mr. Bell,
it that distinguished gentleman would not
decline TO run against either of the conser-
valve statesmen above mentioned as Mr..
Fillmore offered to do in 1856 provided
Judge Mclean should be the choice Of the
Philadelphia Convention. With such a
nomination at Chicago on a moderate plat
form, the diversion in favor of the COnstitu-
tional Union ticket would not be very Sc
rious in Indiana. But shonld the Chicago
Convention see fit to nominate Mr.. Seward,
Mr.. Chase, or any of the more ultra leaders
then clear the track for Bell and Everett
for they will make gallant race in South
ern Indiana
Unless the Chicago Convention should
nominate Mr.. Bates or Mr.. Mclean, or some
other gentleman of that stamp, in whose
favor Mr.. Bell might withdraw; or unless
that Convention should endorse the Balti-
more nomination (w which is not probable),
the election will certainly be thrown into
the House Of representatives,. This will
probably be the case even if the Democracy
should compromise and mite on Guthrie
Johnson, or some other moderate man oi
popularity both North and South 1t may
he taken for granted that they will do this,
because unless they do, it is" all day with
their rickety party. Douglas can not pos
sibly Hc the candidate of a united Demo
cracy. Ifhc should he nominated at Balti-
more another Democratic candidate will be
put up at Richmond. Even supposiug that
the Democracy unite on Guthrie or Johnson
(and believe they will unite on the for
mer if the party Gun unite on anybody,
Bell and Everett will, in all human proba-
biIity, carry Maryland and Ten neSsee, and
probably Ken ntucky. In that case, where
will be. the "invincible Democracy p
Should Mr.. Bates or Mclean receive the
Chicago nomination, even though Mr.. Bell
might not decline running, the Chicago
ticket would get enough OF electoral votes
in the Free States to elect and the running
OF MeSSrs. Bell and Everett would do it no
harm, fer they would render the Democra-
cy weaker in the South, while they could
not endangcr the Chicago ticket materially
in the North
Ii the election is thrown into the House,
Messrs. Bell and Everett will be more like
ly to succeed than any Of the other cand-
dates. 1t is not probable that the represcn-
tativcs of either the Northern or the South
ern party could be elected and in that
event, any patriotic man, no matter what
his peculiar notions, would feel perfectly
safe and justiable in cOnsigning the govern
ment to 9ucIi true and able bands, purticu-
larly as failure to make choice would
throw the election into the Senate, and re-
suit i'll the election of an abettor of Buch-
anan Democracy-the synonym of every
thing odious and lespicahlr in politics.
There was an alarm OF lire here about
three o'clock uu Thursday morning, and /
saw the paid lire depart lruent on their way
to the fire. Between that plau and tue old
one hat contrast Instead OF two OF
three hundred men aud boys running,
shouting, cursing, blackguarding, and
" making night hileous," say the engines
and hose carriages, and the beautiful new
steamer, drawn 10y horses, and managed by
sober, orderly, and experienced men, Gu
their way TO The scene OF operations; and
no more noise Mas made than If 50 many
butchers carts had been on the way TO
early market. The fife happened to be
small, but even il it it had been large, it
would have been cxtin&uished with bali the
fuss and damage the volunteer system would
have occasoned. Since the pay system waS
introduced here, there have been very few
fires and no false alarms The machinery,