The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-05-29
SGELLANEOUS.
BIN the Hon, Howell Cobb.

H. ~ kffSHIN6ToN SlTY, may ., loou.
!. Your letter of the 5th instant,
ahed me- The limited time allow
= s5, induces ;ne to comply with ronr
s. Hi prompt answer, and I shall en-
rs Ike it equally candid"
s. 3sf1lze fully in your apprehensions for
/ D Of oar country It cannot be dis
I, hat both the safety of the South and
( Itty the Union are seriously threa-
III is ny honest conviction that the
slends upon the action of the Southern
this important juncture. "A firm,
Z & unfaltering policy on. the partEof the
s 4wil give security to her5own rights, and
4 and quiet to the Union. Any other
:. s will be equally fatal to the preservation
IS one and the maintenance of the other.
ourselves have looked to the National
cratic party as the only political organiza-
which the sound constitutional elements
g whole country could be brought into
: and cordial cooperation. With thecon-
On Z witnessed the proceedings Of the late
lesion Convention with intense anxiety,
aeeply regretted the causes which led to
uption.
considering the proper course now TO be
ged, we should understand, distinctly, the
3son Of the failure Of that Convention to
es upon a. platform, and candidates for the
port of the Democratic party. If the diff
ences which led to the resultat Charleston,
iinmaterial and unimpo portant, thereis no cause
trouble or apprehension The public. mind
goald promptly pronounce them to be so, and
IS ley should be dismissed from our thoughts rs
s s nworthy of future consideration. Are the
lseople Of; Georgia prepared to pronounce this
lJnagment2 The answer to this inquiry involves,
jim my opinion, the future destiny of the South.
d There we're two points Of difference at Char
I;leston which produced the dissolution of the
RCoHyention. lst. The Platform Of the party
On the subject of slayery-2d. The nomination
|o of a proper candidate for the Presidency.
The fifteen Southern States in common with
the two Democratic States of the Pacific, asre-'
ed upon a platform, which recognized the
equality .of the Southern States, and the right
sof their citizens to go with their properly into.
the Common territories Of the MON, claiming
for them and their property the same protec-.
ton which the Constitution and laws ofthe.
land extend. to their brethren of the non-slave-
holding States and their property nothing;
inore-nothlhg less The escycnteen States which
with perfect unan:mity, agreed upon this plat
form, arealio Of them certain Democratic States.
The candidates 70 be nominated by the Demo
craft. party for President and Weep President,
lnnst receive their votes, to give them the
slightest: prospect. Of success The remaining.
sixteen States by virtue of their superior nuin-
bers IN Convention, refused cegnizet these
prins siples Theg did otsasserts tie plat
form they adopted antagonists principles to
those agreed upon by the Southern and Demo:
cratic States Their policy was to leave the
ques ton AN open issue SO far as any des.arai;
ton of principle was concerned, but to gre "a
practical constrnciopsto their platform, by the
nonii alton Of candii hose chief elailn