Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-05-12
The Charleston Convention.
From the New York journal Of Commerce.

after ten days of anxious dcliberation, has
adjourned till the 18th Of June, when it
il to resume its labors in the city of Balti
more. The vcte stood 95 in favor Of such
adjournment and 80 against it. This
course was rendered necessary, or at least
cxpcdicnt, by the contraricty of opinion
which was found to exist among the mem
bers as to one feature Of the Platform, and
also as to the candidate to be put in nomi
nation for the Presidency. These differ
cnces developed themselves at an early
stage of the proceedings, and indeed were
known to exist before the Convention met.
Although one Of them relates to men and
the other to measures, they involve but
single question, viz, the security Of slave
property in the Territories. Mr.. Douglas
amended doctrine of "squastcr sovereign
ty," which would enable n few thousand
people who might happen to settle in a
Territory prior to its organization as such I,
or be forced into it by Emgrant Aid So
cietics, to control its dcstines for all time
as to the matter OF slaycry-not literally,
hut in effect because the exclusion Of 81 ives
by Territory just organized, would be
equivalent to an exclusion of their masters
and SO would prevent any chnnc2 of an in
crcas" Of population favorable to rcpcal'
this doctrine, we say was particularly Ii
Gus to thn South, as in substance denying
them n common right il the common ter
ritory, purchased hy the common blood
aud treasure. For the same reason they
were hostile to thc author and principal
promoter Of the doctrine and were deter
mined not to support him for the Irrsidcn-
cy. When, therefore, a majority of the
Convention adopted q platform (rcported
by the minority of the Platform Commit
tec) which contained 10 provision for The
pr ptacton Of property in the TERRITORIES,
on'idcrable portion Of the Southern del
cgatcs Withdrew, declaring they could not
be parties t. q transaction which they
deemed so unjust to their constituents, and
so inconsistent with the equal rights to
which they were cntitlad in the common
domain. The seeding delegates proceed
ed to organic themselves in separate
Convention, and adopted the Platform yc-
ported by the majority of tie Platform
Committee in the Convention proper
| Thus the two Conventions were at logger
heads and for time there seemed no
prospect of a reunion. But the "sobcr
second thought brought both parties to Il
sense of the mischief which might res 1T
from their disscn'ions, and they were anx-
iously waiting for some way of rcconcilia-
ton to be opened, whereby they could
return to their first love. At this iuncturc
a proposition was submitted to the prnci-
pal Convent N by delcgat from Tcnnes-
see, which, il was minated, would be sat
factory to the seeding Convention as fol
lows -
RrsoiCe3, That all the citizens Of the
United States have an equal right to set
tie with their property in the Territories o
the United States, and that under the de-
, ciSons Of the supreme Court, which W,
recognize as correct exposition Of the
Constitution, neither their right, of person
or property can be destroyed or impaired
, by Congressional or Territorial lcgsla-
ton.
''Rrsmc'd, That two-thirds of all tn,
electoral votes OF the United States shal
he required for the nominations'
: These are what are called the Tcnncs
: see re solutions. The latter of the two wa
adopted by the Convention proper, by
5 handsome majorty-which fact gave mucl
{ satisfaction to the scccdcrs, as it Rendered
t inpo 'siblc the nomination Of Douglas 70
the Presidency. We do not find, howcv
, cr, that the Convention adopted the for
NOR Of these resolutions, neither did the
! ri 'ct it. They probably desired time t.
l consider the waoc subject and hoped tha
. the Seceders would profit by the same in
dulgcnce. Neither Convention made an,
r nomination for the Pie idcncy, and s
D there i reason to hope for harmoniou
f result at the adjourned Convention at b u
timorr. In the meantime, the ''U'nion
party and the Republicans will hold thci
respective Conventions the former at Bal
timorc on the 9th inst, and the latter a
s Chicago on the 10Th When the u me
cratic Convention rcasscmblc5, therefore
Il it will know who are the nominees of tn
t o'hor two parties, and whether those par
3, ties, with professions antagonistcal to cac
Il other, are to co operate in the support {
J. one and the same clnddat,
On the whole, We anticipate good rath
cr than evil from the adjournment to Bal
timorc, and see 10 reason to despair of III