Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-05


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n whish has = long rulsd The oonnsry. there Il
NOT Conservatism enough 10 keep the factions from
rushing spoa. slsh cshsrf distsrbing. by the VIC
'eaesss sAsss q. ;s'asf .as quiet Of the
whaa h.s $3.50 Il th.ir claims !. .ll-perv.d.
ins, ana. sxslsssss sAtipaaliy VIA. poia.s Of
identity eaa ~ 49, NV between . Mssssehu.
sssts ssa . South 0atollda Dsmscfxsf The fact
that they could neither Asree upon platform or
aeaadidass. ~ sssknli1ssnS enough. and should
scatter to The wfsas III thsir Soasted preten.ious
who helisvss aow, ~will believe hereafter, that
Tho Democracy = 3 homogeneous partyf naiiou.
alufxAnisation3 II II really be such, why did
II sst sipdisass is sians 10 this high distinction.
Win the eyes q the whole country were upon
IL md fhousands who arc not Democrats by con-
visi;on, looked hopefully in the direction Of Char
lesion, 70 zee The dask cloud removed which has
bssn ovsrhsnging onr political horizon' Never
was there mere important issue invelved, nor o
higher incentive given 10 arouse the patrietic i'm
pulses Of msn, shsn those which should hnve ope-
Il - I.l>s>K~~ al akH har
Bot what did ws seef Tumuit strife, confu.
sion: the absence Of all order; IN utter want Of
confdepes. coupled with deep, implaeable Sec
tisnal hssrsd,--ia short, q pandemonium lot
loose, in which The worst passions Of men had
full play and were predominant
This 10 . just picture of tho Charleston Convcn-
tion. aud If any body can indulge hopeful augu-
~ for the country. from its proceedings they
have more faith in the proverb that "a bad be-
ginning makes good ending" than we possess
After wransling. a. we have said. for ten days,
the Convention ended as ii began; having accom-
plished nothing but its own destruction, the diyi
sion Of its party. and tho subycrsion Of public
confidence. The rump that wac left from the Sc
cession Of the Southern delegates determined.
after ffty.seyen Intellectual efforts to nominate
Douglas. to adjourn TO Baltimore. the moro ef1ec-
tually to accompli ,h that purpose. 1t is Doug
las trick, and nothing more. Such was the out
side pressure at Charleston. brought to bear upon
the Southern delegates those from tho Cotton
States especially; that II was impossible to effect
this purpose there. The firing Of salutcs. and
other demonstrations Of joy which hailed the So
cession Of those delegates unmstakaby indca-
ted the tone Of public sentiment and constituted
an insurmountable barrier TO their return. To
have given the Little Giant the nomination of the
rump Convention that remained, which he would
ultimately have received despite the pretended OPP
position of the southern delegates, that were
left, might have been fatal to his prospects,
hence it was deemed best to adjourn ana recon-
vene at some point further North. This is the
real secret and tho result will prove it. Douglas
will be nominated at Baltimore. beyond doubt.
Those who remember .Benton's graphic account
of the Cincinnati Convention will call to mind
the fact he stated, which was that the domination
of James Buchanan was not made by the roliti.
clans present there, but Twas forced by the yco-
many Of Ohio. Indiana. and other Northwestern
States, who we're assembled there in thousands"
Blu. the yeomanry sf South Carolina, aud of tho
States Immediately adjacent. are not of the same
stripe Of those that forced the nomination of
Buchanan" and to them the nomination OF Mr.
Douglas is exceedingly ds,astefu. 1t could not
be made with any eeiat at Charleston, but it will
be made at Baltimore; that is the ter
rible Plug Uglies. beaded by Henry Winter Da-
Wis, do net arrogate tothcmselves the functions of
aCromwell. and. breaking in upon the ru,np Of
the Charleston Convention. tell them with quito
rs much truth as the Protector did the Rump Par
lament. that ''the Lord hath no further need of
you here" But we shall see what will come Of
it ALL .