New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-08
DYE PRESS ON TIE CHARLESTON De
MOVEMENT.

weeks TO reassemble al Baltimore, While ottshoot
n 20 assemble at Richmondthese facts of unusual
gravity and of which the ultimate consequences cam
not yet be ioreseen. We colate therefore from our
exchanges such remarks on these occurrences as seem
best calculated TO shed light on the future.
TIE CoRstitutioR-Mr. Buchanan immediate organ
has this pungcnt paragraph:
MED Of the late National Democratic Convention al Ces
certainly be ACKNOWLEDGED that the patisans Of the
10 be nGturs resource in themselves TO make trial some
shs man who wl be acceptable to the Democratic states
satisfy himself that Mr. DoUs,s cannot possibly overcome s me
States whose electoral November viii eeeis'y oe et
for psmoesi Contention with such i'e' as '"'
The Cincinnati Enquirer very prominent
Douglas organ-says; p..,
"Tho Charleston Convention has adjourned to meet AZ ha
political history o. the country Wie n mos b b,r
rnn in results has been demonstrated that The party VII
t tbe rcope Of Territory have no hight prevent
sSyefy II such i their wish that the duty of Congress
though urged oPon the Convention in lieu Of it, Ga
many United States Senators assembled has been
jeced Democratic All the power Of Senate eaue9ses
the Democratic creed although they backed by the local
pressure the strongest southern city in the Union The tn
Mf DoOgas candidate and fsvOe Of The people al
Of ali Other Presidential aspsnts the Adintra and
Southern secessiost received than fifty ballots,
two to al others less than one hundred
present and voted His nomination only prevented by the
adoption OF rule which required Jogr' Of all the votes in
strength and power Of the elements sayed against him. this
one Of the T9s s eIS8y who eIe n tb Convention had
correctly reflected the will of the people he would have been
nomnatcd usImouy the rst ballot Il seems to rs i'm
possible that the Convention, when assemblies At Baltimore
month hense cen in1 ore or &c counter to the i "'h INT
Under the cardinal rule ~ t .i ~ t
nomination None Of his competitors received OnequaIeT
the votes cast while be got threetfs on about fsFy G P
The time when politicians and the peo
seeess bas gone by forever predict that the people Them
win hand in Baltimore in thousands and taxi LOOK
so sat ''H'''' 4" ""'''' '''' '''''-''' ''' ~
The Bangor Daily Union thinks the adjournment
q good thing for the party and adds
Let Democrat be- discouraged that nomination has been
delegates there undertook 70 perform most gstic
aud interests Of nrytaree eHpire' covering almost an entire
CONVENTION have failed to do within an equal area on the CONT
nent Of Earogs the repre.fHtIye. o. the Mato ne q,
iooI OF five days once IN four yes5s 4 i any wonder Then @
the 10th OF June viii do under different
which viii attend the meeting Of the coming Baltimore and
Chicago Conventions The Democracy have had and so
bong the Constitution lives VIII have the whole rep2n-
action Of their Delegates in Convention depends the future
destiny the land Not with Republicans and Constitutional
Unonsts They both and know that there hardly the
probability such fearful responsibility being cast
and hence they win act children play the rep'n'ib
"Let our fiends bear IN mind one thing 1.-THE adjournment
Of the Charleston Convention to those
81 ss1 who sf P'ns to s1 the conflict Sese a %
pointmet 70 our Republican opponents whose action at chicago
Now they will be obliged act Independently postpone their
\ nomination until after at Baltimore.
nomination win yet be made. and forty days @ have
and Of South Carolina will b. marching shoulder shoulder
a1othe glorious victory all the while keeping step the music
This, it will be observed, sounds rather hollow;
hut TIE tiffany argus talks in the same vein Il
praises the Convention for it, decorum thinks the I'D
journment will give time for deliberGton and concert
while it dsconces the calculations of The Republicans
and adds:
That the Platform adopted by the Convention sound
dispute simply reafirnaton the Cincinnati Platform
Ss y %ent 9o1e e md sehaSSd Splendid
eG sIe a aware That 99y pcs d do any gu te1 %
unound There pretence Of The kind but the dele
INTO sufficient nportance to lead asked
Convention further and in addition 70 the Cincinnati
ress by legislation 10 protect defend Slavery the Terrific
ton-wbetler from doubt soundness Of the prop
position, or from a conviction Of the iDepedeney of
minds OF different deegaterefud do and left the platform
iss poo1 Of be ea for ' seo eho to m
eede 1t gives confidence in our conviction that he action OF
when condemned by decided majority Of the dele
s Convention 1ts St to the WIG % s. e o thf svp
States who remained must BE- conceded TO be equally well
qualified judge Of the character OF the action OF the Conyen
ton and the necessity wopey Of it, disruption as the 81
who withdrew And with the majority OF the southern dele
cute wiling 10 leave The action Convention pacu-
Larry the question whether afforded and til affords good
Iendng ssunder that body and the great National Dem
oac party which trepreents and upon which our 'honai
governmental fabric must rely for preserVaion'
Tile Charleston Mercury does not fully corrob-
crate this roseate picture. IT says:
"Wbie Impossible Douglas. under the rule
eau be nominated, the difficulty Of making any noinna Ism
creased His friends cheek easily the game Of nom
mating any other individual st present there i not the hast
visible chance Of any getting TIE 2 votes required Tor inc
Mr. Hunter % Virginia the IN number, but 81 votes No
material change occurred subsequently, Tire Southern states
which the Convention may suppose be
fairly considered engaged in the exalted vocation Of President
making without regard 10 the rights Of the South They into
the ballot with squatte Sovereignty Platform On such a
they nominate Mr.. Douglas j. just good any Southern
who be nominated. Indeed, ne may be far
better Southern man VINO VII accept OF nomination
platform opDosedtO The rights 81 he SOUTH whether he be-
eves in IT Is totally orhy Of the support Of tn Cot
ton States II he believes in IL then h j than Mr. Doug
l for in administering the government he viii endeayo to
ciliate the North, while Mr. Douglas the contra
y, being from the North would strive to concili
ate the South And II he does not believe IN
south He sacrifices his principles TO obtain ocPrncp in
The opinion Of the Cotton states a least vital to their nights and
beres He puts himself into this dilemma II he carries out
his principles In the action Of the Government he traitor to
platform which me nominated aud deceves those who
shall elect hu be- does not carry out hs principles the he
absndons them for Office and traitor to the Constitution and
the South OR opinion however That no such progacy wi
b. perpested because nomination will be made by the Con
vfIoI We congratulate The Southern stats which have WITH
drawn from the Convention that they free o. this isnoDe
struggle"
Tile Dubuque Iowa HcrQtd Curtly says:
great triumph has been achieved Charleston the
greatest political combustion this Government has wit