Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-05-10
FAMILY QUARREL.

The members Of the Charleston Convention
who stood their ground, having adjourned to
meet again at Baltimore on the 18th of June
and the seeding members having resolved to
address the people in behalf of their course,
the interest of the feud between the two fac
tIonS of the democratic party is kept alive
1t was undoubtedly expected by the majority
| of the Convention that some means would be
! found to compose the quarrel and to unite the
entire party upon one candidate, or no post
ponement would have been had TWo-thirdS
of the delegates who remained at their post
were friends Of Douglas, at least in name, and
| if it was intended to nominate him independ-
emily Of the rest of the party, they had the
opportunity in their hands they might have
given him the vote of the Convention, and
then, considering their work as ended, might
have adjourned without day
1t seems clear to US, therefore, that the ma.
joTity of that Convention, after they had be-
come fully acquainted with the temper of the
delegates from the slave states, had no idea of
nominating Douglas. Immediately after the
secession they adopted a resolution which made
his nomination impossible they agreed that
it should require two hundred and two votes
in the Convention, or two,thirds of the whole
number Of delegates, including those who had
withdrawn from them and sat with them no
longer, as necessary to nomination. More
than fifty trials afterwards showed that Doug
las could obtain but three-quarterS of this
number. His warmest friends must have been
satisfied, before the final proceedings of the
! Convention, that there was not the slightest
hope of his success. 1t is known that, among
! those who gave him their votes, there were
several who originally thought it the wiser
course to agree upon some candidate less ob-
noxiouS to the Soath, and it is affirmed that
| these, with many others, were ready to aban-
don Douglas and agree upon Guthrie, or some
other prominent man of the slave states as
soon as they should have given what might
be regarded as ample proof Of having done
! their best for Douglas, and made his friends
fully sensible that his nomination was imprac-
ticable. 1t is very likely that one reason of
the adjournment, therefore, was a desire on
the part Of his friends to shield him from the
modification of an absolute rejection by the
Convention The adjournment breaks his fall,
and let's him to the ground a little more
lightly
The resolution by which the regular Con-
venhon was adjourned gives as a reason
that the states not represented may have
an opportunity to Gil up their delegations. y
But it is impossible that any new elections Of
delegates should be had in the slave states
The constituents of the seeding delegates will
stand by them, of course it would raise a
mob in most places of the South to call
meeting for the sake of appointing other del
egates friendly to Douglas.
IVn paroaiva +bot ;S cor,o
quarters that the seeding delegates adjourned
to meet at Richmond on the second Monday
in June. This is not so-they adopted reso
luton in favor Of a Southern Convention, to
be held at that place and time-but for them
selves they adjourned sine die. Whether the
resolution will be carried out or not-and if
SO, what will then be done, we will not ven
ture to conjecture-but the policy of that
portion Of the Convention who will reassemble
in Baltimore is obvious. Inasmuch as they
waived the opportunity Of nominating Doug
las when it was in their power, it is not at all
likely that they will nominate him at Balti-
more.
Nor can they without bringing themselves
into contempt. make any change in the plat
form which they have deliberately adopted
All that remains for them is to agree upon
some candidate who has not given offence to
the South-some person identified with south
ern interests-and to trust to party aSsocia-
tionS, party sympathie8 and party policy to
bring the South to his support Ereajag
Post.