Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-24
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By means Of an editorial correspondent at
Charleston, the Commercial is able TO lay be-
fore its readers the exact conditions that will
govern the action Of the Convention. These
are summed up in an editorial concisely as
follows .I--. . So. s.
1.-THE great question before the Convention
appears to be, not who will be the candidate,
but can Douglas be nominatedW
To solve this question, we are informed
that
'Mr. Douglas holds, ifnot clean majority
of the Convention, at least a sufficient num-
Der TO enable his hackers TO say who shall be
nominated" -.-- ,-.. ...srrer
This and the next paragraph would seem
to make Douglass chances tolerably sure;
0If the North were, indeed, fully or ap-
proximately united upon Mr.. Douglas, he
could not be beaten, for Southern votes
enough could be relied upon to give effect to
his nomination" .....
Probably the writer means votes enough
to effect his nomination. Superfluity of
words, as Of ears, is thought to indicate
gravity and deliberation. Butthe journey to
Charleston has convinced the editorial cor
respondent that if Douglas is nominated it
will disrupt things.
"Indeed, il appears from the latest intelli-
gence from the seat Of war, under date OF
last evening, that the nomination of Douglas
can be effected only at the cost of the disrup-
ton Of the party"
This comes from allowing an editor to GO
away from home. Last time he went, he
found when he reached Washington that the
Union had gone up.
The article is, as Falstatf improperly re-
marked of the virtuous Dame Quickly; ave
know not where to have it, First the great
question was, "Can Douglas be nominatedT
Now it is, will he allow himself to be nomi.
mated, with such consequences staring him in
the face.
That the Northern supporters of Douglas
however ardent and determined, will be viii.
ling to purchase his nomination at such 8
cost is hardly probable"
0fcourse they will noti As soon as hi:
Northern supporters find that Southern
votes enough can be relied upon to give effect
to his nomination" they will drop him like 8
hot potatol But they can not help them.
selves, for Douglas is in honor bound not tc
be nominated if there is any opposition.
"Mr. Douglas himself is pledged, in the
most emphatic manner, to be only the candi-
date of united Democratic party. He car
not without greater political dishonor thar
even he is capable of recede from his recorded
declarations to this effect"
This disposes of Douglas and OF the two
great questions that have brought the inter
esting article so far, for if a single State oi
Delegate opposes Douglas, the party will no
be united one, and, of course, he can MOI
without dishonor accept nomination.
Then the "great question" shifts again:
"Will they say, what it is obviously in
their power to say, that if Douglas can moi
be nominated no one else shall be?"
This is decided in the negative, and ther
the article winds up with the great question
"Who then will be nominated2' By com
parison of this with that which was an
nounced as not the question at the be
ginning, it will be seen that the article a
last goes in at the very hole which it refused
to enter at the start.
This is gathered from the correspondence
of the editor, who says he did it "With coat
vest, cravat and boots thrown off, and tn,
door and window thrown open;" so it can b.
seen how the effort sweated him.