The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-05
SENSIBLE QUESTIONS.

The New York Times should be needed by
the Radicals when it puts such questions as the
following to them None more important.could
occupy the attention Of the thinking men of the
country
Suppose matters to stand in 1868 substan.
tally as they stand to-day-none of the South
ern States represented in Congress. Is it not
reasonably certain that they will all be repre-
sented 10 the Democratic National Nominating
Convention, and that they will choose electors
who will vote for the Democratic nominees!
Now suppose their votes, together with those Of
Northern States that may vote the Democratic
ticket, constitute majority of the Electoral
College-what will be the result? 1t may be
said their votes will not be counted. Congress,
containing only Northern members-the South
not being represented in twill reject them.
Will that rejection be accepted by the country?
Will the mass of the Southern people, or the
mass Of the Democratic party in the North, &C
quiesce in il? And would not such resistance
be most menacing to the peace of the country!
That would not be an attempt at secession; it
would be 10 no sense sectional conflict; it
would present to the country and the world the
aspect of a majority of the people insisting upon
their right to control the Government as against
the unconstitutional usurpation of the minority.
We do not bring this matter forward now tor
the purpose of discussing the merits of the
question that would thus arise. But the con-
tingency is too probable to be wisely ignored.
No prudent or patriotic man will blindly rush
lrto complications of SO formidable and perllous
a character"
Why FoRNET RAILs.-The Clerk of the
Senate and proprietor of the Washington Chron-
icle and Philadelphia Press, has found new OBJ
Jects of defamation. He now intersperses his
denuncistions of the President and Secretary
McCulloch with fierce vituperation of MIR Davis
"a helpless prsoner,-and of two of the gentle
men who are understood to be his counsel. Mr.
Cbas OConor and Mr. VIM 3 Reed. In this
the public may not be aware, though We are, be
is but fattening an ancient grudge
Mr. Davis was one ofthe Southern gentlemen
Governor Wise was another), who, on Mr.
Buchanan's accession to Office 10 1856, warned
him earnestly and successfully against trusting
torney as the editor of the administI alton Jour.
nal, on the score of his private character Men
OF unspotted reputation could not stand the
contact.
Agaiost the other gentlemen this man has
still more specific grievances. 10 :he great
Forrest divorce case, years ago, Mr. O'Conor was
the leading counsel for the lady in New York,
and Mr. Reed in Philadelphia-the latter gen.
teman being the one who forced Forney on
his examination as witness, to admit he wrote
the infamous Roberts letter, 10 which he ad-
vised the suborning of drunken witness to
confess to adultery with an absent woman No
wonder Forney hates and defames these distiu-
guished gentlemen -New York World
New YORK, May 30.-The steamship Peru I
vian has arrived at Sandy Hook from Liverpool
with $50 passengers. During the passage thir-
.y-hve persons died on board with cholera and
tweaty eight are still sick.
The City of Cork, now on the passage to New
York from Liverpool, has on board 49S sacks
French -four, the first instance of such ship
nent or record.
The State Department learns that no Aus
rians have been sent to Mexico and that none
Fill be forwarded