TIN HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY SOUR_NA_L, DEVOT TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C. TH l4‘, GLOB H. lIITEVIMDOSI, ii,§l, Wednesday, May 9, 1860 FOR, PRESIDENT, STIR-ill A DOUGLAS. DEDIOCRATIC STATE NOIIIIN ATION. FOR GOVERNOR, PdillY D 70SnIIR OF WESTMORELAND .BY'` READ THE LYE TV ADVER.TISE.3IENTS The Charleston Convention. We continue in our paper to-day the pro ceedings of the Democratic National Con vention to its close. And also give the pro ceedings of the Bolters' Disunion Convention. Every voter should inform himself of the ac tion of these Conventions, which can only be done by reading carefully the proceedings as published. It will be seen that the Disunion ists of several of the slaveholding States withdrew from the Democratic Convention after they failed in having - the proceedings to suit their own peculiar notions. They left the Convention, and we hope they have left the party—for they, and their like in the North, have almost destroyed the only great National party of the Union. Their places will be filled by Union-loving men before the re-assembling of the Convention at Baltimore in June, where justice must and will be done the great Democratic party of the whole na tion by the nomination of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, the Little Giant of the West. DOUGLAS, THE UNION AND VICTORY I NO COMPROMISE WITH DISITNIONISTS I The Difference! LOOK ON Tins PICTURE I When, at Cincinnati, in 1856, a majority of the delegates in the Democratic Convention had cast their votes for James Buchanan, the noble and generous DOUGLAS, then at Wash ington, instantly telegraphed his friends to withdraw his name from the list of candi dates, and instructed them to go for Mr. Bu chanan—notwithstanding he (Mr. Douglas) had one hundred and twenty-two votes on the previous ballot. Under the two-thirds rule the voting of the Convention might have been protracted for weeks, or some new man se lected, but for the magnanimity of Judge Douglas. NOW LOOK ON THIS I When, at Charleston, it was discovered that a majority of the Convention was in favor of STEPEIEN A. Dona LAS—telegraphic dispatches came again from Washington, thick and fast —not, however, gallantly instructing their friends to withdraw opposition, and go in to ratify the action of the majority—but goad ing on their subsidized delegates and appoin tees to fight it out, even to the bitter end— secede, break up the Convention, anything, everything, rather than yield to the majority, and nominate the Little Giant of Illinois. Par RECORD IT ! -- ax Let it be known throughout the land, that on the thirty-fourth ballot, in the Charleston Convention, the vote stood— FOR STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, 152.1 VOTES. FOR ALL OTHER CANDIDATES 150} " And that, too, after counting all the votes of seceding States against Judge Douglas. A majority, therefore, of the entire Union has declared in his favor. Who will dare to say that he shall not be the nominee of the Dem ocratic party, after such a crushing expres sion of its will ? CONVENTIONS.—The Constitutional Union Convention will meet at Baltimore, on the 9th inst. The Republican Convention will he held at Chicago on the 16th inst. The Sece ders' or Disunionists' Convention is called to meet at Richmond on the 11th of June.. The Democratic Convention adjourned to meet at Baltimore on the 18th of June. A NEW WORK ON TIIE GRAPE.—A. Spangler, editor and publisher of the Far mer and Gardener, Philadelphia, one of the best monthly publications in the Union, and the only one published in this State, will is sue from the press about the middle of this month, a new work on the Grape, which will, we think, possess not only high merit, but novelty also. It will comprise three Essays or Treatises, the first of which will be by Wm. Saunders, which will embody the prin ciples of a highly successful practice. The first part of Mr. S'. treatise, will be found in the May number of the Farmer and Garden er. The second treatise will be by Mr. F. J. Cope, of Greensburg, Pa., and will advance and defend the following positions: "First— We stimulate too freely. Second—We prune too much, and Third—The more we depart from the dictates of Nature, the more rapid will be the ravages of disease, and the ulti mate destruction of the cultivated fruits."— The third will be a "classification of the dif ferent varieties of the Grape," by J. M. Mc- Minn. This treatise is the result of twenty five years' close observation and research, and though the writer does not claim for it, entire accuracy, it is unquestionably the most complete classification of varieties ever pub lished. The work will be printed in the finest style, and will be mailed free, to any address on receipt of retail price. Bound, 35 cents. 'Paper cover, 25 cents. This work will also be for sale at our Book Store as soon as pub lished. Proceedings of the Democratic Na- tional Convention. NINTH DAY CHARLESTON, May 2.—The Boston Brass Band, seated in the gallery, opened the Con vention this morning with a half a dozen spirit stirring airs, concluding with " Yankee Poodle," at the close of which Col. Flourney, of Arkansas, with lungs stentorian, proposed three cheers fur the Union an was heartily responded to. The floor and galleries were thronged with the first ladies of the city. The Convention was called to order at Ws o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. Kendrick. The Convention then nroceeded to ballot ing for a candidate for the Presidency, with the following result : THIRTEENTH 'BALLOT. Necessary to a choice, Douglas, 1491 Johnson, Guthrie, 391 I Dickinson, Lane, 20 Davis, Hunter, 281 Whole number of TON FOITIVIEM: 150 41 20/ Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, Davis, FIFTEENT 1.491 40 20 Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, Davis, EEMEE 150 42 20:1 Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, Davis, SEVENTEEN 150 42 201 Douglas, Gutlnio, Lane, EIGHTEEN! 150 411. 201 NINETEENTH 13.:11 For Douglas. _ Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, Maine, entire, 8 N. Hamps're, do. 10 Vermont, do. 5 Rhode Island,do. 4 New York, do. 35 Ohio, do. 23 Indiana, do. 13 Illinois, do. 11 Michigan, do. 6 Wisconsin, do. 5 lowa, do. 4 Connecticut, New Jersey, 2 Pennsylvania, :Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota, 3 Total, 150 For Johnson. Tennessee, 11 Minnesota, 1 Total, For Dickinson California, 1 0 LNTIET Douglas, 150 I Guthrie, 42 Lane, 20 Johnson, 12 I '"XWENTY-P . Douglas, 150 Guthrie, 41 Lane, 201 Hunter, 26 • TWENTY-SEC No material change TWENTY-TIIIRD BALLOT When Virginia was called, Mr. RuSsell stated that be was requested to cast 14 votes of that delegation one way and one vote an other. He declined to cast it unless, other wise ordered by the Convention. The State Convention had not passed any resolution on the subject, but voting as a unit was regar ded as the Democratic law of the State. Mr. Norfit, of Virginia, said that his col leagues and himself, thought that his con stituents ought to be heard, and he demanded that they should be heard. He could no longer vote for Mr. Hunter. The debate was continued for some time, when the President decided that the dele gates from Virginia are entitled to cast their individual votes. The vote of that State was then east-1 for Douglas and 14 for Hun ter. Mr. Douglas also received 1 vote from North Carolina, giving him a majority of the whole Electoral vote, as follows: Douglas, 1524 I Johnson, Guthrie, 41A- I Dickinson, Lane, 19/.: I Davis, Hunter, 25 Whole number of votes, The Electoral vote, TWENTY-FOURTH BALLOT. Douglas, 151; I Johnson, Guthrie, 4 . 1.1- Diekipson, Lane, 19,1- I Davis, Hunter, 25 TWENTY-FIFTH BALLOT Dou,ghts, 151 Hunter, 35 Guthrie, 41-k I Johnson, 12 Lane, 9,i.Dickinson, Davis, 1 I TWENTY-SIXTII BALLOT Douglas, 151:1I H a unter, 0- Guthrie, 47,i- I Johnson, 12 Lane, 9 I Dickinson, 12 Davis, 1 ' The twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth bal lots were precisely the same as the twenty sixth. TWENTY-MTH BALLOT 1511 42 74 Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, TIIIRTIET 151 k 25 45 13 Douglas, Hunter, Guthrie, Dickinson, The 31st, 323 and 33d ballots wero nearly the same as the 30th. TIEMTT-FOUESII BALLOT. Douglas, 1521 Hunter, Guthrie, 47i I Johnson, Dickinson, 5 I Lane, Davis, 1 I At half-past one the Convention adjourned till 5 o'clock. EVENING SESSION. The Convention re-assembled at 5 o'clock. 202 12 S, 2511 CI BALLOT. Hunter, 27 Johnson 12 Dickinson, EIMMI2 Hunter, Johnson, Dickinson, EMECEI Hunter, Johnson, Dickinson, TEI BALLOT. IHunter, 9 6 Johnson, 12 Dickinson BALLOT. Hunter, 26 Johnson, 12 ' Dickinson, .OT, (IN DETAIL.) For Guthrie. Maine, 3 Connecticut, 27: - New Jersey, 5 Pennsylvania, 1 2 Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, 12 Total, 391 For Lane. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 2 North Carolina, 10 Arkansas, 1 California, 3 Oregon, 3 Total, For Hunter. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 3 Delaware, 2 Maryland, 4 Virginia, 15 Total BALLOT. FE2I Dickinson, 11 Davis, 1 Hunter, 26 BM= Johnson, 12 Dickinson, ll Davis, 1 OND BALLOT 253 303 Hun ter, Dickinson, Davis, ECZE2 Johnson, Lane, Dames, Mr. Gittings, of Maryland, gave notice that, after th nest ballot, he would move that this Convention adjourn to meet in Bel tinier° on the first Monday in June. lie thought the delegates should go home to see their constituents, and they will be ready to do their duty by nominating any man who can beat the Black Republicans. lion. Josiah Randall, of Philadelphia, said he would move to amend the motion to ad journ sine dee. The thirty-fifth ballot was then -taken.— Douglas received 152 votes. The others were unchanged. A debate then ensued on the motion of Mr. Gittings to adjourn to Baltimore. Ire assured the Convention that Baltimore was no longer a " plug-ugly" town, and promised a hospitable welcome to the Convention. The motion was withdrawn at the request of some of the delegates, to be renewed in the course of the evening. While the roll was called for the thirty sixth ballot, Arkansas having voted for Mr. Breckinridge, one of the delegates from Ken tucky requested that the vote be withdrawn, as he was instructed by Mr. Breekinridge not to allow the use of his name in opposition to gentlemen now in nomination, and especially to Mr. Guthrie. THIRIT-Srari BALLOT. Douglas, 151—the other candidates no change. Tennessee withdrew the name of Mr. John son as a candidate. TITIRTY-SEVENTII BALLOT. 151 I Johnson, 641 f Dickinson, 121 I Davis, 16 THIRTY-EfGHTII BALLOT. Douglas, Guthrie, Lane, Hunter, Douglas, 1512 J Guthrie, 66 No material change in the rest of the ballot. The resolution of Mr. Gittings to adjourn to Baltimore was laid on the table without a division. Four other ballots were taken without any change of moment. FORTY-THIRD BALLOT. Douglas, 151 Hunter, 16 Guthrie, 651 Dickinson, 6 Lane, 13 Davis, 1 From the forty-fourth to the fifty-third bal lots, the votes were unchanged. FIFTY-FOURTH BALLOT Douglas, 151. 7 2 ; 1 Hunter, Guthrie, 61 Dickinson, Lane, 16 Davis, Mr. Gittings moved a resolution declaring it to be inexpedient at this time to make a nomination. lie wanted gentlemen to face the music. The resolution was declared to be out of or der. Douglas, 151-1 Lane, 16 Guthrie. 65.] Dickinson, 2 Hunter, 16 Davis, 1 The fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh ballots were unchanged. Mr. Ashe, of North Carolina, moved that the Convention adjourn. Mr. Gitting.moved an amendment that the Convention adjourn to the first Monday in June, at Baltimore. The amendment was rejected. A vote by States was demanded on the mo tion to adjourn, and it was agreed to—jeas 148, nays 100. . The Convention adjourned at a quarter of eight o'clock, till to-morrow morning. RESOLUTION ADOPTED TO ADJOURN TO BALTI- CHARLESTON, May 3.—The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Russell, of Virginia, made an explana tion with regard to the Tennessee Compro mise Resolution, and offered a resolution that when the Convention adjourn to-day, it be to meet at Baltimore on the 18th of June. Mr. Mason, of Kentucky, raised the point of order that the resolution must lay over one day. The President decided that the resolution was in order, all except the fixing of the place of reassembling, and that was not in order unless the pending order fur balloting be suspended. A motion to suspend the order for balloting was carried. Yeas, 199 ; nays, 51. A delegate from Tennessee moved to strike out Baltimore, and insert Philadelphia. The confusion and excitement were so great that it was difficult to hear anything that was said. Mr. Randall moved an amendment, to in sert Philadelphia, and the 4th day of July. Mr. Ludlow, of NE.- York, moved to insert New York. The motion to substitute New York was rejected. The motion to substitute Philadelphia for Baltimore was alsorejeeted—y ea s 88, nays MG. The original resolution was then adopted— yeas 195 1 nays 55, as follows : Resolved, That when this Convention ad journ to-day, it will be to meet in Baltimore on Monday, the 18th day of June, in order to afford the States that are not now represented an opportunity to fill up their delegations. Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, moved that the Convention adjourn. General Sprott proposed three cheers for the National Democratic party. They were given with enthusiastic will. Mr. Miles, of Maryland, hoped arrange ments would be made for printing the official account of the proceedings. Mr. Cushing, the President, before puttinc , the motion, asked permission to address Co the Convention a few words. Notwithstand ing the deep and conflicting interests, he might say to the country that no Convention, having such immense interests at stake, has ever sat for so great a length of time with the observance of so great a share of order and free dom from personalities or offensive language. He had endeavored most impartially and hon estly to fulfill the duties of the Chair, and if, in the excitement of the moment, he had be'en led to use any abrupt language to gentlemen, he humbly apologised. He regarded this Convention as having in its destiny not only the permanence of the Democratic party, but the question whether these great United States should continue and endure. He would not, however, relinquish the hope that the Union would continue on to eternity, and he felt confident that the Convention would adjourn to-day with the determination to do all in their paver to restore harmony and confi dence. 12 11 12 2 Q 1 .... Mr. Brent, of Baltimore, extended a cordial invitation to the Democracy of the Union to the hospitalities of that city. The Convention then adjourned at 1 o'clock to meet at Baltimore on Monday, the 18th of June. 11 Ch elmEsroN, May 3.—Governor Winston of Alabama, yesterday protested against the resolutions adopted by the Seceders' Conven tion because they did not embrace the slavery code, and seceded from the seceders. FIETT-FIFTIL BALLOT TENTH DAY MORE Southern Democratic Convention. A Southern Convention to be held at Richmond, June 11th. ' CHARLESTON, May 2.—The Seceders' Con vention assembled this morning, and adopted the majority Platform as reported to the Na tional Convention. A proposition to take the new name of the " Constitutional Democracy," was voted down after a long debate, the body claiming to be the National Democratic Convention. The Pacific Railroad resolution was adop ted, but not without considerable opposition. Adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock to-night. • NIGHT SESSION. The Southern Democratic Convention met at the theatre at 8 o'clock to-night. Mr. Hatch, of Louisiana, moved to adjourn until noon to-morrow, as the other Conven tion have not yet made a nomination. The motion was carried and the Convention was declared adjourned. There was a large audience of ladies, and the Convention formed itself into a mass meet ing. Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, was called upon for a speech. He returned thanks, and called on Mr. Barry, of Mississippi, who took a po sition on the stage and proceeded to amuse the ladies. The friends of Douglas are determined to stand by him to the end. CAARLESTON, May 3.—The Convention of Seceders from the National Democratic Con vention assembled at noon. 5,1 About forty delegates were present. Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, the President, called the Convention to order. A motion was pending that the Convention express a preference for candidates for Presi dent and Vice President. A delegate from Texas moved that the res olution be referred to a committee of one from each State represented in the Convention. The delegates from Alabama and Texas said they were prepared to act at once on the resolution. Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, withdrew the res olution to express a preference for candidates. Mr. Burrows, of Arkansas, presented a res olution for the appointment of a standing committee of one from each State to issue an address to the Democratic party of the Union, setting forth that this Convention has in its possession the Ark of the Covenant, and . that its platform has been adopted by seventeen States of this Union. It was a point around which the country would rally. Judge Meek, of Alabama, moved a substi tute, that a Committee be appointed merely to prepare an address giving the reasons for the course pursued. He said that any South ern State that shall go into the Baltimore Convention will approve of the squatter sov ereignty doctrines. The resolution adopted at the adjournment of the regular Conven tion invites the Southern States to fill up the vacancies occasioned by our secession, and de clares our seats vacant. He was in favor of the nomination of Jeff. Davis and Senator Bayard, but he yielded to the wish of others to forego expressing any preference at this time. 204 Mr. Burrows then withdrew his proposition fur the appointment of a Standing Committee etc. Mr. Jackson, of. Georgia, moved that the Convention now adjourn sine die. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, stated that if the ob ject was to make this a disunion movement, he and his colleagues were prepared to leave at once. His constituents would approve of nothinc , that would tend to disunion. Mr.3(ancey, of Alabama, asked who he alluded to as favoring disunion. Mr. Hill asked to he excused from answer ing that question. Mr. Yancey demanded an answer, as he wanted it to go to the country that there had been no word or deed tending to dissolution. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, admitted that noth ing had been said or done, but the position we would be put in by this action would make us a disunion Convention. Our atti tude will be a disunion attitude. Judge Meek said he had always been a firm Union man and was so still, if the constitu tional rights of the South are upheld. He denied that there had been any disunion sen timent uttered here. He thought the course pursued of disbanding was a singular one.— We are about separating without recom mending or taking any action with regard to the Presidency. He therefore moved that should the Baltimore Convention repudiate the resolutions passed here,_that the Commit tee be authorized to call a National Conven tion. Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, thought that this was no time to cry Union ! Union 1 There was no man in Georgia who would shout for the Union at the expense of the rights of the South. [Shouts of applause.] When the rights of the South are sacrificed to the North, I am for liberty first and Union afterwards. [Cheers.] If there is nobody here to stand by me, 1 must retire. Mr. Whitely, of Delaware, moved to lay the resolutions of Judge Meek, of Alabama, on the table, and adjourn. The delegates from each State can give to their constituents their reasons for the course pursued by them. He was oppOsed to any general address. He therefore moved that this Convention now ad journ. Judge Meek appealed to Mr. Whitely to withdraw the motion for a moment. If any one supposed him to be devoted to the Union at the expense of Southern rights he was mis taken. Sever the Constitution and the Union is gone. He wished to vindicate their posi tion before the world as well as the Union.— He wanted this great movement to be prop erly expressed. Mr. Barry, of Mississippi, hoped that this Convention would separate in union and har mony. When was South Carolina not ready to cordially respond to the extremest doctrines of States Rights ? [Applause.] He had therefore deemed it unnecessary to urge those doctrines here. We are all united on them in some form, and it is unnecessary to express them here. .Tho other Convention has not disbanded. It has merely adjourned. Why, therefore, should we disband instead of ad journing to meet elsewhere, if we think prop er ? Mr. Barry continued. He said that the Platform may be opened at Baltimore, and may be changed to meet our views. I think we are delegates to that Convention, and we ought to go to Baltimore. If our constituents choose to fill our places with other delegates they can do so. We are still members of that Convention, and no one except our con stituents can take our credentials from us.— Therefore, he hoped, that this course would be pursued. The President—Oh, no! That will not do. Mr. Harper, of Mississippi, opposed the proposition of Mr. Barry. We are no longer delegates to that Convention. We separated from them on principle, and ho was unwil SECOND DAY. ling that they should carry them to Balti more as an adjunct to that Convention. If we adjourn without doing anything or saying anything we will stultify ourselves. If we were to follow them to Baltimore we would lose all the moral effect of this movement.— Make your nomination now, manfully and boldly. He was for notion. We have met for an effect and a purpose, and if we go home without action we will merely be enun ciating a sentiment on which there is no dif ference of opinion in all those Southern States. This is the time and the place for acting promptly and boldly. Mr. Yancey of Alabama, approved of the proposition of Judge Meek, to appoint a Com mittee to prepare an address to the country. He did not think it would either save or break the Union. The delegate from Geor gia, in predicting the movement of the dis union leaders, looked to the Alabama dele gation, but declined to name who and what he meant. Another Georgia delegate seemed to charge him with singing pmans to the Union. Mr. Jackson, of Georgia—l certainly nev er intimated that the gentleman from Ala bama was singing pmans to the' Union.— Certainly no one will ever charge him with such an offence. My remarks were directed rather to my colleague, who, I thought, was placing Georgia in a wrong position. He did not wish Georgia to be in the'position of sing ing pawns to the Union. Mr. Yancey said he would not misrepre sent Georgia, but he did not wish any move ment to go forth to the country either as a movement to preserve or to destroy the Union, but rather to preserve the Constitutional rights of the South. He then spoke at length detailing the position of the Southern States in retiring from the Convention, and the sub sequent action of the seceding delegates. We have adopted the platform that the Conven tion rejected, and propose to preserve it as a headstone to the builders on which the De mocracy of the Union will rely. lie there fore considered it essential that an address should be prepared, containing all these facts, in the simplest and briefest form. We stand before the country on a true Constitution and therefore National position. The question was then demanded on the resolution, which is as follows: Resolved, That a committee of one from each State represented in this Convention be appointed to prepare an address to the peo ple of the United States, explanatory of the reasons which have actuated this Convention in adopting the course it has pursued, and in vindication of its principle of action. General Simmons, of South Carolina, was unwilling to allow a committee to put forth an address representing his views which he would have no opportutnity of previously ex amining. He was no politician, hut he had his own views. He did not like some fea tures of the platform, especially those rela ting to the Pacific Railroad, and that which declares duty to the Union as superior to du ty to the sovereign States. He thought there was no necessity for any address, nor would he follow the other Convention to Baltimore. When he came out he left them forever. Mr. Bryan, of Texas, was in favor of ma king the nominations, and preparing an ad dress. Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, offered as a sub stitute, a resolution that all who favor the ac tion of the seceding delegates he invited to meet them in Convention at Washington on the second Monday in June. On motion, the Convention adjourned till 8 o'clock this eveninz, and the delegates were requested to remain for private consultation on the propositions before the Convention. EVENING SESSION. The Convention re-assembled at 8 o'clock Senator Bayard left the chair and procee ded to address the Convention from the floor. He reviewed the positiou of the seceders and approved of their platform, though it was not in the language he would prefer. With re gard to the resolution for preparing an ad dress and re-assembling at Washington one week anterior to the re-assembling of the Convention at Baltimore, he could not ap prove. He was unwilling to assent to the preparation of an address by a committee which is to go forth to the country before he could have an opportunity of examining it. He could not trust any man or set of men, however able and patriotic they may be, to speak to the public for him, He should, therefore, oppose the resolution. He continued to speak for nearly an hour, defining his position and reviewing the course of the National Convention. He desired the the unity of the Democratic party, and was prepared to support their nominee, if made now or a month hence, if he should prove to be a purely national man. His personal preference was for Senator Hunter. He styled the New York delegation as a band of political gamblers. He concluded by saying that he could not retain a seat in this Con vention if the resolution now before it was adopted, though he would approve of it if he was a delegate from any of the cotton States. He therefore asked the permission of the Convention to allow him to decline the posi tion in which they have placed him, and to re tire from the Convention. He spoke for two hours against disunion. Mr. Bayard, on finishing, took his hat and retired. Robert Scott, of Alabama, was then chosen president. Judge Meek called up the resolution, but Mississippi and Texas also objected to an address being prepared, and it was with drawn. Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, then offered a resolution for a Southern Convention to be held in Richmond on the 2d Monday in June next. It was adopted by five or six dissent ing voices. A resolution authorizing an address or nar rative of the grounds of seceding, to be pre pared and published with the proceedings of the Convention, was adopted. The Convention then adjourned sine die. Dispatches from Washington DELEGATES IN WASIIINGTON. IVAsnuccTozsr, May G.—Our hotels are thronged with delegates, on their return from Charleston, who are generally engaged in an imated discussions on the prospects of the Baltimore and Richmond Conventions.— Large numbers of the delegates paid their respects to Senator Douglas this afternoon. A DILE3I3.IA The Constitution., the President's organ, pub lishes the secession speeches made at Charles ton with applause, and approves the bolt from the regular Convention. This is doubtless by order, and. presents a very ugly dilemma to those Administration men who did not bolt, and are expected to take their seats in the Baltimore Democratic Convention. Are they to go there only to• defeat Douglas, or "to se cede if they canlot ?, Opinions of The Press. [Prom the Pittsburg Post, the organ of the Democracy of Allegheny county.] WHO is TO BLAME ?—The condition of polit ical affairs at Charleston, has caused the stoutest to hold his breath and vaguely in quire—what next ? What will be the result, or the effect upon the country ? It is unne cessary, perhaps, to inquire more at length than we have -done at this stage of the pro ceedings, who or what has brought this dis traction upon us—but a fearful responsibility rests somewhere. Men high in position, in and out of the Convention, cannot hope to es cape signal punishment, and have ringing in their ears the bitter curse of an outraged peo ple. Time enough to enter specifications or write names upon the rolls of infamy; of those who have permitted their prejudices and re sentments to engulf patriotism to their conr mon country, and that fealty to the great democratic party due its high mission, in car rying forward to its true destiny the institu tions of our great republic, involving the fate of millions of freemen. We shall make no complaints unless the record signed at Charles ton shall cause the flag of disunion to wave from our southern border, where indeed it has been threatening for years. In the Cincinnati Convention in 1850, when Mr. Buchanan received 152-3, votes, a clear majority of the Convention, his friends asked and his rivals conceded, that he was entitled to the necessary two-thirds, and then a unan imous nomination, which was given him.— When Mr. Richardson presented the letter of declination of Mr. Douglas, acknowledging the justice of this principle, all will remem ber who were present, with what a shout of welcome it was received. 'Where now is that magnanimous heart or unselfish pen to record a similar tribute to Stephen A. Douglas, when he receives 152 k votes, a clear majority of this whole Convention ? To defeat him now, for the first time in the history of the coun try, the almost irresistible machinery of a living and powerful Administration, is con centrated, to overwhelm not a rival, but a candidate, who has as much right to the hon est support of his countrymen as any other living man. Why should he yield after he has obtained a prominence which is confessed by his assailants would nominate any of his rivals? Why should Southern delegates se cede—lessthan one-third the electoral vote— and threaten destruction to the party and to the country, disputing the power of the ma jority to make a platform, and defying two thirds to nominate? [From the Harrisburg Slate Sentinel.] THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.—The dele gates of what was supposed to be the Nation al Democratic party assembled in Convention at Charleston on the 23d of April, and after a stormy and, in some respects, disgraceful se , s'on of nine or ten days, adjourned on Thursday, without making a nomination, to meet again at Baltimore on the 18th of June. The full history of the proceedings er the Convention, the causes which led to them, and the diverse motives by which several prominent actors were governed, will fo:'m chapter, or a series of chapters, here.r.fer—at present our inclination leads us to confine our attention principally to Bigler 436 Co. of our own State delegation, who have signally be trayed the interests of Democracy, and de serve the scorn and curses of every genuine Democrat in the State. From the commence ment to the termination of the session, this man Bigler (God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man) and his associate traitors, Baker of the Philadelphia Custom House, Brown, of the Philadelphia Post Of fice, and other Federal Office-holders and ex pectants of favors, were studious and persis tent in their efforts to defeat the will of the majority and carry out to a fatal termination the Buchanan disunion programme. It was written at Washington in letters of blood that Douglas was to be killed, and that the South ern disunionists were to he gratified with a slave-code, piracy protecting platform, or the Conveotion was to he broken up. Bigler and his fellow-traitors, who were the mere instru ments of the National Administration, the despicable tools of Slidell, Davis, Yancey ar d Co., instead of seeking to harmonize for the sake of success, were mischief-makers from first to last, preferring the defeat of the party, dis union, any and all evils, rather than the nom ination and election of a great statesman, who, by an honest, sound constituional course, had rendered himself obnoxious to Mr. Bu chanan and the disunion, slave-trade men of the South. But we are not yet in despair—we hope still that good may result from the proposed evil, and that the voice of an indignant De mocracy North and South will force these men to act in accordance with public senti ment, or supersede them altogether. We trust there will be an expression of opinion throughout this Commonwealth at least that these traitors can not misunderstand, and that the results of the Baltimore Convention will insure harmonious action in the Demo cratic party and success at the polls in Octo ber and November next. 'Wen such men as Bigler, Baker, Dawson, Browne, and others in the same category, who have been honored by the Democracy far above their deserts, play the part of trai tors to that party, and act in concert with men who are avowedly in favor of a dissolu tion of the Union, it is not going too far to quote for their edification a short extract from a little volume of Moore's poems, which reads thus : "Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in the hour of might! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with teacheries to the brim, With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while lie sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips! Ills country's curse, his children's ahantes Outcast of virtue, peace and fame, May he, at last, 'with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die,— While lakes that shone in mockery nigh, Are fading off untouch'd, untasted, Like the once glorious hopes he blasted !. And when from earth his spirit flies, Just Prophet, let the damn'd•one dwell Full in the sight of Paradise, Beholding heaven, and feeling hell I" rPO5` - The election in Philadelphia on Tues day of last week, resulted in the re-election of Henry, (Opposition,) for Mayor, by a re duced majority. The Opposition also elected a majority of Councils, Commfssioners, Soli citor, Treasurer, &c. A BOOK FOR FRUIT GROWERS.-" Downing's Fruits and Friut Trees of America,"—revised edition, 1860—for sale at Lewis' Book Store.
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