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III the premises. lie can make out no case.
With regard to Mr.. Justice WOODBURY., he
will be strong with all the old dclaulting poiti-
clans Of General JAcKsON's time and Mr.. Vas
BUEEN's. They will rally largely in his be-
half, and, as far as their votes 90, they will
present considerable number Of adhcrens.
But we apprehend that their political influence
at present is not large. Then it is said that
the recent coalition of the DEMOCRATS and the
FREG-sulLEEs in Massachusetts was made with
the ultimate design of giving the vote Of that
State to the Judge. There is some evidence
existing Of such determination but we
doubt much if the Frce-soil branch of that in
famous coalition would be altogether satisfied
with such an arrangement
Having thus disposed Of the od-time candi-
dates, let us come a little nearer to our own
days and the more recent demonstrations. And
here the canvass is pretty largely occupied
with Judge DOUGLAS, of Illinois, who is put
forward as the representative Of Young Amcr-
lea. The difficulty in lis way is, that his
nomination would ALLEVIATE the older members
of the party, WHO think that the Judge can
take time 10 wait, whereas they must have
their turn now or never. This conviction will
no doubt moderate and temper the aspirations
of the Judge but then he will never forget
that there is a golden opportunity" not to lie
.r(led with or postponed. II he lose his chance
now, ten thousand things may occur in four
years to drive him from The track. lie is II man
of excellent sense, amable manners, good
habits Of business, and much experience with
the people. The great political objection to
him will he, that he rather showed tie white
father in the debate on the River and llarbor
bill II, the last session. lie did not quite stand
up to that question as he ought TO have done !;
aud this will no doubt cmbarrass his friends Of
the West and Northwest, though lie may have
chance to redeem himself at the next scs-
sion.
But recent Indications point to another cam
ddate who seems to be rapidly rising in favor
with the Democracy We observe that the
Jnioa OF yesterday copies from the Boston Post
a warm oulogium upon General Wool, which
perhaps may have more significance than would
appear ON the face of it. General Wool oc-
cupes good position, being native and re-
sident of the Empire State. lie has distin-
euishcd himself by eminent gallantry and skill
in the war Of 1872 and in the late war with
Mexico. lie is implicated in no political
spcciaties; has never Godged any River and
Ilarbor bills and, though consistent DEMc-
Graf in his political course, we do not imagine
that he is enough Of a DEMOCRAT to prevent
HIM from making very good Chief Magistrate.
We think the civilians in the DEMOCRATIC
ranks had better be looking about them, or
General Wool will steal march upon them
that will beat his march to Chihuahua.
Though we have not exhausted the MUSTER
roll of the DEMOCRATIC candidates for the Pre-
sdcncy, we have indicated the most prominent
Their case will Of course be complicated by fu-
ture developments but, as matters now stand
it looks as if the Baltimore Convention would
find itself called upon to consider and weigh
the conflicting claims Of tie gentlemen we
have ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.