New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-05
Expectation.

We have been, in the last two days, vastly
amnsedin watching the intense anxiety of our
democratic friends as to the result Of their Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore.
One cannot stroll into any place in which
there il crowd, without hearing, ss will bet
you Cass is the nominee 81 will venture my
money on Buchanan g I'll bet two to one on
Douglass" and, here and there, some gentleman
family says, g Houston is the man. ssNIarcy
must be nominated,"'s should not be astonished
if Dickinson had it, after all Butler stock is
a good investment, p etc.
The fact is, our democratic friends are in a
natural quandary; and would be very much
obliged, or very much indebted, to any one
gifted with prophecy, or afflicted with spiritual
rappings, for reasonably reliable hint. They
are very much bothered-quizzed by wicked
wings, who have their own trial of patience at
hand---and afflicted with the deiiria,,. tyen,ens
of the most varying and nerve-shaking uncer-
tainty. They are confdentially informed by
wags that this or that private telegraphic dis
patch|announces this OF that nomination They
are TO fearful of joke to give the faintest
hurral and no matter how excellent the nomi-
nation really made may be, it will be suspected
as quiz by many, until the mail brings full
and literal confirmation 9a..
In the meantime, special preferences have
fallen from the vision like wind raised waves,
and the ocean of democratic politics, so fur as
this section is concerned is D dead level of UNI
dlscoYerable sentiments as to personal candida
cy. Even Houston has found new voices of
praise however faint and equvocal) Butler has
rfSaY, int hoy IL ~
is the hero Of q famous civic past; and Douglas
IS emphatically ssyoung giant Under
which King, Bezonian,' is an idle question I'M
less enc desires an oracular reply, or values the
outgiNings Of that numerous and mertoriouS
class OF gentlemen, who have nothing to lose and
everything to gain by rash committal in favor
Of particular name. we are no prophet, and,
therefore, we quietly wait upon--the telegraph
and The Convention.
W. can only say to our democratic friends
" Patience. gentlemen; patience! You have
the hest drilled party known in political history.
Lie Hoi est mort. Pine le Roi Good night to |
Pompey--chcers for Casar!' are sentences
which nsinuate the whole force of your political |
discipline and the whole secret of its strength.
Take heart in this faith whoever is nominal
ted will be-the very man you wanted Polk-ed
on you Then, the wings may nominate Scott
not an improbable result when one-third of
" the Scott Association of Louisiana-the
worthy President for Washington to-
Day Warwick is in the 6eld-.,but even War
WICK was overcome. Buckle on armor-sharpen
your swords-and into the fray. You will all
answer to the bugle call Benton and Rbett
Butler and Van Buren,, Clemens and Hallett
Mason and Hale, Cobb and Boutwell,. Giddinns
and Commandeur, Chase and Soule, Rantoul J
and Borland The wings are not so cohesive ;
They will demand pledges-compromis faith ,
and specially preferred candidates and if they /
do pot obtain these, they will most assuredly 20
to work and &C break things" Such is (rather
broadly stately the lesson drawn from the his
tory Of American politics; to be fully CORRIDOR
ated in every record of political struggle.
We arc Under many obligations to the gentlemsnly
Pufser Of the steamship Philadelphia Mr. t. H. Mitchell
for bis attentions.
IARes BUSINESS TRANsAcr,oN-The Chicago Commercial
givs ihe following; gentleman this city yesterday
subscribed for $4,000 Of stock in the third division of
the Gaena and Chicago Union Railroad being all that
wat left to be taken. The operation will prove hand
some fortune to him, for without investing much Of
his private means, he secure by ypothecation of
part paid stock loans Of money at from six to eight per
cent while the dividends of the will scarcely ever
be less than twelve anu likely to be fifteen per