Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-07-08
Aitbmono enquirer.
nY RIrclnE, DuNNAvAyr, TYLER 4 WISE
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY S, 1859.
Tho Presidential Prospects Of Messrs. Buchanan

We have just received intelligence from
: very reliable source, relating TO the prospect
). and views of Senator Douglas with reference {,
, the nomination at Charleston. The stateincn
: is substantially as follows:
Mr. Douglas entcrtains no doubts about Tn,
future. lie is a candidate, and confident o
the nomination, rs well as of the adoption 0
h@ platform. He thinks the question is alrcad,
determined; that he can succeed without an,
aid from the Middle States; that the unitcc
Northwes, and Northeast arc for him, bcyont
doubt, as well as several of the Southern States
that he is ccrt0in Of votes enough already
without another State. lu the South, he feel,
sure Of North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkans.,
and Louisiana, though some of them may vot,
Il ballot for other names. lie regards all IN,
Southern candidates, except Gov. Wise, as having
: virtually withdrawn from the field He think.
they have no desire to risk the chances in S60
and will prefer the nomination oiSomc Northcr,
man. in order to leave the field open for them
selves in 1864. This, hc thinks, will secure
him the nomination in 1860, if nothing els,
should
Ii the candidate should. however, be takcr
from the South, in Mr.. Douglas opinion Gov
Wise ought TO be the man. lie considers i;
beyond doubt that the vote Of Virginia will he
cast III Charleston for Gov Wise; but that hi,
enemies in the party are doing their utmost 10
whisper him down outside his own State that
the recent demonstrations in WiSe'S favor,
through the press and the public meetings ut
the North, he being the only Southern man
who has received such an earnest OF Northern
support are exciting jealousics among other
prominent Southern men. who will combine
against him: that they will make the effort to
hem HIM in and leave the Virginia vote isola.
ted for him; that seem: that none pi them can
set the nomination, they are determined that
Gov. Wise shall not
1t is thought, ais" there is 4 secret Pierce
movement in New England and in some parts
of the South, which will he disclosed only in
case it can he made TO promise success; hut tins
is regarded as out OF the question.
! Mr.. Douglas has no idea of boiling from the
Democratic party under any circumstances. If
Southern man shall be nominated. and the
protection Interpretation Of the Cincinnati plat
form adopted, he will support the ticket, hold
ing himself in reserve upon the principle; Ma'
he will not yield. But he regards the nomna
ton OF Southern candidate, or the adoption
of the Interpretation guarantyng congressional
protection to persons and property in the terri
tories, as an event which cannot now occur.
As to his election, when nominated, Mr.
Douglas cntcrtains no doubt. lie confidently
anticipates receiving the electoral vote of the
united Southern and all the North. Western
Such may .,..>..
Douglas position and calculation at present.
According to Mr.. Douglas view, then, there
are but two candidates really in the field; viz:
Senator Douglas AMI Governor Wise. But our
advices from Washington and elsewhere are
sufficient - assure Us that Il serious effort Is
making to place ohe more. at least, before the
Charleston Convention.
We now entertain no doubt whatever tina;
4 movement is on foot to continue the present
incumbent in the position which he occupies.
Well informed gentlemen in Washington
assure lis that the especial friends Of the Prcs-
dent are using the names Of the Hon. H. D.
Walker and Gen Lane, Of Oregon, only as =
ruse by which to divert support towards the
President himself This Impression is reported
to us as a firm conviction. Other indications
point the same way: There can DC no doubt
whatever that at this time the New York
"IIcrald" possesses the confidence Of the Prcsi-
dent in Il more eminent degree than does any
other journal. Thus the following extract from
the Herald" Of the I'D instant coinclding, as
it does with the previous tendency OF its
editorial comments, is unusually significant:
Tur ADMINISTRATIONS BALANCE OF POWER At
Cu,x.rsToS.-It has frequently been con
i.cturcd that, as in lS44 and 1852, all the out
Standing Democratic Presidential candidates
will. in their National Convention Of loi0,
dryour each other, and that some harmless,
neutral, negative, compromise candidate, like
Polk or Pierce, will be the man. 1t is thus
sunnosed that Wise and Hunter, of Virginia,
will Kill off each other; that Breckenridge and
Guthrie, of Kentucky, will Kill oil each other;
and that Cobb and Stephens, of Georgia, and
Dickinson and Seymour, Of New York, will fall
in the same way. As Tor Douglas. 1t is sup
posed that Slidcll will take particular care q
hun while Sdel will just As surely have his
nose put out Of JOINT by Douglas. There Is
good ground, also for these estimates; but We
Iarc say that the main issue at Charleston vii
he between Douglas and WiSe-Tpopuiar sove
r.;yu,y and congress: :onal interruptions; ant
thai unou this issue the Convention and tn,
marty will bc broken TO pieces unless the Ad
ministra,ion shall come to the rescue. Possessed
of a saving balance Of power, We may safely
say. in reference to the Succession, that in Spit'
of all the efforts of the ul;scrupulous and over
ambitious leaders Of the Democracy, North ant
South. to ignore the Administration Of Mr.
Buchanan, lac holds the political issue OF lii'
or death to them all in the palm Of his hand
lie can save the party if its leaders will agree
to be saved, and they know where to find HIM
Some Of them are coming ill., and the rest VII
he conpclrd TO follow or TO he left exposed 4
the elements
.Sot popular" but "Squa,er Sovereignty, eviden:
in,ended.-l Editor" Enquirer.
; It would seem from the "lIcralds" view
that Mr.. Buchanan will stake his chances OF
,, some '.lorkcd tongued' compromise as to tn
. ;nterprc,ation of tls Democratic platform, lk
that advocated by the Richmond Examiner
This. however, as we arc informed by reliabl
, private adviccs from Washington, is an error
j, Mr.. Buchanan refuses to place himself in tn
position Of admitting principle and then re
lusnr its formal avowal lie adopts an inter
prc,a,ion of the Cincinnati platform subStar
!, tally the same with that of Mr.. Douglas, in
? sisting that it expressly excludes the docl'ln