New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-25
POLITICAL.

B Donnelly esq, has made public the following
statement with regard to the recent letter of Gov.
Wise:
"The publicity the letter from Gov Wise TO me- Of
the 18th Of July last has been the cause Of much
journals have been unjust to charge that opened CORE
% ondenee care little about The other mpustions that
have been upon connection with this subject bat
which for the first time in my life irputes tieschey
those who have conGded in me. Coy WISE has I'm I'M
prompted By feelings Of the wannest admiration for him and
sSe KI S at the souh No candid man
read believe otherwise His reply TO me suggested course
that required tue cooperation of friends snd written to dis
abuse certain Democrats his personal relations to political
leaders State this made necessary to imPart rs
Their success required cooperation Of Democrats in the
CoDsre.ons Di.icts Il is true eit ne letter n the
whose public and personal character afforded sltt
c clS eSsnne and whether by accident or design
put Of the public questions that belong 70
proper they viii be settled satisfactorily to u.s. if not
leave the question: however and that of my charac
ter far involved in II the yinoicaon which time i sure
to b1s s6Oa hc 10 nv d@.gse has given to the sccus
lions so recklessly hurled at me- .,,.,,
State who are not TUNED om him by the abuse or csor
Of his enemies still less by any H'c hievoa OIL
his language d. poNNILLi'
The Press and Tribune of Chicago thus speaks
of the letter respecting Mr.. Edward Bates, which we
"The views thus made public vast improve
ment upon Mr.. Batess letter to the Wing General
Committee of New. ofk and 90 far toward Justylng
the Republicans of Missouri in urging the )mn ston
of Mr. Bates for the Presidency by the Naiionai ne
nubcsn Convention in 1860. Nevertheless before the
Repubicans will entertain such a proposition Tor
moment Mr. Bates must give expression 10 ms views
over his name, and IN manner so eAphc' as W
leave no ground of misapprehenson as 10 ms POSITION
We are free TO admit that this letter to The Spring
feZa Republcdn places him in an entirely different al
titude before the Republicans Of the country from ina.
which he has held since the publication OF his letter 10
the New.lork Wings; but We mus' have sometnlns
more explicit from Mr.. Bates before his nomination Is
to be regarded as among the possibilities OF iS0o
A writer in Tie Herald alleges that Fowler
Rut,srworth. George Sanders, Dean Richmond Ned
West. Dick Connolly, aud Cassidy himself, have al
sworn secret. everlasting allegiance to Douglas
Senator Hunter of Virginia is reported to have
said in recent speech, that if the Democratic party
does not repud,ate the principle OF Popular Sow
re;ontv and advocate in lieu thereof the principle OF
Congressional Intervention, the party o"gH 10 De
dissolred, and the sooner The tefteT.
A correspondent of The 81. Louis Democrat
writes from Gentry County, Missouri, that that couh
~ csn furnish more Emancpationsts than any othet
north If the Missouri and that in the course OF h'e
wears they can elect their candidates Win ease
Three wears ago no one dared utter word IN oppos
,;on IN Slavery now il is boldly denounced as the
greatest of.curses There are not more than two or
three hundred slaves in the whole county, which, Is
almost as large as the State Of Rhode Island
TIE Louisville Journal, speaking of the very
handsome communication to The Springfield Repn0-
liean touching the Hon. Edward Bates and favoring
the nomination of that distinguished man for the
next Presidency" says that there can be no Just
doubt Of Mr. Bstess great ability, or OF his incorupt
IDLE integrity
DIR. d. p. White, former Speaker, the Hon. Da.
vid Meriwether, and Hiram McEroy, are spoken OF
a. Democratic candidates for the Speakershp OF TIE
Kentucky House Of Representatives
The returns from the let Congressional District
If Alabama reelect the Hon. James a. Stauwortn oy
a majority Of 3.OS5 over Mr.. r. b. Shepard. Inc
vote stands 6,66S to $3.50.
The Hon. Oryille Robinson has been chosen dele
cat, 10 The State Democratic Convention from the Isl
District Of Oswego.
-ybs Louisville FORMAL, retorting upon The Ners
of this city, which had called 1'"e Journal hepuon
%, ssvs that "if the editor OF The Necs had lived
in the dsys Of Pantheism, Apollo would have thrown
away his cythera and played upon him s. the most
splendid Tyre to be found
The sessions Of the recent Minnesota Democratic
STATE Convention were held in secret wheFeat 'as
,st and file" who had gone up to look on oecS NE
somew hat iudi gnant.
mn. p..Ies,,r Union announces the arrival OF
Fernando Wood in that city, aud adds that he was
c,ose,e5 through a whole Gay, win fos'uas.''
p.,,s TIL, Ta.oH sees q conspiracy against 'ne
-. A. psmocra,ic party IN this secret con-