, 1859-10-01

The Cincinnati Commercial reviews Mr. Doug
las' prospects for the Charleston nomination;
and arrives at the opinion which we hare frc-
quent1y expressed, that he can ty no possibility
come out Of that body triumphant, Promising
that the power and influence Of the Admin:stra-
lion, e1erted through the Federal of6ce.holders,
will be brought to bear for the purpose Of de.
feating him, the Commercial says:
Hc will therefore be lucky bey ond the promise
Of that which appears to the mixed eve, If he
gets more than half The New Enyland votes ut
Charleston. The position Of the New York DEL
egation is doubtful. Il may be for Douglas as
Is claimed, but it would be the first to desert
him, and though numerically strong will moi
haEe influence in proportion. us their State is
given up As Republican. Mr. Douglas may have
the New Jersey delegation, but there is no cer-
ta1nty that be will There will be two deieea-
tons from Pennsylvania, enc made up Of the
buchanan men, who will have the prestige Of
ney, uickman and Packer men, No politician
wiil be guilty Of the absurdity Of suppos,ns that
Col. FoEney Co. will hare my Glance Of ai-
mission into the Convention. The Ohio De,era-
ton is claiued for Douglas, but after lhe Octo-
ber defeat which awaits the Democratic partyi in
thls State, his prospects here may not be SO
brilliant, and there is no reason to believe that
the Delegation will be unanimously for hin.
The chances are decidedly against douglas in
Indiana, and the Delegation from TINT State will
have mnchindueace, for it is fixed Democratic
State, and does not couspicuousIy present
candidate. There will be two Delegations from
Illinois, and the Douglas men having the
regular regular party organization Of their State
TO back them, vii! probably get in, though
there will be strong tight made by
!kE Cook Co. The chances ure in favor Of
Douglas IN 1own and Wisconsin, but some doubt
hangs oEer his prospects in Michigan and Min
nesota. In Missouri and Kentucky he nay rct
a lew votes; but If the Southern States rote as
units he Will not get one. II the utterances Of
the Southern public men and presses indicate
my one thing more than any other, It is RIO.
found distrust Of Mr. Douglas. His friends nre
blind and deaf to the facts that pass before their
eyes, and to erery whisper Of the political South
wlnd, IL they DO not know that he has no
strength in the South. In the Pacific States he
has not the ghost Of chance. The whole reg
ular organization Of tbe purity in California and
oregon, headed by Gwin and Lane, is dead
against him. We are thus forced to consider
it impossible for Mr. Douglas to 70 to Charles
ton with majority Of all The votes on the first
ballot. There be will encounterth Tue deadly hos
uh!y Of .he Administration, the dislike and sus-
picion Of the potential South, the outside pres
sure will be against him, and the cut.tbroat
two-thlrds rule will guard the path to the nou,i-
nation, fatal as fa1niug sword. while his NeY
York and New England friends will hastily fall
a~ay, and he will be slaughtered numerically
and without remedy.
our Cincinnati neighbor had added that the
South II bullied into willingness to accept him,
would not dare do 50, because of the danger In
which his nomination would place the ascend
ancy Of the Democracy in Kentucky, Tennessee,
virginia, MARYLAND, Delaware, North Carolina,
and Louisiana, its article would hnve been CON.
plete.