New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-14
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IA 1859

ard "a civ, the nomination to the m"s' 'ootoosu
ard upquestionrble doughfAces oon'e - -
Southern presses are, however, beginning
cover that something more than even inc
TwoThirds Rule may be necessary 10 en"-
bic the South to decide the noui'oa'''"
at the approaching Charleston C0n'e"''".
II u.e5 TO be felt in the Presidential Conventions oil
the old Wing party as great Inconvenience .,''
the nomination was li,ble to be largely con'ro"eu
by the delegates Of States from which there was
little or no chance of obtaining single wing 'o'''
The Democratic party now finds itself N tue s'u'o
predcsment, with, however, difference IA inc
Wing Conventions it was generally Southern o"'es
which. without tie power TO give Wing VOTE ye'
enioyed an equality with the Wing States 10 the Sc
lection Of a candidate In the Charleston Copven-
ton il will be Northern States which, withou' 'he
ability to supply single electoral vote VIII !e'
claim 90 equal voice in the selection of candids'c'
The Richmond Enquirer, the organ OF Governor
Wise, calls attention TO the fact that IN sne last
Presidential contest Virginia gave Democfauc
majority amounting to nearly three fihs OF the vote
If the State and that in the Electoral College she
east her fteen votes for tue Democratic csnoas'e'
while New-York gave an Opposition majority OF
mare than two thirds aud her whole Electoral vote
to the Republican candidate IT, IN the Conven-
vertion at Charleston New York is to be allowed
thirty five votes sganst the fifteen cast BY Virginia
So far As the resul, depends upon these two States
the Two-Thirds Rule will be no protection against
the nomination, over tbs head of Nirginias chosen
favorte Of Squatter Sovereignty candidate ana
that by tie voice of State, which IN the
actual Presidential ballot will count for the
Democracy ,hir,y-fye worse than nothing
So the Safe Of Ohio, with twenty three votes IN
TIE Convention, might, 10 spite of The Two Thirds
Rule, oyerbear those two eminenty Democra'c
States of South Carolius and Florida notwitastand
ipe the fact that while they vote solid for the De-
mociacy, Ohio counts on that side twenty three
worse than roshipg. So six AnIDemocraec
States. NewYoIk, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine and Michigan wittout ballet to give for the
Democratic nominee but with ninety three against
him might, eve n under the Two Thirds Rule, dictate
Squatter. Sovereignty candidate to the seven Dem
ocratic States, Virginia, South Csrolins, Fior'ds,
Louisispa, Texas, Arkansas, and Delaware, since
in the nominating Convention they could only cast
the same forty three votes which they stand ready to
cast for the Democratic nominee, or would stand
ready so to cast if they could select one Themselves
Ii would indeed be singular circumstance it. under
the energetic lead of Mr.. Douglas, the Northern
Democracy, with the power to give the csndi-
date of their selection hardly a single Northern
electoral vote, should yet exercise an influence in
III. selection of candidate to which they never
asp,red when they bad half or more of the Northern
electoral votes at their disposal. The cOntempla-
ton of this possibility has evidently alarmed not
It'll, the organ of Gov. Wise aud We shall wait
with come curiosity for the proposal Of the
scheme which that journal promises for getting rid
of the difficulty.