, 1859-06-29
39rcs4 Triht1ttr,
INK. DOUGLAS PROSPECTS AT
CHARLESTON.

%"A X A1sS1VNs
Mr. Dougl;ss' Presidential letter las rro
'oAcd variety Of comment-.,nc class Of re-
viewers dceming it the most honest, out.sl,okct
and sagacioss document Of tic year, il not d
the century, Willie Others, the Albany Ju,trnu
among the number, regard il as Ill cx,iuguisll,
er Of whatever chances its ant!lor n,ay llay,
lad heretofore in the Charleston Convention
Among Republican, journals, So far AZ VIC Cit,
learn, tic New York Tribune :l!une finds il I,
l'e a frank and manly exposition Of statesman.
like siows. At the same time the TrtJun.
thinks Mr. Douglas prospects ior the nomina.
ton arc not worth n toss-up. Tho i.cpub.
llcln press generally deem it crafty lid
Tor the nomination, in which bold words ara
made to conceal Il sinister purpose. Tic 4ad-
lnln'slratiou papers Of course look upon the
don''c-tongucd phrases refusing nomination.
upon such or such platform, hut emitting to
slrliuc tho writer's position in case tile Cou-
vrution shall take him 1T lis word and no,sli-
riate atothcr HAL Oh the same stt Of rrins'i-
pies, rs IL tllrca, 10 holt tue nomination and
disorganxe the party As VIC have already
stated, it seems tn lis :droit proclamation
which is likely 10 have 4 considerable influence
among tie Democracy hcitse tic mce1inS q!
t!"ir National Convention
Since no one, 1T this distance Of time. eau
ass,,nle to make up L general result from tho
moral influences ., work it: the parry. c1ccp,
that hotl, caud;date AMI platform will he thor
tuyhly pro.slavcrv, III. must have recourse
20 tile known scn'ar'ms and policy Of tit
Democracy in the sescr. States, and the Mi.
numerical strength Which cacl, will hold a1
Charleston. The wlirl. number Of yolcs
III the Convention will be 3o3, being onv
for eacl. senator aud representative III Co..
s1css- The standing ru!c of Tie Convention.
commonly called the 'iwo-tllirds rule. rcu1lir-
i'll. the successful candidate II receive tw,-
,l,:rdS VI :l(l the yutcs east. will 1llt
:: 'lt1;ctus IN MI who cail.lp1. Il,
some stage Of the balIr.i.s:.s command
2o2 delegates. 1t is sair Il, ASSUME that Il,
least ten "f t!t. Southern States, 10 wit: Eir-
gis1la. the C:lroii1a*, Georgia. Florida aahanr
Mississippi, Lpl1is:sn:l Texas anl Arkansas.
vii! IL n'icxihly hostile to Mr.. l'on.lls a,ul
t. any me who par;.t!cs lis doctrines III the
Contention. II is rather api'rrllcmle'l thu,
The Democracy IF those States would holt lis
Illumination, even if the Convention sllouli
accept linn. Together they arr entitled I" Il;
Votes. We will :.ssll,nc ncxt that Mr. Douglas
wol1ld he ,lr iirsi *"c. If Milne -lIa.l,1,~
sh:n. Vermont, Rhode lsl:.,ul, Connecticut.
New York. Delaware, MARYLAND u,i, Mich
gan. Illinois: Wisconsin,, Iowa ald Minlcst,t:s.
-l.7 vntcs. The Administration, leaders pre-
t"nd to dispute Connecticut New York, l...l;4.
wsre aud Maryland. In New York indeed !;
is slainlcl that the Illinois :Sr,.:t,or has Ir
strength nj :.ll--tl,at ex.Goycrnur seymour or
ex-senator Dickinson will lnvc tic whole d..,
''SsatIon, with tho privilege Of buying or si,1.:
s"ll 70 the South, Us may be deemed far tic
'nst advantage of tlt: t,llice-llol,l,.rS aul tS-
s"t1ant> Of thr Empire City and State. Du1
WE give ''ic wl'oie fIsIYler to Mr. Douglas as
4 l"'ssic and III; Improbable contingcncy.
Ii''re rcu,aIn tire States If Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Indiana. Kentucky.
Tennessee Missouri C..lif;,rn Il, AMI Oregon.
having 10 v"tc4, froal which Mr.. D.u.las
lhu>1 get -. or nearly tllrcc-fnurths If tn.
w!r'1" number. IL secure Il non,ina,nu.
This WI regard Il sheer in,,",ss1ili.y. T"
lhnNcT;".y "i' Massachusetts are rs ]ro~S'.yc-
r. rs tie I'tls"v.atr If Snut|, t';rnlilu, T;,.
'Al!it'n delegates from tlIat S':tr arc m.'c1l
'"''rr HArly I" 20 G'r .1.l. Davis than for
l'"tt.i:.s III Pennsylvania it is well KNEW,
'1at tic democracy I'D hy Frrt.v. Hickman
'1fr4 Packer. representing whatever strru-t!.
Mr., l'"nslas has in that State. hive separated
i"!ns'srs fr"m thciT Own party and united
with 'lr: Republicans on Il State Ticket IT. w.
sN''l i''r i'll October. They stand about rs
'nl''l ellanr "f recognition at Charleston as
"cnh! Phillips nr Fred douglas. Tilt.
SINE is trlnr ol California, wl,rn Br,nl.rck and
A' kI''h'n arc as ''lrc,naly barred from liz.
'r'nn'ri1n Communion :s ,,n,vl! tllc,. I'm.
lAhol1ioIlis,u aIl their yes. In (}n-
:,a recently i convention threw ov,.rl,,,ard Mr.
'r'''r. an -tu'i-:'4,,ll,pten tls.,nt.r uf Con-.
:Tt'S>. :lml nominated Il man designated ,,y
SENATOR .'". Lsuc wl,osr position! :.a,o1.. tlr
'r'"sEavtry extremists 1;,s 1!cycr lupu doubt
'"- New Jersey is tic little boy Of PENN
<!y!'ah" II 'n"y l~ depended u!,o. tp t'llow
h" lsadi1S strings of the latter Il, tl,ar;cs:m
i. everywhere else. III lutliana tl.o parties
''ant> III thr Douglas rcl,cl!i.1 i,ay.. l.yr lift
n' III the rold precisely as III PENNSYLVANIA
and California. 1.-two sets IF delegates should
20 from chat State to Charleston. tLt. C,nvnn.
inn "ou1d lnrt!l; pay the boilers the corprlj-
'hent 1t sending their cltins tn Il Committee
!" tie Remaining, ,Sta'es-kcutuckv.T Tennessee,
anu MsSo,lri-Mt. douglas is mnrc likely IN
get III" last na1nrd than citl&tr ii tic OTHERS
Bit ''r' v"lcs IF Ill tlsrcc wnull only lrnr Lis
IN lGo-only ten more than maior.
~. and iorty-two less tlmu tl,. rc,,,,ir., ,,a,.
b"l We ''' not s.'r that lv has auy popularity
I" 'h1ts' hc'tlshy "r Tennessee except a,run.,
Tic Opposition led I'LL iy James T.. Jones ;,u1
oll"r old l'ue rro-sl:verv Wliss.
Therefore. whcs VT further 1ak,. int, H.,
'''~'uht 'ic tremendous outside Pressure Of tIr
hFs'-eaEItl% interest Iii Charleston w. ,y,u,v,,
perceive upon what h4sis the friends t,r Mr.
l'ea'H!;ls arc lalilling their calculations
THE TWO FAIRS.
We re@re, IL scs' that 4 few nf v1,r Ifl;noi.
contemporaries "F the newspaper press arr
Ins'llginy in i!l-natt1vr,l remarks r,u,n ,,,
:''1'"n If tl'r Executive Committee uf tie M.
t"'a' Agricultural Society. III appointing their
next Annual Fair and Cattle Show lot tie l.;L
~ Sept. and III this city. They do rut 81,
that Chicago is all improper place for tlr. Fair
u bc held, or that the time designated il ,r,,
Sc io' carly or too late. Tic burden Of ro,,,-
fla'nt is that the Fair Of The National S.n.;ct,
will interfere with tie fair Of the State suie,r
advertised 10 he held al Frcep,rt III the 5tl,
'il that the attractions 0: the latter will mako
The former failure.
We take it that these gentlemen will laro
reason 10 revise their opinions, when tl.cv are
''SS'r'd '"at the prospects now are tia, tho
GFsf fI,L~s,