New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-07

Cuba or Lecomp'"n, lie uiaAes 'io '''N'-
for " the order Of the day" nor yields I'LL 'Hc
poirt j, carried. aud the Senate launched on sea
If fcur,. the excited combstants and spectators
ebseri,ed at the suddeu termination OF the orA'o'.
icsl fray. retiring meanwhile to tee loboles 10 coon
their bot blood
Mr. Hunter IL .eemir ely middle ground min
where extremes msy Consistently meet nc
reitber the founder nor the esder OF aparty' AAe
CLAW ard Calhoun: nor q propounder and expo
nent Of measures. Ike Wright aud Douglas. lie
never would have originated Texas annexation, OF
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise; Dor, haa
10 lived in the North, would be have ever dreamed
of tie Independent Treasury, or the Wilmot Pfo'
yiso; nor, bad be been compelled to tight the In
nois battle. would he have been supple aud sslie
enough 10 escspe defeat under cloud OF general
,ies about Popular Sovereignty AID uninenaiy
legislation in the Territories
Mr.. Hunter has none Of the nfrmities Of genus
because be has no constitutional precipitation 70
the disease. Calm, considerable, aud strictly par
Esmertsry he is never liable to be called 70 order
and always shuns those personal collisions IN wa'co
Douglas. Tocmbs, Wade, Fitch, Hale, lverton'
Green. and other courageous or impul'iSe oena
tors North and South, are so s'ten involved
These qualities, combined with aprudencs winch
trenches on the Deighboripg ground OF tlmdity
make him rather a commonplace Parllamentarian'
Tbougb his speeches show research and ability,
and exhibit an occasional tasteful and polIshed pa'
sage. they never startle by their originality, nor
electrifg by X cir eloquence In that mental ana so
cisl magnetism which chsrscteIzes leaders De iais
in mea.ursby behind Clay. In intellectual caioer
he belongs rather to the type Of Wright, but Is his
inferior in power of argument and sinks out OF bis
sight in comparative breadth of views and iioersl'y
of opinions With no salient points aud acute angles
10 starte and repel, like Douglas, and with none
Of Wjses prociyity to commit foles. he Just the
smooth. oval man, easily approached and easily
handled. hon the Democracy need as rall!lpg
point in this criss.
Can the party take him at Charleston Where
stands he on tie issues which the Negro froPa
eanda are thrusting into the struggle
I. He has various attractions for the ultra South
He is a faithful disciple, mild apostle, OF the
Calhoun sect of politicians. He stood by Slidels
Cuba bill. He explicitly, but without amPltcation
or ostentatiop, assen.ed to Davis's Congressional
Intervention theories And, as to the legalizstlon
Of the African trade. be will leave that to the rad
icals of the Southern school, he, as becomes an
aristocrstic Virgnsn, following the negro-steallng
crowd at such distance as will seemingly AVOID
completely in their scheme but not so remote as 10
preclude the giving of the necessary aid which an
exigency may demand.
H. To the North be also presents certain attract
i've features He opposes all essential alterations IN
the creed Of the party; would not huma'e his sup
porters in that section Of the Union by embazonng
on the banner they bear in the fight the rasc 'tles
which are to be perpetrated az soon as the victory
i, won; aud, better than all else, viii insure 70
them double portion of the spoils and plumber oil
the triumph.
Can be be nominated To take even the first
step in thst direction, be must BE- backed by Nir-
pipia. Ard here he meets serious obstacle in the
person of Gov Wise, whom he must either crush
sppease, or purchase. The gallant Governor Is hard
70 kill difficult TO conciliste and costly to buy. II
the Donnely letter has dampened his hopes, 1t has
uHsmed his animosities. He is more to bs dreaded
when fighting an enemy, than when defending hln-
self He has many friends in Virgins, and through
All the South. They know that the New-iork Softs
BETRAYED the Donney letter to ruin him. Mud they
believe that Of all the southern candidates Hunter
is the fsvori,e of the S0fts. Unless Wise is weak
er antagonist than is generally supposed, Hunter
must drive. COAX, or bIibe him out of bis path, or
he will prove a serious stumbling block IN his jour
ney to Charleston.
With Virginia to sustain hin, he may bear Il
the prize if he can enter into compact " II
Douglas. The sgreeu eut might run in this wise:
Hunters friends to aid in keeping the platform in
tact, so that Douglas can cons. ,tently stand upon
il in lSGi while Douglass supporters reciprocae
the favor by assisting Hunter to mount 1t III lcdO.
But, more formidable obstacle than the hostility
of Wise, or the odum of bargain with q rival,
stands in Mr. Hunters way. He is The prominent
candidate Of the South The leading Candidate
rarely succeeds in National Convention. Unless
precedents lose their force, and the laws OF human
nature are repealed, all the minor candidates from
the South will combine against Hunter For twenty
wears pact of the ten Presidential nominees Ct the
great part es only fise have been selected fro the
LIST of leading candidates, VIZ: Van Buren,, Clay,
Cass, Scott and Bu,bsnsn. OF these, but one sue
ceeded az the polls. The other su ,cessu nominees,
Harrison, Pclk, Taylor, and Pierce, were taken
from the class of secondary candidates after the
eminent chieftsns bad been prostrsted In the Con-
ventiops By combinations among the friends OF less
conspicuous men. The lesson taught BY these facts
is no, lost upon party which, at every election,
s,J ubsthsr the stake be- a constable or a Presi.