Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-11
Gov. Wise's New York Letter.
From tie Richmond Enquirer.

L ne pluln Stateueut vi lhc "ho'' N"
that for some considerable time past, had
held private and conf lential political CORES
pondence with Mr. b Donnelly. No. ). VII
liam street, New York. lie wrote Ia me last
Spring: | replied. and the correspondence
ceased until the Sth of July last, when he
wrote to me again the following letter:
SARATOGA. July Sth, lSj9.
Nv Dear Governor: You will remember
my writing to you last Spring, 10 which re-
ceiyed AN answer, and which would have
acknowledged ut an earlier day. but sup
posed your time would he much taken ~
with other more important matters that
concluded to withhold writing To you until
the present. You will learn from the news
papers and elsewhere, that those who are IN
expectation Of receiving the nomination at
Charleston, are marshslllng their forces as
strnngl "a possible.
This State, which | have watched very
closely, with view of ucqualntlng y"u I'll
what is going on, will. - matters NOW stand,
send IL Charleston a united delegation III
favor of Dnuglus Their second choice w"uld
be YOU. give you this information ~ iact
so that you may rely upon it. Ii Is barely
possible that Wood. and Others i'll New York
city, may succeed III getting up tw" sets of
delegates IL the Convention. but 1t is my nplu-
ion. your friends in the South need not eX-
pect much support from the Northern States
The South is the only place 10 count on with
any degree Of certainty; and. ii the South
should kick up her heels aud refuse 10 adopt
Won aS her candidate, she will lose all. This
YOU may RELY upon. With any other man
A. - ali
would he beaten out Of sight. With the
South then t., back you. there will be Il Suiti
Client number of candidates Tor Congress and
Governor in nomination who will he able
to control sufficient number of delegates
from the Western and Eastern States, To give
YOU the nominution-and they will do il, 10
save themselves: well knowing that there Is
no one but Yourself that can poll the votes
of the adopted citizens. The Federal office
holders here are in favor Of DouglnS. So that
at the Charleston Convention, u MIR. Buch-
anan should consent Ia be II candidate, he
won't be able TO get single squad from this
State.
If YOU were once nominated, my God.
what vote You would get, with Seward
against you.
You would carry every Northern State, ex-
ccptng Massachusetts, Vermont. and pos
sihly Rhode Island All of the Western
States, am assured. would roll into line
again.
| am stopping at the Springs here for a
few days, and having an opportunity Of con-
sulting with our friends from different Sec
tons of the Union. | thought it advisable To
drop you the enclosed, hurredly scratched
together. If can be Of any service to you,
let me know it, II you think it advisable to
make push for the delegates from this State.
write me, and will tell you how it can he
done, to the best of my knowledg" and be-
lief Ludlow, Cassidy, and Peter Casger are
the controlling spirits and either of these, If
they supposed you were not completely IN
the hands of Fernando Wood ~ Co., would
be your friend This. fnd is their impress
sion, though not publicly expressed. MIR.
Wood is very smart man, and Is much fear
cd by the politicians, but his misfortune
seems to consist in having no one to back
him. Had he the strength that these others
have in the country districts, he would be our
next Governor. But III the country he falls
behind, and seems To be very unpopular
amongst tho farmers and others. Your best
way is to keep clear of all cliqucs and fac
tons. Side with none of them; and when
it il determined who are to be the delegates.
and also who has control of them, it will
then be time enough to become nfr"t.h'd
Yours. truly, b. DoNNLIIN.
10 his EXrellency, Coy. WISE.
Address me at my store, M. ), William ST..
y. Y"
Mr.. Dnnnrlly is, believe, MT II mrmi"'
Of the Democratic State Committee OF New
York. aud is person in private life, 81 Tar
rs know. Strictly in response 10 his letter.
/ wrote the following reply y, (n"w correctly
punctuated,) and intended. n IT shows ON
it, face, to he strictly private ANA rontid"n-
tial, and giving no advice or counsel not cali
cd for by my correspondent, and not peril
nent MS n reply, even on points of personal
vanity or pretent"n 49,
.'RIcHMo>D, July T., 1850.
Dear Sir thank you for yours OF the
Sth inst. have apprehendcd all along that
the Tammany Regency would carry united
delegation from New York Ia Charleston.
For whom? Douglas, know, is confident
but you may rely on it, Mr.. Buchanan is
himself a candidate for denomination, and
Hll p""'' "''' w '>'' W
disappoint Douglas and all other aspirants.
Our only chance is to organize by districts,
and either whip the enemy, or send two dele
cations.
If that is done, or not done, we must still
rely on the united South. A united South
will depend on united Virginia, and |
pledge ycu that She at least, shalt ben unit.
Virginia II unit, and persistent and hrm on
n sound platform OF protection t" al persons,
of popular reIS's sqnattpr sovereignty, she
must rally to her support all the South. The
South cannot adopt Mr.. Dong la platform.
1t il n short cut to all the ends ot Black Rr-
He then will Kick up his heels.
If he does. or don't he cant be nominated:
and the main argument against his n"mIna-
ton is. that hr can't he elected II nominated.
II he runs an independent candidate and
Seward runs and am nominated 1T Charles
ton, I can beat them both Or, IT sqnattrr
sovereignty i u plank Of the platform At
Charleston, and Douglas IL nominated, the
South will run IN independent candidate on
protection principles. and run the election
into the House Where, then, would Mr.
Douglas be? The lowest candidate on the
list. If | have the popular strength you
suppose, it will itself fix the nomination.
Get that. and am confident of success.
The Hon. +. Wood is proteSScdly and real
", believe. Il friend. and Of course | would,
in good faith, be glad Of his Influence, and
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