Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-24
VOLUME LVI.-NUMBER Is,

of the State ought 10 be cast Tor the States
own fayori;c son. Virginia will act on the
same principle, and will cast her vote for her
own flvoritc son. From all We can learn, Ken.
tucky will follow the same course Of action
so will Illinois. And after meeting at Charles
ton. the Democracy will first lay down 4 com.
plcic platform of avowcd principles. and then
proceed TO choose candidate, on the ground ot
superior qualification and availability.
The great conservative body of the New
York Democracy is now strengthened by the
adhesion of large and respectable number
who have hitherto acted i'll cooperation with
;hc ''Soits." st this day, the "Solis" are re-
s;ricted. for the most part, 10 those who divided
trnm the Democratic party in ls4S, to support
Mr.. Van Buren.
Referring to these circumstances, we can
easily trace ou. the origin of the "Heralds"
suggestion. In case the friends Of Daniel S
Dickinson shall fine il itnpracticable at Charles
t"n. 10 nominate their own lavoritc, nothing is
more probable than that they will determine to
cast their vote lor some such conservative
Southern Democrat rs Coz. Wise.
FolGwn: out such line Of evident sug
sesiion as his the Herald" may go still far
thc". and rest assured that if the Southern
Democracy shall determine to yield the nomi
nation. for the fourth time, in unbroken sue
cc>>ion, 10 the North, We recognize no man As
better entitled TO the honor than is Daniel 6.
Dickinson, or New York. Throughout the
South, and especially in Virginia, he is justly
regarded As a man Of high capacity, Of sterling
principle always true and conservative in the
maintenance Of the doctrines Of his party, and
bold in their vindication, whencyc: and by
whomsocver they are assaed.
Whether the "Softs' really intend to act for
NJ. Douglas, while pretending to advance the
interests Of Mr. Seymour, we are unable to say.
BIT we are frank to say, that we expect no
cordial cooperation with Southern Democrats
at present from that faction Of the New York
Democracy Their avowed conversion from
The hcrc>ics Of lrcc-soilsm is yet too recent to
permit them to cooperate heartily for the
nomination of any Southern Democrat, hover
cr liberal his views or conservative hi, ten
dcncics.
So far as the Virginia Democracy is concern
Cd, the two divisions Of the New York Dcmoc
racy have each an old score to settle, on very
diilcrcn; bases Of feeling and reciprocity. When
it was proposed, at the Cincinnati Convention,
70 exclude the "hards' altogether, and thus
throw the entire vote of New York into the
hands Of the "solts, the proposal was favored
and advocated by small minority Of the Viz
ginia delegation. The large majority of our
delegation, on the other hand, Indignantly in.
sisted that the friends Of Daniel S. Dickinson
should at least be entitled to an equal voice in
the Convention with those of John Van Buren,
The voice OF Virginia turned the scale-a thing
which the Dickinson men Of New York will be
slow to forgct-and which, doubtless, their op-
ponents find it difficult to forgive.
For the sake Of entire harmony, then, VIC
trust that the friends of Mr. Dickinson may
carry an unbrOken delegation from New York
to Charleston. That they already command a
inaiority Of the New York Democracy is tolc.
rably evident from several indications. And
here the following extract from the New York
daily News" is entirely apropOs:
DELEGATES TO CmAELESToS.-We give else
where further copious extracts from the Demo-
cratic press of the State in reference to the Ma
tiona Delegate question. 1t would seem that
the press is nearly unanimous upon this subject,
every day bringing new evidence of this fact.
The I.unbcr Of Democratic journals which adj
yocatc the postponemcnt OF this question until
after the State election or favor the election OF
national delegates by districts now reaches for
tv-two. as follows:
Nv Yor, Daily a:li w.csiy Cananangul M-s,eng.r.