Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-05

WASHINGTON LABARAroRY.-weta take the follow
ing from Washington letter in the Baltimore
Spn Of Thursday last:
ssTbe current of Democratic politics in New
York does iot run smoothly. am ssNsneu ',a'
majority of the delegates appointed 70 represent
New York in the Charleston Convention, are out
and out Douglas men, and they took care that the
delepation should be instructed to act as unit,
under the direction Of the majority. The Dickin-
SON men have but Just discovered that they Were
sold rs appears from the letters Of Gov Orville
CLARK and other leaders Of the hards A double
delegation from New York is now certain. and it
Is equally certain that there will be no concert Of
action and no harmony between the two sets Of
delegates. What the convention will do In this
case Is matter of interesting inquiry They may
admit both delegations, and In that case their
votes may neutralize each other.
1T IL more certain than ever that the northern
delegations will defer to the wishes of the south
ern delegates, both in regard to platform and to
the nomination Of candidates for the Presidency
and Vice-Presidency. The South must furnish
nearly all the electoral votes and Of course have
right to choose the candidates. IL southern man
he nominated as President II Is very probable mat
Gov. Horatio Seymour will be selected as Vice
President, in Difference to the wishes Of the vast
majority Of the Democrats Of the Empire State.
IL Is thought that his name on the ticket would go
far to secure the electoral vote Of New York; but
I must say that one can count upon New
York in any event But the result OF the fall
election of State officers may indicate a change
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We need hardly say that no confidence what
ever is to be placed in this writer's statements
concerning the delegation elected to represent New
York in the Charleston Convention, as those well
informed concerning political affairs already know
that the New York Democratic State Convention
sha ped their action in the choice Of the delega-
tion in the tenor Of their resolutions wholly to
the end Of securing harmony at Charleston and
success with the ticket to be nominated there;
every man elected by them as delegates being re-
liable to serve those ends, and none other. But
the point of interest In this mares nest is the fact
that it 10 gotten up here to effect the ulterior end
Of some one desiring to influence the Presidents
action with reference to some point in the dispo-
sition Of his patronage in New York. The out
side world will be surprised to learn that full halt
the political accusations Of the kind published
from this point are concocted to effect sinister
ends; being bssed wholly on the desire Of their
originators to produce through them unjust i'm
pressions on particular functionaries which, they
cannot otherwise generate.
The General Orville Clark named by the writer
is not identified with the Democratic party,
though once a leading member of it. He is now
a legislative lobbyite without politics, bent OH
making as much money as possible out Of any and
all political parties-his last political utilization
having been with the American party. The non-
sense Of the writer's assumption with reference to
the secret intentions Of the New York delegation
is evident in the fact that while this Mr. Clark is
impudently essaying to complain to the public
against the action Of the convention, behalf OF
Mr.. Dickinson, that gentleman, over his own sig
nature, is cautioning the public to place no conf
dence whatever in the disorganizng and selfish
appeals of Mr.. Fernando Wood and his co-work-
ers, Of whom this Mr.. Orville Clark is the only
one ever heard Of in politics outside of the Empire
State.
Besides, this Washington writer com pletely up.
sets his own story in the latter portion of his own
revelation, where he states truthfully) that sthe
Northern delegation will defer to the wishes of
the Southern delegates, both m regard to a plat
form and to the nomination of candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency That is to
say, the delegations from States that cannot elect
Democratic electors, will cooperate in shaping
the action Of the Convention to meet the wishes
of the delegates from States which can and prob
ably will elect Democratic electors Now 1t is
very certain that the delegations from every such
(surely Democra:ic) State will be opposed to the
pretensions of Senator Douglas
At Charleston, II will become manifest that no
action of the Convention can possibly serve TO
secure for him the vote of any slaveholding State
How he is regarded by the most Of the Southern
Democracy is aptly illustrated in the following
brief extract from recently published letter from
the pen Of the Hon. Eli s. Shorter, member of
Congress from Alabama:
81 would as soon expect to see that Convention
nominate Seward, Hale, or Giddings, as Douglas
would vote for one OF them soon as | would
vote for him."
We know not what is the precise end to be
effected here by starting this story concerning the
delegation elected to Charleston from New York;
but that IL is designed to 'operate' the Presi.
dent with IT, we are very sure