Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-04-25
ruE CHARLESTON CONVENTION


TION OF THE PLATFORM FIGHT BETWEEN
THE NEW YORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AL OF MR.. SLIDELIl-THE SCHEMES AND Cos
SIPS OF THE POLITICIANS.
CHARLESTON, April 22.
Six of the delegations from the Southern States have
agreed to withdraw in body from the Convention I'M
less a resolution is adopted before the nomination OIL
candidate declaring favor of Congressional protec1on
of slavery in the Territories This settles DougaS: D
these delegations doing more. They are trying 10
pdure all the other Southern delegations to agree Win
them on a set of principles, and to submit them 70 tne
Northern delegates in advance OF the meeting OF the
Conyer ton and if they do not agree, then the Houte
DELEGATIONS will not enter the Convention at all but pro-
coed 10 hold separate OF their own, nominating
/ Southern man for President and Fernando WOOD LOT
Vice Presdent-the result Of this movement being 10
throw the election into the House OF Representatives,
where the South think it safest to have H. IL the SIX
Soutbeu delegations cannot get the others to JOIN Them
they W not let the Convention proceed to business TIL
| the Wood men are admitted. tremendous row may,
therefore be expected which will perhaps break up tue
Convention The Southern delegations have all united
on Wood and paid him every respect, rendering him
their support for the Vice Presidency.
The Albany Regency clique, thoroughly frightened,
have offered to make Wood delegate at large OF their de-
legation aud let him bring many as he peases oil
his delegates with him. provided he left them majority
He refused the terms and said be would stand or fall with
| his friends. ~
The testimony of Walker and his production of Mr.
as com Teiat in favor OF Douglas 1t all arraign
ed fortnight ago aud delegates here knew all about 1t
| before the Herald arrived \ thousand copies OF the
Herald containing the evidence ordered beforehand
aud were circulated this morning among the delegates
But the plot has utterly failed and producing strong
feeling against Douglas and in favor of Mr.. Buchanan
and is regretted that Mr. Buchanan has wIittena letter
refusing to allow his to be used as a candidate
Mr. Silel has addressed letter TO the Louisiana de-
legation, Withdrawing his name and stating that he is
/ or Breckenridge.
For candidates SIX names are Observation-Disclosures,
Dickinson Breckenridge, Guthrie, Hunter and Lane 1t
Is said Hunter has the delegation OF ten or eleven South
ern States but it is conceded he cannot carry suhcien
number of Northern States to be elected and therefore,
he cannot get the nomination. 1t is probable he will
receive large complimentary vote, but will be dropped
as soon as it is found that the North will not have him.
Some of the leaders of the Albany Regency delegation
are afraid to give Hunter complimentary vote, lest
should nominate him, whilst Dean Richmond says 1t
would be a good deed to let him be nominated and lose
the election in order punish the South for setting
him up
Tbt New Jersey as well as the Pennsylvania delega-
ton has declared for breckenridge The Douglas men
are hostile him, and will unite the friends OF the other
candidates to kill him of
Lane NAV come up in the end he has warm friends,
but he wants an engineer. The fight meantime will be
chiefly between Dickinson and Guthrie Both have their
srons in the New York Delegation. 1t is urged that
Guthrie can carry Pennsylvania and New Jersey through
the iron Interest," consideration, however which would
not serve him with the South On the whole, he Is re-
| garied as too much Of an old iogy for the age.
4 Douglas meeting of delegates and others was held
last night at iberuian Hail. Speeches by Senator Pugh
and General Under who said he would leave his bones
ON the soil of Marion If the Little Giant not nOmi
naed The meeting was also addressed by others, and
the whole Northwest guaranteed for Douglas II nom
mated. This is part Of the outside pressure
Do. a. IN, Is ler blowing
The National Committee, after filling two vacancies
with Douglas men, decided, by vote OF nine against
eight that they would interfere with the SubCommt
tee OF which Smalley is Chairman and Mr. Nallandigham
is Secretary in relation the refusal OF tickets of add
mission 10 the Convention to the Wood delegates from
/ New York and adjourned sine die. Mr. Sualey then
invited the delegates 20 present their credentials ana their
case before him. The delegation, IN order to put him
still more In the wrong, waited him tins afternoon az
five o'clock Mayor Wood presented the credentials aud
found the other delegation there with theirs He claimed
that his was the regular one, and demanded tickets
The Chairman invited discussion, but Wood declined as
Sualcy had no power TO decide. Ihe case ADJOURNED
| I'LL % o'clock tomorrow.
malicious rumor has been set aloat that Wood will
force lis way into the hall tomorrow, with the aid OF
seventy buiils from New York yiag in wait. There is
no foundation for this, but with the Thermometer at 20
degrees aud brandy flowing like water, Institute Hall
! will be a no. place tomorrow.
Especial Washington Despq'ch.l
WAsHlNGIoN. April -, lS6O.-A large number Of pri-
vate dispatches nave been received here to-day from
Charleston which seem to indicate, LIST, That DougaS
.root De rointtel-seven Southern States as well as
PENNSYLVANIA and other Northern States being united
AGAINST him ID That Guthrie seems 10 be the idvorte
OF the interests pamed in consequence OF his liberal views
on tie tariff towards Pennsylvania. He has the support
of the Pierce interest in the Convention, and Caleb Cush
ug and .yn Davis who were IN Pcrces Cabinet as col
Il ilcs of Guthrie have also struck hands for him.
/ General Whitney appointed 10y Mr. Buchanan Collect
or OF Boston since he elected delegate 10 Charleston
a. which time IL Is said, be declared for DougIas now
opposed 10 the "ijte Giant and 10 favor OF appeasir
! IN. South Whitney Is strongly supported among the
Northern delegates in the opinion that as every State in
the North Is Republican ami Northern delegates are with
ont the power pledge electoral vote Tor the MONT
nee that 90 would Dee bad policy 90 insist upon any North
eru man, and good policy to nominate a Southern man
Who would be popular with the North, and whose p0hcy
/ would not be offensive To Pennsylvania.
/ This programme IL is understood points 10 Guthrie,
from whom 70 Is believed the Douglas would not bolt
unless he Wa placed upon obnoxious platform.
The sudden weakness OF Douglas is found in the fact
that seven Southern States have declared their intention
of boiling aud nominating Southern man upon a ma
douAl platform This determination Is partly ihc result
of the lcrceucss with which Robert j. Walkers es,mo-
nv before the Coyode committee Is thrust IN every dele
gat's face as am evidence that tue Southern Lccompon
| policy was wrong and Douglas was right IN fighting
/ them and does not indicate that lac is amy the less
bel against thcm whatever he may be against the adj
miu,traou. They declare they wi. not trust him.
| am satisfied thc polite republicans here good
deal ANNOYED at the prospect Of Guthries nomination,
leclariug they would prefer Douglas. They believe
| Douglas would break the ranks while Guihne would
unite the party.
The civ is iull of reports There is an impression
here that the combination generally known the Sona-
toral Clique viii prevail Charleston, both regards
uatfor and candidate and If 50 it may be looked upon
as return to the old system OF Congressional caucus
rule in the democratic party. Tho convention system il
pretty well played out aud it is not at all Improbable
that the nominations for the coming campaign viii
be the last that will be made by Presidential G0Rycn-
! tons.
The fact is that these have TO b. nothing more
than the instruments OF a few shrewd men, who, having
attained Senatorial position and seeing the desperate
nature of the chances OF Presidential nomination, and
its short and feeble tenure Of power in Of an election
have combined to make themselves President-makers,
instead of Presidents, and to increase the Senatorial
power to such degree as to make it virtually life
long aristOcracy.
The use Of Hunters as candidate, is more Tor
the purpose of foil for Douglas, and through the ne
gatiye influence of the two asprants preparing the way
for prugng their real man upon the Convention as COM
. promise candidate. Who this is outside of the
CLIQUE really knows but rumor gives from time to time,
the names of Breckenridge Lane and Seymour of New
York Men shrewd in Office hunting here whom long
experience has made both skillu and wary, pin them
selves now to members Of the Senatorial clique, rather
than TO the fortunes OF individual aprants to the Pres
deucy.
In the present crisis that attends the whole country
well as the Democratic party the programme Of the Sen
Atoral clique may do good service and their conserva
tive sense leads them TO subdue natcsm as well as fac
ton But after the battle is fought and won, If 1t Is won
President politicians and people will do well take