Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-09
HERALD CORRESPONDENCE.
CHARLESTON, April %,

mile square IN this city, embracing
the Mills House, the Charleston Hotel,
and the hall where the Convention is
to be held, all on Meeting street, and
at right angles with this street, where
are the Pavilion, Planters Hotel, and
other hotels and boarding houses,
nearly all this crowd, or about two
thousand active politicians, probably,
are gathered. Some few are on board
steamers and in more distant local.
ties, but the mass are within that area,
especially on Meeting street. The
Mills House and Charleston Hotel,
have, 1 suppose, some twelve hundred.
These two houses are the centers. -
From early morning until midnight,
or till one or two o'clock in the morn
ing again, the balls, reception rooms,
parlors, passageways, pavement and
barrooms of these hotels arc crowded
with men discussing the merits of
their candidates and the chances of
each. Though speaking one language,
and with less difference of accent
from the different parts of the country
than the people Of any other country,
and though more homogeneous by far
than any other people, yet there is no
difficulty in determining to what Sec
ton each one belongs. It is not nec-
essary to be told this; there are pecu-
liarities distinct and unmistakeable.-
And the men gathered here are rep
Iresentative men, or types, in an exag.
gerated form. of classes of men, or Of
the people OF different localities. There
is no mistaking the driving, boisterous,
determined, self satisfied Western
man, full of talk, never tired of talk
ing, loving discussion, watching every
opportunity to throw himself into an
argument, and then holding on to it
most pertinaciously and with great
earnestncss. Doug las is thorough
type of this class. I see many little
Douglascs here. These men are thor
oughly democratic in the general com.
prehensive sense of the word. They
are great takers, but not great think
ers. They are apt at catching and
appropriating the ideas of others, and
then, after having adopted, Of reitrra,
ting them in the same terms as ear
nestly as if they were original. These
are characteristic features, however,
OF the Western man of the New Eng
and stock more than any other. Nor
is there any difficulty identifying the
man from New Eng gland. He does
not carry himself as erect and defiant
as the Western man; he does not GO
as direct and boldly to the question
he beats round, takes a tor,uous course
and is evasive; he argues, while he
appears to be inquiring, rather than
by bold statements and assertions
His words are measured, and they
come partly out Of half opened
mouth, and partly through the nose
while the Western man opens hi.
mouth wide, and the words appear tc
roll out from the bottom of his throat
The Eastern man appears to be eau
tiously calculating always the move
ments around him, and how he may
turn them to some account. He Cal
pump frank, open minded persol
dry in five minutes, without having
communicated an idea. The mer
here from the North, too, may be dis
tinguished from the rest, but not S,
readily. And then, again, the New
Yorker and Pennsylvania are unlik
each other. The Pennsylvania i
quite steady and substantial in look
and in his mental character; the New
Yorker is active, scheming and adroit
whether in the garb or style of wei
dressed city gentleman, or that of
rough man from the Tammany or tn
Pewter Mug, or from the interio
= towns. The Pennsylvania has a lc
cal sort Of a look-the New Yorke
more cosmopolitan. The Souther
man may be known from his quiet
. dignifed, frank manner, aud erec
bearing. He is ever ready and abl
to respond in argument; but is no
naturally loquacious. He, too, lik
the Western man, is earnest and de
:, termined, but quietly, and with Ger
! tain degree Of reserve. He rarel,
; makes an attack, but will hold his po
). sition to the end. He is more socia
: more democratically social, if I ma,
u use such an expression-than the mel
: from the North or the East. He j
!. somewhat proud it is rather, howev
: : er, pride Of character than anythin.
= else, while at the same time his man
u ners are simple, easy, and utterly tre
: from haute,tr. He appears to be NOR
man of thought than of action
), These types of classes or Of section
Of our country, may be distinguishes
In the crowd at Charleston, more il
this manner of observing them tha
from the style Of dress or personal ar
Ipearapoe in other respects.
:. BARRooA VIEWS. ~
: Imagine crowded barroom.
hundred people present, Huge bowl
s Of c)aret punch, brandy punch, an,
0 other luxurious concoctions Of th
e balmy South are loading down tn
}, counters. About ten expert black
assist the white bar princes in turnin.
r out cocktails, sherry cobblers, min
o6uleps, smashes; and all sorts Of thos,
K things. The weather is hot; the peo
. pie are thirsty: Loud declamations
a eooro< oono1o~oc onH ooI ho.l .,~l:.