, 1860-03-05
What Col. Forney Thinks of Doug
lass Prospects at Charlcslon.
Professional" Correspondents f the Phi adelpha Ire r.

HAsAAG1n3t CO. - leJ5-
!, I have already told you Of the way in which
the Southern men treat Stephen i. Douglas.
Their course to him, from the beginning, has
been course Of insult. Following the lead Of
his principles, he found it necessary to take is
gue with the President ID regard to the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, and frcm this point to le-
assert, in the strongest manner, his devotiou to
the covenants and principles Of 1856. When he
did this he encountered a storm Of oblou =
which would hare crushed almost any other
man. Immediately before the opening of the
present Congress, and since its commencement.
Judge Douglas committed himself frankly, in
advance, to the decision Of the Charleston Con
yention. He has gone farther; and in his
speech, in order to prevent the invasion Of
the John Brown at1ray was the result Of tue
teachings Of tr. Seward and bis friends, and
that the Republican party were more or less re-
sponsibte for that event, His friends in tie
House Of ofltepresentatires from Illinois support
cd men who we're known to be the enemies of
himself and his principles for Speaker Of
the House, and allowed themselves to indulge
in the strongest animadversions asainst those
who had first raised his flag in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere, and hud, By their courage and
consistency, vnstly contributed to bis success
in Illinois, think all these steps we're SO
many blunders. That they were earnestly in
tended, do not assume to question. They
were, however. concessions to a relentless an-
tagonism: If they were intended to conciliaie
the Southern politicians, they hare failcd to
conciliate them. During the attempt to organ.
ize the House, there was m evident disposition
on the part Of some Of the Southern leaders to
proclaim a truce in regard 10 Judge Douglas,
but latterly they hare resumed all their bitter.
ncss, showing at once their uuforgivinr temper,
aud how fruiiless I'll attempts have been On tue
part Of Judge Douglas and his friends to
bring them to reason, or induce them to enter
tain the slightest recognition Of his claims.
Since the organization, We hare had the Sen
atorial star chamber In secret session, laying
down platform which is intended to he forced
upon the Charleston Convention. upon which,
ns upon guillotine, the Illinois Senator and
his principles are both to be executed. The
resolutions, elaborated and .sitalized in this
committee, ne, Us I understand, to be proposed
in the American Senate, and an attempt made
to put them through as grcat national creed
The orgaus Of the Administration do not hest.
tate to constrne them as blow at judge Doug.
las, and at all his friends, aud The Er<n7aq Star
which may be said to speak the sentiments oi
the lre.eaters, yesterday declared that Seward
himself would have IS much chance as Douglas
at the Charleston Convention. The Constitution,
Mr. Duchanan's organ; edited mainly by Judge
Black and Mr. Browne, q sol disant nobleman,
boils oTer eyery morning with rituperation Of
Douglas, ridiculing his claims, deuyinc biz
strength, and doing everything to ipjurc hin,
with the people. 1t is under such auspices Is
these that the Charleston Convention will as.
scmble- Further comment is unnecessary.
The calculations, ef TIE Administration per.
| ty, upon which are based all these e1traordi
nary movements, are as follows: Tho National
Convention will throw US many votes as there
are members Of the House Of Representatives.
and Senators Of the United States, 7iz: COS
The Administration and Secession party claim
that they will carry eyery Southern State in
November, which will gire them l.0 electors
and California and Oregon, which will swell this
number tol27. In order to obtain majority
Of the whole, they will then be compelled 10 Sc.
cure twenty-five more electoral votes. These
they expect TO getin Pennsylvania, New Jersey
New York, Indiano, and Illinois. And how are
they to do all this7 OF course by fomentinr
divisions among the Opposition. This they ex.
Pect to accomplish BY the aid of the Americana
in New York, md by stimulating personal
quarrels among the rira1 candidates for the
Presidency in the Opposition ranks. They are
SO confident that this calculation will stand 1ha,
thy GuyA at the idf7 Of mailing any o6ftrs oy
compromise to Judge Douglas and lis frstnds.
Indeed, one Of them dectared to me yesterday
that the nomination Of Douglas, at Charleston
.nould lose thea half tIs Southern Stat<s, aud
would create 9 strong opposition party in the
tlon if Judge Douglas were to be put forward
against any administration man whe
might be nominated at Charleston, would be moi
raliyto nig~ standard an immense party in u;
Southern States7 and .go,!!aa the nut be able tt
attract to his support thousands nnd tens o
thousands Of men ia the North who stand read,
to cooperate in any such movement? and woule
he not become, in the event Of the triumph O
ultra men and ultra doctrines at Charleston, at
indispensable necessity TO all patriotic men p
he answered that be be'iered be would. but IN
happily for tho nation, Judge Douglas has him
self declared thpt lie will support the action O.
Charleston, whatsoever it may be.