Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-17
Was the Vice-PrcSidenIiaI Nomination on
the Douglas Ticket rendered TO william
l.. 4aHceYf
For. the Richmond ENQUIRER. Oct. ls.

FfOn4 ing hlcA+solu hufurtF tct l.
We have received large number of letters frOs.
different parts OF the Union. asking exact intOrna
ton to the statement. made in several public
speeches by Of editors, concerning the ten
der of the Viz e-Presidential nomination. made by
the Douglas men to the Hon. William l.. Yancey.
With the pressure of work now upon our hands. il
is impossible for US answer all these letters sew
eraly. We trust that the following explanation
will answer eFegy purpose.
4 member Of the Virginia delegation to Charles
ton and Baltimore paid visit 10 Mr.. lance-. at
Washington. just previous tn the assembage Of thr
Baltimore Convention. At the same umc. Mr.. Yam
ccv also received a visit from d very influential
member Of the New York delegation, distinguish.
ed and ardent supporter and intimate confident of
Mr.. Douglas.
The New Yorker commenced an unrcservc1 con
versation with Mr. Yancey, in the presence and
hearing IF Virginia delegate. by stating that the
best means to unite tie Democratic party and insure
its success would be to couple the namessOt Messrs
Douglas and Ganeey on the Democratic ticket. He
assured Mr.. lanCey that this could be effected at
once, if Mr.. Ysncey would out consent to take the
Vice Presidential nomination, to be coupled with Dir
Douglas nomipatiOn for the Presidency.
With quiet smile, and his usual bland manner
Mr.. Iancey promptly replied that the arrangement
was one tC which he could, under no circumstances,
consent; that oil and water would not mix.
The New Yorker then demonstrated; reminded
Mr.. Ya1cey that politicians were frequently obliged
the arrangement proposed, if adopted would secure
not only Mr.. Yanceys personal promotion, but the
ultimate aseendency of Mr. Gancey's political views
and governmental policy; that Mr. Douglas was al
ready so enfeebed by disease that he could scarce
y live ST. months after the Presidential election,
and thus Mr.. 4ancey's candidacy would be sure to
make him not only Vice President, Tut, Yery soon,
President of the United States.
To all such persuasions Mr. Yancey replied with
the same polite and decided refusal to permit his
l. ,l,lI Il,
Douglas
We are informed of the name of the New York
delegate, and tie information above repeated was
furnished long by the Virginia delegate who
present during the conversation. We have held
communication with neither on the subject of any
publication. The communication was made to US
without any seal of confidence, express or implied
and we consider that the hypoGritCal pretenGe ex-
hbiteG by Mr.. Douglas and his followers. of horror
at the idea of political association with VIM L. Yam
oey, not only justities, but imperatively demands
this publication.
Still, we prefer not to publish the name of either
the New York or the Virginia delegate without ex-
press authorization.
The delegate from Virginia is known in and out
of the State a whose distinguished Charac-
ter for truth courage and delicate sense of honor is
incapable of impeachment from any quarter. We
know too that he will shrink from no just respOn-
sibity; and If he shall abstain from publishing the
name If The sew Yorker, he will only be restrained
by motives of extreme deicaay.
We also know the New York delegate to De the
intimate and confidential personal and political
friend of Mr.. Douglas.
Nor is this all. We are firmly convinced, from
our own knowledge of things, that after the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Douglas at Baltimore, intimatiOn of
willingness on the part of Mr. Gancey to accept it
would undoubtedly have secured him the Vice
Presidential nomination the same ticket.
We were approached by man after man, IN the
Front Street Convention. all of them expressing the
saIle desire to secure Southern support for the tick
ct, by means of the Vice Presidential nomination of
some man of the most ultra Southern political views,
and all were extremely perpexed by the difficulty
of selecting such man whose acceptance COULD be
regarded even as probable.
SO universal was this sentiment, that the southern
men left in the Convention were not only permitted
by ALL but requested to consult apart, as they dld
TO dictate, they did the name to be put IN nom-
nation for the Vce-P Presidency. The name OF Ben
jamin Fitzpatrick vas finally agreed on by the
Southern delegates, was by them proposed TO the
Convention, and accepted by reclamation, although,
short time before he had voted for the Davis reso
luuons, and although it was known that he was
EncomWItted to accept the nomination, and might
refuse as ae dig refuse afterwards. 70 permit the
of his name.
Under all these circumstances, can aHy TeasOna-
BILE man pretend that an assurance from William J..
Yancey, given the last moment, even of willing
to accept it. could possibly have failed to secure
for him the Yice-Presidential nomination the
Douglas ticket