The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-09

lHE MAN FOR THE OHAKlAkSTON OONvENTIONs--
There is great fuss being made about double
sets Of delegates from this State and from ILL.,,
Dois to the Charleston Convention. But it is
of very little consequence which set of dele.
gates, here or there, is admitted, or whether
they are both rejected. The Southern dele
gates will have the control of the Convention
and the choice of the candidate The dele
gates from Work and Illinois, if admitted,
will have>to acquiesce in the decision of the
South and therefore would be but ciphers in
give msjoIities for republicanism and minori-
ties for Justice to the South Their admission
or rejection, therefore, practically amounts to
nothing.
If these rival delegations do not agree
among themselves before the meeting at
Charleston, the Convention ought not to dis.
tract its attention, or risk its harmony, or waste
five minutes of its time, in considering their
claims, but send them all away-a step which
would greatly facilitate the choice of the right
man for candidate. The conservatives of the
Northern States, including New York and ILL
nois, will vote for good man, whether their
delegates have any voice in his selection
or not 1t is true the thirty.five votes of New
York alone, with those of the South, would be
sufficient to elect the President; but owing to
the way in which the State is divided by 1.-The
two democratic factions, aad especially owing
to the blighting influence produced for series
of years by the Albany Regency and its cor.
rupt affiliations in this city, there is very little
chance of the once Empire StatO' voting
against the republican ticket The real battle
ground will be in Pennsylvania and the other
Middle States, and, accordingly, the election
which win take place in the Keystone State
in October next will be a desperate struggle,
the result of which will 60 far to settle the Pre-
sidential conflict.
The South will have the choice of the can
didate, because four-ffths of the votes neces-
sary to elect the chief magistrate, on the issue
raised by the republicans, must come from the
Southern States. The South on this question
will vote In solid body and poll 12O electoral
votes. The number necessary to choice is
l54. Therefore, only thirty four Northern votes
are required, and these must be looked for in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana and the
other Middle States. Hence the South, though
1t has the power to control the Convention so
as to nominate Southern man, is not likely
to do so, as may be seen in the fact that OF
this moment there is not one Southern can
didate that haa any life left in him with the
exception of Houston. What has become of
the host of Southern men whq were talked of a
few weeks ago! Gone to the tomb of the Ca
pulets! Recent events have disposed of some,
and the rest have committed political .felo de
Sc. But under the circumstances it would be
folly for any of them to continue the vain
struggle. The South must select a candidate
from the Middle States-a Northern man with
Southern sympathies-who will run well in
those States on which the result Of the contest
depends. If the South wish to nominate can
didate who will be successful, it will take that
course; if not, not.