, 1860-04-21
THE C1fARLesSTOS NOMINATION.
Tie friends Of Nj. Douglas eceti4 10 be sun.
CAine of his nomination 1T Cbnvlaeton F-,r,

THE CHARLESTON NOMINATION
Tie fncnls Of Nj. Douglas eeen. 10 be sur
g;lnc Of his nomination At Charleston Eno,
State OF hopeless desrcndency they lay
leapcd INTO the most cxtravagant e1hilarqt:or
Tie cause Of this change il to be found in ii
news tclcgrapbed and written from Washing
Ton. The Northern delegates to Charlcsto
pretty much all went By tie way Of Washing
ton' where they stopped over several days
Probably all tho Delegates alternates an,
backers, that Douglas will have in Charleston
were congregated in the Washington hotel
from Monday to Thursday Of this week. Ant
they seem 10 have spent their time in drinkin;
with Douglas and shouting for him. It is on],
reasonable to suppose that they would max.
more noise thaa the Nationals" from tllt
Northern States; ard thus deceive the popu
lation and letter writer's into lhe belief tha
Douglas was going to carry everything before
him at Charleston.
The Southern delegates proceeded to
Charleston without frs. going to Washington.
The aati~Douglas New Jersey md pennsylva'
MIA delegations took passage from Phlade1-
phia on steamship chartered for the trip,
and consequently they we're not at Washing.
ton. Tho anti i-Dnuglas Wood delegation Of
New York, proceeded by Sen to the place OF
tue Convention. Hence tlcre was no counter
poiso at the Washington hotels to the blowing
and striking Of the Douglas worsllirpers who
gathered there to take counsel with their lead.
er and arrange their plans Of operations at
:Charleston, It was master stroke Of policy
on the l'art Of Douglas, TO Summon his Clans
1nen 10 tie capital and bavo them make an ill.,
posing demonstration in his beltall and then
march On Charleston IN :. mob. Possibly
these tactics will turn the scale in Ills favor.
His hragsarts and clalusurs may carry of tho
nomination hy 4 Zouave rush and au Indian
war-wl'oop but they will hare divers and sun
dry obstacles 10 overcome which may prove
formidable if not insurmountable.
Tile Northern Dourlasites, will he in now
atmosphere at Charleston. They will be
brought face to G4ce with the Gre-caters. The
shouting, and swearing, and whisky drinking,
will not all he on one side there, as it was in
Washington this week. There is IN ugly pre-
l'm'nnry question Of contested seats to settle
before platforms or nominations are made.
T".o sets Of delegates will contest for seats
from New York aud Illinois, Neither. State
can vote until the matter il adjusted. The.
nonglasites will be deprived of the s. New
York Kichmoud.C Cagysr votes in the struggle
10 ost the Wood gang. lfll1e latter are ad-
mitted Douglas is .lefcated, mud Hunter,
Breckenridge, or Andrew johnson, will bo
nominated. The Cork delegates from Illinois
will not bc rejected without n struggle There
will be ls3 votes from the North TO l20 from
The South. Sttbs1ract rs contestants from
New York and II from Illinois and there re-
mans III uncontested Northern seats, Or
these, Z to 10 from New England, II to 20
from Pennsylvania, i to from New Jersey,
4 from Calilornia and , from Oregon, are
claimed By the Administration men 10 DO o.
posed to him. These count :sI--takiug tho
lesser numbers, leaving barely 100 reliable
Douglas votes from the North will, which to
fight for the contested sents- How many
Southern votes lie will have OIL that question
remains 10 he seen. But VIC conccda TINT il
Ills friends arc able to secure the New York
and Illinois delegations they will also be able
to give him d majority Of the Convention.
Whether that can subsequently, bo forced up
10 two-shirds vote, admits Of doubt, though
lis friends proclaim that if they ever succeed
in getting n majority for him tLey will compel
Lhe minority to succumb or blow tho party to
atoms.
We apprehend that Andrew johnson Of
Tennessee will develop formidable strength
in tho latoF phases Of the strife. The Doug
las!tes cpniiacntly count on tic vote Of Tenn.
assee 10 give their champion the requisite two
!hirds. That Sta.c has instructed her dele.
;atcs for Johnson. Gfevious;y as the chiya1ry
nate johnson for his 1nu l-sil1 origin and asso~
,iations and Homestead lercsies (which, BIZ
he way, have never "s:ruck in very leeply), !
hey hate Douglas Worse, and they may unto
IN him to prcveat the aaticirated land-elide Of
Tennessee So'es Representing 4 considerable
It'd growing iron interest he would he easily
commended 10 Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware aud MARYLAND. But let us wait "a.
.enlly. The game will soon be DECLARED.