Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-05-05
The Gathering of tue Clans at Baltimore
--WhO will be Their Captain!

The Baltimore Clipper states that the friends Of
the Hon. JOIN MINOR BoTTs have engaged Carroll
Hall in that city for their headquarters during the
session of the convention, at which, 1t IS stated
8. their lel,ees nil commence on he Sh Of Nay The
Richmond Wig infcrs from this announcement Of
the BORIS organ that the friends Of the distinguished
sshead him or die " v;rginian intend to congregate
in Baltimore in as large masses as possible for the
purpose Of loBJyiuq on big scale and understands
that good many Of his friends from that city and
State are making arrangements to go to Baltimore
on the lobbying business
The clans of Bates and MCLEAN are also prePar-
ing for the struggle, while those Of our own dlstE-
ruished feIlow-citzen, the Hon. JoHN BELL though
few in number, are none the. lesss idle. Then the
venerable Kentuckian who desires to be persuaded
to make martyr Of himself Cor the sake of-weA,
the party-wiu have his enthusiastic admirers
there. but appearances seem to indicate that the
outside pressure for Boris VIII exceed that for all
the others together
For some time past efforts have been made to
create sentiment among the members of this third
party in savor Of the nomination Of a man who
would be acceptable to the Chicago convention, fe-
most in which was the Baltimore Patriot, a leading
Opposition paper in Maryland, which stated only a
few DAYS ago that this was the object Of leading
men in Washington who were laboriRg to put for
ward Judge MCLEAN as the candidate of the
United Opposition" And this course is urged, that
r,sDerteIls MS because Judge MCLEAN's Canddature,
:. ,r5ar the nomination of Baltimore and Chicago
botb would certainly carry all the Free States
axcant rerhaps California" while it was
Thought. according to the Patriot and the leading
r,far1TrD rRT1 ft-aT1 Tf
bevond doubt the electoral votes Of Maryland, DIE
aware. Tennessee, aud Kentucky, and probably Norh
Carolina to the United Opposition This idea indus
triously circulated foreshadOws the EFFORT 'naI VIII
be made TO put mp man that viii be accept"oie 10
Chicago. Who will I've be? Bates and MCLEAN are
onenlv urged for the position. and GREELr, speaking
for his serment Of the Limited Opposition" has
avDressed A willingness to receive Mr. BELL. as the
man while BORIS is not withoutstrong and lnnuehtal
friends over the line.
The Sims Indicate that the clans viii have an III
teresting time when the game opens on Wednesday
Divested of this feature, the th-d party convention
coul5 he REGARDED in no other light than as the as
semblinr Of class of politicians noted for caSu'
building and fine talking
Ii is amuting to see with what an affected ar OIL
unC0nCern OF rather of hope tlat soHiS'iu"5 '
able to his party may grow out Of the event an en-
thusiastc Oppositonist receives the intelligence Ol
the adjournment of the Democratic National Oon-
venton without making nomination. The Fu"to'
ofyesterlay. with a scro-comic assurance tha' "O'
s0lutey challenges admiration, declares that ''he
only earthly hope now left TO the conservative con-
stitutional Unionloying masses is in the Baltimore
Convention not of the Democratic party but OF
that party known here as Opposition in Virginia
as "Whig,n IN Massachusetts as Constitutional
Union" and in other localities by whatever catch
penny name is calculated to wheedle into It's fold
such men rs arc supposed to entertain prejudice
against the Democratic party. Il is to the result OF
the Iabors Of the convention of this Heterogeneous
mass cur contemporary insists, that "all eyes are
tnrnel and upon it all patriotic hearts are fixed
with anxiety" The Patriot has juss awoke To q
most singular reazation-it is "cOnddent that ligh
is breaking on the darkness and confusion ans
troubles which have overcast our political skies
and with a deyout, reverential air our contempt
rary adds: "May it increase and shine to the pei
feet day.