, 1860-06-23

Republican Spcculatfons.


Republican SpcculationK.
Especial cs,.;;;;5ssaes 1 i, 1,.. AID r.ns...,
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I'VE print so much of our cokreapondept's let. 4
tsf as relates to matters not communicated by
telegraph.-Ens. +. AND r. =.
The speech Of Mr.. Mersick is strongly con-
denned by most Of Tue delegation from yoar>
Sta.e, as being entirely too vindict,re in tone.
There is considerable dissatisfaction, n1so, with
Richardson's brashness.- He doesn't seem to do
near as welihcfe .as in Baltimore. e.-TEe leRdEra
Of Tie Squattcfltes thus far have been R:cnard:
son and Merrick Of your State, Montgomery of
pennsylsania, Samue!s Of Iowa, and King Of
Missouri. The leadazs Of Tho othnz> hactanz,ares
Avery Of North Carolina, Howard Of Tennessee,
Hunter and Fisher of3virginia. Randall, ex.
Senator Brodhead, Phillips: an;l tGilneF Of
pennsylyania, Loring Of ,Aassaeausstti, and
Clark Of Missouri, .. --''>
George Sanders is hero striking fol, Douglas
BE makes very little progress. &c looks 'ik=
a c;arse bloated p.ug-ugl5. lie has lost b's
influence, and as 4 politician is about played
out" Another over-estima:eu politician / fad,
is Reverdy Johnaon Of this city. He Is reyered
and Beloved by large social circle, hut bis pop
ulsrity vanished several years aga. issiH anoth-
er irs!ancelof this kind is ex~GoT. King of
Missouri. whose political tergiversatioos were
no well shown up the other night by tis col
1earue Hunter. 1t is uafortunats Tor douglas
that tho principal fugle.s for him are either
lecsycd politicians, disappointed ofiice'hunlers,
or desperate political gamblers.
. The delegation from your State are most ad-
,nirably situa.ed Is to quartefs. The .massive
residence of Rcverdy johnson Is entirely at
their disposal. They have introduced beds and
aud inetituted restaurant there, aud they have
good times generally. When Mr.. Johusons'
family come to remove into the house again
with their furniture, t,ere will have to some
hard cleaning done. Gus. Her1lngton is the
"eayest of the gay" there, aud keeps up
cheerful countenance, while nearly all the 9th
ers are desponding. At present he isthe life Of
the crowd. Tom Dyer hasn't smiled right
heartily since he came to the city. Your cores
pondent is indebted to &. E. Goodel, of the del.
-egation from your State; ;tor -aateketDf fzdmis-
sion after it was refused By Price ofthe Timfs;
who endearorcd to exclude the PnEss AND Tn1B.
Use aud was rebuked By a.pumber of the del
egatiou. The arrangements here for report
ers is said to suffer greatly by comparison
with those Of the Chicago Convention,
Next to ae, in the reporters row, sits C. Il.
Mccormick. Of the Chicago Herald, who in-
dulges in an occasional sarionic grin 1t shesuc-
cessive discomGtures Of the Squa.terites Ike
Cook is putting in his time To advantage, eircu'
1ating round, insinuatins himself into disputipe
knots; and putting in a wcrd hare:aaa there
against Douglas where it will count, Raney, Of
Peoria, is asurishing here like q. green bay
tree.
It's interesting to obserse he:allusions that
are made to Lincoln in the course Of the dis
cussions going on in the crowds here. The
Souatterites make the bold issue with the Fire.
Eaters, !" Douglas or Lincoln. They ssy, the
next Preaident is sure to come from Illinois,
md that it rests with the, South now to say
whether il .hnll be Douglas or Lincoln. oa the
other haod the anti.Squatter1tes eay that if Lin.
coin is elected, it will be the Douglas men who
will elect him. Both, Of course, say ahe cleo
tion ii Lincoln viii lead to 9isupion, ,snd thus
they are proving each other 70 be urlant aisu-
nionists. q -
l. On the main sireet which leads fron Bar
nuns Hotel 10 the Front Street Theatre. where
the Convention is held, "a large -aig is hung
across the street ct certain polut; aud oyer q
door on one side Of the street is q buuncrbea,.-
.ifu1y wreathed With roses, bearing thc inscrip.
ton, "DouGLAs HEADQUARTERS" AZ. The spec,
tator g1anccs below the banner, be observes the
sign Of grog.shop. This circumstance ID the
subject Of much comment on the rnrt Of the
passers.by, tue appropriateness Of the 'inscrip'
ton striking every one at once. I. suppose
there were never before gathered: 1ogcthtr in
America SO many drunken men, all imbued Will
one purpose. Whenever knot is collected, in
the hotels or on the street, and loud talking il
| heard; it is set down ava drunken 'trumpeter o.
Douclas. These are not generally disputes, but
rather e1hortations to the mulsitude--a sort o
street preaching. Inspired with liluor, ant
wish Douglas as u text, they launch forth ink
strains Of fierce eloqueuce, which are only in
terrupted by calls from the more delighted audi
to,s to stake drink This is "the voice 9
the people" proclaimed here by their reprcsen
| .,,iycs. Ne outsiders look for fun tomorrow
- YAlno.