Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-05
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1850.
EDIroRLl1 coRREspoEDEeE
WAsnIsarog Crrr, March 81, I86

WAsnISGroS CRY, March 81, 1850.
Who win be the Charleston nominee is the
question constantly discussed in every nook and
corner Of this City ct Magnificent Distances. The
friends Of every aspiraut express great conf
dence in the success Of their favorite and they
clearly demonstrate to their own satisfaction how
the triumph is to be gained. Hence it viii be much
safer for dispassonate outsider to base his calcu
lations Of the final result upon what these political
prognostcators say Of the chances Of others rather
than upon what they say Of the prospects Of their
own choice for the Presidency.
First as TO Mr. DOUGLAS. The friends of other
aspirants strenuOusly insist that his nomination is
impossible and ought so to be- because it doubtful
whether he could carry Maryland, Kentucky, Ten
nessee or Missouri against Third Party candidate
from the South because of the disorganizing and
demoralizing effect his nomination would have upon
the Democracy and because, on account Of the BIT
ter feeling existing between his friends and the
friends of the Administration in Pennsylvania and
Indiana, it is doubtful whether he could carry
either Of those States.
The friends Of Mr.. DoUeLAs and others say that
Mr.. HUNTER VIII not do because his prominence in
the struggle between Tariff and anti-Tarif would
certainly lose him Pennsylvania and his strong anti
Homestead views would render it utterly impOssi-
bic for him to carry single free State. 1t is the
opinion OF a distinguished Northern Democrat, who
is cool and calculating, that in his language, Any
opponent OF the Homestead policy would lose two
hundred thousand Democratic votes in New York,
one hundred thousand in Pennsylvania and he
couldn't touch bottom il. the Northwest
It is rumored here that an arrangement has been
agreed upon by the friends of DoUGLAs and HUNTER,
shat after little sllirmshing. the HUNTER men shall
give Mr.. DoUGLAs their support, and if after full
and fair trial they find that they cannot nominate
him, then Mr.. DOUGLAS supporters are to unite Oh
Mr.. HUNTER The report further states that the
friends Of Mr. DoUGLAs and Mr. HUNTER are each
sanguine that their favorte viii secure the nomina
ton. Mr.. DOUGLAS friends argue that when the
old Dominion - " the Mother of States and States
men" gives her vote for the Little Giant other
Southern States viii quietly follow her lead and
that his success will be certain. On the contrary.
Mr. HUNTER's friends reason that no other Southern
State can possibly be induced cast her vote for Mr.
DOUGLAS, and therefore Mr.. DOUGLAS failing to get
the requisite two-thirds when his friends 60 to Mr..
HUNTER, Mr. II. s nomination viii easily be secured
by q large Southern vote. This is specimen of the
thousand and one rumOrs afOat here. When we
reflect upon the Importance in the estimation Of the
Northern Democracy Of having Homestead man,
this rumor would seem to be as improbable
rous others that have been in circulation since the
uleeting of Congress.
The antics Of Messrs. BRECKNRTDGE and GUTHRIE
dispose Of those gentlemen in this wise: The feud
in Kentucky, say they, will destroy all chances Of
either Of them. But if Kentucky could unite upon
one or the other Of them, his chance would still be
hopeless. The difficulty between Mr. GUTHRIE and
Judge BRoSsoN of New York, under the Pierce ad-
ministration and the universal uupOpularity Of Mr.
GUTHREs right bower. PETER c. WASHINGTON, be-
cloud Mr.. Gs prospects. It is said that Mr. BRICK
TNRTDGE has recently become obnoxious to the Doug
las-ites.
Gen. LANE has much less positive strength than
had supposed I have heard of nothing that
would indicate that his prospects are fattering.
It is very evident that the friends of each of
the Northern aspirants will prefer, from obvious
motives of policy, the nomination of a Southerner
to any Nortberner except their own favorite. The
South has not presented a Democratic candidate
for the Presidency since 1882. Mr.. Polk, though
q Southern man, was presented by the North, be
cause Of the inability Of the Convention to select
between rival Northern aspirants for the Balti-
more nomination. The South is now claiming that
she is entitled to the candidate. If 4 Northern
man is selected at Charleston the claim Of the South
viii be stronger in 1864 and much more pertina-
clously insisted upon at that time Hence. to par
TALLY satisfy this Southern demand, each Northern
aspirant when he finds that he cannot get the |
nomination himself will be anxious that a Southern |
man shall receive it.
What is said of Gov. Johnson you viii ask |
An admit that he has perhaps greater elements of /
success than any other man whose name is men
toned, if, they add, he can get the nomination. |
There is an attempt on the part of many noisy |
politicians decry his chances. But it is the opn
ion of the disinterested outsiders, who have no
axes TO grind, that his nomination IS certain. My
own conviction, from deliberate survey Of the |
entire field Is that he is the only man whose cleo
ton would be certain, if nominated and that to Sc
cure his nomination it is only necessary for the |
Tennessee delegation to present his name modesty
but firmly, and stick TO him. In States where ] I
thought him scarcely known he will be the second
choice. They viii gladly drop their first selection
at the earliest opportunity 20 cast their votes for
Gov. JOHNSON. regard it as clearly IN the power
Of the Tennessee delegation to secure his nOmina- |