The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-04-18

prohibitory platform. As Greeley vel OBJ.
served in his Davenport letter, leach party
wants to succccl," and henc, the greatest
possible amount of Cancellation will be prac.
ticed. and we trust the best men Of both
parties will go before the country. If folly
should mark the course of either in both Of
these important political gatherings it must
be remembered that Baltimore Union Con.
vention is also to meet, and with able states
men on their tickct--a compromise between
the nxtrayagances Of northern and southern
ultras-it is not impossible that Baltimore
may be more fortunate before the people
than either Charleston or Chicago.
We-watA- Mr.. Douglas nominated, and
the horizon to-day is much brighter for him
than we believed it to y, month ago. 1T
is being discovered that the working De.
mocracy Of the north will be satisfied with
no other views than his, and tn, adoption
of his views will necessarily place him with
them. The revolters down south may bolt
but they cannot carry the voters, and as
Republicanism is not supposed to have ma
nv friends in the Southern States, the dele
gates at Charleston who want victory will
not he frightened from their propricty by
the noise of a Mississippi Colonel, or the
threats Of an Alabama Editorial Postmast r.
Next to Douglas we should prefer Ex-Gov.
Wright of Indiana, now our Minister at
Berlin, and we believe that in case Of the
loss of Douglas by the two third rule and
the obstinacy Of administration influences,
Gov. Wright will come in for a fair show.
He is friend Of Mr.. Douglas, entertains
the same views, and has beenabsent during
the quarrcls of his party. Having benin
capable, by absence, Of making enemies at
home, he will be all the more likely to sue
coed before the Convention, and before the
people he would he invinciblc. His talents
are superior TO those of Gen. Lane, and he
is admitted to have been one of the ablest
Executives the country has ever produced
John Mclean, Of Ohio, is growing more
and more prominent bcfor, the Chicago
delegates. The Seward and Bates delegates
will not concedc TO each other; Lincoln,
Cameron and Banks are out of the ques-
ton. Mclean is Chase's father in law and
is sure Of his influence; he is related by
marriage to the Blairs Of Washington and
st. Louis, and their help will be valuable;
he was an excellent Postmaster General
and the country las not forgotten it; he is
distinguished jurist and that adds to the
dignity Of his character; he is from Cincin-
natl, nearly the central point of the Repub-
lie, and that does not hurt him; he is not a
violent partisan and this is in his favor; his
name has not been worn out by agitation,
nor has he incurred the hostility of cliqucs
in his own party He is too old man for
the place but that is not usually made an
objection. The papers Of the cast and of
Ohio are beginning to canvass his claims ac-
lively, and believing he is the strongest man
by all odds Of the Republican candidates
yet named, we credit his party with FORE
sight enough to take him up.
In few weeks we shall know all about
it. With Douglas on our ticket we can
walk over the course with bad platform
and an Objectionable candidate we do not
care to argue politics for the next six
months -.0-