Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-04-25
THE CHARLESTON CONvsNTiON-
TIE PROSPECT.

Washington, during the part at Last week
and the early part Of this week, WAS crowd.
ed with delegates and politicians en- routt
for Charleston. Ofcourse they talked and
caucuse1 and II one desires to know the
general opinion prevalent At the Capitol du.
ring that time. hs has but TO read the cor
respondencs of the T'tbunr, Tines and Her.
all, making duo allowances for the predilic
tons Of each paper. The Tines says. in its
telegraphic correspondence from Washing.
ton:
Delegates are pouring in. and to here
them talk one would suppose Douglas
would have no serious opposition 1T Charles.
ton. In fac; one New Hampshire delegate
informs me that the nomination Of Douglas
was positively arranged ~ day with tlle
consent ofa number Of Southern delegates
now here. and that the nomination II Char.
lesion is mere piece Of iormality. TIVE
members Of Congress from Missouri, them
selves opp'sed to Douglas, say that Nessrs
Henderson, Lakemsn. Sholtridge. Doris
Craig, Clsiboon, Menlz, III 6, Douglas and
krum. ten Of the Missouri delegates, are
st rony D>"g'as men. Two delegates IL
Clmsman's district and one North Carolin,
delegate = large, are known to be Dougla.
men. 1ndiana AMI Ohio delegates cali on
Douglas this evening. The Indiana dele
gates declare their purpose to vote 70,
! Douglas ~ unit al the time. IA
An editorial paragraph in the New Yorl
7rihunr Of Monday coacedss the Charleston
nomination to Mr.. Douglas, 1t is Is fol.
lows
The Democratic National Convention
meets one week hence at Charleston, 8. G..
and most Vi the northern aud many of thu
western delegates have either passed thro
or are ow IN the city. Information gath.
cred from various sources 'mpeIs the belize
tina; Stephen A. Douglas will receive q
majority Of the whole number Of votes Of
the second, il not on the first blot. Tina,
he vii have plurality on The first and
every succeeding ballot ill nominated. i,
deemed cel ain. The con>um.nation NAV
he fought off for days II the minority is de-
termlned, unless the rule requiring = two
thirds vote to nominate shall be modified
but Judge Douglas host informed friends
regard his ultimate nomination As beyond
Contingency e .-s.,.0 0...
The 7'i:nne corresp nd ut ay. that the
New York delegation u Charleston have
abandoned all idea Of giving Mr.. Dickinson
or anybody else compliment arg vote, and
vii! pronounce for Dongla, fiom tn: start
The correspondence says the delegation
twill not only favor NJ. Douglas bu.
will demand his nomination a. The only
source Of salvation for the Democratic party
In this respect they will '';akc the bull by
tho horns.' The demand will H. c.,,lchs.l
io lang age the most unequiv".;al possible.
The HertM correspon lent says:
This mornings train brought an addit.
ional number Of delegates en- rou'e for
Charleston, and there cannot he less thar,
three or four hundred now in the city. and
has been busy .lay among them in a@cer.
tanning the views Of the Senator's and mem
bers and in comparing notes with eact'
other. No definite opinion can be formed
"f the result. It is said that Hunter will
have large vote on the second ballot
Those opposed to Douglas concede that he
will have hundred votes on the first and
Sec nd ballots and after that he will grad
ually fall off, while the Little Gian,'s friends
claim that his v'te will constantly Increase
until he is finally nominated ;.-.....