The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-26
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a4nocrssic friends in this neighhorhoo,
~ -. ,vsnay discovered how great ma
~ -. sewsrd Is, win kad, il smother colssnr
: ,iuic. Of one or two writer's Of their ow
.sxhot exarsiy according with the sentiment
.,s,,s.d by the democrat. in this region. W
IA. aalfply such extracts 70 almost any .,
IA bat ', ID not thins.. Il necessary.
III qsilc wien. from the tune Of all N
~ ~. n the noniaation Of Lincoln. III
s.hseaus hit upon the exact man fot M
-, emergency. 1t satisfies the wants am
m. 4 Republicans, throughout the country
- .r.,,.here speak Of II with . spirit AM
NJ .h;ch indicates their confidence in its wis
~ IA il success. Their opponents writ
"a n ,hat particular style which invaria
4 ,,isee.a feeling and consciousness OF '""i
-, and Inevitable deieat Ia
i, one further inference to he drawn
- :. rrb,ie declarations and acts Of the dem
~, vire-pullers. Before the Chicago Con
=. ma, and did it, work, il was very evident
y ~ mass Of the democrats, Of the North
! ,hs Northwest especially, were very conf
H.. Douglas would be nominated at Balti
L. I, has now become pretty evident that
4. leaders Of the party think il necessary ia
Is. their programme. We have no doub,
4, 4. ,.ctics We limited at day or two since
s.,o rsolyed upon, and will be followed,
I'M. NO soairol the Convention are not in
.,r4 ..r eusteJ from their positions.
D,as.. vii still, in all probability, retain the
,r.,r Of the Northwest. But, at the Charles
n Convention, he had the united support o,
k,s York, snd pretty much all New England
\, members Of that Convention were pretty
~ lhsl Seward would be the Republican nom-
Tber could not take a candidate from
A.ssslranis. and as against Seward, they deem.
New York hopeless The friends Of Douglas
os.ht he could rely upon Illinois, Indiana and
,v,.ylyanis. as certain to vote for him in
E,,p>t with Seward. They never counted upon
other Of the free States on this side Of the
eky Mountains They find themselves NOR in
entirely new position All the advantages
ev supposed they would have in the States we
we named, are gone, and there is no possibility
regainiDg them. The Douglas men in the
a; NAV adhere to him. But those from the
~, see plainly that new plan of the campaign
.asasy They not only see this, but another
more controlling influence is now brought
bear upon them. New York politicians find
ibis Few condition of affairs, possibility of
eaiaS candidate from among themselves
sa i. chance which they will 10y no means
ii inclined - throw aside. They are moi the
niO DO that everybody may rest assured
kH lare now some grounds of plausibility to
~ upon. And as soon as they can unravel
hi Easi combinations, it is but reasonable to
nda,e that they will insist upon the nOm-
Ia Of some ore Of the politicians of their
ID State
Although We have no objections to the nom-
Lion Of Douglas, sand, il we had, they would
nOant TO nohing-we have arrived at the con
eisn tina. his nomination, since Lincoln's was
de, has become impossible.
VI sid the other day that Horatio Seymour
hnied at as probable candida;e-and he
suggested because he was thought to be the
rgest man. He has been Governor Of New
tk, and i supposed to have some strings to
bow den that few if any others have. We
nit think the Influences referred to will add
y'hiag to his vote, should he happen to be the
uinee Yet We concur with his friends in the
non that he could probably obtain as large
'oie ia big own State as any other man of his
n, and much larger vote than Mr.. Douglas.
1euld not be material to Mr.. Douglas tactics
y bis vote might be in New York. The cam
r would not be prosecuted with view to
rng IT. But if candidate from that State
sd be selected, as We think is now almost re-
ID os certainty, it will be with the hope Of
sating Lincoln there, and in New Jersey and
ensylyauis '.-..F
his IA now 40 evidently the best card the
nocraey can play, that we are satisfied they
'dopt il, or one very similar to IL. They
y w the West They nuSt make the best
ht they can in the East Their best fight is
20 an Eastern candidate, and they will have
!. Tbs is no matter Of Indifference to the
(PableaEs. II will make our work in the West
reThst easier, and will concentrate the heat
ihe contest in two or three States. But We
be awake to the duty OF defeating them
=, and do not doubt our most complete sue