Marshall County Republican., 1860-06-21
The Richmond Co.yent.on.-A Quad.
rauSuiar Fight for the Presidency. III.

The Richmond Co.yent.on.-A Quad
rauSuiar Fight for the Presidency.
The telegraphic reports of the transac-
tions at 1iichnond, render il almost GER
tam that we shall have four Presidential
tickets IN the field before the first Of July
The Secesionists. under the lead of Yanccy.
arc more determined than ever. They
>eeeln to have gathered ad,li ioDal resolu.
tIon from association with their consti.u-
ents, The States which bolted at Charles
ton are all represented at Richmond, ex.
cept Delaware, and the p, obability is that
the Southern States which sfaved in the
Charleston Convention will secc,le from
the Baltimore Convention and mite with
the original seeeders. This moycmeps,
1t seems. is not at all contingent on the
nomination of Douglas. but ON the refusal
of the baltimore Convention to a,lopt the
Alabama platform at Charleston. The
moment Reconsideration Of tie latter is
refused. that moment. if we are to believe
the announcements made, the second seces-
sion takes place. Virginia, Tennessee.
kehtucky. and probably the other Dem
ocraiic States.'' which proved laggards at
Charleston. viz: Missouri. California and
Oregon, will take mp their hats and depart.
shaking the dust off theirfeet as they cross
the threshold. But il the seceeders are
not admitted 10 the Baltimore Convention.
AMI it would appear that they are not at
all desirous Of being admitted, they intend
to rush back to Richmond as fast as rail-
roads can carry them. and nominate tick
ct Of their own--Jefierson Davis probably.
and Fernando Wood. Theirrcvolt or the
submission of the Baltimore Convention
Is the alternative presented; and as the one.
we are assured by the Douglas organs is
ont OF the question, the other is inevitable.
With four Presidential tickets in the field.
men ofevery shade of opinion. with the
exc c'ption Of the Abolitionists. will be tol-
crably well represented. The last named
content themselves with abusing Lincoln
and Hamhn--which is very natural on
their part. for we have it on the authority
OF Wendell Phillips. that they prefer the
election OF Democrat to that of a Repub-
lican, because they are in favor of a disso-
luton of the Union. But with the nomi-
nees of the Richmond Convention running
against the nominees of the Baltimore Con-
senfien. the election of either ticket is inn
possIbles sNeitlcr can carry q single free
State Not even Californis. and instead
OF united South, there will be fraction-l
ally divided South Under these condi-
lionsDit is manifest that the ccntestcwil be
mainly confined to tho slave States. The
fragments of the Pro-Slavery partylin that
'egion will struggle each to raise its head
above thenofhers llikegvipers in a pitcher,
Das with no hope or purpose of defeating
The Republicans. Lincoln and Hamlin
Will have a walk over. but which of the
Inree psFtiss in the South-the Bell men,
ne Dongias men. or the Yancey men will
poll the most votes. does. not clearly ap-
pear. Secessionists viii undoubtedly car
y South Carolins. Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi but how they will fare in the
,ther slave States nobody can tell At. This
'tage Of the contest. Here in Missouri. h,
be effect will be to give the State in Ne.
'ember to Bell, and in August to Wilson.
fthe "Union Party acts with ordinary
prudence and discretion. But in the broad