Worcester daily spy., 1860-06-18
The Baltimore Convention.
A GREAT FIGHT ON HAND

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/ crowded, and the city is filling up fast. The
Douglas and antiD Iuglas feelings seem to
! have become more intensified since the
! Charleston Convention. There have already
| been several warm discussions, which led very
| nearly to personal collisions. 1t is generally
conceded that Douglas will be nominated, and
! that the south will put an opposition ticket IN
! the field against him; and rumor gives
! Gushing their nomination for president, WIN
Davis for vice president. 1t is estimated that
twenty thousand people Will be mere Mohu"y =
! The convention opens at ten A. NJ
Fifteen hundred from the northwest, with
bands of music, arrived onight by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. Two important que s.
tions are to be first settled Shall Cushing or
| Smallev issue the tickets, and shall the com
mittee on credentials which noN has major
ity be considered as having died with the ad-
| iournment at Charleston The outside pres
sure is strong and great commotion is expect
ed. New York is strengthened by gain Of
seven for Douglas through the personal efforts
of Horatio Seymour. A gain of fifteen votes
is claimed, but considered doubtful, for Doug
las on the first ballot, on gains on Connecticut
Maine and Pennsylvania Bion Bradley says
| Maine will unite for Douglas on the fifth bal
| lot
From dispatch to New York Herald.
The friends of Mr.. Douglas persist in their
determination to exclude the seeding dele.
gates The fight will be principally about AL
abama Georgia, and louisiana from which
there are double sets of delegates, Douglas
men and anti-Douglas men. Caleb Gushing
decided to-day to issue tickets for temporary
seats to both sets of delegates, till the conven'
| ton determines which are entitled to sit.
Many of the Douglas men are opposed to
| SmaIey's ssuing tickets, and it is possible he
! may give way. The friends of Douglas talk
OF removing Gushing from the chair, on the
ground Of partisanship. Some Of them are in
favor of rejecting both sets of delegates, which
would have the appearance of fair play,
though really foul In case the convention
decides to exclude the contestants on both
sides, the next step will be to pass a resolution
declaring the two thirds rule to mean two
thirds OF those present, and not two thirds of
the delegates of the full convention. Caleb
Gushing decided the latter to be the true inter.
probation, which would require two hundred
and three votes for a nomination. by the
other Interpretation only one hundred and
sixty nine votes would be wanted if the seats
of the seceders be kept vacant.
The friends of Mr.. Douglas say that on the
| first ballot he will have one hundred and fifty
votes, and that ultimately he will have one
hundred and eighty votes. They calculate
upon six votes from North Carolina and some
| dtSNlIuli IGllicoScGs NHSIiild 10 lllcll ClICI
reliance for they expect it to go as a unit for
| Douglas; but they made the same calculation
at Charleston, and did not get those votes. l
am assured that the North Carolina delegation
will leave the convention if the seeding dele
gates are not admitted, and twenty three Of the
VirgnianS are pledged to the same course In
truth, it is probable that the whole OF the
southern delegations will in that event secede.
| Very much depends on the action of the New
YORK delegation. If they vote for the admis-
| sion Of the southern seeding delegates, Mr..
Douglas will not have majority to keep them
out, and if they drop Douglas he cannot get
! the nomination even by majority, The can
didate of the Douglas men for vice president
| will be Herschell p. Johnston of Georgia, as
! Stephens will be thrown overheard because he
| is not so popular as Johnston.
BALTIMORE, Saturday Evening. 1t is
| claimed that Douglas will have increased
strength In New York and Pennsylvania.
! Massachusetts, is unchanged a strong out
side Ohio delegation is here against Douglas.
1t is reported here, by some of the New Eng
land delegates, that they were buttonholed by
Pierce in New York. Southern Douglas del
egates say they will take seats in the conven'
ton, if they have to use bowie knives and pis-
tolls, notwithstanding the card from Gushing,
that no delegates will be admitted without
| ICkClS from MN. DutleG vi 4fltSSoClIuSSlls
has arrived, and is concerned in Il scheme of
the Albany regency 10 throw Douglas over
board, if the southern delegates will adopt
Seymour. Richardson of Illinois has a reso-
luton to add to the platform, to conciliate the
south.
BALTIMORE, June 17-Sunday evening"
The prospects of a solution of the difficulties
appeara shade better tonight, prominent men
on both sides being more inclined to talk over
prospects; but both sections appear firm.
Douglas can only be nominated by the adop-
ton of the majority rule. He has enough pos
tive strength to prevent the nomination ofany
other candidate. Southern delegates urge the
nomination of Seymour, the New York deega-
ton thinking he would be able to carry that
state. DickinsOns friends urge his nominal
tion, but the New York delegation do not
| think he can carry the state. Erastus Corn
ing is urging a union Of all. Mr.. Gushing
| has determined not to give tickets to any
delegate but those who remained and act
ed with the Charleston convention. The
southern difficulty Of the convention will
be the resolution admitting seceders. 1t is be-
lived that by the vote OF New York all the
seceeding delegates will be admitted, together
with the contesting delegates from Louisiana,
Alabama, and Georgia. If the question is re-
terred to the committee on credentials it is.
said Gushing will decide that the former COM
mittee is defunct. The Douglas men claim
100 votes on the first or second ballot. The
attempt will be made to reopen the platform,
but the majority will refuse till the nomination
| is made. Great excitement exists here and at
Washington as to the reported conference be
tween Yancey and Douglas, which lasted
long time.
1t is asserted that Yancey will go to the
Richmond convention if it meets again, and if
it refuses to adopt his resolutions will stump
Alabama for Douglas. The Soule and Sdell
fight is very embitered. Douglas is reported
brim full Of fight and determination, express
ing entire confidence in his friends. Part of
the New York delegation had an interview
with him Saturday.
Concord, N. H., June 17.-Hon. Edmund
Burke writes from Washington to Il friend
here as follows :-"Everybody expects a
smash up at Baltimore. There will be two
candidates. Douglas and southern man. l
shall not wait to see the row, but leave imme-
diately fer western New York.
THIRTY.SIXTH CONGRESS-.
SATURDAY. June l6.
SENATE.
The House resolution on the public printing
were taken up. Mr.. Gurley's bill providing