The semi-weekly mountain Democrat. (Placerville, El Dorado Co. [Calif.]) 1860-1860, 1860-11-21

DIAMoxp SrRINqs, Soc. IN

DIAMOND SPRINGS, Nov. 18th, 1860.
EbIroRs DEMOCRAT: There is considerable
| speculatiOn here with regard t0 the preferences
OF the members plrct to the Legislature, IL this
county, for United States Senator. Some as
scrt, rather positively, as il they had certain
knOwledge Vi the fact, that majority Of them
| are committed 10 Gen. Denver, while others rs
positively denv it. Some Of them are put down
| fur McDongal, some for Randulph, some f''T
Sugeni and uue for Gov. Down-y. II is said
| that Cnuness NAV be a candidate, that he IN
| tends to Law back, get the DOuglasites into a
SNAIL aud then come in u a compromise can
didaie. He is playing his hand low down but
rather cunningIv. ! have heard II inilmated
| that Gen. Denver expects 10 get and Is fishing
| for the Breckenridge Democrats, on the ground
that be agrees with them in principle, support
cd the Kansas policy Of the President, Is bit
tcrlv hostile t. Black Republicanism, an l only
supported Douglas because he believed nm 10
be the regular nominee Uf the Democratic par
". Ii is said that lie publicly announced that
lie drspised Douglas, but that be felt cunstran'
I'd to vote for him. While he is fishing Tor
the Breckenridge vote, Countess Is equally in
dustfiOusly fishing for the Black Republican
vote, basing his claims on having been on the
fusion ticket last year, for the double purpose
Of defeating the Democratic party and aiding
the Black Republicans. lie is regarded bv
them as more than u halfllcpublican, and IL
they give their vote TO any Douglasite, Cnnness
will be the man. Sdch are the Tum"rs IN cir
culaiiOn here. What do you think of them -
How will the delegation from this county voieE
Yours, IL.
We are not in the confidence Of the
DouglaSitcS and cannot, therefore, answer
definitely. We arc confident that ma
jority Of the members arc opposed to Gen.
Denver, and that nearly all Of them pre-
fer Randolph. 1t is doubtful whether
McDougal. Nugent Or Downey will get
single vote. Whoever CONFESS prefers,
the delegation will vote for, excepting,
perhaps, Arthur Denver and Theron Fos-
ter, who will go for Gen. Denver. In
conversation a few days ago with two
prominent DOuglaSiteS, who are managers
and deep in the secrets Of their party aud
probably spoke from positive information.
we sugg ystcd that Denver, Foster and
Coleman would vote for Gen. Denver.
They laughed at the idea, and asserted
very cmphatically that one uf the three
would not; that he was strong Ran.
,lolph man. 1t is stated, we know not on
what authority, that ConncS> is for Ran.
dolph, and DIR. Harvey also. Hunter,
Green, C0trin, Hill and Henderson will
be governed solely by ConncSS, AMI nm.
hc>itatihely vote as he directs. They are
devoted to him. under obi cations to him :;
and as grateful men will deem i; duty
to back him in every thing. The Sena-
torial aSpirnnt, therefore, who secures the
influence Of Connc>s, can safely count on
the vote Of seven if not eight, probably
nine, Of the Douglas members Of Fl DO
RADIO county. If CONFESS enters the ring
he vii! be a Formidable candidate, and
have influence and power enough to de-
feat his competitors, If he fail of an clrc-
ton himself We think We are Justified
in stating that he will oppose the new
converts to Dougla,i>m. We know, and
We say it advisedly, that lie cntertains a
most thorough contempt for all II them,
di>trusts them, and is determined tnkeep
them down. lie has not forgotten, nor
will he soon forgive their bitter oppo>i,
ton to himself, nor do we blame him.
Fhey Joined the faction Of which he is the
acknowledged leader merely for Office,
and he knows it, and if h. can u.ortify
them and defeat their aspirations, lac viii
do il