Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-20
5AltI|uon0 Enquirer.
BY RlTCIiIE, DUNNAvAST, TYLER & WISE.
FRIDAY MORNING, july 20, 1860.
The Charlottesville Convention.

The charlottesville Convention.
lie prompt response o! = large number o
Staunch Democratic counties Ia The call ol th'
Executive Committee !"I State Convention
furnishes a ust approval ut the action Of TIT
Committee. Reports Of county meetings arr
pouring i'll on us faster and faster. This is 4:
il should be. There is no time to lose LIZ,
EVERY COUNTY HE REPRESENTED; and, in orde
TO secure this beyond the control of accident
it will perhaps he better that every county
meeting snail, in addition 10 4 large number .
delegates, appoint altcrnatcs from among thu
number Of old wheclhor>vs ul the Democracy
who are known rever 10 miss attendance at ;
National Convention
II vii! hr i'ct'er, much better, if delegates
from eiri. county shall attend iii person. Still
II Is more appropriate that Il county shall bI
FefreSe"t'" " carefully selected alternates
t'l'h uia' IL S'i"lI fel'iaih altogether ui!repre
Sehtc'L Let us nave lulI representation IN TIT
fullest practicable SehSc "i The terln.
The separate Convention OF the friends o
Mr.. Douglas, to be held at Staunton, will, doubt
less, l". composed only nt delegates represent
In: lnIho'iiirS ot thr Dci"mracy in small mi
norliy "I the counties and towns Of the State
lnhee', the call oi that Convention, under tht
WHICH attended II, constitutes,
''Ses'' an acknowledgement 'l'at TIC supporter:
ol "r' h"''S'"S constitute Only Il minority o
Tie Dei'ocr"cy VI INC a''le. Othef"iSc lie7'
could have bee'i no objection OIL the part OF tht
"s'"' '''e'' ~ @''e' nv =" Se"e'"' oo''' e''
l'o'' vi 'ie parry "SHe'ho'eu 'oF 'he eAPreS'
pulPose VI H"'i''''e su''' IL" eiectol'i ''chtt u
VIA "e ''''''' az P''''I ~ ''"'o'
" t'"| We "'sh '"e'' ~ 1''"t l"e ''uc H'ale
Democratic nplh'oh III virginia stall Oe ialri!
rInrr.ri,t,.1 I'M tiI,. tWO Convent ions We de
c;, IN see. .,..,uhI.J IN ,h, r,,,,I.r ronp.nt;o,
H., ,;,.o.. RI. ur,,,or -, I.,.,.,,os and ronro
.n,.d IN ,bo ,,,,,or rory.,tion Tan t;rro, ~,
,,,. - ,.,.,s,;o. .,,., ,.;n w. .....,h,o,,o 49,
represented '' 'e'a"''to'''
With slrh al c%elnpliticatlOn Of Mr.. Dong
las weakness in Virginia. and the utter impos
s;hI;,v If securing \ nonnIor majority or n,u
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'"''! "' INN III ''ie ''a'c Pi''eu oeioie 'ii'
eyes Of truly c$tImable gentlemen who have, III
der 4 mistaken sense Of partisan obligation, is
s.,,,, ,,. c,,, r,r. noro,,s r,nr0,t;o. ro foo
=, -,
"e'' 'HS'''e' 'i"t '''eS "''' =" 'o"Sl. ''He'''''
persist III iolitical COURSE whlcii, II II ensures
ary ultimate significance ~ all will onl,
.,n.,,,,I,,, ,ho Pail o,l rco,o,, ,,,r,r :, n,
:, wa = ''''' ave ~
STATE
DEMOCRATS, i:EMEH!;,:n, The Unity OF Yorl
PATTY WILL PROBABLY DEFEND nx TIE MORAL IN
.,,,xrr nr r,r r,,,y ~ Cu,r, nrrrsv,,Lr
r.m .mmn, ,.r,x,. -, 49,. n,,.r ,xnr,c,
''''' w
rEE'"H" h's WHOLE "''
.,.
The y.w Orleans " Delta Of the eth q
Jul, s,v..
Thc vary ,Iccled victory Of Alexander ia,
row, IN inc contest l"r lhe 9c'Eti"riai repre-
scntallTe 81 'lI d'S'ric' co'IpoSet OF the Pal
,s'c, ~. ., ,. " ~ D"'''' l'o"s, o''s o .h
united in his SUPPORT aII the opposi,ion is tn
first RESPONSE that has thus far been given, il
this State, to the call Of Ex-Governor WICK
lille for that 10 600 majority Tor Douglas whlc
ne promised ms brother s4natter SoSereigns II
Baltimore. The best OF the Joke Is, that q
these parishes is that in which the Ex-Governo
resides, and where, TOO, Col. Barrow sopponcn
lives. and is great y esteemed as a gentleman
There were u" locai ISSUES an" me c0n!es
turned ehtire'| Oh Tie 'ucH'o''s 81 p"''tlr'
cohtroVcFS% w''''l! nave arisen OUT VI '"t p'o
ccchIngS "i thr conventions IT ha"'''iore'-
Col Barr"" sLur'I'iy lnailtta'he'! Inc lroprIct.
Of the ssre4 'erS, and Mr. Courteney having IN
support "I the whole Douglas party I'M
result Is PRECISELY what VIII occur III every on
OF The tort 'iiIc parishes III the oI"te' III I'll
gchciai election III November
The "i,clta' yircs list Of twenty-five Dem
,cratic ,,ncrs in Louisiana that have come on
to- IL. rr.,.,,irrido. ,;,lct and three for tina
" 'o''siaS'
Oregon EIcctlons-The Result nt Lust.
T., ,uulL ,unror nv the latest news from tn
80 a.. n.,. I,or. ..rrrod
r'e'''o' '"". ..,..
majority on JOINT oaIl"t !" '''e Nc ''1."''' -"
that Mr.. Shields, Democrat, Is elected 10 Cor
,rcss oyer Mr. Logan, his Republican com
H,,ct;,or T'hc Portland Times gives the fo
iow;nr table Of the Legislature elect:
observation-disclosures, Sr2
CIockomas and Wasco. |; Linn, ,; Benton,
Iana .. Douglas |: Jackson, !: Josephine
ri,,sn,, o,d TiIopno,; |. Yamhill, /; Polk, |
Marion, ,; Umpqua, Co"sc and Curry, II
Democratic lnHlo:l'y f. &c.,
nomah >: Wascu, |; Benton, =; Linn, ]; LANE
,; Douglas, ,; Josephine, !; JACKSON -.
NepnhllcanS.- "ShihSlon a''u ,"''t'.", nm
i;!'h, l;l =" '"' f'iI,,
T'''.,i,,.,.. ,..,.,,.:I, ,u,,ri,y } Dcut
cratic minority on Ioiut ballot :.
y g ..,,j,. tEnu.;, by no mc;,;,s p,obabl,
tc,r. .hr Tnrr.I tI,9i m,s or two member
49, ,sn., p,rI; o.I linn cla,,Y.i 81, Reuubli