, 1860-06-19
THE IRREPRESSIHLE CONFLICT
AT BALTIMORE.
{sPecial Dlspa1ca to the CIuc.nnau Gazette ]

Especial Dispatch to the C!uc.nnau Gazet,el
uAL71xo1x. 1uue IL.
The city ia flliog up rapidly with delegates
und outsiders, aud The excitement tonight il
in.enee. 4 most uncompromisingf feeling is ex.
l,b:,cd by the friends und opponents Of Doug
conflict which is to come of on Monday. There
can he no compromise. A union Of tue factions
il ont of the question. 4 large proportion OF
,tle Douglas uen will hare Douglas i. all hug
ards, and the South will have some other man.
This much may he regarded as fired fact. II
il by no merus certain that the Douglas men
vii! he able to control the Convention though
the chances now seem to he in their favor.
They xay they vii! nominnte him any way.
II they can't get two thirds, theF will tuke the
responsibility Of reorganiz.ng the Democratic
p.rly, aud nominate By majority. The South
Il FIRST. class row. The first struggle will be on
the admission Of The scceders. Their case will
be referred to the Committee on Credentials,
and the question will be, shall that COMMITTEES
be the old Charleston Committee, or one with
III. representatives Of the Seeding States left
of.
Tue Douglas men claim 10 votes on the first
bl!!ot. They hare gained in Tennessee, Penn
nYlvania, Minnesota, Kentucky and Missouri
Harris. Of Tennessee. iz the Douglas candidate
5or Vice President. The Douglas men think
tlat by this trade they have secured the Tote
ot TenncAsee on decisive ballot. About 155
is alt Douglas will have on the first ballot,
think, reliable.
i. +. ualett is tryiug to get through tne Ten
nessee platform. His seat il contested by
Chuffee, who had it At Charleston, because Hal
lstt resigned before the Charleston Convention
Chaflee has the letter Of resignation in his pos-
session.
Wu>h. Mclean, Geo Buell., and other Cincin.
natl Douetasl.es are here. Menter's band is
1tprA IL has r,f@ tn nh H.
Chicago band, and made hit.
srSpAf. 11:30 I. M.-The crowd Of delegates
and outsiders, though large, does not quite
come up to expectation. The hotels are ali
crowded.
The Douglas men make the most noise.
They talk loud, and declare that Douglas must
be nominated. Their boisterous pcrtinacity H.
jures their own cause; for the Anti Douglas
men have got their backsu7, and, though quiet,
are az determined rs their oFposers-
Sundays ate unknown in WAT and politics, but
the Baltimore police shut up al liquor shops on
the Lords day, much to the Inconvenience Of
Convention goers. Only the bars in the hotels
dispense bevernges-consequent1y the barrooms
and the hotel lobbies arc crowded. The rrost-
est jam Is at Darnum's. The passage. wars
nre all blocked, tue stasrs inaccessible, aud
motion is impossible. The clanor is inde.
tcribable.
A crazy Quakerpreached there this afternoon
TIL the police moyed him. His observations cn
First day we're edifYiu-.
The Committee Rooms ere full, the prelimi~
naries Of the Convention being settled. Crowds
arc assembled on the hotel balconies and steps.
A~ar from the hotels the city is esninently quiet
and Sabbath like.
Douglas speeches and the playing Of Menter's
and the Chicago bands in Monument Square
lust night drew great crowd. Eventually. L
speech being cufled for, King, of Missouri, who
was i'll Reserdy Johnson's house, which is the
Uougias headquarters, came out, aud it was ar
ranged that be should only talk Democracy
no Dougtasisn,. In five minutes, however. be
btgan On Douglas. The crowd cheered. The
rest Of the speech was all Douglas-no Democ-
racs. The Douglas men were cheered By this
demonstration.
twas last night stated that Gushing should
issue tickets 10 those delegates only whose
delegates from New Hampshire, Maine, Yer.
moui, Rhode Island, Conuecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
North Caroiiua, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Min
ne ota, received tickets.
Upon assembling tomorrow, Gushing will
state the case Of the contested Statss, such -
Alabama. ETC., and The question will probably
~ referred ut once To the COMMITTEES On Gre
aen1,a'E II is not expected they can report
~ aesday. Their report will begin the fight
ouen is the programme, though think it pos.
Hio'e the organization Of the Committee on
Crsdenn.ts NJ - may excite = controversy. II
South cannot be made to support Donoiss.
do not sec how comprouihe can he effertad
The genera! Impression here, among di.inter.
ested judges, is that the split nust come. snd m
two candidates be the result. ~0Ae' aAo
heard, yesterday, en o!1ey to bet tha, i, a.,
days Caleb Gushing would be in the Richmond
Seceders' Convention. Douglas' friend. Vii
move to nominate BY resolution, il thev can''
get two thirds for him.
OF course all the previously seeding STATE,
would sccede Oh this, and they hope all tn
Southern States will Join than.
OF the length Of tue Convention it is impos
sible to judge. 1t may be threa days or tire
weeks.