Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-20
TUESDAY, MARCH 20. 1860.
Douglas stock ImProvIng.

The Washington correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Euomrer announces that the returns
from all sections of the State Of California
!. chow that DoUGLAs has carried every large
eountv. except one and there is now no
6 doubt entertained that the Golden State viii
vote TO-, him in the Charleston Convention.
Ne.srs. BUCHANAN and GwN bad been in
trizuing to effect a different result-
The most gratifying evidence to the friends
of Judge DOUGLAS Of the reasonabieness OF
their expectations Of his nomination, is the
manner in which his allies laid out COBB last
week in the Georgia State Convention. The
editor of the Augusta Chronicle, who went to
the CAPITAL to see The fun, thus describes it ::
The long agony is over. and Gov. Cobb has
been ignominiously slaughtered in the house
of his friends We were on the ground du-
ring The whole of the fierce conflict. and our
. decided conviction now is, that the Georgia
delegation ,ciU 90 for Dougtds, contrary 10 all az
p.etotion and calculations. Cobb's friends
thought, before assembling. that there would
not be the slightest difficulty in having him
and the December Convention endorsed, 10y
an overwhelming majority. But they were
decidedly out in their calculations, and
Howell Cobb. although the most popular man
In the State, and coHfesscily the only aspirant
in Georgia, has been defeated by the superior
management of his enemies.
Many of his strongest counties were I'M
represented, because his friends said there
would be no trouble-they had every thing
dead-and the counties which cast compare
lively few Democratic votes, were on hand,
with their votes hostile to the Governor
There was evidently well concerted move
=. A. tha n
pervision of Mr.. Stephens, and the agent
whom Judge Douglas sent out couple Of
weeks ago, and great many of the delegates
did not, and do not now, understand the
whole game that was played. All opposition
10 Cob teas 10 Be for the benefit or Dougtds though
ostensibiy for Stephens. IL was strongly sus-
pected that some of the up-country delegates
bad been tempered ruth, and that Gov Brown
had a hand in it-bis brother wanting TO De
q delegate to Charleston, or an elector.
A resolution was passed requiring the vote
of Georgia to be cast as q tHa, the resolution
endorsing the bred Scott decision and re-
commencing Cobb was vet d down. no one
was recommended, TO platform LAID down,
and no instruction given to the delegates
IL ,ra, entirely and toholly unequUOcdl sur
render 10 Sgaqner Souereignfy. to avali9biity and
10 Douglas. or the forty delegates appointed;
Cobb cannot get more than seventeen. anu
therefore, 41EJ DclHS EeduHcu, ue va -
get any vote from Georgia IN the convention,
either first or last Those favorable TO bis
nomination are three at large; two from Inc
First, one from the Third, one from the tourtn,
three from the Fifth, four from the Sixth, ana
one each from the Seventh aud Eighth, aud
of these seventeen, perhaps four or more may
be manipulated, should it become necessary
In addition to this, We may add. that the
democratic convention of the third dIstrlct
Of MARYLAND last Wednesday, appointed dele
gates to Charleston, and adopted the follow
ing resolutions
Resolved. That the delegates elected from
this Convention to represent the Third Con-
gressioual District in the Charleston Conven-
ton be. and hereby are, requested to use all
, lair and honorable means to secure the nOml-
nation of Hon s. A. Douglas, of Illinois, as
candidate for President of the UnitediStates
RssOIred, That we will hail with exclama-
tions of joy the nomination Of the Little
Giant" of the West as candidate for Presi-
dent of the Union, but pledge ourselves
singIy aud collectively 10 give to the nOmi-
nees at Charleston, whoever they be, our
firm aud undivided support, and We will use
all fair and proper means to secure their
election, believing as we do, in the language
Of distinguished statesman, that men are
are here to-day and gone tomorrow, while
principles pass from generation to generation
and are eternal"
The Washington correspondent Of the Gin
cinaati Enquirer furnishes the following ad-
diiionsl items:
= NEw JERsEY.-At the election in Trenton,
for Delegates to the State Convention, the
; Douglas ticket succeeded almost unanimous
~. The complexion of the returns fIom
other parts Of the State, indicate similar
feeling.
YIRGINIA.-The delegate elections have re-
suited 50 far as follows: In Wheeling Dis
frict, Russell and w. NJ. Brown; IN Parkers-
barg District, Fitzhugh and Brannan; in Nor
foib District, Kindred and Smith They
stand four for Hunter and two ior Wise
all except one prefer Douglas as a second
choice, and are against any change in the
Cincinnati Platform. Such will be the voice
OF Virginia
NoRrH CARoIINA-The districts heard from
with the delegates at large stand as follows:
Douglas 8; Hunter 6.
Cheer up, DoUGIAs democrat: "Eeur say
TaI'-at least, not until we open the PATRI-
or broadside upon DOUGLAS, after the nomi-
nation