Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-30
ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. LOUIS, No, May 9th.

CA' 4SSiSi hANs, Dldl OIL.
The friends of Mr. Douglas hereabouts. and
their name is legion are very indignant at the
conduct of the administration party, and it
is boldly asserted that if Mr.. Douglas is not
nominated, the Democratic party is bound to
go under. The treatment he has received at
the hands Of the administration AID southern
hot heads will have the effect to drive from
the support of the Democratic nominee
great number of votes which Mr.. Douglas
will be sure to get, should he be the nominee
Had the candidates before that convention
done as manfully as did Mr.. Douglas in 1856,
he Douglas would now have been the nom
inee During the balloting on the 2d inst.
Mr. Douglas received l52l votes, which is a
majority Of the whole Electoral College of
the United States, which consists of 3O3. No
other Democratic candidate has shown equal
strength in National Democratic Conven.
nation but Martin Van Buren in 1914 and
the Democracy, although successful in secur-
ing the election of Mr. Polk, who then re-
ceived the no'Aination, suffered disastrous
defeat in ls4S, chiefly on account of their vi.
olation of the majority principle. When Mr.
Buchanan received a majority in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Douglas promptly telegraphed to his
friends to withdraw his name, as he deemed
it but just that the will of a majority Of the
representatives of the party assembled in Ma
tional Convention should prevail. But his
enemies in Charleston showed little or no
disposition to treat him with the same mag
nanimity he displayed on that occasion.
If the friends of Mr.. Douglas stand firm he
will be nominated at Baltimore. He goes TO
that Convention with the prestige of having
received 1924 votes, being more than half of
the entire Convention. He goes there with
the conviction that he is the first choice of
three tourths of the Democratic party of the
Union. He goes there the favorite of a ma
Jorty of that body, on a platform which
ought to satisfy every real friend Of the
South, the North, the East and the West
Such being his position and his chances of
success, his friends, everywhere ought to de
vote themselves from this time until the nom.
nation is made to secure his nomination.
The prairies in Illinois are on fire and the
friends of the Little Giant are straining every
nerve to secure his success, for the conviction
prevails that if he is not nominated. the
nominee of the Chicago Convention will
carry the State.
The Convention of the Republican party
will assemble at Chicago on the 10th inst
1t is thought five Slave States will he repre-
sented in that body The most prominent
man for nomination, from what | can gather
from the papers, is VIM H. Seward of New
fork-the Bates fever having died almost if
not entirely out. Among the delegates to
that Convention, notice the arrival in this
city of Judge Hinkley of your State. The
Judge looks well, "A fat take in the shape of
his office, improving his appearance since
saw him sticking types in this city, few
years ago.
| have nothing Of interest to communicate
in commercial matters. The money market
is very tight and nothing transpiring in the
provision market worthy of notice. The
weather is very warm, and rain is needed
very much by the farmers have now con
sumed my time and as the mail closes in a
few minutes must quit. j. P.W.
WILL TIDE UNfoX ANSWER "A few davs
since we alluded to the manner in which the
Sacramento Union was medding with the
affairs of the Democratic party, under the
pretense of advocating the cause of Senator
Douglas, and expressed the opinion that it
would not support Mr.. Douglas. To settle
the matter, we just put the question directly
to the Union, whether or not it would sup
port Mr.. Douglns if nominated but that Gun
ming paper declines to take any notice of our
interrogntory. We again ask the Union if it
will support Mr.. Douglas if he is nominated
Will it dare answer NarysviHe Erpress.
Yes; we will first answer ty asking if you
will support Mr. Douglas. or will you follow
in the footsteps of your lllustrous and bolt
ing predecessor, the Standard, and Join the
secessionists, as your present course would
seem to Indicate? Further, we answer, we
are no partisan, as you are, and never bind
ourselves in advance to support any man for
Office sacramento Union.
viii the Express answer the Unions ques
ton or not We believe it is afraid to an
swer.
The CALIFoRNIA DELEGATES AT CHARLESTON.
The New York Herald has the following:
Mr. Rafferty, of New Jersey nrespntpl a