Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-20

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION -
Editorial Correspondence Of The star

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The hive of politicians here were unusually
Quiet to-day, during the recess; the noise Of the
Last few DAYS having been made for the most part
by the Douglasite leggers, who, as they have
come to realize that their champion against the
neld'' is done for, are, not few Of them, look
ing out anxiously for foreshadowing Of who Is
really TO be the man, after all. True, those Of
them who have not beenquite sober since coming
here, are yet shouting vociferously over, they
not whom o what, in most cases. But the ap-
prehension Of the coming result is certainly in
ducing hundreds of them to seek to be ready
with their lips changed to pipe gracefully the
necessary different tune they must sing ere the
end Of the week So, though the crowd has not
diminished In any public place here, the noise
and the confusion attendant upon it certainly has
greatly subsidized.
Public interest has been greatest since III a. m
In the rumored proceedings Of the Credentials
Committee, Of which little IL publicly known
because little importance is really attached to any
conclusion to which the said committee may
come with reference to any contest for the sece.
ders seats for the final and full battle (such as II
is to be- must certainly be fought In open conven-
ton as either side reported against will of course
contest their report to the bitter end. With eight
Southern States unrepresented on that committee,
the South here does not look for a report made
entirely upon the merits Of the cases, and only
desires that the committee shall report to the Con-
vention the entire facts as they appear in the
evidence. And, / am inclined to believe, there
is good ground to hope that the committee will
take that prudent course, though the Douglas
leaders are certainly striving to make assurance
| sure that their cause shall be advantaged unduIy
by the absence of full southern representation
upon the committee. However, a manifestlv
one-sided report made to the end of strengthen
ing the now forlorn chance of Douglas before the
full Convention, can only have the effect of con-
firming It's wavering members against him-and
scores, who came here his D.'s) apparently firm
adherents, are now among the evidently WAIVER
ing or the gone entirely over.
This afternoons session of the Convention
lasted only few moments. the Chair having an
nounced that the Credentials Committee couId
not report until the morning. The galleries Were
densely crowded ladies filed every seat of the
immense dress circle, and the other sex every
seat Of the two tiers of boxes above them After
the adjournment two amusing speeches were
made; one by Miers Fisher, Esq, of Va who
was forced out, whether he would or not: and
the other by an odd character, "Citizen Work
of Mississippi - the man with the flaming red
vest, who hoated around loose as il were. at
Charleston during the sitting of the Convention
there, and subsequently did tie same in Wash
ingtOn before coming here-a genial noisy, EN-
phatic, and funny old gentleman, who goes sin
strong for the Baptists and water with priyi-
lege,'' believes implicitly in the Bible and An
drew Jackson, yet is not so rabid a Democrat as
to have prevented him on one occasion from sue
coring a sick and suffering Black Republican
because his Baptist faith makes charity even to
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devil and stephen A. Douglas about alike. be-
cause their works are about alike abominable
Such is his desert ption of himself His lfhour
speech kept the thousands In the Convention hall
constantly In roar, as it was really full of the
wittiest and best put points
The DOuglasites are damning the New York
delegation up hill and down dale, this evening
just the other side did at Charleston. The
point essayed to be made by the Douglasites
against them is that they have deserted Douglass
interest in declining to impose conditions ON the
readmission of the seeding delegations. which
will surely prove equivalent to voting that they
shall under no circumstances be again received
in the Convention. The virtual answer Of the
New Workers Is that they have been an grossly
mlsrepresented by the Douglasites, in their ALE
CATION that they were pledged to Mr. Douglas AZ
by his opponents, In their allegation lat Charles
toni that they (the New Yorkers) were originally
pledged against him. They claim that. on the
contrary, their course has been an entirely indie
pendent, patriotic, and conservative one from the
moment of their admission at Charleston up to tie
present time. And, further, that they have been
ready from the start to throw their entte strength
into the scale of harmony upon the platform and
candidate questions, whenever their vote will
make harmonious platform and nomination
Their course up to this point here, has really bet
cautious, temperate, and conservative, as that
am persuaded that they are about to do their best
to preserve the integrity and harmony Of the
party, without thought Of the advancement of any
particular man The result will show whether /
am am not correct In this anticipation; and. If
incorrect, mourn the fact deeply, indeed.
l fear, tonight, that the Credentials Committee
will not report tomorrow, If current rumors az TO
their action are to be relied on
leave the Stars readers to the newspaners NJ
this city for the details Of the committees p,o-
ceedings to-day, together with the accounts Of
the rencountsr between Messrs. Hindman and
Hooper, OF Arkansas, la the committee room and
that between Messrs. Hon. O'Bannon and Morat
Of the Virginia delegation, at the dinner table
this afternoon, at Barnum's W.DW-u
COURTS MARrIAL.-The finding Of the court