Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-03

The history, public and private, OF the Mas
sUchusetts delegation TO the Charleston CON
yention would be a curious, highly interesting
and particularly instructive document. TO be
complete it should commence a dozen years
back, with the party life of each delegate, and
If it contained all the queer incidents of that
portion of those twenty-siX political lives, it
would not only fill large volume, but would
convince the reader that the Machiavelian
school Of politics is as thoroughly understood
by Massachusetts democrats as by the most
crafty European diplomat. A brief sketch of
these matters would be too long, and this let
ter lodges it. The state convention of last
tall, which elected delegates at large to the
Charleston convention, was controlled by the
Douglas wing of the democracy, but the intro
duction of any resolution pledging the dele
gates to Douglas was successfully opposed.
In the district conventions much of the same
sort of feeling in favor of MIR Douglas was
exhibited, but the delegates chosen were usu
ally unpledged in convention, whatever assur-
ances some OF them may have privately given
to their friends. a careful summary of the
proceeding of the various conventions appear
ed some time since in the Herald, i'll which it
was shown that at least one half Of the dele
gates chosen were elected as independent, l. e.,
unpledged; but it was supposed by the party
generally that the delegation would not, except
in few cases, be unfilvorable to the nOmina-
ton OF Douglas, al least after the first few
ballots Before the convention assembled,
however. it was minated that majority Of
the deleGation were resolved TO sustain TO the
end fine onnonent ot the Illinois senator and
rncL tn the chogrin of tho earnest DougIaS
lies events proyed the truth of This iutima.
ton On the return OF the representatives Of
the party from Charleston, various eXpedlents
yeri re:ortnd to I'm forra - chance of mont ON
thn dnnr.tion lint thev all signollv failed
iThn fria1ds Of Douglos lost fine Golden onnor.
unity ,yLn, tbay ,IInwa1 tho rn'7yontiont dis.
trict and State ~ adjourn ,yrhont instrnctino
fine dalogates Tb4 statn committee ,yaro cali
cd togot6er but nronositon 10 cali a new
stota convnntion bofnra the assembling of the
baltimore rnnvention with tho DESIGN Of or,lor-
iro tl doIar.t;o II, Il;,,, to tl t,.f,,,,os of tho
e.iittle Giant y.s voted down and another
resolution instnctino tba dnlngation nm tha
nart Of tLo ,nnn,ittoo0 mar tbo so,no f,to tThe
TDnn,rlos mon thon c,IIoJ soyorai mas moot,
inos thn nrinrinal ones being those at Fanenil
UslI'ond n Charl.stoyn Tbov ,yero attenJ.
ad Nv sneal,nrs rom abroad and b, tba Done.
las iegatps who bitterlv drnonnced their
associates Reinr chilled nv and fnr tho friends
of the minority Of the delegation the resou.
tions nassed wore varv decided in tome and
amnuntad IN oe mnch as snrh matters usualIv
do Mr. r. Il RntIar aftorwarle a secadnT
and Iast yoar tho danorr.t;c candidate for
oovornor who rorrasa,,tad the TovalI district
o. CLarI,iston ~ ,onstitnoncy ho;nor stronolv
s'r D"m'-las bad ofa,, lr,nG hot 9ontlen7an
w.; g., s,,.roI oiIat ,otad ,'ors;st,t
w. far Totfarson DaviS Possessad IF great
norso,oI ,,arIIorit,, j., bic district bo coi1od
raotir'r r. tLa d.n,o.ats tlora son, oftor Lie
rat,rn r., Ghoras,on ,rl,on bo o,,,,iainod his
motives and dofnnded bis rondnrt in votin@
a,o;,,st ta; first ,refaronco Jarlorir,r If m he
he hoIiaf tbat Mr. Don,TIaS cnnIJ nnf ho bar,
moniouslv nominaIed lie was sustainod Nv
tbe ne"t;nu with ver, littla onnosition Short.
lv after the Donglas mon called n meeting in
fowelI whom an attamnt was made to censnre
NJ Rntlor Int tho oiId;onco would not snh.
NIT to il and would have nrevented fnrthor
nrocood;ngs lint for tbe ;nternosition If M
r Who iosiroJ hot HE frie,,dS would allow
tho n,netino IN continno ndisturbed Tho
rnt;Gnotinn Of tl,o un,ni,'ot;"n Of nom@los and
ioi,nsn,' IN Roston mronId hava boon ~ vow,
o,,in;.od oea;n ia - n"t ioa,, f,n ,1;ola,Y+
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~ far n,,t'l;c ',nnts aro nddnnor,od
tbo,, ~, bnrd ~ ,"ri9 a,,,,ar n,,d i,
tho % tm,a ';r, ho hoand 60 ,rh -,
,y;ronnIors ot hnth fan,oms ara stainin,, o,,ar,1
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