New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-23

the last ten years. Under ordinary circumstanees
it is likely that Illinois would have sent OF ess. Nv
hsndred outsiders to urge the claims OF ner
candidate. If fifty show themselves now ,Sa rat;o
will be excited And this will probably pc inc rsao
of popular representation throughout Inc en'e or
tanment ia altogether too costly to be paa,ao'e ior
n Il not tba hotels only which have estaphsnea IAN
inc rr;ces bnt every other calling upon wmch the
comfort and convenience OF strangers aepenu' A.,
Col Richardson and Mr.. Dyer oil Chicago, tne
Drineipal managers OF Judge DouB"s los.nou no
80 n3cbt when they LETT Washington little doubt
10. tanned of his nomination. The confidence
hsrs i much more subdued and less outspOken. AS
tha nractcal reality is confronted, there Is little OPP
nortnnity for speculation or sauguiDe hope. Stern
md nahable facts must DOW be met as they exist,
and they can neither be ignored or set aside by any
process Of delusive reasoning however pleasant II
NAV be. Delegates are made of the same flesh aud
blood as other mortals, and have the same preju-
dices and partiaties. The political influences
which operate upon the Northwest are not felt
here at all and it is difficult to persuade thu South
that they are by any meaus necessary to success
Hence il is that no feeling but that OF liberation ls
admitted for Judge Douglas below Mason and Dix
on's line except in particular localities, and among
class Of individuals who have personal interests
at stake.
The more one looks over the ground calmly and
rehectiDgly the more evident does it become that
the struggle among candidates in the Convention
will sooner or later be narrowed down to contest
or control between the North and south. And
whenever that issue shall be distinctly presented
the result cannot be doubtful The Sonth will tn
umph, as it has always done when II has demanded
recognition. For three successive Presidential
terms Northern candidates have been nominated
Cass Pierce, and Buchanan aud two out OF the
three elected The South yielded, because she
knew that her policy could be better Illustrated 10
their hands than even by Southern men, who would
not consent to debnse themselves in doing the work
which dOugbfaces were always anxious to under
| take. They have no such faith in Douglas, aud
| remembering his detection on LecomptOn, lear an
| other and worse treachery when the next Census
shall have demonstrated the augmented numerical
power of the Free States, and Of the North West
particularly This is the true secret of all the hos
tility toward him. 1t is not Squatter Sovereignty,
but distrust for the future. The South knows II
elected now, oil his efforts would be directed to
second term, and that he would not scruple at any
| change to obtain it.
While the friends of Douglas expressed such con-
idence in success before leaving Washington, they
took care to provide for the contingency of defeat,
BY agreeing ii his nomination became impracticable,
| to change front in solid column No second choice
was indicated, but the purpose was taken TO act 10
concert and, if possible, as unit. The North,
West and East were principally represented IN that
conference, though there were scattering delegates
| from the Central States. AS Mr.. Hunter will be
his principal competitor ii is hardly probable they
will 20 over 10 him. Mr.. Breckenridge is In no
sense favortekwith this interest," but on the con.
trary, is regarded as having deserted Douglas, and
| set up rivalry without justification. MIR. Lanes
I preteDsiOns they considersupremey ludcrous Mr.
Guthrie is more tolerated, as being less obnoxious
in all respects. If Douglas be shelved, his trends
| will doubtless prefer Southern man, for two rea-
fba auSi0n .an
to the North; and, second, because the selection oil
any Northern candidate would imply disparage-
ment of him.
The North-Wes will throw &c votes solid for
Douglas, exclusive of the which are claimed from
Missouri All New. England, but Massachusetts,
and Connecticut, is elassed in the same category,
! with at least q third of Pennsy lvania and New
Jersey. and parts or North Carolina and Maryland
These data are speculative to great extent, as
| will be found when the trial shall be made. A
majority of any delegation can throw the vote of
State, if they think proper to exercise the power.
Missouri did it in 1856, and thus excluded three
votes which would have been given to Gen. Pierce.
The Douglas men there may repeat that game now,
but if they do Pennsylvania a0d other States, with
anti Douglas maOrlties viii be tempted to pay them
in their own coin. 1t 10 two-edged sword, which
may cut one way worse than the other.
| The great starting point of the Convention will
be, whether the platform shall be made first or last
| The Douglas men are for laying down the platform
before presenting candidates and in this respect
they may be seconded by portion of the extreme
South, who desire to have slave code engrafted,
aud the bred Scot decision approved The other
wing of the South prefer to nominate the candidate
at the outset and to square the platform to bis ne
cessites With this difference Of opinion, the issue
may not become test of relative strength but that
is the present tendency. Very few of the Southern
delegates have arrived and it is therefore difficult
to form any positive opinion as to their ultimate
course. Those who are here, however, do not ex-
press the radical and ultra sentiments which were
| ioreshadOwed by irresponsible newspapers. There
! are said to be only five delegates OF the Yancey
| stripe in the Alabama delegation, and one of the
members, who is the largest stakeholder in the
| State, declares openly, that the nominee of the
Convention will carry it by 80 600 majority, whether
he be from the North or South, or Douglas or the
devil" Such berality of sentiment ought to COM
mend Itself to all National" patriots.