The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-24
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

WIN UAcAtXNu4O&N
WASHINGTON, April 20, 1860
Mr.. Douglas and the Charleston Concession ne Cdlcul
tons Of his AdAsrtn-TAe Prsend.d Ears Of ire Rep.o
licoSs-TAs Hopes # ne Southern Opposition Parry, dc
VIM Douglas be nominateds VIVA, other card can they
play to win OF course he win be nominated He Is the
only the republicans afraid Of And do you sup
that the fire eaters at Charleston have gone there
sustain Southern rights? No. They are for the spos
and the power and they abandon their distractions the
instant they Brighten old fogies Dsunion Stuff
Southern confedeacy Cannon Secession Of the South
ern States black republican President be elected Mere
bslhersktngl Why, sir, Martin Van Barren neces
sary the Northern balance Of power the demo
cratic party the Southern IRE eaters would find hun
marvellous proper man. The spoiss-one hun tred mil
icnNa year What are all your slavery distractions com
pared with this Of solid matters handful Of fuss
and feathers against ton Of gold OF Douglas will
be nominated because be be elected. And you
find a regiment Of hrecSters in South Carolina any
one Of whom would only too glad 70 play second fiddle
TO Douglas and with all the oondescenson aud devotion OF
sapcho Panza to the nlustrious Don Quixotte
Such are ideas Of the thoroughly saturated
Of Douglas still remaining in Warrington. Their
faith " unbounded and granting their hypothesis o.
The unconquerabie popularity Of Douglas their
are unsnswerable But they have been apty compared
that for her pa of milk she could get many eggs
that there eggs Matched into chickens. would, in e
while, bring money enough in the market 70 buy TIE
merry damsel new silk gown And she would have II,
green the colo. best euted to her complexion So
giving her giddy he.d toss Of triumph down came the
pas Of milk and with II all her foolish calculations. ns
10 Mr. D0oglAs parAded before the Charleston
Il IA pail OF milk with the cream OF, his stock in
trade.
The republicans pretend 70 be afraid Of him; bu,
really they do expect thing quite good for
purposes the nomination Of Mr. Douglas. Their
sha A<
Douglas, who has smashed up a TN North, Is the
man 10 smash Il In the South. The enterpYking ana
been among The mos, active outside Of The IN
dispuahe popularity Of Douglas BE s the man for ns,
they Say. Let him be put up at Charleston. and our
have something 70 work and IN hope for-the resur-
,ection Of powerful national opposition party 10
aenden opposition Southern ticket, on strong S,utb-,n
groanc, shall be able to throw the Presidential eiec-
lion INTO Congress from the loss to Douglas Of Maryland
vlxnia South D,, caroln, Georgia AlaOsa As<ssipp,
IL fact the nomination Of Douglas Charleston would
Irishman, who piece from the bottom length
OUT at the top And yet there are not only southern
opposition men but Northern republicans who affect 70
believe IN the inevitable nom'na ION OF Douglas.
We are assured, however, that great mis- AXE to
suppose that, rejected Charleston, Douglas can
that family relations are 700 intimate with the Church
Rome for such violent party expedient; and that
while biz squater sovereignty notions would be Of
trade proc'ves quite enough 10 render him out Of
the question with the old independents OF the protective
school.
Ruled GU. By the Charleston Convention Mr. Douglas
viii submit and bide his time What else he do?
The platform win come up fret in order 1t viii,
doubtless, be one Of the usual revolving kind, and
marked by those disso,ving views in which an
old castle, for instance rs so skIfuIIy changed
into = buffalo hunt canal boat, that we are
wiling to accept and believe In these trsnsformattons
over and over again, anything which the Snowman
may desire Thus the Charleston platform may possibly
furnish dissolvrg Of squatter sovereignty salts
factory TO Mr.. Douglss.
Assuming that he will get over the difficulty Of the
platform in this way, be will push hard for the noninA
lion Should he fall he will fail to get It, he will mex,
bring his forces TO bear 10 cut General Lane and to
secure the nomjnaton Of Southeastern man, say
Hunter Of Virginia, that the Northeastern field may
be lett open In 1854.
As for the present. all this outcry Of the collapse Of Mr.
Jererton Davis the letting down Of Clay, Of Asbams,
the submission Of Howell Cobb, the operation Of Win
slow Of North Croiina Orr Of South Carolina Johnson
OF renneseee Johnson of Arkansas Reagan, OF Texas
and Bepjsmfp Of louisiana to the contingency Of the
nomination Of Douglas, we shall see how much it 10
worth before the end OF the week Every individual ia
The United Stsss, white black red taken abeck
with The setpg aside Of Van Buren, and the nomination
OF Polk IN 1S44 but, not egregouay out Ut the
elbows Of our philosophy, much greater surprise rll
fan upon the adhereuts Of Douglas within the next ten
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