Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-10
The Break-up at charlottesville
Tactics OF the Douglas Men--Iheir
Arrival in WashgIOn.


The editor of the Cincinnati Commercial,
having seen the end of the Charleston Con-
vention. has gone to Washington. whence he
writes under date of May D. We make an
extract as follows from his leltcr:
DOugas received his returning braves last
night and gave them his blessing. He had
rrason to be grateful, for they had foug ht for
him as Northern Democrats had never before
fought for a candidate in a National Cow n
ton. They had indeed Outgeneraled their
opponents. The enemies of Douglas in the
Convention were. even with the powerful
sistance of Caleb Gushing. beaten in parlia-
mentlry warfare Then the general tactics
of the DouglasiIes were good. while those Of
the South indicated poverty of invention and
the absence of executive minds Now Doug
las is well pleased. and says he will Certainly
b. nominated at Baltimore. He does not en-
rtain any doIht on the subj ct. II ac-
cepts the responsibility of tearing the party
in pieces in the South TN States, for il amounts
to that. Instead of being read ont of the
Democratic party. his fri nds light the can
de and open the book and ring The bell, and
put his enemies out. 1t does not amount to
much however for without the South the
Democratic party passes away. and Douglas
thinking himself the head of the old party. Is
really hat tn" leader of a faction. A have
heretofore stated the fate of The Baltimore
Convention is in the hands of the NV York
delegation. The political gamblers Of that
STATE, the most unprincipled mrn in the IA
ti1n. who have reduced the art If bribery
and corruption to science, and perjury TO
an art. can do as thew will at the adinur ned
Democratic Convention. In that Convention
there will be new delegations from Georgia,
Alabama. Al kansas and Louisiana. There
will Lee no representation from Florida, Sarth
Carolina and Mississippi. II New York
vot.-s to admit the new delegations. and then
CASTS her vote for Douglas in good earnest,
he will become the nnminte.
But Ih-re NAV. and probably Will be a
stroag effort 1T BaliimOTr to reverse the or
der OF exerciscs-finish up the platfofm first,
aud nominate afirTw ards. Let il he remcui-
bred that The Charleston Convention would
nave bren utterly broken up II IL had not
been for the assurance md. by New York
that she would vote fnr tn Tennessee Reso-
/ lution. introduced by Howard whsuey,r il
| might be called up. This resolution expIic
! lily d. Glars that Territorial Legislature
| has no power L. destroy car impair rights in
slave property in the territories. Nv York
agreed to stand for this. and to enforce the
| Gushing construction of tine two thirds rule
] In this way. and in this way only, the States
| nf New York North Carolina. Tennessee and
| Kentucky were saved To the Convention. Iu
| inner NbTuN, tie pp4tttCAt StilblrIs al AteN
| York contracted with Virginia. Tennessee
| Kentucky and North Carolina, that if they
would stay in the Convrution, she would
! take care that Douglas shoaid not he nomi
| mated. aud that the platform should BE- mad
| agreeable TO them, aud death to Dongiasism
| With this understanding halt the South wa:
was kept ia the Convention. Otherwise ii
would have been broken. | have hereto
| lore stated. and the fragment which has AL
/ 4 Rail IL l.
| prrsii,. - OF regularity, aud could not have
| pretended 10 be nIher than the expression oil
faction II il impossible 10 sag what will
be done at Baltimore, h-cauSe IL l. imno~si
biz TO calculate The tricks OF the New York
| gamblers.
The friends of Mr.. d. are determined &c
nominate bin. He does not Intend under
any Circumstances, To- decline. Tie insist.
upon il. They insist npon il. Tue idea al
! falling tn make the light. does not enter into
them, ut Charleston. was resembling the two
thirds rul,. and adjonraiug TO baltimore
coupling th- Adjournment with cIil fnI
new olga g. tcom The crding State. The
mailfity Of the Douglas deleg ttcs never
considered the possibility OF Withdrawing
him. They were rvsnlv,d aud they are re
solved. TO ruin the saddle or lose ths boyse-
TO destroy the party machine, II they cGanoi
run il ol their track. There were shakj
delegates in every Douglas delegation, bn
The nlajoriiies ~sre FIX Il. and would not he..
to any evasion oi their plFpOse IA aoaiinali
Douglas Aud nov. as they pass taroug
thIs eiy. on their way home. Dongl.s ss-s-
them aud by his personal magnetism Civ.
them encouragement and Instruction Ia p..F
ssveFv IA The end. We have n',t -srn The las
eNplu, iou ia che psna0eratic Convention hi