Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-10-19
Was the Vice-Presidentiay NOmi-
nation OH the Douglas Ticket
rendered to William l.. Kan

We have received large number of let
tiers from different parts of the Union, ask
ing exact information as to the statement,
made in several public speeches by one of
our editors, concerning the tender of the
Vice-Presldental nomination, made by the
Douglas men to the Hon. William l.. Yam
cey. With the pressure of work now upon
our hands, it is impossible for US to answer
all these letters severaliy We trust the fol-
lowing explanation will answer every pur-
pose.
A member Of the Virginia delegation to
Charleston and Baltimore paid a visit to Mr..
lancey, at Washington, just previous to the
assemblage of the Baltimore Convention
At the same time, Mr. Yancey also receiv-
ed visit from very influential member of
the New York delegation, distinguished
and ardent supporter and intimate confdant
of Mr.. Douglas
The New Yorker commenced an unreser-
we'd conversation with Mr.. Yancey, in the
presence and hearing ola Virginia delegate,
by stating that the best means to unite the
Democratic party and insure its success,
would be to couple the names of Messrs.
Doug las and Yancey on tie Democratic tick
ct. He assured Mr.. Yancey that this could
be effected at once, if Mr.. Yancey would but
consent to take the Vice-P Presidential nomi-
nation. to be coupled with Mr. Douglas
nomination for the Presidency
With quiet smile, and his usual bland
manner, MIR. Yancey promptly replied that
the arrangement was one to which he could
under 20 circumstances, consent; that ''oil
and water would not mix"
The New Yorker then demonstrated; re-
minded Mr.. Yancey that politicians were
frequently obliged to resort to such expe-
dents; and assured him that the arraug e-
ment proposed. if adopted, would secure not
only Mr.. Yancey's personal promotion, but
the ultimate ascendancy of Mr.. Yancey's po-
litical views and governmental policy; that
Mr.. Douglas was already so enfeebed by
disease that he could scarcely live six
months after the Presidential election, and
thus Mr.. Yancey's candidacy would be sure
to make him not only Vice-P President, but,
very soon, President of the United States.
10 all such persuasions Mr. Yancey re-
piled with the same polite and decided refu-
sal to permit his name to be used on tick
ct headed by that of Mr.. Douglas.
We are informed of the name of the New
York delegate, and the information above
repeated was furnished US long since by the
Virginia delegate who was present during
the conversation We have held commu-
nicatlon with neither on the subject of any
publication. The communication was made
to us without any seal of confidence, e4-
press or implied, and we consider that the
hypocritlcal pretence exhibited by Mr. Doug
las and his followers. of horror at the idea
Of political association with VIM l.. Yam
cey, not only justifes, but imperatively de-
mands this publication.
Still, we prefer not to publish the name
of either the New York or Virginia dele
gate without express authorization.
The delegate from Virginia is known in
and out of the State as man whose distin.
guished character for truth courage and
delicate sense of honor is incapable of i'm
parchment from any quarter. We know,
too, that he will shrink from 30 just respon-
siblity; and if he shall abstain f. ON publish
ing the name of the New Yorker, he will
only be restrained by motives of extreme
dellcacy.
We also know the New York delegate to
be the intimate and confidential personal
and political friend of Mr. Douglas.
Nor is this all. We are firmly eonvin-
ced. from our own knowledge of things, that
after the nomination Of Mr. Douglas at Ball
timore, an animation OF willingness on the
part of Mr.. lancey to accept it would I'M
doubtedly have secured him the Vice Presi-
deutial nomination on the same ticket,
We were approached by man after man.
in the Front Street Convention, all of them
expressing the same desire to secure South
ern support for the ticket, by means of the
Vice Presidential nomination of some man
Of the most ultra Southern political views,
and all were extremely perplexed by the
difficulty of selecting such a man whose ac-
ceptance could be regarded even as proba-
ble
So universal was this sentiment, that the,
Southern men left in the Convention were
not Only permitted by all. but requested to
consult apart, as they did, to dictate, as
they did, the name to be put in nomination
for the Vice-Presieency. The name of Ben
jamin Fitzpatrick was finally agreed on by
the Southern delegates, was by them pro-
posed to the Convention, and accepted by
reclamation, although, short time before,
he had voted for the Davis resolutions, and
although it was known that he was uncom-
mitted to accept the nomination, and might
refuse, as he did refuse afterwards, to per-
NIT the use Of his name.
Under all these circumstances, can any
reasonable man pretend that an assurance
from William Z. Yancey, given at the last
moment, even, of a willingness to accept it,
could possibly have failed to secure for him
the Presidential nomination on the.
Douglas ticket?-Rich. Enquirer.
The town of Lekroy, in Bradford county,
Pa at the late election gave Curtin 200,
and Foster 2 votes. In 1856 Buchanan had
one vote, and Fillmore one vote. Under
standing that in the rest of the State the
Bell men and the democrats had united.
these two voters fused" and went for Fos-
ter.
Hon. La Fayette S. Foster, United States
Senator from Connecticut, was married on
Thursday of last week, by Rev. DIR. Mason,
OF Boston, to Miss Martha P. Lyman, of
Boston. Ten Of the brides brothers and
sisters, all married, were present at the cere--
mony with their families.