New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-30
ruE VIRGINIA FAiLCRE.

THE VIRGINIA FAILURE.
We find 10 The Hheel,Rg Unign full rspDrt OF
the proceedings in tue recent aboithe attempt 70
ccmb,n, the two Democratic factions IN virginia
IN The SUPPORT of a single Electoral ticket Tue
proposition first came from the Breckenridge Con
vepton, sitting at Charlottesville, BY when Com-
init ee of Conference was appointed consS'li OF
Messrs. Extra Billy" Smith, j. q. Jones, j. w.
massc. BENJAMIN Basel and Samuel Carpenter.
The proposal was entertained BY the Douglas Con.
yenton at StauptoD which appointed as It's Com
mitt.e M.ssrs. NJ. G. Hartman, X. Wilson, ). N
Lipgatt. J. II. Cox and Charles Irving. This
Committee ADDRESSED to Gov. Smith dispatch, OF
which the following is the main portion:
To Cor SWIM: heroes commuu alton hss been received
bv ,be Pdrt Of this Lo,vcI ough ~ e. hsau, Of
st,niter Of 1--WE appointed oy 'ae ShaiO .'s
a il ody the reu.ion hHony Of Ie disrupted De
ResSis,d That CORDIALLY re;pocse the pacific ,idt that
prompted appointment sand .oum tss aud hefeoy a.
tu.nie a. e President OF tLs Con'ent0n - ap
oiIt in liar whose duty shall De 70 cl-
Ter with The Charleston Convection and reg u 70 to' 000' e
The trst ference bctse,n the two Commit
tees appears TO have been that the breckenridge
men wan ed the Douglasites TO Gene to Char
lottesyille or the conference, while the later re-
piled that ''lhe Committee from your Convention
will be expected in Stanton with the traln.'
This dispatch came too late for the Breckenridge
Committee to 90 to Staunton by that conveyance,
and having thus failed secure personal Interview
Of the Committees, Gov. Smith resolutely unde
took TO DO the work by the telegraph. To this end
addressed Mr.. Hartman as follows:
"CH,RLorTEsymLE Aug. II.
sTo g. HAHs,S: Dispatch received late g0 oy
would uggs to the prophet, Of sdopns the aas h9.
ana yotn Tor The ga ne Elesos ns vo'r uus IN.
my be the vote Of the Site ia
with the majority ascer sile co. ""' SUI
To this tposition no reply was made, but In
stead, the three dispatches which are suboined
were received by Gov. Smith one after the other;
"Rn. WV ssrrH: Your dpatch received Suppose We sp
MONT each and who hiss expressed no oPn m
sIp al p''1t M. q. HAKaAN"
"Hon WV SMITH: Can yon over in an extra tr'i ?
dcre b cqierenee ana ston We nut e.. .se,ns, W, we
private on the 0i9 Has1 M IS the
"Ty.Gop sSrH o, j. ". MAsslE; We PrOPese snas saere
so@ oT S So El,c elected 10 cast the OF Virginia
Bekpiir &c. he be elected By said yots for Douglas
10 tan &c enT nsn cot Of Virgins pfopo,
indi, dual IesE oLsibLhy ~ " III S,NI
To these missives, the Ex-Governor made no
answer. The Stanton Convention finally ad-
j. uued till evening waiting for response, and at
last Mr.. Hartman tclegraphs to NJ. j. w. Mssse
70 know v hy ttey dom hear from the Chaflottes
Vile Committee, AID M Massie responds as
follows:
"To ~ O. H,Rpss, Ex.oov Smith say be hiss received
his zgop tis oiLt ticA hoi has he any
s la iron your BODY AID hos 0''n a&sss G
The correspondence was concluded by dlrp Itch
received. at Charlottesville from stanton after .
| D. m. of the 18th inst, in these terms:
To erGor wv ssIrH, J. ALyRED JosEs J. ". MAsIR,
ana otneys Of Cohy,y,Hee Committee: 80
"W have oiels proposition according to
hon rx.Gov smith which aceede TO- Mas. den
Lite sPS N uI;H,ss Ss's Pr0ro9g JAMES H. cox
"CHARLEs lkhING, "JAs. H. WILLIAMS
- N. LIdOATr, "ComGi.tev"
Thus the B,eckinridge men at Last had the door
Of the Siauaton Convention slammed in their faces
in manner which showed that the Douglasl'es
had Ut YER sincerely desired the reunion of the dis.
rutted party. Rule or ruin is their motto. They
ev IDENTITY prefer that the vote of the State should
be given 10 Bell rather thon in any contingency to
Brec kinrdge. Under these circumstances, VT-
GINA, The ancient stronghold Of the Democracy,
must be hopeles,lJ abandoned. Her thirteen
Electoral votes Will 60, with those of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mary land, to make up
tie streDg b of Bell and Everett With the Dem.
ocratic States thus divided while the Republican
States form q uni ed aud compact phalan4, rho
Admit stIat on of President Lincoln is likely to be
embarrassed rather for the want Of an Opposition
than otherwise.
-Obe thing is especially striking in these Vir
GINA revelations. We refer to tho eotire publicity
of the whole affair. This is the reverse of the
plan adopted by the Conlu,onists in the State Of
New-YoIk, who keep their ne yotiatlons vailed In
profound secresy while they attempt to deceive
the people with regard to the nature Of tho bargain
they rave madeleine party pretending that t is oil
for Douglas, who the other declares that ten Of
the Electoral candidates arc to support Bell aud
Everett