, 1860-04-24

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WAaatso7os, april 20 1s6q,
Political interest now centres at charlaaton
hutnors are rife tonight Of combinations amnnn
thc friends Of Sidell, Dreckiuridra and I'ona
10 ka!i On Douglas by the use Of DIcIinson'a
fn1, fGame, and then, deserving the latter to bring
| csnt.a.. ohe o. thelr own number who will con.
! centfafe the greatest strength,
! !, Ihe reta1ners of Mr. Douglas, who 1tncr, IN
,,.e are not 50 noisy as they were yesterday
/ the friends Of Gen. Lane begin to ser thai
! wy clear before them, and the friends Of the
administration hare more apprehension Of the
| Tom Thumb. 'A~A VI Alus
"A very general belief prevails that the results
" ;ae Gou sentlon viii be the reunion and con.
.easa no"u4sioo u the democracy; but among the
ta more sagacious observers Of the temper and
. ine movements Of BIZ. Douglas and his triends.
on;n;as, ;s 'oe iast 1our months. very different
Conversation with MI intelligent Western Ucmo.
erat iast evening upon the subject, = 9eutleman
somewhat conversant with the views and pur-
poses Of Hr. Douglas, We were admonished fhat
an explosion md bolt ct Charleston, md the
@,u.ion csnd;da.a ol Mr. douglas as an independent
eeTuutoaee, we're not among the improbabilities
o. inc uext ten days. lndted, our respondent
lnough Claiming to be neither prophet nor The
soo o. prophet, gave it as his deliberate onin-
.? !on tnat Tue abrupt dissolution of the Conren.
1aon ana Of tle party. and the independent
nomination Of Douglas By his wing Of The Con-
sentIon, and his adoption BY the Baltimore third
party Convention oi old line Wings and Amer
18th day of May. ~''-' MIG
He is well aware that his political cap;ta1. r..
sGultlng from his daYc.up on the Lecompton
Ioast'tutio9, @ Ii Of the fancy stock description
ana that If he should wait till 1864. the jnci.
oents. eFents, new measures, new issues. and
ne" men that will come to the surface in tie in
terTal, will leaee him completely in fhe .Lade
and as thoroughly fosslzcd rs poor Pierce, FIJI,
more Or or Captain Tyler.
~, Ihe Little Giant knows Ill this-he knows
tnat thls is his last chance. He knows that If
nc IS ever to hare the National Democratic
nomination, that now is biz time He las some
hopes OF e1torting it, but his fears are prcater
than h,s hopes. Hethinks that hc was seryed
2 snao9y trick By the Cincinnati Convention
az az. 'e'nks that he has been shabbily treated BY
Tue administration, aud very shamefully hunted
Gown by the Southern frc.catcrs. consideTinr
Us sacr1ilces to the South in the matter Of that
Kansas Nebraska bill. And Nc Enn,v flint
douglas is not the man who, if you amite him
on one cheek, will turn 10 you the other for the
same compliment. 'A-~
~ Now, then. yon may depend upon it that
DonG1as, not being fool, nor submissive man
dried for the Charleston Convention. iIe does
moi expect to be nominated BIZ two-thirds
vote, nor by majority. lie expects to be su-
eieSucu ptIutc lucy come to 4 ballot for the
candidate. he expects the platform to be first
adopted, and he cntertains q strong suspicion
that tue platform will be made too lot to hold
lim. What then? Why. then. under ;nstrnc.
tlons, some friend Of Nr. Douglas in The Con.
vention viii r1se and Withdraw his name a. n
candidate. Tic spokesman for Mr. Dourlas
huving done this, will next take IN bis hat. waIE
out, and LIE will be followed by esery follower Of
lie Little Giant. It will he a repetition IN n
!aFger scale OF the evacuation of the Baltimore.
CnnEcntion of 1876 ty tic Van Buren die
oa tue other hand, as it is morally certa;n
that the regular nomination Of Mr. Douglas
would result in the bolt Of three or four. II not
hall dozen Of the Southern States. Il wouiJ
appear TINT the Convention upon either horn Of |
tue dilemma is destined to he broken to pieces
We gi'e these copjectures sud circumstances
connected with Ar. Douglas Is q Presidential
candidate for What they are worth. Our own
opinions aro that Mr. Douglas will be REQUIRED
to gre way. and that the Little Giant md Ills |
friends will gracefully yield, under tue convinc-
lns argument that half loaf will be better
Than no bEead at all under the next udministra.
ton: And so Sir. Douglass NAV fall back unon
Mr. Hunter, in order to leave the field omen for
Illinois in 1864. But the platform, first in Or
der this time. Master ua!lctt, will settle the xuI
mission or the bolt Of Mr. Douslus: for tue plat-
|or'n VIII not be squatter sovereignty.