Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-13
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letter from, President Johnson 10 Geo.
W. Jones' The Campaign I'm 1850.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin, says: The fol-
lowing letter from President johnson to
Hon. George w. Jones, formerly member
of Congress frsm Tennessee, has fallen into
our hands, having been captured at the
South
WAsniSercx, March sc, 1860.
aYou, no doubt, have seen Davis and
Browns revolutions in reference to the pow
en- of Congress over the subject of slavery in
the territories and the passage Of a slave
code. dc. Davis is trying 70 cuf under
Brown, but. in fact, il is the same thing.
For my cwp part, | can see no good that Is
70 come out Of them at this time except d.
vision snd distraction Of the Democratic
party.
As TO laying down tenets for the Demo
cratic party, in the shape Of abstract prin-
ciples, or the mere passage OF resolutions
BY the Senate, think il is not part Of its
official duty. IL the Senate assumes the
prerogatiye Of putting the slavery plank
into the Democratic platform which is to be
adopted at Charleston, do not see any good
reason why il should not make whole, and
hand II over to the, Convention in COM
plete and perfect form, and save the Conyen-
ton the trouble Of perfecting the work; and
then 90 one step further, and nominate the
candidate Of the party, and make the peo-
pie take the nomination without regard TO
his being acceptable or not. confess that
l am sick and tired Of proceedings of this
kind. iifH (
The whole Senate both sides. think. are
aspiIants for the Presidency at this time,
and how many outside the Senate the Lord
only knows. And in the means employed
10 be President the interest and will of the
people seem 10 be the last thing thought of
or consulted.
Douglas and friends are making des-
perate effort, and he will go into the conven-
sion stronger than any enc man. Some here
who assume TO be posted up in matters Of
this kind, say that he cannot be nominated,
and II nominated, cannot be elected, and
that he will, when he ascertains this fact,
become magnanimous from necessity, and
withdraw from the contest, and dictate the
nomination, leaving himself living cam
didate with some chance of success in 1864;
that he would prefer course OF that kind
TO success before the convention in the
spring and defeat before the people in No
vemher. IL Douglas cannot be nominated,
the nomination will fall upon some South
ern man, and that Southern man will be the
man who can come nearest 10 carrying Doug
las strength and who is most acceptable to
his friends IN Convention. The man, not the
strongest man in the Sonth, but the man
who can carry the South and is acceptable 70
the northwestern and northern democracy,
is the man in the South who will get the
nomination, If ii falls upon southern man.
Ny own opinion IL now that If the Conven-
ton Incorporate some new planks into the
platform, and the friends OF Mr.. Douglas
find he cannot be nominated, they will with
draw, and make an independent nomination,
and run him upon their own hook.
Jefferson Davis, Of Mississippi is burning
up with ambition, and is nearer consumed
by an internal heat than any man 1 ever
saw, except John Slidell, of Louisiana. What
JEFF will do IL he is not nominated, God only
knows. Old Buck seems for the candidates
by furns-sometimes for one and then for
another, and so ON. think he is always for
the weakest man, until he comes 10 run up,
and then he is for the next weakest, hoping
that they will be strong enough TO defeat a
nomination, and then il will devolve on the
Convention TO nominate him, yet he disbe-
lieves il all the time. tA ~. -
-. 1850.