The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-17

GOSSIP AMONG THE NEW YORK PoLITc1ANs--THl
pEmocRAT1o NATIONAL ooNvENTIoN-cHANcEl
OF oHAsE, PENDLEToN, HENDRICKS AND HAN
COOK GETTING TIE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
&c.. &C. 80 - :
The New York correspondent of the Bosto1
Post writes under date Of the 18th instant:
Interest in the Democratic National Conyen
t;on Continues to increase, All other subjects
have become secondary. Wherever few meI
come together the conversation turns inme
liately upon the Contention and the candi
dates. According to popular opinion, as it Il
indicated in the street and hotel gossip, the
contest is narrowed down to four names
Chase, Pendleton, Hendricks and Hancock
Horatio Seymour, at his own request, appears
to be counted out OF the race. Possibly he
meets. but the signs at present are that he is
out for good. Chase seems to take precedence
lust now, not as "a fayorite, mind you, but or
account; Of the startling novelty Of proposinf
an Abolitionist for the high honors in the
Democratic party. IF surface indications alone
were taken, one might really believe that Chase
would be the nominee. For my own purt, how
ever, I do not yet believe it, and think e great
part of the Chase gossip afoat is mere SOUND
anu Jury, SlEnuyinR uble'
THE GOSSIP ABOUT CHASE.
:, Down in Wall-street, up at the Fifth Avenue
in the heart OF 'the bloody Sixth'-(whict
means the Five Points)Ain the busiest marts
and the quietest by-streets, the Chase move
ment is talked about, wejs,, - and dismissed
as though it carried in its VOL } the fate OF the
country. And yet with oil the interest 1t e1,
cites,; il may not come to anything. People
talk about it, but that does not prove much
They do not talk approvingly; they merely
speculate. When one man says he ls IN favor
OF tho domination OF Chase, twenty ask what
its effects would be-what would be gained by
it? What element could Cha,e bring over that
would insure Democratic success Oan the
party nominate Chase without stultifylng it.
self? Would it not lose moro than It conld
hope to gain by taking up ReRAb ican Sup
pose he should bring over afew OF his :psrty,
would he not drive away ns many old Demo
crats 2 This is the drift Of the Chase gossip
outside of strictly political circles And you
will see that it does not quite indicate pur-
pose to shoulder Chase and carry him through
at all hazards.
THE MEN IN FAVOR OF CHASE.
But there is q class of substantial men, usu-
ally cooperating with the Democratic party,
but rarely taking an active part in poiltcs,
who give the Chase movement o hearty en-
dorsement. They are the bankors, mere lanis,
holders Of stock and wealthy men generally,
who have profound belief in rcspoctabihty.
and dignity. Phese men viii support Chase, ii
he gets The nomination, from motives not en-
tirely political. They believe he would make an
upright and dignifed President, With will
and plenty OF brains of his own, and with due
regard for the interests OF the class they repre-
sent. In comparison with the great mass
whose votes must be had to elect any Demo-
cratic ticket, these mon are not Dy any
means numerous, nor can they ne called IN, n
fluential in political sense. They arc nus OF
the people. They never 60 among the people,
and the masses have very little regard Tor
them.e Besides these there is another Glass;
composed of politicians who care first for sue
cess. A good many OF these have given out,
in one way or another, their readiness to sup
port Chase and urge his nomination, believing
that he would be an available candidate. They
do not pretend that he would stand on pla'- :
form Of purely Democratic principles, but they
think tho party should abate something In this
respect for the sake Of beating Grant. They
NAV be honest men, meaning well for the whole
country, but their proposition to even tempo
rarily deyiate from the principles which have
been thus far the Life OF the party does Mt
seem to moot the approval of the masses.
THE MEN AGAINST CHASE.
We still have in New York large class of
Democra who believe i'll State sovereignty,
who do not believe in universal negro suffrage
at the South, and who emphatically deny the
validity Of the measures whoreon the recon-
struction of the South is based. These men
vigorously protest against Chase, and will not
be silenced. Tho letter Of the Chief Ilstice,
which has just been published, supplies them
with precisely the ammunition, they want,
Chase says he abates no jot or title Of his 'old
creed Of equal rights" and he would be gtati-
fed If the Democratic party would so in for uni
versal suffrage and indorse the pending
plan of reconstruction. He does not desire
to be O candidate for Office, but he leaves
it TO be inferred that he has no par
ticular objection. He eliminates pretty plainly,
however. at least such is the construc-
ton placed upon his letter by old-fashion-
ed Democrats he would require plat
form of his own making, or it's equivalent
fashioned Democrats will not conccde this at
ALL They haveno objection to equal rights be-,
fore the law, but thoy have the strongest kind
OF objection to indiscriminate suffrage at Tho
polls and they will not lend themselves to givo
binding force to tho reconstruction measures
us they stand. The clement which these men
represent may not be strong III lphuence, put
it is powerful in action. l do not say that any
great part OF it would stay away from the polls
In tho event of Chase's nomination, but know
that without the whole of it Chase would stand
a very poor chance Of being elected.
CHASE AND THE SOUTH.
Among the reasons urged for tho nomination
of Chase is the rather singular one that nc IL
acceptable to the South, and that, as tho South
has the greatest interest in the result OF the
election, the MOI Ithern Democracy should &C
quiesce in any election the South chooses 10
make. It is quite true that some Southern pa,
pers have lately Ioken favorably of Chase, but
it s equally true that the Southern Democracy,
so far as they have spoken at all, have express
ed the purpose to leave the selection OF can
didate 10 tho North. They have not said whe-
ther they want Chase, Hancock or Pondleton.
They say to the North: "You select the man,
and whatever your selection may be, we shall
sustain it," No doubt the South would support
Chase against Grant, if they had no other
choice, but they have not the least intention o.
asking the Northern Democracy to stultlfyg
themselves. Nor would the lattor do so, l
think, even if the South requested it. 1t seems
to be narrow view that sees only the South
interested in the campaign. Every State III
the Union is deeply interested, and men ol
foresight know this and will act and advlsc ac'
cordingly.
CHABE SUMMED UP.
IF writing purely in the interest OF party,
could easily put more rose color IN what my
letters contain about this and that moVemehs
But the duty OF correspondent, as my 0lo