The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-04

The New York correspondent Of the Wash
ington Star, writing under date of June 80
says:
There have been large arrivals Of delegates
since yesterday. Each delegate is accompa-
MED by at least five outsiders and alternates,
and, Judging from the active caucusing now go
ing on, the city will be, ere the close Of the
week, full of political excitement. The, gene,
since my last letter-unless undue strength
be conceded to the slight demonstrations
made in Gov. Seymour's favor. His speech
at the Cooper Institute was carefully
prepared in advance of its delivery and
submitted to many Of the magnates Of the
party. It was intended to impress the Con-
vention with the necessity Of making the finan-
platform, rather than to present the Governor
prominently as Presidential candidate. 1t
will be remembered that last fall he wrote no
less than two letters, announcing his positive
declination, and his opponents intend to use
them against him. The Pendleton men,
however, on the whole, seem pleased with the
movement made in Seymours interest, and,
failing to nominate their own c. candidate,
will consolidate their influence on the latter.
Indeed Mr.. Pendleton's discreet friends feel
ouits convinced that the two-thirds rule
Of the Convention Will not be repealed, and
that as a consequence their candidate will not
" On GU the ffth or sixth ballot the best posted
politicians declare that Hendricks or Hancock
will be ahead, with the chances in favor OF tine
former. Chase will be lost sight OF by that
time, and Pendeton viii be saalS IN tn ale anr MI
don, and several other prominent Southern
men, favor Chase and the adoption Of liberal
platform; but, outside of New York and the
South. he has no strength whatever. Not a
New England man is for him. Much depends.
however, as regards Chase, on some authorita-
tive exposition Of views, which. il, is hinted,
contingency the Chief Justice may become
suddenly as prominent with the. delegates as
he is now id the newspapers and among the
The Pacific delegation, with its headquarters
at the Worth House, are pressing the name OF
Associate Justice Field for the Presidency and
Vice. Presidency pecialy the latter position;
but he has no political friends IN the East.
Among the other candidates for the second
John Quincy Adams, John 7. Hoffman, General
Frank Blair, Jr., Governor English, Governor
Parker, an Governor Swami.
The platform will be OF most positive char
acter. The delegates, with one accord, oppose
any planks of negative generalities. Among
other things it viii declare for general am
nesty, and vigorously denounce the present
Congressional reconstruction policy as the Oh
spring of "a military despotism," and without
warrant in the Law or the Constitution. But at
the same time the delegates speculate on the
electoral votes from certain Southern States,
which can only be secured by the fullest e2er-
else Of the universal suffrage provided origin
ally through the reconstruction laws For in
stance, the Democrats claim Georgia and Mis-
sissippi, and, since the local elections in that
State, even South Carolina. In each OF these
the reconstruction laws. how will the party
be able to repudiate it in one case and accept
the -ufsctieel result o. the reconstruction laws
in another? This is already troublesome
question.
The New York correspondent Of the National
IntelGgeucer speculates as follows:
OF the named candidates for the Presidential
nomination there are about twenty, but quite
two-thirds of these have been suggested by
solitary enthusiastic friend, with neither expec-
tation nor hope that his motion will ever re-
ceive o second: Mr. seymour Is generally re-
garded as out Of the contest; and, as settling
the question Of his probable candidacy, it may
be stated, that by common accord he is named
as the permanent presiding officer Of the Con-
yention. The only candidates mentioned thus
far among the delegates are: Pendleton, Han
cock, Chase, Hendricks; johnson, and Judge
Field. 1t is conceded that Peldleton
Will 20 into the Convention with
larger number of delegates than any of
those above named. Mr.. Pendleton's friends
claim that he will have. on first ballot
nearly or quite one hundred and fifty votes;
and that whether he shall afterwards receive
greater number than this or not, the Pendle..
ton men will nevertheless name the successful
candidate before the Convention; 80 that, as
suuing this proposition to be we'll founded,
the Pendeton must be the controlling element
in the coming Convention, whether Pendleton
be nominated or not. His opponents, however,
assert with great confidence that Pendleton
will never receive greater number of votes on
any ballot than he gets on the first. and that
after the first or second ballot his supporters
VIII scatter, some going for his competitor,
some for that, but no united votes going over
to any one candidate. Mr.. Chase has COM
paratively few supporters amongst the regular
politicians and manipulators, but he is quite
strong amongst the rank and file, the people,
and those who care nothing for position nor
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