The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-04
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
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The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun writes;
From letters received in this city from prom
inent Radical politicians in the South, and
from statements made by such men as Haux-
hurst and Hunnicutt, OF Virginia, there seems
to be much dissatisfaction with the action OF
the republican executive committee in fixing
80 early date as May Goth, for the meeting OF
the republican nominating convention. A ma
jority Of the Southern Radicals oppose the
nomination OF General Grant, and urge the
claims Of Chief Justice Chase, and they argue
that the action of the republican executive
committee was for the purpose of securing
Grants nomination; for it is scarcely probable
that the Southern States will be admitted to
representation in Congress before May, and
without such representation they will be de-
prived of any voice in the nominating conven-
ton, for, under the rule adopted, no delegates
are to be admitted except such as come from
States that are represented in Congress.
This question has been exercising the minds
of Radical politicians in and out OF Congress
for some tlme and they are at a loss to know
how to acs. The Southern Radicals demand as
O nominee man whose views are positively
platform of universal negro suffrage. General
Grant, they say, does not do this, and Chief
Justice Chase does. The Conservative Re
publicans will, of course, support Grant, but 1t
seems evident that the Northern Radicals will
strike hands with their brethren OF the South,
and demand q nominee who ls committed to
negro suffrage. The programme to be pur-
sued is, therefore, beginning to be developed,
and the Radicals will play their cards in such
way as will best tend to throw the Presidential
election in the House OF Representatives,
where the vote will, under the constitution, be
taken by States, and where, they claim, MIR.
Chase will secure majority.
The plan to be pursued seems TO be to allow
The Chicago Convention to assemble and
nominate Grantp Before the election comes
of the Southern States will be admitted to re-
presentation in Congress-all Afrioanlzed-
for the Radicals argue that, when the question
of the admission of the States is presented,
the conservative Republicans will be compelled
to come to the assistance OF the Radicals TO
assist in securing their admission. Once re-
cognized on the floor of Congress, the States
now excluded will be entitled TO voices i'll the
electoral college. With all the States admitted,
there will be 317 electoral votes, and it re-
quires, under the constitution, a majority OF
the whole number Of electors to elect Pre- ST.
dent This majority will be 159.
Should the Chicago Convention nominate
Grant, the Radicals propose afterwards to meet
in convention and nominate Chase. This would
split up the Republican party, and there would
be slight hope Of an election by the people, tor,
as it is understood, it seems to be part OF the
Radical plan to run Chase electoral ticket only
in the Africanized Southern States, while they
would leave Grant to fight it out with the Dem,
ocratic nominee in the Nor'h. Missouri and
Tennessee are already Africsnized and COM
mitted to the Radical interest, and with the
other Southern States Except Maryland, Ken
lucky and Delaware) under negro domination,
Chase would secure ninety one electoral votes.
If the recent elections mean anything, Connec-
ticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ken
tucky, Indiana, Wisconsin and California, with
sixty votes. may be counted upon for the Dem.
ocratic nominee. To this list must be added
| Pennsylvania, with her tWenty-six electoral