The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-25
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| Indian Outrages.
| ST.. PAuL's, MIMI, June M.-The Indian out
RACES near Forts Totten and Benbow continue
The reported murder Of two mail carriers Is
| confirmed. sa
POLITICAL.
! spEcuLAT1oNs AS TO THE CHOICE OF THE NATION
AL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The shrewd and agile little sheet, the Wash
ington Star, thus speculates upon the probable
action of the New York Convention:
rho championship for. different leading can
didates has already reached point Oh acrlmo-
nv That indicates that the whole string Will be
sacrificed as political necessity, anu SONG
new man brought forward. The cooler aud
more astute spirits of the party, who Ego in to
| VIM regardless of men, are already preparing
| to fling aside the conflicting crowd of asplrants
| with as little remorse as they would drown q
litter Of inconvenient kittens
Judge Chase will be thrown over because 80
many prominent Democratic journals have
committed themselves positively against him
t;thas it ia certain his nomination will slough Of
more Democratic votes than it will gain from
the Republican party. He must sit on the snx-
ious bench little longer, thoy say. Mr.. PEN
tlleton will be rejected because he ls identified
with a financial dogma which the most sohd
and influential sdyisers;of the Democracy re-
| gard as unsound, impoliic and dangerous.
Governor SEYMOUR, because the mighty and
enthusiastic throng Of positive Democrats who
follow MIR. Pendleton regard him as the chief
I Obstacle in tho way of their success, and are
resolved TO punish him accordingly. McClel-
| Ian is not considered worth naming in the
race, from the fact that he was badly beaten
in 1864 by Lincoln; and of-au things, the
Democracy dislike candidate having the
l.fayor with the peace Democracy OF the West,
and the cry is raised, doubtless without founda-
ton, that the Catholics would not support
| him. Many, however, favor putting him se-
cond on the ticket as good card to draw such
| of the ssboys in blue as are OF Democratic
| leanings. John 7. Hoffman is considered too
young, Judge Nelson too old, and there Is
| far trotted out, with the exception, perhaps, OF
Senator Hendricks, upon whom the available
candidate men seem Just now somewhat in
clined to rally. MIR. Hendricks has been
lucky enough, or ssgacious enough, mot to
mako any bad mistakes in his somewhat
lengthy political career; such % would Serious
" compromise him with any wing OF hi5 party.
He has always been, held a. sound party man,
but uniformly voted the appropriations neces.
sary to carry on. the war. From his general
political record he stands well with the peace
men;au the fact.of having voted war sup
plies would give him q Lift with the war Demo-
Gratis. Hendricks, to-day, seems to stand the
er of; Democratic candidates, it may be that
bis neck, too, will reach the chopping block be-
fore the Convention meets. ~, ,rs9-
A REruBIlcAN ESTIMATE OF THE CHANCES OF 1HE
.sEyEBAL CANDIDATES. st:9ss-els
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times writes:2 75al - :t';' s.S
The Democratic nomination OF the New York
Convention Is. OF; course, tie CHEZ: theme OF
conversation; You scarce turn o corner, but
yoti gro met with the query: sNVho do you
think will be nominated at New York;, Since
the leading Democratic organs have abandon;
ed the Chase movement as impractil abls and
be has been taken up so vigorously by the New
York Herald, his prominence as candidate
has been rapidly waning, until now there is no
one watching events carefully who believes ne
has the slightest chance. Hancook's friends
regard hIs prospects as improved by the cur
rent which sets against Chase, and he ID per-
sonally said to be sauguine OF the nomination.
Somc OF his admirers have printed and circu-
lated half million copies OF brief sl1-page
tract. giving a condensed history of his militia
nv care. r. which reads like one continuous bat
tie forgetting, evidently, that that is the very
worst kind of literature and argument TO WIN
support from the mass Of the Copperhead De-
mocracy. -, ser -.
AS to Pendleton this much is conceded-that
he will in all probability have majority Of the
yenIon-andif il not able to nominate HIM
self will be abunaantly able to dictate the NOM
inntion, In this case, which is now looked up
on as the most likely thing to occur, Senator
Hendricks, of Indiana, will unquestonably
loom up suddenly and prominently as the
second choice OF the Pendleton men. They will
not allow the nomination to 90 east Of the
Ohio 30 long as they have as good material as
Hendricks. He has not a national reputation,
but that don't hurt him with the Democracy.
While his record as q Democrat is perfectly
consistent, he has been very shrewd in keep
ing clear of any offensive identification wltn =
| the Copperhead creed. In the Senate he is
noted as q very fair opponent, a thorough gen,
| tlenan in his department, and as man oil
| good ability. He would do great deal better
| tSan Frank Pierce or even Polk, and has about
as many negative qualities as any candidate
named except Hancock. Lately he has been
very careful-of his Senatorial record, as If with
| an eve to the nomination. The Democratic
party may go further and fare worse.
.AB,D FROM CHASE FOB SOUTHERN SUPPORT.
a Washington (June 21) dispatch to the New
York Herald says:
It is understood that Chief Justice Chase, in
| conversation with several distine uished geh.
ktlemen, expressed himself in favor OF the with
drawal Of the troops from the South at the
earliest moment, and was very earnest in the
expression of his opinion that this should be
done before the elections, in order that the
pee pie might have an opportunity to give ex.
PRECISION to their opinions through the ballot
box, unawed by the presence OF the military.
He also announced his opposition to tho IRON
clad" oath, so-called, on account OF it's strictly
partisan nature. He. thought tha oath which
has always answered the purposes OF the gov
erpment, TINT is to support the Constitution
and the law, was sufficient both in Congress
and out.
GENERAL FORREST AS A DELEGATE TO THE NEW
YORK iooNyENT1oN-HIs VIEWS OF SOUTHERN
POLICY.
A Memphis correspondent of the Louisville
journal writes
81 didn't want to 20 to the National Demo
| cratic Convention" said Forrest. In fact, II
did not cross my mind until it was urged on ME
by some of the most prominent citizens and
politicians in Tennessee. l thought at the
start that il would be imprudent TO send me
but they argued differently, and when at last
| gave my consent, did not feel at liberty to re-
tire and leave my friends to hold the bag. Two
or three times, in the State Convention, while
| they were debating the question, had half
! mind to draw out, and failed to do so because
! consider that when man has put himself II
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