Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-12
H!lniciS. Dickinson.
The SUI ,inod Interesting statement is taken
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The SUI 'inod Interesting statement is taken
from !ho NcH York World:
wv iii. group of lawyers 10 the Court
House Oh Saturday las. were discussing the sub
jcct OF 6tciiaalion ct cfice ard. tie so.cseG
dec oaion Of Mr.. Tlldcp. u Uoitad States
Disric. Attorney Samuel q. Courtney oined
the group. O!c Of TIC lawyers requested him
to relate tho circumstances VII ca led 10 the
reaIlv d'guf ID defamation By bis father 10 law,
| X-Uniird States Senator Daniel 8. Dickinson,
Of the ronina'!on to the Presidency in the
democratic convection of 1852. That was,
probsby,' begsn Mr. Courtney. 'oro of the
m2ss dranalj so2tes ever witnessed in pollti
cal corvoGlion. when Mr.. Dickinson felt bound
| 10 dec inc nouiiua.ion which a. that time was
tqpl7aleDt 10 ~ election. 10 this State durlog
that y,ar tt party was diri led, as it has been
r,c !utly. Tho State delegates represented both
Ia;tlcns Il ma lorl.y Ct them were 10 favor 81
the urnl!oat!on OF Governor Marcy, add tbs
minority were 10 favor trauy one to beat Marcy.
| At the mGctltg Of the delegation for c)nsulta-
tl)n, Governor Seymour propo sed that The vote
| Of tho S'etU should,ba G,st ss q uuit for tho
nou,lnai,u 81 Gov. Macy. Mr.. Dickinson
opposed Ills, ard Gov. Seymour did MT insist
on his ulOina so the delegates wsra left FREQ Ia
| vote As they Jaw H..
Tnry VI niiain thn c)Evonioo uapl, i ,ed. ~
i,S. MIR. Dieklcs,n tx ;ct dlrg!y desired tho
co,uipati0n of Gen. Cnss After several ballots
hsI been he'd wilhcua result. Mt Barbour, Of
| Virginia, III idcnIy proposed he namc Of tx
Senator Dickinson. aud i: was received with
such iutaot asor b. those upon the q ,or and
| in the galleries. lha. there was little doubt tho
| nomnaion would have commanded The nc g.
| ssry Two thirds Of the votos; but Mr. Dickinson
ar0sc, auI, "ish great imprtssivcucss Of man
DER aud digri'y Of statement, sGii that he had
c2mo there eaInastIy aud houOrably prepared
! TO support Ger. Cast; 10 fact, Was pledged TO
| INN, and u1dcr no clclnstatccs. therefore,
c}u!I ho allow Ills usmo to DO used uuil Gen.
Cass should rtlassl hin lram iil promise to
support him. This neral Cass, under adj
VIC, Of f!iends. declined by telegraph to do,
ind the !c.ult was, as y;u know, the
nomination VI Franklin plero, as c,m.
promise ir!m auorg outside candidates Blu!
tho SC: DC when MIR. Dickinson mldo his
snctch declining to allow The uso of his
nsue was. ~ have snid. highly. dramatic -
Ladies threw him bouquets from tao gallery,
delegates hufrahed and c'ustcicl around him,
and it was only p,ral'ced by tho fcoue | tlso
saw ia 1868. when Gov. Seymour WAS nominal.
ed AID d. cloed but had Reorganization forced
upon lin.
All This is true SIS far as it goes; hut thero Is
n little supplement to the chapter, which is
omitted IRON the Worlds narration.
Immediately after the occlrrenco reported
tblve, New York politician standing very near
10 Mr.. Dckirs>o repaired 10 Mr.. Barbour and
assured him ,ha. the dcclinaliou of Mr., Dckin
son meant nothing, eud requested Mr.. Barbour
to c)ntinuo to voc for him. siDco if he shoull
DO nominated, rs he doubtless would ba in a
short time, he would accent after all.
At this communication Mr.. Barbour bt .me
Indignant, and naughty and preemptcrilv re-
fused to bo party to any such sohome. lie lu-
sisted that MIR. Dickinson should be taken st
his word. llerco followed tho nomination tl
Franklin P,GIc3,-Ne,U IOrE Suu.