We presume the Democrats will enter the canvass with two candidates.
The New York Times, June 18, 1860.
The Democrats renew their attempt to nominate a Presidential candidate to-day, at Baltimore. Everything at present indicates a stormy session. The Douglas men are apparently desperate, and inclined to resort to desperate measures for the accomplishment of their object. They proclaim their determination to nominate Mr. DOUGLAS by a two-thirds vote, if the new delegates from the South are admitted, and by a majority resolution, if not. But it is by no means certain that they will command even a majority of the Convention. The most of them are so thoroughly committed that they cannot, with any regard for their personal position, assent to the nomination of any other candidate; but this is not true of all. The delegation from this State, we are inclined to think, will be much less obstinate in their adhesion to the fortunes of Mr. DOUGLAS. They would unquestionably prefer him as the candidate, but for the conviction, which is general, that he could not command the support of the Southern States. But they will not sacrifice the chances of success to their preference.
We still believe that an attempt will be made by a portion of the New-York delegation to induce the South to present Judge NELSON,—and that if this succeeds he will be accepted by the Northern wing of the party. The North will probably not bring him forward, from a conviction that the selection of the candidate must be left substantially to the South. Unless the temper of the Southern delegates has changed materially since the Charleston Convention, this project does not seem very likely to succeed. They will demand a candidate whose position on the Slavery question is more conspicuously defined than Judge NELSON’s, or else they will insist upon the adoption of a platform, which would prove a serious obstacle to his success before the people. With a united party and a rational platform, Judge NELSON would certainly be a formidable candidate. Unless this project should succeed, we see no chance of union at Baltimore, and presume the Democrats will enter the canvass with two candidates.