The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-17 00:00:00

AMERICA.

E PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA

t,,)the
se,?Yal mail steam-ship Arabia, Stone, commander,
gtßea the Mersey on Saturday at midnight. She sailed
itii" e,,eton on 'the :sth, '!ancll Halifax, N. 8., on the
Oringing the usual weekly mails from the United
4lttsieZatlada, and the lower provinces of British North
arnsship Asia arrived at New York on the 31st,
13age of thirteen days ; and the Canadian scre.w-
-iIZ,
;Met tiwna reported at Quebec on the 3rd inst., having
screw-
ed 'sense in twelve days thus fully sustaining the high
eter Which • eacthis of ocean mail steamers have so
Mai n% a, and of which both owners, builders, and
0141 nay!, so much reason to be proud of. The t.ere
▪ djezhnburgh, after a boisterous passage of sixteen
Tai 711 J-which she encountered strong westerly gales,
a .(I,_ew York on the 31st ult.
tt"jht --„,..!ua brought sixty-four7passengers,"and specie on
kn•ta7u:innting to 758,936 dollars.
4,lSfs arrival we have a week's later news. The chief
qltZethg that which related to the Presidential
4'l te•tos The voting took place on the 4th, the
,411,,,e the Arabia miled but at that time the
;41 s'''ena the various states had not been sufficiently full
was tieettrate, to say with any degree of confidence who
I)esle victorious candidate. According to the Boston
1• kik„ t the sth, the votes taken in the following states—
?lhd) gew .Hampahire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
I,l4o,ennecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan Town, and
• s,",tin, had all voted for Fremont; giving him in all,
'atereB. The states Delaware, North Carolina, South
ienhtt, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, L. ouisana, Arkan-
ve,te'4.lesaee, Kentucky, Missouri, Florida, and Texas,
ithee" "Pfort to Mr. Buchanan ; the number of votF3
ttStt, states being 112. Returns from the following six
1,14191E0,41 not been received—New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
whquolndiana,llllinois,l_and California, having 70 votes.
tce% number of;;vetes was 296, of which 149 were
trlotieirttoe a choice. . According to the 13Jston papers, all
tviOyoivr Mont required to secure his election, was 35 out
gless ;es? which were put down as doubtful. From these
014,4 Will be perceived that both parties were pretty
fo`,._°f success. The Atlantic, which was to leave
tonal p-„r,4 on the Bth, will, in all probabili:y, bring the
es of all the states,California excepted. Alluding
-regeing returns, the' Boston Advertiser remarks :
;t:taee,,4lllts of the election yesterday, so far as we have
ttil!ntrett°_,ern? give us much cause for gratulation. Sof-
ed to urns from the whole country have not beeen
.re-
t'e is President answer, witk certainty, the question?
trted, and the probabilities remain poised
ti7lted e:setne as before. But the reports which we have
Osestt've us good ground for encouragement to cherish
tkrlsiii4 Which we have formerly entertained. A few
~ ON, decide the issue of the contest. While the genes
e %Undetermined, there are many special results
tat"„nt,be contemplated with the greatest satisfaction.
),900 g,otate has done her duty nobly. Fremont has
5,414 e. plurality in Massachusetts. He has- 10,000 in
t;l1t.'4!?000 in New Hampshire ; 25,000 in Ver.
?s,-'asetrO9 in Rhode Island (well done!) ; and 6,000 in
tins 'eht• We think that Fremont has prevailed in
York
11c for„,,„l,and we do not give up Pennsylvania. We have
it„ked°,""en how the 12,000 democratic majority,'
Is" tea -11 the morning after the State election, dwindled
Ihseth Weeks to 2,000. The returns are too incomplete
ph,the:lise any justinference from them, either way.
:
eregard Boston, Massachusetts, or New Dug-
°R,e election yesterday resulted in an overwhelming
1041 victory. It is certain that the six New England
4ve concurred in giving their 41 electoral votes to
tlttli!all,t, and Dayton, and this by very large majorities.
th-°rY is due to the honesty of the cause. It is evi-
ls; !tee" the genuine Fremont feeling in Massachusetts
Likk more intense than has been supposed
,by many
ht,' In the only two districts in which the people's
supporters of Fremont without distiuction of
illtitmee'lltured to nominate separate candidates of their own
4a. -"tress, these candidates have been triumphantly
ItZl:l°,..ver the present incumbents belonging to the Ames
LI. In the nine other districts the whole Fremont
►ajttisti7e..been generously and. successfully united to return
, he'd niembers. The independent state ticket (headed
name of Josiah Quincy, senior, for governor),
teektilt ql,enPported in some of the western counties by. the
tot, td:4‘remont in opposition to the Fremont American
S4ll:eiVed 'a:tremendous vote, compared with others
tthtleesible localities. In short, the Fremont phalanx in
INlttV'eLts has proved itself to possess an impregnable
_,Ptsint".,, We believe it has always been !conceded, the
gpette 'ear inclusive, that the strength of the old whig
t4ed in the city of Boston. Here has been con-
neipal part of the late whig campaign. With
NS° elifie" tne 13owhig orators have addressed Boston
)110
of jtidgee., • the Fremont. Temple and Faneuil Hell,
r145.1304t0•_'• from the following figures showing the whig
%44 Governor
for four years
1i144166'it Warshor Washburn's vote in Boston was —7.730
4 196
h'B6e' *'' - •
2,551
144 j kr valley's
t a to, •Bell's
Der Say? there has been a falling off of nearly
t'
--vtit lVti
lent. annually for three years past. Yet,
kik
014 polio, Urge this as indicating that the
iatoschperh" °I the party has been injudicious, we
Ckip;olll.-Pti be thought cruel. We leave the figures,
fhvii;tiseiljwithout comment, simply subjoining
_another
re 041 f 0 t•
he the benefit of that class of politicians who
tlest.etne4o of insisting on the absurd proposition that
Ilevp r."vement is only the old free-soil party
44 the fa„has :
,1847 the ;ee'ectil party threw in Boston,".. 371 votes.
pelt the ePublican 2 Ol7
tp, e Pe • •
Oka,. e the emont
,to ganie
Fiitd44 8° that party, it has certainly grown out of all
e the jd . we may be pardoned for bailie. to
tittkobearididat entity. Mr. Fillmore has proved to be the
't part 9 even in Boston." The organs of the
1141 es 4" p Y New York were most furious against the
dhi,,irotil,retensions of Mr. Buchanan. The New York
tr, ur.
e 'll4l em'gard his election as being fertile in evils of
kstlll4l-1,1) ttadarlitude to the peace and welfare of the
Sla,,,org Kansas slave territory and a slave State,
fqt'ercii Power Y " a legal institution, and a source of
litkity
ti ?g
thoever all the territories of the United States.
sia‘,o senle p.aper, Mr. Buchanan's election would
tavomeaero Power in the possession and control of the
tits paonlent7stimulate the slave interest to new
re cluing and more dago

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