The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-07-28
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following calculation OF CUalCeS loI tH6 pres
idential election of 1886. The southern
states condemn sectionalism IN the free
states, but here seems to be no disguise in
sectionalizing the south. They array the 100
votes of the slave states in one compact bo-
dy, not doubling their sectional fealty, and
make bid for % more, just to settle the
question. Who accepts Z? The following is
the calculation Of the Examiner -
How, then, does the case stand in calcu
lating what is necessary to be done to carry
that election? The following statement
shows the votes Of the several states in the
electoral college which will choose the next
president:
Southern States-Arkansas d. Missouri 9,
Florida 3, S. Carolina 8, Delaware 3, Fir-
ginia Is, Maryland 8, N. Carolina 10, Geor
gia 10, Alabama 8, Mississippi z, Louisiana
6, Texas 4, Tennessee IL, Kentucky l2.--
Total l20.
Northern States.-Iowa 8, Maine 8, Yer
mont s. California 4, Pennsylvania 27, Ohio
%, Indiana l3, Michigan 6, Illinois IL, N
Jersey z, Wisconsin 5. N York 36, Massa
chuSetts l3, N. Hampshire 5, Connecticut 6,
Rhode Island 4.-Total l76.
Here are one hundred and twenty votes
sure TO be cast against the Fusion, in behalf
of the Democracy. How many Of the one
hundred and seventy-six northern votes can
we safely calculate upon carrying in aid of
this one hundred and twenty? That is the
great queston--the question of questions.
The following states would be enough to tie
the vote, viz California 4, Illinois !, Indi-
ana l3-Total 49, This would leave the
Fusion one hundred and forty eight and give
the Democracy one hundred and forty-eight.
Our chance for victory would then lie in
gaining another state among all the remain
.1o.,
late on Indiana the possibilities authorize
Michigan in its place. If we should lose
these states, still our chances for New Jer.
sey and Maine are not desperate, 10 say no.
thing of Connecticut
1t is plain that the Democracy must carry
all the south, together with California and
and Illinois, in order to render their success
even possible; and that their chances o
victory depend, after that. upon carrying
either Indiana, or else the three states Of N
Hampshire, Iowa and Michigan or N. Jer
sey and Connecticut; or else Connecticu
and Maine; or else as many of the six state:
last mentioned as will make up IA votes
IN short, conceding the whole south, and II
linois and California to the Democracy, they
must carry Id additional electoral votes ou
of the whole array of the other northern
states, to gain the day. Pennsylvania alone
united to the south and California, will in
sure the victory.
The new Custom House at New Orleans
has already cost over three millions of dol
lars and is by no means finished. 1t is sai(
to be settling in the soft muddy soil upol
which it is built. The granite blocks o
which it is built were from Quincy, Mass.
A new diamond found by negYess in Bra
zi, and called the (" Star of the South ha
reached England and is producing a sensa
tion. 1t weighs 254a carats, and will prob
ably lose half its weight in cutting. Th'
Koh-i-noor, now it is finally cut weighs IL
carats.
Hon Salmon P. Chaseis to be the orato
at the Commencement exercises of Dart
mouth College next week.
sh;x, anal ;c tallrnd oc ho4.x-oo., L L.