Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-06

i The Democrats could not prevent Nh election
by the House, as the sham Democratic orators
suppose. They can at the most control eleUea
States Ia the House.
There are thirty-one States, leaving ttoenty
others besides those in the hands Of the De
mocracy. Sixteen States being a majority, can
elect the President in the House. OF these the
Republicans have thirteen noW, and they mag
have fourteen, and the Democrats only ten
when the elections in the vacant districts in
Illinois shall have transpired But if the thir-
teen Republican States shall be added to the
four Fillmore States, TO wit Delaware, Mary
land, Kentucky, and Missouri, the election will
be made by one more than the requisite mum
ber Now, the question here arises, which we
have repeatedly discussed before, would not
the Republican States cast their votes for Fill
more as "a choice Of eUils ~ Would they
permit Breckenridge to becom the President,
and the present dynasty to be perpetuated or
would they break down this dynasty, when
the opportunity should be thus presenteds
In order that our readers may see and salts
fy themselves Of the correctness of our classifi-
cation Of the States, as now represented in the
House Of Representatives, we name the follow
ing as Republican States in the present Con-
gress, to wit: Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connect
cut New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin
The following are Democratic, to wit Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi,
California, Arkansas and Hlinois--11
The following are for Fillmore in the House,
to wit Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and
Missouri.
The following are divided and would cast
blanks, to wit: Tennessee, Texas, and Iowa--3.
Tennessee has five Fillmore and five Bucha-
nan Representatives.
Texas has one Fillmore and one Buchanan
Representative.
Iowa has one American Republican and one
Democratic Representative.
Should the vacant districts in Illinois both
be filed by Republicans, then there would be
fourteen Republican, and but ten Democratic
votes cast in the House. 1t is evident then,
LLlaL H6lLHcT rT6IuOIlL HOT DuCIaHan Can pOSSl-
bly, get majority of States in the House.
The Senate would doubtless elect Breckenridge
Vice President, and the responsibility would
then rest upon the Republicans, Of perpetual
ting this dynasty or electiag Fillmore
There is no contingency, SO far as we can
Judge, in which either Fremont or Buchanan
could get sixteen States in the House No
man can imagine, or for moment credit the
idea, that either one Of the four Fillmore
States would vote for Fremont, and it is equal
ly certain they would not vote for Buchanan,
when, as "a choice of evils" on their part,
they would rather permit the accession Of
Breckenridge to the Presidency, by the action
of the Senate and the operation Of the consti-
tuition.
On these bases, we long ago declared it as
our conviction, that should the election of Pres
ident1be deyolved upon the House, the contest
must end in the election Of Willard Fillmore.
But we feel confident the election will be deci-
ded by the people in the electoral colleges, and
that, by the direct suffrages of the conserva-
tive masses, the same happy result will be ac-
complished, and that the fourth day Of March
1867, will witness a universal jubilee of the
American people.