Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-08-20
The Prospects,

The smoke of the guns of the bat
talions first in action in the campaign of
1886, has cleared away, and we can
now mark The positions of the opposing
forces, and calculate the probable result.
1t is certain that the Republicans have
carried Iowa by from six to eight thou
sand majority. 1t is also certain that
Curtis, the Republican candidate for
Congress, whose election was considered
doubtful. is elected by a handsome ma
jority. In 1854, when the Kansas ques-
ton was made the issue, the Democrats
were beaten in Iowa by 4,50O. In 1856,
they carried everything. Now they are
beaten by the largest majority the State
ever gave. The election turned upon
the single issue of Slavery or Freedom
in the Territories. Iowa gave the small
est majority Of any of the North Western
States in 1854, and if she has done thus
nobly, what will the others do, every
one of which was strongly anti Nebraska
in 1854.
Before this election in Iowa, there
were only five of the Free States which
could be considered doubtful, all the
others being certain for Fremont. Those
were Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indi,
ana, Iowa, and Connecticut. Iowa has
spoken, and now What are the prospects
With the others?
The first and most important is Penn
sylvania. In that State, greater, more
rapid changes have been, and are still
being made in favor of freedom, than in
any State of this Union. Along the bor-
der of Ohio the work is complete, and
in the center, in the reighborhood of his
OWN home, Mr.. Buchanan has lost
ground more rapidly than any man in a
similar position, since the Union was
formed. There are three causes for this.
First, is the pr~o-slavery position of the
patty, second, in Pennsylvania there is
an irreconcileable feud in the Democratic
party ; and some of the most influential
men of that party, are opposed to Mr..
Buchanan, and openly in favor of FIRE.
mont. Among these are such men as
David Wilmot, Simeon Cameron, and
others. If Mr. Buchanan had the vote
Of The whole of the old Democratic PAL
ty, he would be sure Of Pennsylvania,
but that he cannot have. 1t is the Dem
ocrats, true Democrats, who will defeat
hin. The third cause of Mr.. Buchan-
ans defeat will be, that he was always
known at home, and distinguished as a
Fedelalist. That is fact of far more
importance in Pennsylvania, than it
would be in any other State, it being
the slowest of all the States, to move
politically.
In Connecticut the Republicans and
Americans have united on one Electoral
Ticket, which settles the question there
for Fremont.
In Indiana, if anything more was
needed than the result in Iowa, to fore.
shadow that in Indiana, the unmistakea-
bic enthusiasm which ~pervades the ranks
of-tAe Republicans, the gains constantly
being made from the Slave party, is
enough to ensure it for freedom.
Of New Jersey we do not know
enough to more than conjecture, and we
leave that in doubt.
One hundred and forty-nine electoral
votes are necessary to elect. The Free
States give III. Unless Mr.. Buchanan
gets 80 of these, he cannot be elected,
ever if he gets every one of the Slave
States, which it is probable he will do,