The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-02-02
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

PRosP sPEcTIvE.--The editor of the Toledo
Blade, writing from Washington of the fail
ure to elect speaker says In this length
ened strife we have type of what will prob
ably take place next December should the
choice of president devolve on the house.
1t is the present house that chooses. An
inquiry into the composition of the present
house is therefore an interesting one. 1t re-
quires majority of the states, each casting
one vote, to elect. The following thirteen
states will cast their votes for the republican
candidate, viz: Maine. N. Hampshire, Yer
mont, r. Island. Massachusetts,, ConneCti-
cut, n. York, N. Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio.
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, l3. The
following eleven states will vote for the can
lidate of the democracy, viz: Virginia. N.
& S. Carolina G ,Orgia, Alabama, M ssissippi,
Texas. Arkansas, California Louisiana and
Florida. The delegations of five states, Ma
ryland Kentucky, d 'Iaware, Missouri and
Tennessee, are controlled by prO-sIavery X.
Ms. Illinois and Iowa are tied. The chan
ces are that the vacancy occasiOned lin the
house delegation from Illinois by the election
OF Judg. Trumbull to the o. S. senate, will
BE- filled by republican, thus giving us that
state. So are the chances that the seat of
Hall of Iowa, now contested by Clark, will
be adjudged to the latter. But give one of
these states to each of the great parties, and
the house will stand thus: Republicans II ::
Slave Democracy l2; Slave X Ms 5.
The senate chooses the vice president from
the two highest candidates returned, in case
Ofa failure Of the electoral colleges to choose
The senate, as now constituted, would in
Stantly select the democratic candidate. In
case Of thr entire failure of the house to
choose a president from the three highest
candidates the vice president becomes pres
ident. Hence new incentive to Il choice
on the part of the house. Should the South
Americans, therefore, BE- wise enough to run
such man as John Bell. some man of mod
Grafton and of Acknowledged personal fitness.
| it may be that, tired, wearipd, exhausted
and more averse to the democratic candidate
than to him, the republicans might, as a
choice of evils, consent to the elevation TO
| the presidency of a man who has the fewest
votes in The electoral colleges.
These facts speak rumpet-tongued to the
republicans throughout the land. Division
and discOrd are sure to result in the elevation
of democratic vice president, and probably
in the ultimate election of both president
and vice president of that stamp. We must
unite cordially everywhere, and run but one
candidate against the democratic nominee in
all the states we hope to carry A trangu-
lar contest in any one large state will prob
ably throw the choice into the house, where
lhe best result we can nationally expect is q
southern K. n president and democratic
vice president, both entirely pro-slavcry.-
But if we shall run one ticket and one only
against the sef-styled democracy, compelled
as they are to adopt and are now adopting
everywhere, the unqualified pro-slavery plat
form. we shall probably succeed in popu
{ lar election.
ANNEXATION TO KANsAs.-A memorial i