Butte record., 1856-10-25
Pennsylvania.

The wild and imaginative fancies OF the
Know Nothings, and sectional blindness and
depravity of the Republicans, have led them
to assert, if they do not believe, that the
Electoral vote Of Pennsylvania will be cast
in favor of Mr. Fremont, and against Mr..
Buchanan. Some Of the X. n. Press have
the hardhood 20 assert that the Old Key
stone State would return TO know-Nothing-
ism, like dog to his vomit." and cast her
vote for Millard Fillmore. These assertions
Of the opposition press, unsustained as they
are by any reliable data, should pass by the
Democracy Of California ''as the idle wind =
If doubts have been raised n the minds OF
any with regvrd to the reliability Of Penn
sylvania, a calm and fair consideration Of
the circumstances and influences which will
bear upon the result in that State, will ban
ish at once every reasonable doubt.
In the first place, it is conceded by all, ex-
cept the Know Nothing press of California,
that Fillmore party will not poll as many
votes in Pennsylvania as they did at the late
election in Maine If the Fillmore party in
Pennsylvania have an electoral ticket, the
press of Pennsylvania does not show it At
one time, in the campaign, there was a soli-
tary Journal in Pennsylvania, supporting
Mr.. Fillmore. 1t is highly probable that
this solitary organ has abandoned him and
gone over to the Republicans. If not, it is
hardly probable that single Journal, with
circulation of seventeen hundred, will be
enabled to carry the great State of Penn
sylvania. So much for Fillmore's chances
in the Old Keystone State.
The Black Republican party expect to be
able to carry the State for Fremont by tho
dclusive cry of free labor" They hope,
by comparing the labor of the Germans of
Pennsy ylvania, with that of the Slave of the
Southern States. to induce them to vote for
Fremont. Against the robability of their
doing so, however, there are several impor-
tant and weighty reasons. Pennsylvania.
for the first time, has furnished a democratic
candidate for the Office of Chief Magistracy
of the Union, and. were there no other con-
siderations in his favor, this alone should
induce the State to cast her vote for the
democratic nominee Itis an honor of which
any State might be proud But there are
other reasons which will tend to throw the
vote of the State for him. 1t is conceded by
the opposition press claiming the State for
Fremont, that, whichever way the Society
of Quakers cast their influence will the vote
of the State be given. The Know Nothings
secured this vote, when they elected their
Governor in 1854, but failed to retain it,
and were defeated at a subsequent election
This vote will be given for James Buchanan,
the purity of whose life is not excelled by
the rigid rules of the sturdy Quakers them
selves. They have exalted him time and
again, and will not now desert the man
they have so often honored and advanced
when they have the double opportunity of
showing their devotion to their country. and
elevating a citizen of their own State, whose
Life is without stain,'' to the Chief Mag
istracy of the Union. These are the causes
which will operate to give the vote of Penn
sylvania to Buchanan and the Union. Who
doubts il