Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-14
The state Elections.


To-day, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
speak their opinions Of this present admins
tration, and of its designated successors and
assigns The Cincinnati platform and its nomi.
nees are to-day discussed and passed upon, by
the people Of these three important States
They poll, in the aggregate, sixty-three cleo
toral votes in the Presidential election, and in
the pending contest especially they are impor-
tant. The Washington Union claims these as
Democratic, alias Cincinnati-pla States.
That press holds out the idea that Mr.. Buchan-
an will carry them on the 4th day of Novem-
Der. Our opinion is, and always has been,
that Mr.. Buchanan will be found in minority
in each of these States.
Before another issue of our daily sheet, all
these States will have been so far heard from
as to give clear indication for or against the
Cincinnati nominations, and therefore no pos
sible motive for now expressing an opinion
which we do not entertain, can be attributed
to US. Indeed, we have never, on any occasion,
seriously given an opinion in our paper which
was not the result Of our Judgment, nor shall
we ever do it We shall say what we believe,
or we shall preserve silence.
From the day Willard Fillmore was nomina-
ted down to this present moment, we have be.
lieved, and we get believe, he will be elected
Our confidence in this opinion increases with
every revolving sun. We have given our rea-
sons for this belief, and they need not now be
repeated. 1t is our purpose to-day simply to
kc al II
transpiring, and in doing so, it would be ride
ulous in any man TO impute to us want of
sincerity.
As to Pennsylvania, we have formed the
opinion, from numerous letters received from
what we esteem reliable sources, that the
" Union ticket" will succeed by very heavy
majory-by majority not of thousands
merely, but of tens of thousands. Such is our
present belief, and we rest this belief upon in
formation which we cannot for moment dis
credit. The vote may be smaller one than
would be given if the weather were notnnpro-
pitious to a general turnout of the people
We do not doubt that if four hundred thousand
votes should be polled, thu Union ticket would
prevail by $4,000 majority
We estimate the majority under all the haz-
ards, at from 10000 to 10000 votes-enough
to convince the whole country, North and
South, that Mr.. Buchanan cannot carry his
own State in November In the county Of
Lancaster, the residence of Mr.. Buchanan him
self, where in 1855 the present Canal Commits
sioner, was only beaten 202 votes, we feel con-
hdant fhara win ha n y,,a;or;t,v oc g.. q non ~
1000 votes for the Union ticket Mark the
predction-Mr Buchanan's oiOa county will
show a loss to his party, of two or three
thousand votes We look for gains in every
county in Pennsylvania upon the vote for
Nicholson in 1865, when Plumer, Oemocrat)
beat him IL $3.50 votes.
We Of course know, for we have partially
exposed the frauds and rascality by which the
leaders Of the sham Democracy expect to carry
Pennsylvania. We are aware that more than
half a million Of dollars have been collected in
the various cities and carried Into Pennsylya-
mia, to corrupt the leaders Of the American
party and Of the Republican party, and other
wise promote the success of the Buchanan
ticket
We are aware that nearly 5000 foreigners
have been naturalized in Philadelphia within
the last few weeks, thousands OF men
from the adjacent States have been hired to 20
into Pennsylvania and vote,---that bands of
ruffisns from New York are imported there to
alarm and intmidste the Americans, that this
administration and its friends have sent on
men from this city TO vote there te-day,--and,
in fine, that every description Of means, posi-
bic to be used, have been adopted to carry
Peunsylvania to-day for the Buchanan ticket
All these things We know, for, as we have
hereinbefore stated, we have exposed these eff
forts through our press, and we are happy in
being able to say, that we have numerous let
eers from prominent members Of the American
party IN that State, responding to our commu
nications on this subject, and assuring us that