The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-04
The Great Battle.


In every State Of the Union, except South
Carolina, the American people vote this day for
President and Vice President of the United
States. In South Carolina, where the State Lee
gislature does the work, the people are saved the
trouble OF voting for the electors of a President
and Vice President, We have made cur tele-
graphic arrangements, and IN the HERALD OF to-
morrow morning We expect 10 announce the de-
finite general result, in the success or defeat Of
Buchanan.
The returns from Pennsylvania, which will
reach us tonight, will probably settle the ques-
lion. Within the last two or three days the
prospects of the union ticket there have so ma
terially improved as to render it not only pos
sible but very probable, that it will carry the
State. The electors Of the outside Fillmore
ticket have withdrawn, thus leaving clear fight
between the union ticket and the Buchanan
ticket 1t was this outside Fillmore ticket that
rendered the case, in our estimation, utterly
hopeless to the opposition IS long as this ticket
remained in the field. With its removal, all that
the opposition have to do is TO effect a change OF
less than two thousand votes in an aggregate of
some four hundred and fifty thousand, to carry
the State; and this change viii very likely be
effected in the single county of Lancaster.
The usual opposition majority in that county
is five thousand. In the late October election
it was twenty-five hundred. The lees was
the Fillmore vote, which was thrown upon
the democratic State ticket with the view
OF weakening Fremont in the North, 80 as
he +;al al IN
gress. Now, these Fillmore Americans have dis
covered that they can have no hope Of carrying
the election to the House without defeating Blu
chanan in Pennsy lvania; and We are accordingly
assured that Lancaster county this day will roll
mp her old solid opposition majority Of five
thousand.
In addition to this, we are assured that there
are several thousand Fillmore men in Phiadel-
phia who will also wheel into line, and SO, more
or less throughout all the Eastern counties, where
the democrats turned up such unexpected una
jorities in October. In the northern and western
counties ON the other hand, where the popularity
Of Fremont did go much in October, it is natural
enough to suppose that it will do still better in
November when the man himself stands at the
head of the ticket Of bis party. Again: the demo-
cratic importations of October from New York
and New Jersey into Philadelphia and other
places in Pennsylvania, viii be cut OF in this
fight; for they win BE- wanted at home. Aud yet
again: there is large reserved corps of the good
old Quakers and other quiet religious people, who
will contribute to augment the opposition vote in
be keystone State to-day.
If anything more were required TO show that
he game OF the democracy in Pennsylvania is the
desperate game of life and death, we have the
proof in the arrest, yesterday Of Theodore De-
ringer, Deputy Clerk OF the Philadelphia Court
OF Quarter Sessions for the emission by whole
ale Of fraudulent naturalization papers. Surely
not even Forney or bis unscrupulous gang Of
democratic pipelayeys would resort 10 this despe-
rate game OF fraud and forgery if they considered
the state perfectly secure The extent OF their
alarm may b. measured Ivy these infamous tricks
and devices, in which they have been detected.
The result, however, viii be an increased oppo-
sition vigilance at the polls in Philadelphia city
and county to-day, and we shall be glad ii the
operations OF Forney 4 20. result in nothing
worse tlaa the exclusion from the ballot boxes OF
such OF the newly manufactured democratic vo-
tiers as are known 10 come forward upon bogus
naturalization papers.
Thus much for Pepnsylvania-the Malakol OF
the siege. We have any quantity Of evidence OF
a similar character In reference 20 Indiana New
York, the New England States, and the great
West, excepting Indiana. are by the enemy
conceded TO Fremont Let the opposition how
ever, carry Pennsylvania. and then we may ri Q
10 Mr. buchanan the vote Of every Southern STAT
and he wiz still need fwcnty-niue electoral votc-
to elect him. Give him. therefore. io addition to
every Southern State. Indiana. A.; New jersey
.; and California, 4. and be may still be heater
Should Fillmore carry Southern state or two.
the case will be still worse for the democracy
At al events. from the present appearance o.
things in Pennsylvania, the prospects Of the de-
feat Of Buchanan have never looked brighter
since the Maine election. q
RAN OR SHNE.-Tbe question Of the next Pre-