The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-05
mr.. FILLMoREs HOPES AND CHANCES.


Mr. Fillmores home organ the Buffalo Commercial Ad-
yerSe has put forth series Of SpeeulatOns and predc
tons in regard the probable strength Of the presidential
candidates. which absurd and prepostcrous that
insert them for the Of readers The object
OF the Advertiser is too apparent to impose upon any but
those who wish to be deceived or deceive others II
would inspire the South Americans with courage by mag
niug and exaggeradng Mr. Fllmores northern strength
but II has Dragged too loudly Whilst its specuations
the comparative strength of the candidates in the
toral colleges viii excite laughter its real hope to the
Of Mr. Fillmore in the House Of Representatives
will excite any but feelings Of mrth Considering the po-
ston OF the Advertiser and remembering that Mr. Fill
has just reached his home justified in infer
ring that the article quote is authoritative expo
son of his hopes 10 election Mr.. Fillmore then,
deems il improbable that the House Of
the same which elected Mr.. Banks Speaker-wl have to
elect the President and in that event. he has hopes OF sue
lie abandons all hope of being elected by the peo-
pie He declares that election of Fremont by the peo-
pie would lead a dissolution of the Union To avoid 30
direful calamity, Mr. Fillmore proposes to throw the
election into the House. where he his only prospect of
success. We are very the people will find much
more satisfactory mode of avoiding the catastrophe than
by riskng an election in the House But effect our
purpose when We call attention to the article:
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
THE PROSPECT.
The presidential programme compleeunless the
anomalous position of Commodore Stockton yet in the
field as the candidate of handful Of discontinued Amer
cans is TO far modified to work slight change in
the order Of proceedngand it not be inappropriate
for us to take survey Of the ground and present the fruit
of our observations. II the custom formerly to
defer all presidential estimates until after the August
elections for the that they supposed, and
not unreasonably, TO indicate with some precision
the course of the popular current Several important
States used hold their elections in that month"; and
as three or four of them regarded as debatable
ground the result inspired side with additional con
dence and produced corresponding depression in the
other II will be within the recollection OF many Of
readers that our great victories achieved in August in the
States OF Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina in 1910
gave such impetus TO the wing virtually TO deter
mine the grand battle in November But the time of hold
ing elections in those States has been changed and
we have only Missouri to look TO likely to furnish
criterion for Judge OF the popularity of the several
candidates until September when may expect to hear
something important from Maine. Alabama and two
three other southern States hold their elections in August
but they are 50 hopeessly Democratic that quite
willing concede them to Mr. Buchanan in this early
stage of the In Missouri cpate Amer
can triumph and the which rely upon give us
victory there in August will be quite operative in No
vember So il carry Missouri at the State election we
are sure of it for President As to the several States the
only safe mode of predicting the course they will take in
the campaign is to fall back upon the last expression of
the popular judgment making oil due allowance for
weascertaned changes that have taken place since
Taking the result of the most State and congress
siona elections the basis of calculations make
the following figures