New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-27
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Nesry three-tenhs Of the voting population here Is
shown ympahIe much with Pennsylssni aud hence Is and
not Of her intrinsic slfengtd that shs
0oc 80 ees Uaea Not only the tendencies Of this Por
icn o. people exhibited enncnty conservative, but
history shows they have been more eonssniy
accordance with the ideas Of the men who made the Revoa
tor those Of ether Hence a. that they hsye beea
20 much in harmony with those u North cso ona Kentucky,
and Tennessee as well with ef the better DAYS Of Viz
nis Al Of these with Missouri passing nPdy toward
freedom. constituting the Southern conieT."
From a lengthy article EDITORIAL in The PA.la-
GlpAia Press which embodiei the abose, we extract
The following coInwenis;
In ne country like where irimisraoa has the power
10 determine the nstutons snd puas syocaons
and opinions nstu Temperament; and civil poy together
and this uAy be the why the controlling influence Of oil
matte laws has not before exhibited ief TO observation
The nex step In the theory considering H. that tho
eisran from Husre especially from the Eastern States
Of the Union cary with them the ehaucerscs Of the several
regions from which they aud give similar compiler
ION TO their political creeds and industrial poes We have s
bousy examined the votes the zones have located
them In Presidential election and obtain the follow
ing results;
tho.e sstesn counties OF Pennsylvania which e accord
n 10 our division above f degrees OF north latitude and within
the north political zone Fremont had e96 FILLMORE,
lO7 and buchanan 2s. Fremons plurality over Buchanan
in hese which belong to the noIth sud as we see voted
with IT, 1908 90 10 2S In the basnce OF the State
BuchAnAns vote 2o 02 Frcmon lo Sos nearly two
to
ain thO,e sixteen counties Of Ohio which lie north Of The po
Zeal line Fremont had 3948a votes Buchanan 2z 02a pursy
ofl76 Fremonvs plurality Ia the whole State was bat To- ga
Again in State election Of last October the whole Repdbi
can rpsioty lsCa while in the Western Reserethe
counties which give the north Eonehe majority of that
party wAs shoEpg that outside Of these counties the
DemocrYts bad / zoo majority.
an ,hs nineteen eoun,s Of npos which above the line
Of the rome Feou; had SAT Buchanan
Is plurality Buchanan 2 l5 In the other coun
ties Bushansn plurality over Fremont was 5lSA Not
county In Illinois south gave Fremont majority and
In the saire. south Of the State him than
an but ths- last lie all belOS the Ssth
arae and belong therefore bodily the souihcen.a
the twelve counties Of Indiana which noh
assumed had IS e5S votes Buchanan H. 752i bat IN The
whole State Buehanans rlurlly Fremon. was2f2s5
Iowa gave plurality Of 8i votes, but IN the
ties lying south Of the north zone Buehanan plurality over FIRE.
mont above oc0 votes
Lookng the States and parts Of States lying In the north
zone we End the following results For every 20 votes
them respectively for Fremont, Buchanan had In Vermont II
IN Msssachuse IS; in Northern Illinois l6 in Northern Ohio,
22 in Maine %; In Northern Pennsylvania Is; in NewYok
2s in MiehgsD 49, In Northern indiana 3d. These proportions
IL strikes u.s. Indicate the political sympaes Of the people
whom they occur to closely connected with their respective
patyes and nay here that the rule holds well OF
the people Of noIthcenIs where the Institutions
very similar those Of her northern sister States and yet their
political baes distinct and different II they sep
from each other by cause Of quarrel or opposition Of
interests.
I'VE eoniess that e.y surprised to find geographical
and climatic lines running through the politics Of people with
20 approach mathematical accuracy our figures have
shown but eror In the process BY which these
rem results are arrived The subject IL study for the
curious capable Our data not all zven may be,
se they quite clearly presented bu, submit the statement la
the confidence that Is substantially correct The practical IN
ferences remain be dawn which be very briefly
given;
"The popular vote Of The north rome in 1855 making The
necesy deductions and additions to adust the returns Of the
hall
The popular vote the south zone. ....."..... 1tlsi
1881
Plurality o9 north over .o1th aud .outb-ceBtr $50
The popular vote Of the rome lnasns the eco
Bssnes Of power as popular votes between The north
rene and the south and souh'centTal S39s5
"In the Electoral Colleges these several regions stand hns
"NoErH ZosE-sfaine New Hsmpshire Vermont Con-
reccut6 Rhode Island Ssssehusots 5 New York IS Mich
ssn6 Wisconsin Iowa = Minnesota 4-askns % electoral
votes
.sourH ZoSr-souih Csrons g. Gecrgiaf TO- Aabsna o. Ms
sppi Arkansas Loui.iana Texas Fiods 81 electors
"sOrrH.CEsTRAL ZosE-Delswsre Maryland Virginia
Is North Carolina TO- Kentucky H. TeDnssee l2sO electors
"EoErHCzSrRAL ZoSE-New.JeSsey Z. Pennsylyanis n,
Ohio 20 Indiana ls nlnois II, Missouri p California fsi
electors
Ih 7eorrsphic division puts the balance thus The south
and souh central ssns,te Doh SoBe III electors szls
plurality Of l6 But Ohio voting Of zeogrlph order
gives 10 the North majority Of l..
The north central has d when Ohio in line or
WITHOUT OF " 70 1etrrnl1e tne
between the -ns.s who lie upon her and south
borden.
Nov this doctrine Of climatic and political sympathy bold.
god 10 logc acd in ezoereBee Pennsyysss position IN the
region that rules the ruon demonstrated and accounted
and presumed that the National Conventions Of the coming
Predesa eampgn VIII consider The subject and provide Ger
the struggle kh reference TO Z.
whoeyer win look carefully for the Of dividing the
South from the soaihern Slave States may ind
their past hoIy sud in The clear inieOns Of their future
destiny
The recent Mississippi Democratic State Conven-
ton nominated Senator JeGerson Davis for the Presi
deney and Washington letter says the delegates from
the State in the Charleston Convention viii give MIN
their undivided support.
The Hon. William d. Ewing Of Williamson Coun-
ty, Tenn has recently delivered in the Legislature of
that State able snd manly speech in opposition to