The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-09-01

The Southern Opposition have majority in
the delegations from Tennessee and Kentucky,
and very probably will carry Maryland, making
three votes which would prefer third candi-
date, neither Republican nor Sham Democratic;
but which, we have reason to fear, win in the
last resort vote for the latter.
The North Carolina delegation is equally
divided, but, like. Tennessee and Kensacky, Is
viii vote for the Democrat" in preference to
Republican, when no alternative presents it.
self. Surprising these States to cast their votes
for the Democratic candidates, they will have
sixteen; and then, with Oregon and California,
they will be duly elected President and Vice
President.
The prospect, therefore, of eleeting Demo
cratic President by the House of Representa-
tives, depending upon so many contingencies,
is not first rate. For they must not only whip
in the Southern Opposition, but carry besides
California and Oregon. 1t is said that the lat
ter State has elected Stout, the Black Democrat,
by nine majority; but, ON the other hand,
it is alleged by the Republicans that great
frauds have been perpetrated, which the House
will have time to ferret out before the contin-
gency arrives for the choice of President by
that body. In addition to this obstacle, the
Sham Democracy must conquer the preju-
dices of the Maryland Opposition. They
must whip in such men as Winter Davis and
Harris of Baltimore, and compel them to vote
for the nominees of the Charleston Convention.
This will be hard to do and we should not be
surprised if the Opposition in that semi-free-
soil border State would prefer Republican
President to one of the Black Democratic
stamp.
On the whole, therefore, the chances are
about even between the two great parties, if the
election goes to the House of Representatives.
Before the people, as we undertook to show two
weeks ago, the Republican is the only party
which has the ghost of a chance of success.
Let us fight the harder, then, when we reflect
that our best chance is before the people, and
that the Black Democracy have no chance ex
cept on the peterborough arrangement
which places Delaware and Florida on an
equality with New York and Pennsylvania.
Hon. II. WINTER DAvIs.-The American
party of the fourth Congressional district in
Maryland held Convention at Temperance
Hall, Baltimore, on Thursday last, and, after
stormy debate, failed to select candidate for
Congress to succeed Mr. Davis. There was a
tie vote between the friends of Mr.. Davis and
Mr.. Yellott. We understand that the princi-
pal objection to Mr.. Davis is the fact that he
refused to use his influence with the Governor
in procuring the pardon of the three ruffian
members of the American Order who were hung
last spring for murder. We should regret to
believe that the friends and confederates of
such wretches have sufficient influence to con-
troll the nominations of any political party; but,
if such is the case, their opposition to Mr. Davis
is the highest honor they could bestow upon
him. The Convention adjourned to meet on
| Tuesday.
The National Era" Republican Washing.
| ton organ) continues to pronounce and de-
nounce the union of the North and South in
one opposition party as impossible. Hence.
of course, what it calls Sham Democracy u
must make another President But, doubtless.
| the union is impossible, under the use of the
present party machine. Be rid of that, and
men of the same mind upon 80 other things
may agree to disagree about the negro.--N.
T.. Express.
The editors of the Express are too intelli-
gent to suppose that the Republicans can be
induced to combine with the Southern opposi-
ton on the condition of ignoring the Slavery
question; and that is the only condition upon
which the Southerners win listen to a PROPOSE.
ton of union 1t is therefore perfectly idle to
talk OF such union. The editors of the Er-
press, in old Wing times, professeds to be as
much opposed to Slavery extension as the Re
publicans now do. The tone of their articles,