The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-07-11
The New York Journal Of Conf
merce Reviewing the Field of
Rattle.

The New York Journal Of Commerce, the
great mercantile organ of New York-a paper
that as seldom as any other INDUCES in rash
statemen nts--a conservative organ, with more
influence, perhaps, than any other 10 the Union
because, although Democratic. it can scarcely
he called partisan sheet, thus, from its stand
point, surveys the battle field and gives the
chances Of the fight, and arrives at the conclu-
sion which every well informed man must ar
rive at, that there is not, within the Union, a
single State certain for Douglas.
Nominated by full Convention, accepted as
the candidate of the united Democracy We
against Lincoln, not that, in such an event.
Democrats would vote against him, but the
prestige of victory being against them, many OF
them would remain at home. ANY other Dem =
ocrat, in OIL" opinion, could, with a fair field,
carry Illinois, but Mr.. Douglas could not. Old
prejudiceS would injure him; the reckless course
of his organ, the Chicago Times, in a close con-
test, would be more than sufficient to turn the
vote against him.
In the event of the election going to the
House Of Representatives to be there decided.
the chances of Mr.. Douglas, if indeed he could
by possibility be one Of the three highest can
didates, is equally desperate. He has major
! iuy of the delegation from Illinois and he has
a majority in the delegation Of no other State,
fo uoto Gor him and hanna rap,, mi in ha
field can only endanger the chances of Mr..
Breckenridge, without doing himself any earth.
ly good.
| We ask that the able article from the Journal
Of Commerce be read aud then let the Douglas
reader answer the question-is it right to en-
danger the success of Democracy by voting fol
Stephen A. Douglas Nat. Dem.
[r'rom the Journal of Commerce, June 98.l
Survey of tEae Battle Field,
The results OF the action Of the National
Democratic Convention, or rather Of its disrup.
ted parts, are before the country.
BY one portion of it, Stephen A. Douglas o
| Illinois, was nominated for President, and Benz
Fitzpatrick. of Alabama, for Vice President -
| The latter declining, fIerschel V. Johnson o
bGOIEth HAS DSGH HbulltiaICu III HIS 6lcdu Dl
the National Committee.
Another portion Of the Convention nomina-
ted John c. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, fol
President, and Joseph Lane, OF Oregon, for Vice
President. The same candidates have since
been nominated by the Richmond Convention
comprising those members Of the original Con
vention at Charleston who withdrew from i
there. and did not return to it at Baltimore, Oh
returning, were not admitted; together witt
some other persons.
We do not propose at this time to go into
the merits Of these nominations, either as tt
the qualifications Of the candidates, or the com.
paratve regularity or nationality of the pro
ceedings by which they were brought before
the people. On another occasion we may at.
tend to ths--but Tor the present we will con,
slider merely the compgratiue chances of the twt
SETS Of Democratic candidates to be elected; or, il
the reader plcases, their comparative strength
whether in the Electoral Colleges, or in tht
House of Representatives. if the Electoral CO.
leges should fail of efectng choice. In 10
ing this, it will be sufficient to designate those
States which are sure, or nearly sure, for Breck
, nrdge and Lane, and those which are ditto (o
Douglas and johnson. 10 begin with Breck
nridge and Lane, We designate as follows: