The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-23

ion of several leading Democrats, have
heard quoted, the State is good for Lincoln
by 10000 over Douglas, or 10000 over
any other man. In Shawneetown. in 1856,
there were only five Fremont votes-there
are now 1877 well-known and ayowed sup
porters of Mr.. Lincoln. In 1855, Lincoln
received greater vote in the State than
Douglas, and his majority would have been
increased full 2, 600, had not the Democratic
preponderance in II counties, in this sec
ton of the State, been SO overtowering that
no candidates, for members of Assembly.
were nominated by the Republicans, and
they allowed the canvass to go by default.
In several well-defned Republican counties,
hear1 active Republicans complain that
the campaign is in danger of becoming
spiritless for want of opponents and it is
current joke that they are about to have
grand hunt TO see if they can scare up
live wide awake Democrat.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
has discovered that the difficulty in the
Democratic party comes from toe nice a re-
gard for etiquette. 1t asks pathetically. sis
the country to be convulsed, the Democrat
ic party destroyed. and the Union severed
on point of etiquette alone ?"
The Chicago Press and Tribune hears
from every part of Illinois ''the welcome
news that the men who permitted themselves
to be drawn into the Fillmore delusion of
1856, whereby Fremont was defeated and
Buchanan elected, are making all convent
ent haste to give in their adhesion TO the
Chicago nominations"
At the Republican ratification meeting
in Philadelphia on Saturday evening last,
large body of men CAME down from one of
the upper Wards. drawn in an immense car,
the sides of which bore the device, ssThe
| Fillmore Rangers of '56-All Right for
Abe Lincoln in go"
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Wing. jour
nal conducted by the Rev. Parson Brown
low, thus describes the Republican candid
ate for the Vice-Presidency
Though a Senator in Congress, he is
said to be free negro-a most appropriate
man to run on that ticket. He is an Abo-
! ltionist of the Seward j ohm Brown Helper
Irreplessible Conflict School. In all the ac-
quirements of mind, manners, morals, fea-
lures, complexion, form of body and limbs,
shape of mouth and nose, woolly hair. with
kinks, he so much resemb les a negro, that
dressed up indiferently, he could be sold in
the South for field hand. He claims to
be'part Portuguese, but the sober truth is,
his blood is that of the Niggergee, resem-
bling free negro. more than any man liv-
ing who claims to be white man, either
in whole or in part -
The New Orleans Delta says:
''To understand Douglas weakness in
his own State, it must be remembered that
in his late contest with Lincoln, though he
succeeded, by stumping every portion of
the State, in carrying majority of the
Legislature, he was in a minority of five
thousand on the popular vote. As the Pres
ident is elected by popular and not Leg
islative vote. it is plain that unless some
very remarkable and inexplicable change
should take place Douglas could never car
ry Illinois against the Republicans"
The Concord IN. H.) Democratic
Standard says that ''events for the last few
weeks, point Enthusiastically to the Hon. Dan
lei S. Dickinson, of New York, as the man
on whom the Democratic Convention to re-
J assemble at Baltimore, on the leth inst.
: can readily compromise and unite.''