New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-13
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The Kentresy EIectron,

. AHe herfue&F Election,
1De Louisville journal comments IN the follow.
ing style upon the late election in Kentucky.
We were unwilling yestsrdss b anno,.. -.
victory to our friends u Kentucky az AZ abs uae
W ssinty' PeTaaps We were oyer.eeutiopas : ira
wl-fea Z, guard against the possibility Of aeeiv.s
~ ; e,i put we need hesitate no longer 70
6tsG t"r " our shouts Of triumph
ne friends Of Bell and Everett, aided Inv nor.
S eo ~ the friends OF Douglas, have elected Leslie
e ~ over the RrceknYdge candidate tg loud
tts x, p"ltuias majority. And they have done
7t toe o'sy without organization and without the
use Of money and almost without the l;d I'll stsr
speakers but against the most trerneI,aos. ana
mtititofIn Influences ever brought 10 bear mon 4
hehtucEy tleeton- son several occasions before
powerful agencies, originating NOT oDEy here bat II,
Washington and New York were gjelded for the
political conquest If Kentucky but in no r.ss year
were such mighty exertious nldaa al in the Can
vass that has inst eosed and in 20 pat year were
rebuked. r.
And now, what il to be the result of all this
What 70 to be the effect of this signal and utter
pses.faton OF John O. Breckinridge in his own
st4te ana m the person of his candidate and his
party eandidtte2 To certain extent and 4 great
extent these questions are easily answered. An
inte,gent men have perfectly understood for many
NJ $500 pass tnas me dlsunion candidate for the
ffesuehcy cohid not by the rerzotesE ue5safbiIiry
obtain solitary electoral vote in any non.slave-
holding State and now when his pa.fv q xujsers
aoiy ana h9pelessiy routed in hia 0Er State the
State where hi hopes and the hopes ri hIa frieua
have been highest, it i evident that nothing can
be aecomplir he'd for him 10 even tie sIavehnLiing
portion of the confederaey. Politically, he il ia
dead as il he had livea before the Bood aud net
been admitted to the ark. Sf1mn speakers ana
newspaper organs, for the want 0f something else
2 say or Dc, may and probably will pretend for
time to believe that he hes yet q chanca nay az
most certainty. but they can hardly make dupes
aud fools and victims of intelligent men any Logger.
some Of those upon whom they Try the experimaas
VIII laugh at them whilst others less good natured
Will curse and execrate them
To our friends everywhere we se.td our heart
felt congratulations The duty III tie frieuds of
the Union the Consultation, and tha eHforcsuaerf
Of the laws, j. plain, and pleasant az it Il pyain
We can perform il toyousiy and with the INST ex-
hillarating anticpations of SUCCESS We can achieve
Q triumph. glorious victory, in nearly every
southern state, and If the true patriots Of all Baf
ties will make such arrangements az they NAV,
without sacrifice OF principle, 10 carry two Of.
three Northern States against the Republican cam
didate, the country will be safe and all will be-
well. Never before had cur friends greater incen-
tiTes TO exsstion than they have and SO far az
We can judge. never We're they reader I'd yield
glad obedience to such Incentives. We will re.
joice over our magnificent triumph, but not give
up our whole time tn rejoicing. We will shoufand
work. and work and shout. t5