Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-02
IFrom the CINCINNATI Gazette.l
LAST DAYS OF THE Canvass.

[Rrom the Cincinnati Gazette.l
LAST DAYS OF THE CANVASS. :
We have entered upon the last week of
a Presidential canvass that will long be
memorable in party annals. True, we
have "crisis" every four years. Patriot
ic men quadrennially assure us that the
fate of the country is at stake, and its
everlasting destinies about to be settled at
the balIot-box. Every Presidential cleo
ton, in reality, has some special impor-
lance, some grave issue to be decided,
which is sufficiently Weighty to demand
the earnest thought aud action of every
good citizen. With our oft-recurring cleo
tious, however, a mistaken decision at the
polls can be corrected, before its effects
become seriously disastrous. 1t is the
work of the present election to arrest the
evil policy and toIcorrecL the misgoVern-
ment of the last eight years of Democratic
sway. The abuses of Federal power have
reached that enormity, and the intensely
sectional administrations of Pierce aud
Buchanan have gone To that extreme,
s,ztjch the people can no longer endure
this 10 tie Key 70 tue -pleseuGs sa.q,.. The
I the solution of the remarkable political
revolution which State elections of Sep
tember and October show to be in pro-
gress, and about to be contaminated.
+. has been our endeavor, IN this great
contest, TO appeal to the reason and iudg-
nent OF the people, rather than to their
/ passions. With the results of our course,
80 far as manifested in the recent elections
OF Ohio and Indiana, we have every rea-
con to be satisfied. We have truly set
forth the respective principles and posi-
tions of the four parties that are contest
ing for the mastery. We have chosen to
let. these candid representations work their
! legitimate effects, with no <labored efforts
TO stimulate partisan feeling or prejudice.
We have fairly presented facts, and enti-
tied our statements to the implicit conf
dence which, we believe, has been geuer-
ally extended TO them by Intelligent men
OF. all parties. Our part Of the canvass ia
substantially done. To our weekly read
ers, this Is the last number of our Journal
before the final result will be known
We have but-a few words to add In regard
TO the Presidential election.
or the four Fetts of candidates In the
neId, 1t Is now obvious to every we'll In.
Toned person that bat tI00 are practically
rnnning-Lincoln and Hamlin on the one
side, Breckenridge and Lane on the other.
The former will be elected, If there is a
choice by the people, and the latter. or
one of them, in all probability, in failure
OF popular election. It is demonstrates
Die that neither of the other candidates
stands the remotest possible chance. in any
contingency. Those who have a prefer
ence between Lincoln and Breckinridpe
%lsl act wisely in casting a direct vote ac
cooEdlngly' Every vote cast for other can.
dldates tends to throw the Presidential
election into the House: for the sole nit
mate benefit of the Breckinrid0e nartv
About this, there can be no mistake. This
many leading men in all parties have
frankly conceded
Is 1t desirable to subject the country ia
all tue dtstracting and hazardous effects
o. long and exciting struggle in the
housef Is 1t desirable to have this Presi-
dental conflict continued for montbs
longer, under such circumstances as any
observer Of the eight weeks of strife al
tue beginning of the last session of Con.
gFess can but too we'll appreciate? Ever
sncn scenes, We have no doubt, the Union
would survive, yet it could in no other
way encounter such perils. He is really
nm enemy to his country, who, unless he
gre"tlY mlenpprehends the inevitable eff
! .Ssls OF this policy, could desire Thus TO
.u" var! popular election, and bring upon
necessary strife.
800 49, % 01SIJ ESePuDIiCan voter
does his duty, such disastrous rcsuIt-
the only possible alternative, we repeat. AZ
matters now are, to the election Of LincoIn
anu Hamlin by the peoples .scarceiv
@ 3I1.1 the range of possibility. Voters ~
9 y y51 and lndiana-freemen Of the United
states everywhere, whom these words NAV ma
Feacp-who prefer the election of the D.,
publican candidates, will YOU not oil give an n
dne potttoncf Yourstime, from now. mn nntii
the polls are clessd on Tuesday, tie stb n, ~ ~
to securing these nnmfness !.
syERY POSSIBLE LAWFUL vorE2 We sss
last ct the close Of the campaipr,,yet the
gAst aREAT Baltic remains to be fougbt
Every. man must be at his post. CONF
letlce. ia g certain victory must not nre.
se9.5yonE securing it,by tirmly.standidp q
E9lt aEl1st aud energetically. mailing tbes
RIEAL-CHARGB. . tuSi IA
!. .hetylpg. as ne do upon faithful per.
llstence OF the Republican ranks in-tbstT
y s.elisdotngato the end; We have NO donht
=. J, 9 most gratifying victory We,beiieys
slneoln and Hamlig wiII receiye..a large
majority of heeleotoral vote. When Ire
Is decisiYely. achieved, We can AZ
: !. nLt-not otef partisan or psrsonal s,,s.
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