Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-12
LETTER FROM A BELL MAN.
Can ohio be Carried against
Abraham Lincolnf



Ed Eapirc-As we have no organ in
this city, will you allow me a short space
in your valuable paper for the purpose Of ex-
pressing my views relative 20 the chance OF
carrying Ohio against LINgoI(, rs well as 70
the duty Of all Union men ~ this State atthe
coming election2 That this State can be
carried against LINCOLN in November next,
providing all those who are opposed to Black
Republicanism will adopt the proper course,
is lust as certain as that the day Of election
will come around All it requires is that those
who desire TO bring about such q result-all
who favor the execution Of the laws, aud the
maintenance Of the CONSTITUTIONAL who are
opposed TO the doctrine Of the 'irrepressible
conflict as proclaimed by LINcoLN,-should
unite in favor Of the same electoral ticket II
this is done, LINCOLN can, and will be beaten
thousands in the State. Look at the vote
Last year, DENNisoN received lSl,502 votes,
or 1895 less than were polled for FRENoNr in
1856 RANNEY received 1926, or 1872 more
than BUCHANAN received in 1856, making the
total vote ofthe State last year 1856, 76s. In
1856, four years ago, the total vote Of the
State was $50, 1920, T24 more than last year
Fremont, ls7,497
Buchanan, l70,S74
Fillmore, 2S,l2l
There we have the FILLMORE ~votes-nearly
80, 1000 in the State-which remained at home
last year, they having no ticket in the field.
The men who voted for FILLMORE in 1856, and
are now supporting BELL, are as bitterly OPP
posed to, and will labor as hard to prevent the
election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, as any Demo
crat The FILLMORE vote of 1856 then, added
to the Democratic vote Of last year would
I...l-. 90 pCr uul..l ....lI -.. ....a-sa.
over the Republican vote (lS7,497) of last
yeas, Of eiereR thousand, eight hundred and
ninety
But is such a union practicable? Can all
those opposed to LINCOLN be brought to sup
port the same electoral ticket? are questions
which will, doubtless, arise in the minds Of
many and perhaps, by some Of my own party
friends too, be answere in the negative. |
answer, why not2 Why shall we, who prefer
Bell, throw away our votes in this State,-for
throwing them away it will virtually be to cast
them for a separate electoral ticket The
most sanguine cannot hope to carry Ohio fol
Bell and Everett, nor are there many whC
expect that the Union candidates can be elect
ed by the people. Our only hope, therefore
is TO vote in such a manner as will be mos
likely to throw the election into the House
where our candidates would stand at least al
equal chance with the others. The best way
to do this, in my judgment is to vote for thai
= electoral ticket which above all others stands
the best chance Of beating the Republican
electoral ticket. In order to defeat Mr.. Lin
coins election by the people, not only all o.
the electoral rotes of the South, 6ut at leas
80 rotes from the North, must be cas-
against him. 1t therefore seems to me,
that the true policy of all the Bell men
in the Northern States is to do what they cal
to aid in securing the necessary 81 votes il
9 the North against the Republican nominee
and to do this effectively, we must give our as
| s~istance to that electoral ticket which has sufi
/ cient supporters, who, if added to our own, car
carry the State. In casting our votes for tn,
Democratic electoral ticket, we need not yot
for the Democratic candidates. We.can heat
! the ticket BELL and EyERETT, "ssand thus ex
press our choice. True, voting for the sam
. electors would seem to benefit the Democrats
nominees, and so it would to the extent 0
. giving this State to DOUGLAS; yet it would ais,
benefit the Union candidates, as keeping tn,
{ State from LINCOLN, would render his %electiol
+ by the people impossible, and hence throw tn
contest into the House, where our party friend
hold the balance of power As the Hous
r is our only hope for the election of BELL a
, President, no Union man should hesitate t
do what he can to throw the election into tn
! House. 49,.
i DAYTON, O., July 10, 1860.