, 1860-10-29
A REMARKABLE ARTICLE.
of the eCany941--DouglaA nIcn Urged
to Vote for 14lncoln-11is Election
Predicted by a Million Majority.


fFrom the st. Paul Pioneer and Dcuocrat.1
We nre in daily receipt Of letters from pollt-
ical friends, filled with anxious inquiries con-
ccrning the present state Of the Presidential
question, and desiring IN expression Of our
views to the probable Influence Of the election
Of the Ninth upon the prospec Of candidates,
md with reference 10 the various platforms OF
principles really at issue before the people,
and which are to be practically decided ut the
polls. We do not hesitate to respond to these
inquiries and the less SO because 1t Is a. part Of
our duty to treat oi such matters, candidly
and frankly, even in the absence Of friendly
solicitation.
In the inst place, then, VIC think the result
Of the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio mud In
dIana, demonstrate, beyond NIL reasonable
ground for doubt, that those States will 60 for.
Lincoln in November, and oy 'rtst|y Increased
n'eiorities The disgustingly corrupt scheme
of fusion which WAS entered into, partially in
Ohio and Indiana, and completely in Pcunsy1-
vanla, has been repudiatcd by the people of
those States, cmphatically and justly. It can
not be assumed that the people Of other States
in which the canvass has been made up accord
ing to the fusion programme, viii act with any
less honesty aud intelligence, when the time
comes for them to vote. 1Ie Mink, therefore,
that Ne.o York uM J01losr in The .cdke G her sister
Middle States, rciM majority Of from one 10 teo
Aundrnl thousand dgdias& tie }usion outrage:
and .re Minl, further, that Tie prp'e Of thdt Ndte
J
and political deet7ey ~ such a tute. And, inas-
much rs the poisonous influence Of this Fusion
Upas has been extended beyond the States In
which 1t was planted, dcmora'izing the Democ-
racy, destroying tlcfr hopes and paralyzing
their efforts, we CANNOT BELIEVE oshe77cise than
rendering the vote of tue Free States, for the
first time in our history, purely sectional In its
character
In the second place, VIC think the influence
Of the elections Of the Ninth will be to Sec
| tionalfzc the vote Of tho South. The South
must view the results in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
| mud Indiana, as determining the election Of
Lincoln. The natural impulse Of the Southern
mind will be to meet Northern radicalism with
| the radicalism of its own section. There is
| not time enough left to organize new conser-
yatiyc movement in the South Of sufficient
strength to combat and conquer the sectional
passions, which, already excited, will be in
| Ninth Tie friends Of Douglas .riN not 4cork
there .ciM any hedrt, because they cannot look
for Northern response In solitary electoral
| vote. The South cannot unite on Bell, because
running on no distinctive platform, support Of
him would mean nothing and determine notll-
ing. Tie may, therefore, look 10 see erTy .S|asr
STATE 60 for Bnfckinridge.
II these premises are correct, Douglas, and
The principles chich he represents, arr, practically
| speaking, no LONGER At IssCE IN THIS CAM
| PA1aS The canvnssIs reduced, by indications
which are prophetic both III their tenor and
force, to a contest bet.ceen Linct4n and a Ffet
Code on the one hand, aud BfrcliaT5dGe and d
S2dre Codeon tie other. This is 4 result which
ali who cherish the peace and harmony Of the
Union must deplorc; hut, deplorab1c or moi, II
is plain fact, which cannot he s;ainsaiI or Oh.
liberated, and which should, therefore, be Eook:
cd at and acted upon as such, frankly and
,aan}u{Iu And being a fact, The voice Of the
North, in the expression Of Its sentiments at
the polls, scM neither b. fie1le nor unct7tain.-
Il Millioal majority ,ciU slor the fidelity Of fh<
Northern. n,a&ses to the tnsftnefs oC their seeion
when these are appealed to by an issue which
cannot bc avoided or delayed.
The Northern Democracy are not response
bic for the sectional character which tho can
yass has assumed IT has been precfpitatci By
the ultraists of the South. Taking its birth ii
the jealousIcs Of Southern politicians against
the manifest statesman Of our times, the move
meut has grown up from its ignobic begin
nings in personal hate 10 its present proper
tions of warfare upon civilization and Of trea
son against the State. They who have thu:
soWn the wind must reap the whirlwind ~
nltrdists Of tic South ,naa 1e cxti7'dttd. Ihti
this is tioHe there can Be 5teifheT national peae
nor national prosperity We had hoped Mi
might de achieued through tic agency q Doug
fas, III the present cdmpdfyn. That HOPE HA
VANISHED. Yet, regarding it as the first grea
act needfnl to be done, We slIal1 greet its &C
complishmcnt with satisfaction through an!
a!7cncy that Pfosilenre ,4ay uppoit&,-;I, Iau
Pioneer and Democrat.