Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-10-27
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Northern States, some VI ouI '''e'i"' '"''
become Respondent, and are disposed to con-
cedc thu election Of Lincoln in November
without a struggle. We think they Jump to
their conclusions without stopping to take a
calm and deliberate survey OF the whole
field of battle. The election of Lincoln we
DO not regard, by any means, as a ioregone
conclusion. The battle is not yet lost and
We shall refuse to believe that it is until the
,~turn. of the election demonstrate undeni-
ably the fact.
Our neighbor OF the Signal, after careful
| scrutiny and close calculation Of the chances,
j, OF op mon that there Is reason for hope and
confidence. To the following article from
that paper, and the facts and figures which 1t
emDodlrs, We invite the deliberate attention
Of those who are inclined to give up the CON
test
CENTRAL PNosrrcrs.-Thc election is
now but a few days of, and a general survey
of the field, with a view OF arriving at a toll
rrahly correct estimate Of results, IS practi-
cable. We have made that survey carefully
| anu u - fl'' W ti' "'i' W Nv -
long experience could gave us. and have ar
rived at the conclusion that Lincoln can and
will oe defeated. He will not he defeated
by Douglas, neither viii he be defeated by
breckenridge, but his overthrow, and with
1t the anmhllation Of Black Republicanlsm
North and Disunionlsm South, will be accom-
pIi>hed by John Bell.
The one hundred and twenty electoral
ypfe. nj the Snitb will las certainly thropyp
against Lincoln-anG tnnI-EIths OF these will
be cast by the ,,eoplc for Brll-and all will
be gwen TO Bell, with the exception, perhaps,
of the eight votes OF South Carolina. If such
a course will defeat the nomlnee of the abo-
litloni,ts. We want now thiIty-two votes
to ebert orr candidate Where are we to get
them Let us see. Well, there is Illinois,
positively sure against Lincoln and for Doug
las BY an overwhelming majority All these
eleven Douglas votes will be given to Bell
TO defeat Lincoln. Of this point no doubt
whatever exists. The seven votes Of Cali
lornia and Oregon will be thrown in opposi-
ton to Lincoln. This makes eighteen votes
out OF the thirty-two required. The seven
electors Of New Jersey will not be given to
Lincoln. In 1856, Buchanan beat Fremont
10000 votes, and Fillmore obtained almost as
large a vote as he did. New Jersey will
never HelP W Iidhe d boSNS Idfi-SI'IfitfI
President. We have now twenty-five North
ern electoral votes Lincoln cannot get, and
wan, seven more. Massachusetts is entitled
to thirteen electoral votes. II the opinions
Of he most intelligent men there are worth
anything-if they are not deceivIng them
selves and us-thc Old Bay State is sure to
wheel into the grand Union line in No,ern-
Der. This gives us SIX votes more than we
require, without counting at all upon New
York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. As Tor
New YORK, the fusion Is complete, cofdiai
and earnest, with here aud there a disatleeted
Breckinridger, devoid OF influence, and lmpo-
tent for mischief We calculate the fusion
Union ticket Will carry The Empire State by
a heavy majority. Oar friends there. we'll
posted and experienced, say that such will
be the case, and We are bound to rely upon
their judgment. Although the results of the
recent State elections in Pennsylvania and
Indiana have been apparently disastrous, We
entertain an abiding confidence that one or
both will redeem themselves in November.
HE local causes, local politics and deceits,
whlrh d.Iuded thousands on the oh Of this
month. viii not be perceptlble on the 9Th Of
next month. OF this we feel SO perfectly
assured, that We must wait for an actual OF
posing fact before we can be convinced TO the
contrary.
Therefore. in view Of these facts. chances
aud probabilities, our friends, instead Of
BEN. discouraged, should be lifted up and
encouraged, and exert themselves all the
more strenuonsly in behalf Of the holy cause
Of Iulon. We have Jealous co-IaboreTs at
The North-men who do not fa|ter-Who
work for the right increasingly, and ii they
are seconded by us as they Should be seconded,
a magnificent triumph will reward our Joint
exertions on the great day Of trial.
Much to the same effect speaks the Louis
vile Journal of Tuesday. Says that paper:
Not for one instant should any friend of the
cause of Bel and Everett lose heart or hope.
There IS no semblance Of a reason for des-
poniency. There is no cause of miSyivitg.
Ihe results Of local elections in three ton
sIaveholdlng States have been adverse to
our wishes, but the Opposition in those States
hope to redeem them, and are all but conf
dent Of redeetning thrm, and are vigorously
at work tor their redemption.
But, whatever may be tie result in those
three States. We may look TO New York with
trust aud confidence. We have few cheering
indications from Indiana, Ohio, and PennsyI-
vauia, but we have hundreds from New York.
In that State there is but a single electoral
ticket in opposition to the Republicans and
our !rlenls who possess the best means of
Judging, say that New York will be won.
The winning ef New York will render Lin
coins election impossible. And the winning
Of New York, If those Southern States which
ought to be true to the cause of the Union.
the Constitution, and the Enforcement Of tie
Laws, shall prove true to it, will, We believe.
secure the election Of Mr.. Bel! to the Presi.
deucy.
The friends of Bell, then, in Kentucky and
the South, have the strongest, the most pow
erf,l, motives for putting forth their whole
strength in the conflict. Let them bring
every honest agency to bear in the struggle.
Let them not lose a vote that any honorable
effort can secure. Let them reason, expos