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are;no oweterore \ Ne ssbahtryss and with serar.
sfe n"rni"es the De'nncra ey;still presents di-
/ syided FRONT. A.ppr,iah of the !eafty are pre-.
t#asfdto .nrp"rssTErnkx a.! DsucLAs, Of iii.
nois. aad HErsnrI. V. JOHNSON of Georgia. ns
lis regular npm,nces; whilst the greatest
strength Of the Deu.ocrntic party are rallyiny
to the all ofJ"nN G. BREcplNEIDcE. of Kentucky,
nnd JusErn LANE, of Oregon.
| Nothing could he more unfonntcd than the
! claim which is nrr"gau,lv set up Lv TN.
friends of DorGrAs that he is the re tgulnr nom
inc" of the party. 1t has been n long cs,nb-
iShed rule OF til. Democratic party, in all its
Conventions. TO require two;ihrds vote to
nominate candidate for the Presidency, and
the Charleston Convention, after. the secession
defined this to mean, two,lhirls Of the wKGl.
! electoral vote. On the bnlIniins at Balti,pore
the number of votes required to nominate un.
! der this rule was 2o2. aud the hyicst vote
cast l"r D"uGLAs was only lSO, e. 22 ltss han
| the requisite number. Brsiil.s. n large number
of these votes. were from sta tcs only partially
rcpr"s sentec, or,bv bogus delegations, casting
; the full vote Of tle state, ami in cnses where
! the delegations were full the whole sote of the
State wns :nsi. under the unit rule. against the
choice II considerable number Of ills members.
g" chat Mr. D"rGLAs ma j"riiy was not more
'thnn even plurality. la2, of full Conven.
ton. And this Convention toe was confused
III large measure. of Delegates from Black
Republican Go: etinencics and who, c,nsc.
Iucnily had no right to nominate n candidate.
u" whose election they could afford no ail On
'hs other hnrd. wharever imformalty there
may have been in the nominations of BEEcKIS.
RIDGE and LANE. there is no doubt, but that
they truly represent the real strength Of the
party, MS the indical ions from day to day abun.
dainty show.
The Jonrnai"f Conmtrcc makes an intcr.s.
ing cn!rnlnton "f The chances of these two seis
Of candidates. and compares their nrnrarativ.
strength in the Electoral College, mud then lin
case OF II" election there IL the House of Hc,..
resentn,ivrs
lhe following States, casting all, lO1 rotcs.
are regarded rs certain for BRECKENRIDGE ana
LANE, to wit: Nirginin North Carolina South
Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Alata,nn, Missis.
'ipri Tennessee. Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas,
California ard Oregon. Trnn.ssee as The
hcme Of BELL. may he considered rs som. what
doubtful. and Wills, in several other States
such rs Deleware, Maryland. Louisiana Mis-
souri, New Jrrs"y and othcra, HREckrsR.pGE
has fair chance, ,houg!, they cannot be con.
sidered as certain }or him.
On the other hn.,l it is difficult, to say that
DoraLAs can command a single State. Illinois
might he considered suth were it no, that the
Republican candidate for President il nlso An
liinoian. and consequently State rride will
operate AS much against Duglns in that State
IA tor him. AT the last general election in H.
''no'$ (ls5s.) the Republican mnj"ri,y over the
Doug las candidate in the State ut large, was
3.s2l. at the same time there were SOL
votes given for an Anti Douglas Democratic
c"ndii"te. hui these cannot snfe!y be counted
for Douglas now. Still it il quite possible Tint
! llhn"iS may give rs electoral for him next No.
,e'"brr; and ,i'e same may be said of Iowa
nnl several other States. But Their. il not on.
Sla:" in the wio,:. Union that can be pro-
Eornccd certain for him. in the same sense that
large n"n;5sr Of Stntes are certain for i;rcck
inr'yc
Should no candidate have majority Of the
Electoral votes. and the cI,oice of n President
drv"lve urpn.the House o! Representatives the
1t is not certain that he would he one of the
three highest candidates. in which event only
could l.is name come before the House Sun
posing, however, that he should get into the
House as one OF the three highest candidates
then OF the 33 States. each casting one vote,
LINCOLN would, it is estimated, receive on the
first taliot, Is votes, and BREcKINnIpGE IL.
and of the remaining G votes, should it Income
necessary 10 dcfrnt LINCOLN BnEcK1NRIpGE
would receive 5. which would make the nun.
her l1) necessary 10 elect him. Without inciu.
ding Illinois. In any event, The elec ton Of
DorsLAs is out of the question.
Shonld neither the Electoral Colleges nor the
Honse of Representatives be able to elect q
President. ard should no Vice. President be
chosen hy the Electoral Colleges, tlIef, from the
two cnndijates receiving the Highest number
OF Electoral votes for Vice-Presitlemt, say Ham.
lin and Lane. the Senate. which is Democratic,
must elect one. and thai. one, being thus el-c-
ted Vice President. would become the acting
President of the United States. "as in cnsc of
the d,alh. or otlres9onstitu ional disability, of
tn. President" OF course, LANE would be the
man.
OBITUARY
We extract from the Columbia G,sdrdian the
following obituary notice of our lnmehted
young towDsInan, JAMES w. WARDLAw. who
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