St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-01
The Issue ,,oso 'Lsncoh, and Free Code
or Breckenridge and a Stare (ede.'

we take from C1o EaOneeT ana Den10-
crat of the 2sd, the. following extraordina-
ry article upon the Presidential Canvass:
!. The PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION
AL CANVASS, AND THE, ISSUES TO BE
DECIDED BY Tive are in daily receipt
of letters from political friends, filed with
anxious inquiries concerning the present
state of the Presidential question, aud de-
string an expression Of our views as to the
probable influence of the elections Of the
Ninth upon the prospects Of candidates,
and with reference to the various platforms
Of principles really at issue before the peo-
pie, and which are to be practically decid-
ed at the polls. We do not hesitate to re-
spond to these inquiries; and the less so,
because it is part Of our duty to treat of
such matters candidly and frankly, even
in the absence Of friendly solicitation.
In the first place, we think the result of
the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, demonstrate, beyond all reasona-
ble ground for doubt, that those States will
go for Lincoln in November, and by vastly
increased .majorities. &. The disgustingly
corrupt scheme of fusion which was enter
ed into, partially in Ohio and Indiana, and
completely in Pennsylvania, has been re-
pudiated by the people Of those States; en-
phaticaily and justly. It cannot be assum-
ed that the people Of those States in which
the canvass has been made up according
to the fusion programme, will act with any
less honesty and intelligence, when the
time comes: for them to vote. We think
therefore, that New York will follow in the
wake Of her sister Middle States, with a
majority from one to two hundred thou
sand against the fusion outrage; and we
think further, that the people Of that State
will vindicate their reputation for moral
honesty and political decency by such a
vote. And, inasmuch as the poisonous in
f1uence Of this, fusion Upas has been ex-
tended beyond the States in which it was
planted, demoralizing' the Democracy, de-
stroying their hopes, and paralyzing their
efforts, we cannot believe otherwise than
that the whole North will 80 f3r Lincoln
rendering the vote of the Free States,
for the first time in our history, purely
sectional in its character. . =. 80
In the second place, we think the iphu-
ence of the elections of the Ninth will be
to sectionalize the vote of the South. The
South must view the results in Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, as determining the
election of Lincoln. The natural impulse
Of the Southern mind will be to meet Nor
thern radicalism with the radicalism of its
own section. There is not time enough
left to organize new conservative move
ment in the South of sufficient strength to
combat and conquer the sectional passions,
which, already excited, will be ;inflamed to
madness by the elections Of the Ninth.
The friends of Douglas will not work there
with any heart, because they cannot; look
for d Northern response in a solitary cleo
toral vote. The South cannot unite on
Bell, because, running on no distinctive
platform, support Of him would mean moth
ing and determine nothing We may,
therefore, look to see every slave State go
for Breckenridge. 49, i: , '"a>u@<G 40
If these premises are correct, Douglas,
and the principles which he, represents,
are, practically speaking, no longer at issue
in this campaign 1S7 ',''':55' 7''7 T. ~ s;:a
Tho canvass is reduced, by indications
which. are prophetic both in their tenor and
force, to 4 contest between Lincoln and a
Free Code, on the one hand, and Breckin-
ridge and q Slave Code, on the other.
This is a result, which all who cherish
the peace and harmony of the Union, must
deplore; but, ,deplorable Or not, it is a
ted 1SS sea e. 3,
be e'loofed 1t and acted upon Is such, frank:
ly and minfally.7c9 EN- oz. .s93i't1si&s
! And being = fact, the voice Of the North,
IN the expression of its sentiments at. the
polls, will neither Be feeble nor uncertain.
I "a million majority win show tie '8deli.
ftyof the N Norther1 masses to the instincts
bSf3heiIs section, whsn these ars appealed
J to by an issue which cannot DO avoided OF
DELAYED.