Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-11-02
A LITTLE FUSION.

~PPsafS tuat Cne "eIraight Douglas State
Committee met at Philadelpha last week, and
withdrew the 'straIght" Douglas Electoral
ticket, which thsy put in nomination, with a
nearlsh of trumpets during the sumner, re.
solving at the sane time to support the ticke.
originally nominated at Reading, half made
up of Breckinrlageites. There was no suialI
diversity Of opinion among them as to whether
tins was backdown on their part, or not
Some insisted that the Welsh Committee had
surrendered by :h4 repeal of their Philadelphia
aud Cresson arrangements, aud falling back
nRon the Reading ticket pure and simple
ufhers contcnded that the Reading electors
not having pledged-most of them having re-
fused TO pledge themselves to vote for Doug
las and johnson claimed TO be the regular
namnees of ''the national Democratic parts, p
ard large, If not the larger number of them,
bsieg known friends Of Breckinridge, it was a
surrender of the position taken by the straight
friends of Douglas to now withdraw their
tlcltsss and support that formed ut Reading
One reason assigned by those who engineered
this action of the Douglas Committse-and,
no doubt, tho influential one With thetn--for
the course which they pursued, was that a
great many of the professed friends of Doug
las would not support the 'sStraight" ticket,
aud that, therefore. the vote for it would be
small, and his enemies would point to that as
the extent OF bis popularity ia Pennsylvania.
As, however, Judge Douglas has himself in-
variably spurued all suggestions of fusion with
the breckenridge faction, as totally inadmissi-
bic on the ground Of principle, those who
pretended to support him aud yet give their
votes to the opposite faction IN whole or 10
part, degrade the difference between them from
the high ground of antagonistic principles on
wh.ch Judge Douglas places it, to mere
question of preference between men and con-
troyersy about ascendency in tho party
Every fusion mAde in Northern State can
couduoe only 10 the benefit of Breckenridge,
because it tends to make bim,- who is the can
didate OF the South, second on the return, and
to give him q chance-if Lincoln could be
defesied before the people, which is beyond
the bound of any probabil;ty-of get
ting before the House at Washington, while
il utterly destroys all Judge Douglas prospects
even Of reaching so far.
We are by no means sorry that this fusion
has been accomplished. 1t gives some sdo,c
of substance to the opposition against Lincoln
--spme:hing for our friends to see AID feel
as pressing against them. 10 the totally dis
integrated state of the three oppugnant
factions which previously prc7ailed, there was
such an utter iEbeeil,ty that We feared our
friends could not be induced to believe that
there was any occasion TO go to the Presi-
dential Election ut all They had nothing to
kick against, aud tit wrenehes Que terribly to
kick at nothing" Now they have at least a
figure against them, and they will zee the
necessity of voting. What has become of the
third element Of the Foster fusion, we hayo
not heard. The bells have ceased TO toll, and
while their select Committee danced attendance
upon both the Welsh aud RoumfoIt Commit
tees, we do not learn that they received any
oounteuance or consideration at ell. The best
thing those of them who are not sick of the
sell at the October Election can do, IS to vote
the Reading Ticket also it reqires no greater
sacrifice of principle than il did to support
Foster. True, this little fusion is failure
real friends of Judge Douglas refuse to accede
to it, and will 90 straight for Lincoln
Breckinridge men are profane enough to swear
that they will strike the name of every sup
porter of Douglas from the ticket and il is
tss'a muddle.'' Still it is the best thing they
could d. Lancaster Union.