The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-09-06
The Political Campaign -Breck-
lNRlDGE THE ONLY HOPE AGAINST
LINCOLN,

lNRIDGE THE ONLY HOPE AGAINST
LINCOLN
There are four organized parties and six dif.
terent candidates in the field fer the Presidency
and yet it must be apparent to every intcl!i-
gent observer, of any party or faction, that for
all practical purposes the contest to-day Is mar
rowcd down TO Lincoln and Brcekinridge--
Were the Presidential election to come of to-
morrow, it is morally certain that Lincoln
would carry every Northern State. from Maine
to Minnesota, thus giving l7G electoral votes
or twenty-five more than Il majority Of the
whole electoral vote the Union.
Such is clearly the commanding position of
the minority republican party to-day hui the
elements of the great popular majority opposed
toit, have still the important item of three
months and more of valuable time within which
to arrange their forces for the decisive battle.
Nor is there any longer Il shadow of Il doubt as
to the course they should pursue. A few fig
urcs will make Tie case as plain as Il pikestoil: ::
The whole electoral vote of the Union is 303
And of this the yc.e rcqulaa ta4elect is :. l52
The Northern electoral vote is 1S3
And the Southern electoral vote is. ..... l20
Thus it will be seen that in addition to the
whole Southern electoral vote the parties op-
posed to Lincoln must carry Northern States
enough to cover thirtytwo electoral votes i'll
order to defeat him. How is this to be done
Let us sec. The whole electoral vote of the
South vii! surely he cast against Lincoln. This
gives l20. Add California, four, and Oregon,
three. aud we have l27 votes to start with.---
Add Pennsylvania, twenty seven, and the sum
will be 154, or IL clean majority Of five of the
whole electoral vote.
The vote Of Pennsylvania, in Short will dc
eide the election and how s,auds Pennsylvo-
MIA? IN the campaign OF 1856 her Presidential
vote was;
For Mr.. Buchanan, democrat. ....... 130. .T72
For Col. Fremont. republican. ........ III ,9G3
For Mr.. Fillmore, American. ........ 92.202
The plurality of Mr.. Buchanan over the re-
publican vote was over $4,000, and his aiori-
ty over the vote Of both wings ofthc opposition
united was COZ. Since that day, or rather since
Pennsylvania have gone against the Domocra-
cy by default The republican party there hns
been merged in mongrel combination called
the peoples party but the Chicago ticket re-,
quircs its supporters everywhere to range them
selves under The republican flag. Thus the OPP
position elements of Pennsylvania, which have
been working together since 1857, are again
divided into two camps, the Lincoln camp and
the Bell camp. Taking the vote Of 1856 rs our
guide, and allowing that half the Fillmore vote
Of that year has gone over to the Republicans,
and, i'll round numbers
The vote of Lincoln will be, say... 200 900
Add Democratic cAntiLccompton desert
ers, say. y..................... 10000
And Lincon's vote will be. 2lO 900
Reduce the Democratic vote TO. 220,0 900
And there is Democratic plurality Of. 10000
Thus, allowing the old line Wings and Ameri-
cans free course for their ticket of Bell and
Everett, and making liberal allowances lol
American and Democratic dcsertcrs, we see
that il is only necessary for the two wings OF
the Democracy to unite in order to carry Penn
sylvonia 'ey plurality Of at least ten thousand
over Lincoln.
Let the Democracy of Pennsylvania. and Of
every other Northern State, unite upo,, Il com
mon electoral ticket and Lincoln may be hand
somely defeated. The South will vote solid
for Ereckinrdge. California and Oregon will
follow suit. The vote Of Pennsylvania, then
will only be required TO settle The question
against Lincoln and there is every reason
| among patriotic men for every sacrifice of par
ty or personal preferences TO accomplish this
result The ihctious instructions of sourcd aud
reckless party managers should be disrcgarlcd
and the masses of the Democracy should make
the defeat of Lincoln their first duty and thoi,
paramount object.
Put this Republican party into The White
House, and before it can be oustcd it may com
pass the control of, every department Of tlic
| Federal Government. Then, the Republican,
doctrine of negro equality would be apt to as
sumc shape so revolving us to ''precipitatc
| the south into rcvolution,n the terrible con.
sequences Of which would defy all human cal
| culations And so, for the sake of the Union
and the peace Of the Union. the s,lrages of all
Northern men devoted to the Union should bc
cast in the way best adapted TO defeat Lincoln
whose election will be an ant-slayery triumph
which may drive the South ont of the Union.
In this view, as the friends OF Mr.. Douglas
can do nothing in any event for their champion
they should cordially resolve to do the brs
they can 10 save themselves and their party
which they can only do by defeating the Re
publican tickct.--W T. Xya}R