Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-24
The Prospect.

The Republicans are claiming the Presi.
dencyfor Lincoln in November, on account
of the news which they have received from
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana We showed
them, yesterday, by the vote of Ohio in ls4s,
that it was no sign that a State would go
against party in a Presidential fight, be-
cause it happened to go against them in
State fight. Ohio voted against the Democ-
racy in the State election Immediately pre-
ceding the Presidential election Of 1913, but
voted for Cass, nevertheless, for President
But, grant that Pennsylvania, Ohio and
| Indiana go for Lincoln HIS success is by no
means secured. The whole electoral vote is
sos. lie must get majority Of that mum
Der, 1872, in order to be elected Give him
Maine, New Hampshire. Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut. Vermont, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and he would have
only one hundred and twenty. three votes.
There are several Of the States enumerated
which he will not get, but give him all that
margin and he still is minus Of a sufliciency.
Add TO these the vote of Oregon and it will
make one hundred and twenty six. Give
could obtain for him, and still he would have
only one hundred and thirty.soven votes.
This would be giving him every free State in
the Union, with the exception of New York
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hand. Give him New York and he would
have more than enough. But it is impossi-
BILE for him to obtain New York. The thor
ough and complete fusion of all the elements
in that State opposed to Lincoln inevitably
insures his defeat In 1886, when Fremont
carried that State, there was no union of the
elements opposed to Republicansm. Fill
more, Fremont and Buchanan were each
running separately Fillmore polled 1874 ,6O4
votes Buchanan l75,s7S; Fremont 276,0O4
The combined vote of Fillmore and Buchanan
would have been S2O,4S2, making majority
over Fremont of 44,47S.
Such are the elements in New York in
opposition to Republicanism, showing con-
clusively that the fusion of the three parties,
the Bell, the Douglas and the Breckinridge,
in that State, must certainly carry it against
the Republicans by at least A 900 majority
! 1t seems to be proven then that Lincoln
may receive the vote of euery one of the Free
States, on the other side of the mountains,
with the exception of New York, and yet not
win the election. What earthly chance has
he, under this state of things, to be elected
by the popular vote?
On the other hand, the Southern vote
against him will be 100 1t will not be g
unit for either Douglas, Bell or Breckenridge
but it will be unit against Lincoln Add
to 100 the SO votes of New York and the 4
votes of California and it will make l59 votes
against Lincoln.
The votes being thus divided, in the South
between Douglas, Bell and Breckinridge,
and Lincoln not having a majority over all,
the election ofcourse goes into the House.
The Republicans have not a majority over
all elements there, and they would still fail
to elect their President.
We have said that the vote would be divi-
ded in the South between Douglas, Bell and
Breckenridge. Breckinridge will not carry
a sufieiency of the States, we believe, to get
into the House. In other words, the candi-
dates in the House having to be selected
from the three highest before the people, Lin
coin, Douglas and Bell will be those three
highest, Give may SO use the superlative)
But, that is not the point we are speaking
to. We are only showing the Republicans
that they are hallooing over the elections in
Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana, a little be.
! fore they are out of the woods.