Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-04

Iron The New York ieradl
The Southern Opposition Strength IN
tn eComing Campaign.
As ling as tho democracy were unit their
strength in the Southern States WAS alm"st i'm.
rreenable. But now that the party il split into
two factions the case 10 different, aud few facts
and figure. will demonstrate how formidable in
the S.,uth the Union or opposition ticket of Bell
aud Everett is likely tn prove in the coming Pres
identiai campaign. To the Democracy the only
States that can be conceded certain are three.
Mississippi, South Carol m and Arkansas. Mt
ono of the other twelve State can be relied upon.
The Journal Of Commerce claim. ten Southern
States M surr for Brrckin-idge. namely. Virgin
ia. North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia. Flo.
rida. Alabama, Mis.i-sippi. Kentucky. Arkan-a.
and Texas, with only sligh, doubt about Ten
nessee a. being Bells home. We should like to
know IN whnt data our " all stree, contemporary
bases his calcu lationa.
In Virginia, in the last election for Governor.
the nua,bsrs stood for the democrat. 10. l24; TOR
the opposition, 7l,543. Dviic the democracy
be'ween Breckinridge and ID ,usas. M matter
how uoequally. and Their. iS an cay victory for
Bell
In Kentucky, ut the last rloc,ion for Governor
the nu niers were for the dem, cra.y 70. 6Z7: for
the onpusition, 81. 1856 Divide the democracy and
hat becomes ot the hopes Of either If Its cnnli.
dates in that Siaef
In North Car"lIaa. the figures stood in the last
el"cti"n f.r Governor. iem'ca'. &c 222; opro.
.i,i5n candidate. 80 965. Here there is re-
spectacle majority Oh ii 251; hut divide the de-
mr.ctatic strength betwee" Du. n- and Brc'k
iuridge, and Is it not PLAN that Bell will bc the
victors
In Tennessee the democratic majority is much
smaller. Al the last election for Governor the dem
ocrars rolled rs 073: the opposit,on candidate GS
0i2. This gives n maj ri,y of over 5000. which
wonld vanish into thin air when two dem rrntio
cand dates come into the arena.
Al the las, election in Delaware the numbers
tstard /, S68 against 1882. Who does not see
that. With Nv" Democratic candidates IN tho field,
the orposition ticket mus. be elected by n ln,ge
plurality!
In Maryland. the opposition had ma ority Mt
the last eecti,n and tho cnuulel NJ follows:
Opposition Al, l4l: democratic SO .6s2. Is the
jnrity agsins' the democracy here likely to hc re-
duced when Bre kioridre and Douglas divide the
democratic forces between them?
In Texa..,oo the oppo.i,hn defeated the dcmoc.
racy at III last election. Sam ilrust9n'- ma or,ty
being 1910 What pros ect il there now VI el,ct.
ing dem 'crat in tina, StnteH
In Georgia the vote for the democrats Governor
wn- G38oG; for the opposition, ~ l95. Blu, divide
Is 900 into nearly equal parts, aud each will Iall
far short Of 5000.
In Louisiana the vote was ~ 434 ,nr tho demo.
crats. and 1888 tor the opposition. But the
half If "a 600 j. less than 10 1000. anil taking INFO
COZ siderntion The vigor with which soue and hi.
friends will prosecute the campaign 1t is m"lc
than probable Douglas will get from ten to twelve
thousand votes.
10 Alabama thers was no oppo-iian, properly
called bu, the regular demucraf wa- elected ly
10000 majority over tho hre-eatcr. Let three
candidates appear in the field, und who name
the winning man
IL Florida the numbers stood at las, election
Tor Governor. democrat 5,0l9, opposition 1925.
Divide the democratic strength in nearly equal
portions aud the opposition obtains the puraIi-
n.y..
AT lba last election for Governor in Missouri.
the democratic candidate pollcd IL ,9s5 the oppo-
lsti"n 47,64i-democratic majority only 344. Let
the democracy be dividend between two tickets
in this State. and the electoral ticket o Bell
Ia sure to triumph. Il liz true the Opposition
consists partly Of republicans hut out OF St,
l. nis they have no strength, aud the great bdy
oil the opposition will certainly go Tor the Uuon
ticket.
Thus it 10 hard to say in which Of these twelve
States the democracy can he successful and
datk prospect is, that the democratic candidnte
who is likely to poll most Votes at the North will
poll least at the Soath in fact will not carry
electoral vote beyond Mason and Dixons line
i There ia, therefore, political revolution at hand
. which will scatter the democracy like chat before
4. ihe Wihu. nan tnefe Oeen TWO uemOcratic car
! didates in the Geld n the Presidential struggle o.
u 1856. q similar result would have happened. -
, Thanks IN the Albasy Regency AID their rs:aiu
rrs. the same men who defeated the democracy IN
: lB4s. by running second dem cratic ticket. tn,
democratic party has been prrcipitared to it,
n doom. and the Imposition marty Of the South viii
take its place. On the 4th uf March next, either ~
the White iloase, Or Is the DRIP silon to trium
u phan, black republicnnisin, which. il Lincoln il
: elected, will Be daily installed at The CAPITAL "
a-hingron, wi'hauts finger being raised against
: liz, whatever the 6re-saters may say to tn,
, icoBtrary.