The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-10-06
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city what they think, and they Vim answe,
thasthessis h . possibility Of defsaei1g Tie olse
ticn q Lincoln before the people, ana shrow.
ing ne election Into the House Of Represcnta-
tiycs, and that therefore they look wiih favor.
able eye 70 the fusion Of al the elenents Of on.
position 70 Lincoln. which has been attempted
IN New York, New Jersey and other Stase2 Ii
i admitted that only Linceln. Of the fosr canai-
dates, has any prospects of election BY The pso-
pie, and tAs openly acknowledged design Of an
these combinations =, not o elect Douglas bat
TO defeat de Rspsblican candidate. M issj
4 How much do oar Doag]as ftieads gain, IL this
plan succeeds, Of which there Is little probabili.
~, and the election is thrown into The House -
The Houss selects Ptesident from The Mvss Who
receive tho greatest number Of electoral votes.
These three would probably be Lincoln, Breck.
inridge and Bell, leaving the Little Giant com
pletely out Of the contest. But suppose, which
10 almost impossible, that Douglas should be one
Of che three, instead of Bell, how much nearer
the Presidency 10 he thens The vote is taken
by States, each State having one vote, and there
will be fourteen Democratic votes, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Califonia, Delaware, Florida Georgia,
illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oregon,
South Carolina, Virgins. and Texas, two of
these, Illinois and Missouri, being for Douglas,
and the rest for Breckinridge); ffsem Republi.
can votes, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine.
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hamp.
shire. New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylva-
mia, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin
one Bell vote, Tennessee and three equally
divided, Kentucky, Maryland, and North Caro-
lima Seventeen being necessary to elect, there
will probably be no choice; certainly none of
any man except .Breckinridgc, for his friends,
having everything on their side, would only lose
by compromises. II the President is elected by
the House, then the Vice President, by the
Senate, from the t~o highest, who will be, in
this instance, Hamlin and Lane, is inauguratcd |
On the 4th of March IS President. The Sem |
ate would thus elect Joe Lane, the man who |
spells God with little G. and dirt with two It's,
as our President, man who has always cursed |
and spit upon the doctrine Of non.interventioo, |
and would throw the whole power Of the Gov. |
ernment against it.
The real contest is between Lincoln and |
OF Lane. Every vote against Lin
'oln is vote for Joe Lane. How Is 1t, gem
llemen? Which of these two will you have for |
President Of the United States?