Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-17
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We cannot TOO earnestly recomiueul 4,
tho consideration o. the ,oiers Of Texas
the remarks OF Col. Al. ID, Graham, upon
the uselessness Of the fusion movement il
this State, What good can possibly result
from il, il one Of tho hidden mysteries o.
the opPoslllon We give in full Col. Cru
hams 'emaiks upon this subject. Ile said
But ! propose now to pay my respect.
to the fusion, or so-ealled, Union ticket
recently formed in Texas.
This ticket, as understand II, is To he
len perfectly free 10 vote for the most
available candidate agains Lincoln aud
Hamlin, In the resolutions adopted by
the nominating meeting, and also in The
call for certain persons 10 become eandi-
dates on the electoral ticket the object Of
the new party is announced TO be TO east
the vote IL Texas for the candidate most
available TO defeat the Black Republican
candidate. Al first blush the object seems
patriotic aud the proposition plausible. II
II Is speeious, II is therefore more likely Ia
deceive the gnWary and unreheoting. Now
| have no doubt IL will surprise some Of
those who have never thought upon the
subject, that Ro possible contingency eau
arise ON which the vote of Texas can be
made available 10 defeat Lincoln. | grant,
II the President could bo elected by mere
plurality vote; such contingency might
arise. For instance, II the plurality rule
prevailed, and Lincoln received three more
votes than any one of the opposing candl.
dates, without Texas, then the four votes of
Texas might be made available TO defeat
Lincoln, by being east for the Iext highest
candidate. But the contrary and said;
".ne Constitution declares that the sue
cessful candidate must receive majority
of tho whole number OF electors appoint ted.
! repeat then that no emergency can arise
| In which the vote of Texas can be made
available TO defeat Lincoln. Lot mo illus
tratc: There will be cast 303 electoral votes,
consequently l52 are necessary to choice,
Surprising now that Lincoln receives l5l
votes, why he Is defeated, Texas casts
her vote for the next highest candidate,
or the lowest. | ndmit that IL the. next
highest candidate lacked only -four VOTES
of receiving majority without Texas,
then the vote OF Texas might be used TO
make an election, but not to defeat Lincoln,
for he would already be defeated by the
majority rule. II matters not then, so
far as the defeat of Lincoln is concerned
how any State in the South may CO. Tho
battle ground is tine North" If he gets n
majority there Of the whole electoral vote
of the Union, he is elected, without refer
cnce TO the wayin which any or all of the
States of the South may votc-if he gets
less than II majority, he is defeated If
neither of the candidates receive major
ity the election goes into the House of Rep
rescntatives, and the selection is made
from tho three highest. In this contest
Lincoln must inevitably be defeated, be-
cause each State casts but one vote, and
there are II States that will certainly go
against him, and these constitute major
ity of the whole.
The fifteen Southern States will of course
vote in a body against him. The political
complexion of the Congressional dclcga-
ton from California and Oregon in the
next session of Congress, is already asccr-
tanned. They are deeply and unnlterably
fixed in their opposition to the Black Re-
publican party, and will just as surely
vote against Lincoln as any of the South
crn States.
What then is the necessity of fusion
ticket here? have shown that it cannot
be n fusion ticket against Lincoln, for he
is not running here. He will be either
elected by the North, or defeated by the
North, it matters not how Texas or any
other southern State may go. A fusion
against Lincoln in the Northern States
where he is n candidate is legitimate and
proper, because believe all the Northern
States appoint or elect their electors by a
plurality vote. But here it must be obvi-
Gus that,,a fusion is utterly Intellectual as
against the Black Republicans. If then,
the object of the fusion be- as has been
stated to make the vote of Texas available
to defeat Lincoln, it must BIO clear 70 g.,
unmitigated fallacy. If it succeeds, its
important effect will be to prevent the peo-
pie of the State from expressing their views
upon the important issues between the
party sustaining Breckenridge and its OPP
poncnts.
But suppose the people fail to make an
election, and the vote of Texas cannot be
made available to effect it, the election will
then have to be made by the House Of Rep
rescntatives. There are four candidates,
in the field and. as I have already said, |
the selection must be made from the three |
highest. contingency may arise, then,
on which the vote'of Texas may be made |
to prevent one of the candidates
running at the South from 81 before ,Snt
Lincoln receives the highest vote, and
Douglas, Bell and Breckenridge are tied, or
are within three votes range of each other,
without the vote of Texas. 1t follows that
Texas will have it in her power to keep
one of these candidates from going before
the House. Which one will it be, if the
fusion ticket succeeds? Will it be Brock
,nridge? then apprellcnd that the true
Democracy of the State would like to be
informed of the fact. Will it be Bell? Ii
3d. unless they have already had some in
formation on the subject, the Bell-Evcrett-
ties would doubtless like to have voice in
he matter. II Douglas is to be prescribed,
hen ! should suppose that the few adhc-
rents of his cause might feel some interest
N the matter. Upon this important
question this party stands uncommtted-
It is to be hoped, however, that no Breck-
enridge Democrat can be induced to sup
port this party, for although they have in
heir boundless bencvolence seen proper to
embrace Mr.. Breckenridge in the fusion,
yet none are so blind who cannot see that
n the contingency indicated, Mr.. Brock
,nlidge will be the prescribed candidate
Although the ticket is pledged to go for
lin in contingency that will never hap
zen, yet he is perpctually the object of the
most envenomed attacks Of those who have
AIKEN him to their embraces. The Tro-
ans "feared the Greeks, bearing presents"
nd well may Mr.. Breckenridge pray to be
delivered from such friends.
New FORK, Oct 9th The meeting !, ratify