Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-09-14
From the New Orleans Crescent
HOW TO DEFEAT LINCOLN.

the election of Lincoln may be defeated. II is a
private letter. but as the views expressed are doubt
less held by many Others we shall offer some COM
mentary upon them.
In the first place our correspondent desires TO see
union of all parties at the South upon single
ticket And he thinks that that ticket ought to be
Breckenridge and Lane, altho he says nc .swould
hail the election of Bell and Everett with pleasure
as a safe election which the country would have
nothing to fear FROM
SO far as the union upon n single ticket is CON
cerned, we cordially agree with him, In the very
outset of the canvass made The suggestion that
this ought to be done, and we supported il by ar
guments which seemed to us sound and unassaila-
ble. We have continued TO urge the same policy
all the time.
Agreed upon this point our correspondent and
ourselves differ only when we come to the men,
lie says Breckenridge and Lane-we say Bell and
Everett. This offers fair subject of discussion,
and we will express again the reasons for the faith
that is in u.s. ~ .
In the first place, we hold that il is utterly i'm
possible to elect Mr.. Brcckinridge, if he
the only candidate running against Lincoln. Facts
are facts-howevcr unpleasant il may be sometimes
to admit them. And it is fact that the prepon-
derancc of the Northern Democracy is largely in
favor of Douglas and bitterly opposed to Brcckin-
ridge. This is something which, we suppose,
body will dispute.
Suppose that the Democracy in the Northern
States could they carry2 The most recent cleo
tons show that they cancarry scarcely single one.
Wherever the Black Republicans have been defeat
ed in any of the recent State elections in the North
it has been done by combination between the
Democrats and Americans. 1t is thus that de-
feated them for Governor in Rhode Island, and for
| a portion of the State ticket in New York
If the united Democracy in the North thus
powerless, il follows, ortior, that the divided De-
mocracy must have less strength still. Under
these circumstances, Mr.. Breckinrdge cannot we
honestly believe, carry Northern State. lie can
not even carry California and Oregon for there,
cording to the latest reports the Democratic party
is divided in aboutequa proportions between Breck-
inridgc and Douglas.
Our correspondent knows that the whole South
ern vote will not elect. Besides the Southern vote,
there must be thirty-tlrce from the North to
| give any candidate a majority. Where is Mr.
Breckenridge to get themf
1t will not do to say that if the conservative vote
of the North combine upon Mr. Breckinridge he
will get enough added to the vote of the South to
elect him. 1t is known that the conservative vote
ut the North will not combine on Breckenridge. II
is useless to complain of thisto protest against il
TO demand the reason why it cannot be done-
The thing is so and we must practical men, take
+ things as we find them-not as we would wish them
TO be. But some explanation of the fact may bC
found in the resentment which the Douglas men
feel on account of the double secession, first al
Charleston and then at Baltmore--a resentment sc
great that they declare that they will not vote fol
Breckenridge under any circumstances. The Doug
las men constitute the Bulk of the Democratic par
ty at the North They say they are willing to com
bine upon either Douglas or Bell to dnfeat Lincoln
and in New York they have already combined
r But they will not combine upon Breckinridge-
Our correspondent, whose intelligence and politca
sagacity are proved by his letter, must know this
fact and must be forced however unwillingly, tC
admit that it is so.
4 Therefore there cannot he such n combination
of all conservatives at the North upon Breckinrdgt
as will defeat Lincoln. And the entire vote of tn,
SDuth will do Mr. Breckenridge no good unless hi
"a can get votes at the North
"a But our correspondent must know, also, that Mr.
Brecknrdge cannot get the entire vote of the South
He must knOw-for he is gentleman of observa
st ton and intelligence-that there are objections Il
;e Mr. Breckinrdge on the part of many of the trues
v Southern men. The friends of Mr.. Bell and tn
friends of Mr.. Douglas in the South constitute w
e believe, majority of the Southern people. Tht
1t objection to Mr. Breckinrdge does not lie so muc
against him individually against portion of tn,
party that sustains him. The issue was distinct
made in Kentucky, where Mr.. Breckinrdge is yerl
u popular and where the whole State, without dis
tinction Of party is proud of him as a man and a
as statesman and he was defeated by one of tn
most decisive majorities, taking all things into con
sideraton, ever vet recorded in the annals Of polit
~ cal contests. So it will he in all the Southern
States where the issue of Union or Disunion is pre-
sented. Even Mississippi, in 1851, elected the Tn
:, ion candidate for Governor against the candidate
~ the Secessionsts. We do not say that Mr.. Brecll
~ inridge is Dsunionist, nor do we believe that h
q is But that he is the favorte os the Disunonists
- something about which we presume, there can h
~ no question. We make no argument against Nj
~ 3reckinridge upon this point but we merely stat
te facts as we believe they exist
"a The difference between Mr.. Breckenridge and Nj
Bell so far as the chances of election are concerned
simply this; Mr.. Breckinridge cannot be electe
in our opinion, because combination of ill cor
scrvatives is necessary for that purpose and as W
think we have shown, no such combination upo
Mr.. Breckenridge in the North will be made. Br
Mr. i;eii ran be Because such a combination can
made. II is made already to a certain extent !
. New York, where the Douglas and Bell men hav
united-and the policy bids fair TO be adopted yer
soon, in most of the other Northern States
We think, therefore, that the conservatives of a
parties, North and South, ought To combine ,rpo
fell and Everett They are national men, conser,
atlve statesmen, and TO approved fidelity. Mr. Be
me- is Southcrner by birth, residence and interest an
e interest, and in the ownership of large number
~ slaves oilers sufficient guaranty, independent
w. all impulses PATRIOTISM that the rights of SLAYER
q IN the south will not be invaded under his admin
stration. Mr.. Everett has nobly breasted the storI
OF abolition fanatcism in its stronghold, and neve
makes speech without speaking in the most kind
y and generous terms of the South. They wi
prove worthy, if elected of the trust and conf
dence reposed in them.
= But our correspondent is fearful that the electio
u will lie thrown into the House of Representatives
and that there Lincoln win be chosen President
Let him dismiss all apprehensons. Lincoln wi
Il nave scarcely better chance in the House than
ther Of as. Fifteen votes IS his utiaat,aa-and
requires seventeen to elect. The apprehension this
the House will turn out the sittingmember for Orc
,E gon need not be felt We do not believe there is
majority there to do it--but sooner than permit
c to he DONE for such purpose, the Democrats an
er Americans-yery properly, too-woud resist it b
parliamentary cxpedients that would effectual.
prevent the cOnsumnmton. The organs of III
Black Republican party-the New York Tribuner
their head-all admit that Lincoln is defeated altC
getheruness chosen by the people.
ok The suggestion that all the electors chosen in III
Sonthorn Stntos. no mntter nnon whit iicket. shn