Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-08-17
The Southern Elections.


AT the tine Of our writing i would
appear to be difficult 10 fix The limits ofI
Gen. Coonbs' majority IN Keptucky.-I
From the neighborhood OF 500a. as first
reported, It has risen above $4,000. and
is still on the increase. In north Carolina.
the Democracy have carried the State.
but their losses are 50 great that the
Opposition profess to hare strong hopes
of a triumph in November. In Missouri.
the result remains in doubt, but there can
be no boubt, that the Opposition seuli-I
ment has been greatly strengthened in
the State, and that the Breckinridge wing
Of the Democracy IS nearly as much
disheartened by the aspects Of the election
as by the Notifying defeat in Kentucky.
Arkansas gives Us q scattering mass of
returns, as if to show how badly the
Democratic party can be split up when
left entirely to itself.
It cannot be denied thai the general
result of these elections puts somewhat
new face on the Presidential campaign.
They demonstrate that il the border
slave States, at least, there Is no heart,
no enthusiasm for the Breckinridge party;
that there is predisposition of the Doug
las and Bell men to unite in many local
tiles and that there is chance Of Bells
carrying four or five Of the Southern
States. All this complexities the difficulty
of efFscting a Democratic reunion, for it
shows the dissensions to be radical,
reaching down tothe ranks. and spreading
throughout the Union. The transition
period yet continues, and the time has
not arrived when that which IS to be the
nucleus Of the national party which IS to
antagonize the Republicans, takes its
substantial shape. That party viii prob
ably come from the present Breckenridge
wing of the Democracy bat the per
sonalities of the existing feud viii first
have to be got rid Of Thus one of the
strongest inducements to secure Lineoln's
defeat before the people IS taken away
from the Democracy, or is greatly modi-
fed, as II surrounds their prospects in
Congress with almost insurmountable
obstacles. Should the election 90 thither
under circumstances we have imagined,
the election of Bell By tbs House would
become much more probable than that
of Breckinridge-
But aside from the above considerations.
we rejoice in these gains of the Southern
Opposition. Man for man, they are far
preferable to the Southern Democrats OF
either wing. They are opposed entirely
to the system of corruption and misgov.
eminent which has long been identified
with Democratic rule. They are much
more conservative ard consistent on the
question ofslavery. In some States, tbs
difficulty Of framing an issue with the
Democracy. who have so long enjoyed
the prestige of a peculiar institution hav'
made the Opposition assume an attitud'
nominally as pro-slavery as their antag
onists. But even in these cases the pur
pose Of the party has always been bette
than its declarations; and its leader
there would take as much pains TO resis
the Democracy, as some Of the propose
brethren at the North would to unit
with that party against the Republican:
For these reasons, every Republican
must wish the Southern supporters c
Mr.. Bell, every success which lies with
in their attainment. When Mr.. Liucol
assumes the Presidential chair, those me
so fifty represented by EtheEidge, Davi
Nelson, and others, may be relied upo
for fair, constitutional support. The
viii constitute the breakWater on Thic
the first waves Of pro-slaveFy fanaticisl
viii break and subsids. They viii uphoI
the supremacy Of the laws and lead Il
way in producing that salutary state !
the public mind, by which a Republica
President shall be as much respected
South Carolina, as Democratic Pres
dent IS in Vermont.-Boston Journal
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