Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-22
Effect of the October Elections south.

/ EueCL OF Luc OCloueE EloCaAouh SouAu'
The fre-eaters bluster badly, bus the effect
of Republican success on the South general
" is thus stated in a Louisville letter of Oct.
18th to the Tribune. 1t has an air of can
dor and probability, at least. The writer
says
The result of the recent elections in the
North has had the effect to work an entire
change in the relations of the various parties
in the Southern States. One month ago,
there was a strong probability that the Union
party would succeed in dividing the South
ern Electoral vote with Mr.. Breckinbridge;
but the overwhelming defeat Of the Bell
Douglas coalition in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, has created an absolute stampede
from both the Bell and Douglas parties, to the
Breckenridge wing of the Democracy, the
design being TO give the Southern Electoral
vote as unit to Mr.. Breckinridge; and
should fusion in New York be victorious in
the common contest, according to the agree
ment of the contracting parties, they claim
New York's thirty-6ve votes for Mr.. Breck-
inridge, or the Disunion party; and thus they
design making Mr.. Breckinridge the next
President OF the United States by the aid of
the men who have the greatest cause of COM
plant against Mr.. B. and the Southern Sc
cessionists. Mr. Douglas friends are thus
to be made subservient to the elevation of his
most implacable enemies.
Mr.. Breckenridge has an unbounded pOpu-
oil, in oil Of ha Stafac of
the South, due in part to his respectable tai
ents, his eminent family connections, his con-
genial manners and great amiability Of tenn
per So much have these qualities endeared
him to the masses of all political parties, his
opponents as well as his friends, that they
cannot conceive that John c. Breckenridge
would aid IN any reasonable action against
the Government.
As to Mr.. Douglas strength, it is really
inconsiderable and he could not have polled,
at any time, more than one hundred thousand
votes in all the Southern States; and since
the recent overwhelming Republican victor
les in the North, a large majority of those
will attach themselves to the Breckinridge
interest. They merely supported Mr.. Douglas
| because Of his supposed strength in the
North, and the hope that Breckinridge
would withdraw from the contest, and
the South would be obliged to take Mr..
| Douglas in self-defense. Now this dream
/ has dissippated, the fog has cleared away,
and they can see the slB and make their
reckoning accordingly. OF course the en-
| thusiasm of the Bell men has gone down,
even more rapidly than it went up. They
| see they are but a forlorn hope, and although
they affected to believe they could carry some
Eve or six Southern States, they now despair
even of old Maryland. Their forces are dis
/ heartened, and the more Pro-SlayRry ones
are stampeding toward Mr., Breckinridge's S
camp. Mr.. Bell will now lose his own State,
and also Kentucky, both Of which were
counted on strongly for his support.
! These are the strongest probabilities
! Great numbers of the friends Of Bell in Ten
nessee are joining the Breckenridge party I;
and as far as Mr.. Douglas is concerned, he
cannot now retain even an electoral ticket (;
| and what there is of one will fuse with the
seeessionists, and thus render the triumph Of
| Mr.. Breekinridge in the State beyond cavil.
I Virginia will also return to her first love
J for when did she vote against the Democracy
| And Democracy with her is the South.
The Breckenridge men are quite as much
elated at the recent Republican victories in
the North as the Republicans themselves
often asking the question, Where is the North
ern strength of the arch little demagogue
After a careful survey of the whole South
ern field, conclude that Mr. Breckinridge
will have almost the entire South with him
in November. There may be a half dozen oi
the electoral votes against him, but the bal
ance will certainly be in his favor. Mr.. Lin
coin will have a very respectable vote in
Kentucky-say from five to ten thousand
There is no fear of Disunion. Kentucky, at
least, will not consent to it. nor will conserv-
atiYes anywhere in the South.