The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-05
The Canvas in the South.


In announcing, one week ago. the
nomination Of Douglas and Fitzpatrick
at Baltimore, we expressed our hope
and belief that they would outrun Brek-
enridge and Lane In the popular vote
of the Slave States. Our anxiety to see
the Yanceys and Currys of that section
well logged by any party or faction
that "keeps step to the music OF the I'm
ion" in any and every contingency,
may have warped our judgment i'll the
premises but the declention of Gov.
Fitzpatrick was a very serioucs incident
which we did not then foresee and the
subsequent developments of Southern
opinion have been different from what
we anticipated. In short, the as
Ipect of the Southern canvass are quite
other than we then anticipated.
We exchange with most of the lead
ing Democratic journals Of the Slave
States and among them all we recog
nize inst two of established character
and decided force that support Douglas
and johnson. These are the Mobile
Register and the St. Louis Republican
The latter, though till recently Wing,
is able and influential, and its support
gives Mr.. Douglas chance for the vote
of Missouri. The former is also ably
edited, but has never eXerted CONTROL
| ING influence in Alabama, having been
generally in the minority in it's own par
ty. It's editor, Mr. Forsyth (son Of the
Hon. JOHN Forsyth, who was Senator
from Georgia. Minister to Spain, and
finally SECRETARY Of State), has since his
recall from Mexican Embassy, been an
ardent Douglas man on personal
grounds, and the Democracy Of Alabma
sympathlze neither with his preference
nor his reasons. We should Judge from
the indications that reach us that Ala
bama would give more popular votes for
the Breckenridge ticket than for all
others.
Perhaps we should add Mr.. Sonle's
organ, the True Deltr, at New Orleans,
to the list of prominant Democratic
journals in the South that support Mr..
Douglas and those who will may count
the Louisville Democrat in the category.
If there be any more, we do not know
them. In South Carolina, theae is no
journal that even toleaates the idea OF
supporting Douglas in any contingency ;
in Mississippi, we believe the state of
the case is the same i'll Kentucky, we
here Of no Douglas journals but the
Democrat aforesaid; in Tennessee, none
has yet been heard from, while we
know that the Union (Nashville), Aga-
laoche (Memphis), and other leading
Journals, are out for Breckenridge.
From Virginia, we hear Of QUE paper
coming out for Douglas, but all we see
are the other way and they include
the mouth, piece Of seyen.eights of the
Democracy of that State, beginng with
the Enquirer and the Eaanainer of
Richmond, and including the Southern
Argys, Norfolk, the argus, Wheeling,
the Sentinel, Alexandria, &c, &c.
We believe there are at least seventy
five Democratic journals in the Old Do
minion, of which at least seventy one
are for Breckenridge. We had suppos-
ed that there would be at least a suff'-
cient vote for Douglas in this State to
give it's eletors to Bell and Everett,
but there will not: Breckridge will
carry it. We cannot speak so conf
IDENTITY for North Carolina; but the Press,
Raleigh, J0unol, Wilmington, and
Banner, Salisbury, are out for Brock
enridge, and none within our knowl
edge for D1-ulas. Even in Maryland,
where the Douglas men divided the del
egation, they do not seem to be sus
tanned by any considerable portion of
the Democratic press; while in Della
ware the Republican, Wilmington,
goes decidedly for Breckenridge, while
it is not only the most influential organ
Of Democracy i'll the State, but located
lust where Douglas should be stronger
in any part of it. Down at the lower
end, which sympathizes with the Bay
Counties of Maryland, he stands no
chance. From Florida, Arkansas and
Texas, we have no indications as yet
but Arkansas is the only one of them
IN which Douglasism has ever had an
existence, and here it has been decided
y in the minority. Sam Houston is
likely to carry Texas; il not, Breckin-
ridge will.
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