New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-21
THE P.aspECr.

per about the prospects of success for the CONSTR
tutiona Union party at the election in November.
The Times claims to be an independent journal,
and probably il is So SO far as its Washington cor
Irespon6enoe Il concerned. AT oil events, Wash
I ington City is the headquarters of the diferent
| Executive Committees, and as these committees
ara N daily correspondence with all sections of
the Union. il is fair to presume that more is known
in that city, about the canvass than is known any
| where else We append some extracts from the
letter of the Times correspondent, with the assur
ance of our belief that our prospects are much
| more favorable now than then, and that they will
continue to improve every day until the day Of
election:
WASHINGTON, Aug. %, Is60-The Bell and Ey.
erett Central Executive Committee, of whom Mr..
Boteler, of Virginia, is the working head, and who
have their headquarters here, profess themselves
greatly encouraged by the progress of the cam.
paign, particularly in the South. The good under
standing which has been developed between the
supporters of Bell and the supporters Of Mr. Doug
las, is not it is said their only source OF encour-
| agement. The action Of the Virginia Breckenridge
/ Convention, as well as the Douglas Convention,
which virtually instructed their electors, should
they be chosen, TO cast the vote of the State for
4 Bell, in case that by so doing Lincolns election
/ would be prevented, it is maintained is not among
the least significant indications of the real strength
of the nominees of tho Nationals.
| The argument which is deduced therefrom is,
that Virginia, in the contingency likely to arise in
| case Mr. Eyeretts name should go to the Senate,
could be relied on to take the lead in making the
| distinguished New Highlander President. 1t is
maintained by the best informed Nationals that
Breckenridge and Lane will not receive electoral
votes enough to send them to the House in the
event there is no election by the people. Indeed,
il seems 70 be pretty generally conceded now that
IN the South where it was first expected that
Breckenridge aud Lane would largely preponder-
1 w Ia NJ
/ derate instead Ihe committee to whom have
referred profess to feel entirely confident of up
/ wards of eighty votes for Bell and Everett in the
Southern States with an excellent prospect of IN
creasing the number to nearly or quite one hun
| dred - Thus, the Nationals get Mr..
| Bells strength up to about one hundred electoral
| votes in the South. This will, Of course, carry
| Bell and Everett into the House, and keep Brock
| inridge and Lane out, in case of no choice. This
also leaves about tfty-three more votes wanting to
elect Bell and Everett by the people. These must
| come from the North. The recent coalitions, and
others that are forming and to be formed, and,
what il perhaps OF no secondary consideration,
the developing of scheme to elect Bell and Ever
EFT, have, combined, made serious assaults on
what has heretofore been regarded by so many as
the absolute and demonstrated certainty of Lin
coins election.
Certain it is taking the foregoing calculations,
The contest is bettreea Lincoln and Bel. No fact
stands out more prominent-nor, perhaps is there
one more significant in this canvass-than the
Democrats and Old Line Wings and Americans
have eoaleseed; particularly at the South, where
such thing was deemed next to impossible, for
there the Democrats have ever been the only foe
of the Americans and Wings. At the North this
state of things is if possible still more hearty.
thorough understanding exists between these differ
ent parties and factions, as to working all the de-
tails, in order TO accomplish the single object to
| take States from Lincoln.
In this way has New York come suddenly to be
the battle ground of the campaign-so confessed
very recently by the Republicans themselves.
From what has TRANSFERRED, and is TO transpire it
soon will be, if it has not already become, appa-
ent that the Breckenridge element will no longer
stand an impeachment, but be made to contribute
to the effort that is making to carry New York
against Lincoln. With such state of things every
man will Judge for himself what degree of doubt
hangs over the contest. Only show, az the fore
going calculation OF Bells strength in the South
seems to show, that the taking of New York from
Lincoln may result in electing Bell and Everett by
the people, and you bring into the canvass motives
more powerful than any which have yet been eX-
cited, and at once take strong hold on the very
large and influential class who, while they prefer
Bell, yet declare their intention to vote for Lincoln
because Bell has no chance.
In other words, the creation of a chance fof Bel
changes the achole aspect of The CANVASS. Does
that chance exist? 1t certainly does, if the above
claims TO Bells strength are conceded, even in
part. No doubt, could it be shown that, by
taking New York from Lincoln, Bell would be
made President, even q graver doubt would be
thrown over the result in New York. for You
would then take from Lincoln thousands of votes
that would otherwise be given for him, under the
impression that Bell had no chance. The same
holds good of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois,
Indiana, and every one of the pivotal Sfates.n
The Nationals now maintain that the contest is
heneeforth between Lincoln and Bell. AT the
same time the impression gains strength-with
precisely how much authority | do not pretend to
say-that in the end Bell will have the support of
all the Douglas electors in case they will elect him
over Lincoln. The action of the recent Breckin-
ridge Convention in Virginia renders it certain
that the Breckenridge electors will stand in the
same position towards Bell. If, therefore, Bell
will in the contingency of its being enough to
elect him over Lincoln, receite the sold D0te of
elsewhere to elect has By tie people. It is prob
able indeed ii is assorted for fact that in case
the Joint electoral ticket nominated In New York
should be chosen, Bell, in such contingency
150tld hare the tchoie cote of NeH YORK., instead
of Ten This would be all the more easy to &C.
and Democrats seem destined, in any event, to
come together and form one party.
Ii would certainly seem that the superstition that
all the Democratic chosen electors, North and
South, whether Douglas or Breckenridge, will be
concentrated on Bell, il that becomes the only
method of defeating Lincoln, does>no violence TO
fair probabilities but is altogether likely to take
place. Ii is maintained, therefore, in view OF the
changed prospect, the various aud new contingent
ciea that have arisen, and the strong tendency
everywhere developed among the various shades
of opposition to make common cause against Lin
coin, together with the unexpected Independent
strength of Bell say Il is maintained from all
these that The contest actually is bet3reef Lincoln
and Bell and hat II is moi Due That III case Lincoln
is not chosen, The election eeW necessarily go 10 The
House. because there exists noto an actual clsdaee,
scec Is 10 DO strengthened, TO elect Bel and Etefet
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