Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-11-02
A Remarkable Article.
RE4D, DOUGLAS MEN, REID !!


+ "a 'ui VIEWS 10 the probable IN
fiuenee Of the election of the Ninth upon
the prospects of candidates, and with refe-
renee to the various platforms of princi-
pies really at issue before the people, and
which are to be practically decided at the
polls We do not hesitate to respond to
these inquiries; and the less so because it
is part of our duty to treat of such mat
tiers, candidly and frankly, even in the alb
scence of friendly solicitation.
In the first place, then, we think the re-
suit of the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, demonstrate, beyond all req
sonable ground for doubt that those States
will 60 for Lincoln in November, and by
vastly increased maiorities. The disgust
mgly corrupt scheme of fusion which was
entered into partially in Ohio and Indiana,
and completely in Pennsylvania, has been
repudiated by the people of those States,
emphatically and justly. It cannot be as
sumed that the people of other States in
which the canvass has been made up ac-
cordlng to the fusion programme, wi act
with any less honesty and intelligence,
when the time comes for them to vote
We think, therefore, that New York will
follow IN the wake of her sister Middle
States, with majority of from one to two
hundred thousand against the fusion out
rage and we think, further, that the peo-
pie of that State will vindicate their repu-
tatlon for moral honesty and political de-
cency by such a vote. And, inasmuch as
the poisonous influence Of this Fusion
Upas has been extended beyond the States
IN which it was planted, demoralizing the
Democracy, destroying their hopes and
paralyzing their efforts, we cannot believe
otherwise than that the whole North will
gofor understanding the vote Of the
Free States, for the first time in our histo-
ry, purely sectional in its character.
In the second place, we think the infu-
ence Of the elections Of the Ninth will be
to sectlonallze the vote of the South. The
South must view the results in Pennsylva-
MA, Ohio, and Indiana. as determining the
election Of Lincoln The natural impulse
OF the Southern mind will be to meet
Northern radicalism with the radicalism
of its own section. There is not time
enough left to organize new conservative
movement in the South of sufficient strength
to combat and conquer the sectional pas
sions, which, already excited, will be in-
famed to madness by the elections of the
Ninth. The friends of Douglas will not
work there with any heart, because they
cannot look for a Northern response in a
solitary electoral vote The South cannot
unite on Bell, because running on no dis
tinctive platform, support of him would
mean nothing and determine nothing. We
may, therefore, look to see every Slave
State 60 for Breckenridge.
If these premises are correct, Douglas,
and the principles which he represents, are,
practically speaking, no longer at issue in
this campaign, The canvass is reduced,
by indications which are prophetic both in
their tenor and force, to a contest between
Lincoln and Free Code on the one hand,
and Breckenridge and slave Code on the
other. This is a result which all who
cherish the peace and harmony of the
Union must deplore; but, deplorable or
not, it is a plain fact, which cannot be
gansaid or obliterated, and which should,
therefore, be looked at and acted upon as
such, frankly. And being a fact, the
voice of the North, in the expression Of its
sentiments at the polls, will neither be fee
bic nor uncertain. A million majority will
show the fidelity of the Northern masses
to the instincts of their section, when these
are appealed to by an issue which cannot
be avoided or delayed
The Northern Democracy are not re-
sponsibe for the sectional character
which the canvass has assumed 1t has
been precIpitated by the ultraists of the
South. Taking its birth in the jealousies
Of Southern politicians against the manli-
est statesman Of our tines. the movement
has grown up from its ignoble beginnings
in personal hate to its present proportions
of warfare upon civilization and of treason
against the State. They who have thus
sown the wind must reap the whirlwind
The ultraists of the South must be extir-
pated. Until this is done there can be
neither national peace nor national pros
perity. We had hoped this might be
achieved through the agency of Douglas
III the present campaign. That hope has
vanished. Yet, regarding it as the first
great act needful to be done, we shall greet
its accomplishment with satisfaction thro'
any agency that Providence may appoint
ADVICE TO LADY TRAvELERs.-T The
editor Of the Cultjvator advises people in
these times of fairs, conventions and Jour
neys, to have no more money about them
than is absolutely necessary, and to keep
sharp lookout for the pickpockets, and
adds
"Womens pockets are more easily picked
than men, S, especially since the introduce
ton of insensible steel ribs but the wo-
men have the advantage of us after all,
and have safe that no pickpocket dare in
wade without her consent. She has only
to deposit inside her dress, just below the
chin"