Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-24
NEW YORK STATE CORRESPONDENTS.


FRKDoNIA, Aug. p, 1860
EDITOR LEADKR In my last letter mark
ed out what appeared to me wonld be the
final programme of the present oampaign.-
Since that time one step in the direction then
indicated has been taken, viz the union of
the Douglas and Bell parties IN this State
Saturdays New York Herald has likewise
jumped aboard. So now it only remains to
plaster over the sore shins Of the Dickinsons
and the arrangements viii be complete in
this State, for united effort Of the fagends Of
every thing in opposition to Lincoln.
This extremity assuredly looks like amor
tifying expedieut to the parties engaged in il,
aLd undoubtedly is. The Brooks, the Ben
nets, the Seymours Csggers Woods, &C, Ger
tainly constitute worthy crew; and when
seated around the " flesh pots they must
evidently feel peculiarly brotherly and trust
ful But such q splurge is demanded. In
fact q terrible founder generally attends the
last throes of animation. And upon the
whole, this should have been expected, for
Herod and PLATE have always been known
to make friendship when truth and Justice
were on the march Of triumph But the par
ties in this movement cannot but feel, what
ever they may say, considerably humbled in
the necessity, that is thus upon them, Of
and crawling. Bat then it must
be done if possible to prevent honest Old Abe
from assuming the presidential chair; for
honesty in a candidate is indeed a horrible
vision before the political eyes Of such men
If this element Of honesty should once obtain,
and be made TO bear in the administration Of
the government as in the days Of Washington,
there must necessarily be a terrible shak-
ing among the Belshazzars Of the nation
This, OF course, should be avoided, and hence
the effort, if possible to carry this State no
matter who for, if only ggaiIlsf Lincoln. But
ii viii be an abortiye one. We have been
locking over the matter somewhat, BY way
Of facts and figures, and unless a change al
most akin 70 a miraculous one, takes place,
the parties in this jumble msy as well at this
time as sny other, hang their harps "upOn
the willows"
In examining the vote of 56 we find in
this State the following results. Of votes
re, ,eived Fremont numbered 276,007 Bu-
chal7an, l95, ,sTs; Fillmore, 24,6O4; Smith,
l55.
Allowing, then, ss certainly fair estimate
for all concerned, that Lincoln in the coming
election viii receive the same vote that Ere
ment did in Sc; and also that Douglas will
poll the buchanan vote, We have then, the
Fillmore vote to distribute in reaching the
probable II suit And, in order that we may
make an entirely safe calculation, we will
coneede that Of the l24, 6O4 votes polled for
DouElas wall receive three-fourths
and Lincoln ne remaining fourth, and It
will then be s,sel, that Lincoln will lead him
some siqhtssn l. toNoEld Uotes. In this estimate
il will be observed, We have supposed that
the fusion will include all the Breckenridge
laction, which is net at all probable. And
vet we ask upon what the Douglas hope can
possibly hang even with this calculation.-
But let US look at the matter more nationally
and that is that Douglas so far from receiT-
ing three-fourths of the Fillmore vote, viii
not receive half of It in ell probability. The
honest members of this party are not thus TO
be sold for less even than 70 a little pOttage
for the sake Of gratifying the spleen Of the
Brooks and Hunts Of the party. A number
hereabouts. since "Sanf and Pat have taken
to the same bed, bolt, settle back in the bar
ness, and utterly refuse 10 prance TO the un-
ion music, while Others have come out
promptly and hOnorsbly for Lincoln. Again
all the journals in the State that advocated
the claims Of Fillmore have now, with few
exceptions, run up the Lincoln flag. am
sware that much Is anticipated or at least
claimed upon person al grounds for Douglas,
and the attempt IS 81 rainingiy made TO rem
der him a second JacA son. Butit should be
reoOllected that old {" Hickory never sang
tweedles and tWeedleo 'um with the same
breath, but otherwise eE,U maintained Pc
culiarly straight forward Aoy the EternA
course; yacillation or eowa Jdiee never TOR a
moment obtaining IN his Character. WIN
jackson in the the boots Of Douglas at the
last session of Congress, a strO ug edEocate Tor
the admissions of Kansas wOuld have been
added 70 the Senate, in lien OF trucking
and honesty would have com
PEELED most any one but Douglas to this
course. But he 50 tm-lilze ''Oid Hickory"
chose 70 swallow himself, give the complete
he TO all his pretentious Of honesty upon the
very question he has been of late harping so
down east"
This whistling around the bush may an
swer, perhaps, in some undertakings, but II
viii not pay in this instance, and the mon
grelites in this State viii ere long understand
the fact
Republicans here are awake 70 the import
e. HHfr HafTT TNlnEN
in good earnest Meetings are being held IN
all localities favorable for the congre Sauon
Of the people You may look for large vote
throughout fne State at the coming eleStitn-
WILLARD.