New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-01
A DECEPTION EXPOSED.

We have called attention more than once to the
scheme Of the Bell managers in this State, to sell
out those who are still deludsd enough to follow
their lead, just as they and their conederates sold
ont Pennsy lyania to Buchanan in 1856, and for
hard dollars paid down, as was morally proven be,
fore the Covode investigation last session. The
cry of these vensl traickers in votes is, that any
combination ia good and patriotic by which Lin
coin may be defeated before the people. The En-
press, which is the sell. constituted organ OF one
fractional interest, says: Z" We are all for the sue.
cess of Bell and Everett, by defeating Lincoln
through minority of the Free States only, and
I" by carrying the election to the Congress OF the
United States, where, under the operations of
" the Constitution, wiser, safer, and more ex-
perienced man will be chosen to discharge the
duties of the Presidential Office"
Let it be observed just here that The Express
dots not propose to elect Mr.. Bell BY the House of
Representatives, but somebody by the Congress"
"a convenient ard significant dodge to cover its
real design, in promoting the success of Joe Lane
IN the Senate The Richmond Wing, much more
manly able, sincere and outspOken advocate of
Bell and Everett, referring to the proposed coali'
ton with Douglas, uses this languages "By this
Interchange of support between the friends Of
"Douglas and Bell Lincoln can easily be de-
"feated, and the election carried to the House.
where the choice must fall on Bell or Douglas"
This then is the programme of the journeymen
Union savers, North and South. The Express takes
all the chances resulting from any combination to
defeat LincolD,and The Wing recommended special
coalition for the same object, in order to elect
Douglas or Bell by the House. A little plain fgur-
ing ard up-and down talk may not only upset some
of these calculations but serve toundeceive thefew
who are honest in believing them. In the first
place, only the three highest candidates can be re-
turned to the Hou.e should the people fait elect
President. which is not very likely to happen this
Fall. All the indications render it morally certain
that in no probable contingency could Doug
las and Bell be two Of these three candidates. The
chances are, that Douglas will not receive one
electoral vote North, and probably not one South;
and it is extremely doubtful he has strength enough
in the South to give Bell majority even in the
closely contested States of that section. His pro-
fessed friends are daily DESERVING, and it is becoming
more aud more palpable that the real contest is
ia st narrowing down between Lincoln and Brock
inridge. Before sixty days, they will be the only
two live ndidates representing any substantial
party organization The others will be mere out
siders.
But admitting, for the sake of argument, all that
is foolshly claimed by these political traders and
their organs and that the election might be carried
to the House, what then I Can they elect Douglas
or Bell, as is so coolly proposed, after they get
them there so, how is it to be done Let us see.
The complexion Of the present House-which has
to elect, if at al-is not matter of speculation,
but fixed fact. We know precisely how the
States stand and here ia their order.