Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-09

those who have protested to believe with them, on all
the great questions of the times and which have oil late
years divided parties.
We have only wanted fugitive slave law for the recov-
cry of runaway Wings With such law honestly exc
cuted could at any time in these past twenty years
have brought back in handouts enough 10 nave turned
the tables Democratic friendsand have done Sc
in single month-so far as the South Is concerned
II might have been punishment unconstitutional, iot
its excessive severty-for we would not only have re,
duced its bataons to skeleton companies but we shouu
have taken from its columns every general or nearly
every one that leads them-for believe 1t IS now set
tied, and submitted rule that genuine, nadultera
ted, and original Democrat is allowed 10 emerge IRON
| the rank and fle
The whole question of the coming presidential election
dependent the of the Northern, or free states
The Of those States for years preponderatng has
continued teswell its disproporou, with continually &C
celebrating veocy-unt if it has really come TO sec
tonal organzl ton, 1t is absolutely irresistible
Our only hope is in preventing if possible snch an or
ganization-the only enquiry how that can De accom-
plshed
For sixteen years, from 1910 TO 1856, the whole in
of the entire vote Of the United states was
hundred and ninetyve thousand nine hunureu anu slA
ty 1895 960 For the four years 1t was nlne nun
dred and fortyfve thousand and ninety-eight votes
t945,09S.) OF this million one hundred ana sMty'
four thousand four hundred aud seven votes lo4
in the North and six hundred and seVentyve tnou
sand eight hundred and fityone (675S5l) IN the slave
Staes-hus increasing in the single of President
Pierce largely more than in the preceding sixteen year.
refer this excessive disproporon IN the rate oil Nort
err and Southern increase in order TO snow tat any
hope left in 1856 Of recovering any oil the states
lost by Buchanan retaining any one OF the hVe whch
then voted for him. that such hope can no longer exist
Because know that the difference has been caused en-
tirey by the constant influx Of most cherished natu
| rallied citizen voters-our brethren from the herman
States-qualiied for the duties OF republican cti-
Zenshp, by training under the most complicated despo
posms of Europe-our Irish Norwegian aud Free Negro
friends the ugitves from the South all voting from the
day they land and nine hundred and mnetynlne out Of
every thousand sure to vote the Abolition ticket
Pierce in 1852 took fourteen out OF the sixteen fee
States Buchanan selected as the most available Democrat
in truth he was in 1856 took only tee OF the same
sixteen States, three by minority vote his two com
pettors dividing the majority against him in New Jersy
in Illinois and in California and two, pennsylvania and
Indiana by aggregate majority oil less than eieven
hundred lOOl votes So that change of six hundred
5000 votes in general vote of hundred and TWEEN
tysix thousand four hundred and six 72GiO would
have against him forty electoral votes, or about one
fourth of all the votes be did receive, and have made
difference in his electoral poll as compared with Ere
mont of eighty and have thereby elected Fremont by
the largest majority believe, that has been given to
any since the election Of Harrson-if not larger
than his.
Now, we all know perfectly well, that Forney and the
ant-LecOmpton Democrats are enough to make another
fight in Pennsylvania a mere rou even If Mr.. Buchan-
an himself were the cauddate-ior Forney is potent
man, and as we know was Mr. Buchanan choice for the
Senate of the United Sates-ater he became the Pres
dent. As 10 whether the majority, only four hundred
and seventy 47O) of Indiana would be reversed or not
am unable to express an opn'On-but from the general
course Of things in the North should suppose it would
Pierce had against him in the entire North an aggre-
gate majority the popular vote OF only twenty-three
thousand eight hundred and weny-eght (23 S2S) -Four
years afterwards Mr. Buchanan, selected at Cincinnati
as much stronger man. lost the North by four hundred
l,f,. nd
votes, (i99,36l)
In regard to all these facts speak from the book
aad here they are, my hands, 9 taken from the Official
| returns.
would then ask if the facts have stated be facts,
land undertake to say they will not be conrOyerted,
how a man of same mind can perceive a hope for an
electoral vote by any chance in all the North for De-
mocrat however worthy, or eminent he may be,-that
he can command solitary vote, unless il be by reason
OF divided vote amongst his opponents.
Suppose the Democracy of the North TO be to-day Just
as strong as it was in November lS56-carrying two
States worth electoral votes which were cast by
aggregate majority of less than eleven hundred votes
! U,096) l have shown that those States cannot be
counted on now.
But, we are told Judge Douglas can carry Illinois
Why did he not carry It in 1886: He fought for Mr..
Buchanan CALAMITY he would have fought for him
sebut with their united resources majority Of twen-
tyuine thousand four hundred and hitywo votes co.
| 1927 was given against them in Illinois.
Messrs. Buchanan and Douglas then close friends
acting in perfect hirmOny-0Oh Standing on the Cncn-
matt platform Since then they have quirreed right u-
riousy-should either OF them receive the Charleston
nomination, have doubt they will kiss and make
| friends again.
Mr. D. was elected Senator by the Legislature of Hi
nois year ago, not By the popular vote.
Since the beginning Of tie last term Of General Jack
sons Administrations Virginia had Wing Senator's from
1882 to 1917 with the exception of single term, or part
of a term divided between Judge Parker and VIM. II.
! Ro4ne aud a few weeks OF Judge Penuybacker. Aud
then the Wings Of Virginia, in the Legislature OF Virgin
ia elected against the regular party nomination OF the
Democratic parity two other Senators, who hold on 10
this day.
But will not pursue the subject. Every man under
stands the difference between carrying a State by the
popular vote aud doing the same by vote of the Legis-
hture.
Ihave no doubt that Mr. Douglas, and Mr. Dickinson
are the strongest democrats in al, the Sorthi But
have doubted that other OF them could command the
vote OF his own State still less, any Of the other
tree States, now eighteen nnumber.
How was t in New York i'll 1886? The aggregate
votes five hundred and ninety five thousand, one hun
bred and eighv.se'en j95 1871 The majority against
the Democrats two hundred and three thousand, four
hundred and ttfty-one, 343l)
Now my conclusion, is thot no member of the Dem
ocratc party North, South or East or West, has the
rcmotcst chance OF being elected, unless he unite
with the whole Of his party in the North the
-'N''N''''l Wv
same section.
speak ofthiugs not as l wish them, but as they are
have no trouble TO vote for Democrat, or Know
Nothing, whilst there is man in Virginia less likely
than myself TO belong TO either 81 them, in the
/ Union or on ofthe Union
Now, the great question is Is there any sort OF man
on whom unite and beat the Black Republicans!
speak of merely the representatives of partc-
uar principles Personal influence and supposed person
n avail ability in such Presidential election
! are not worth moments consideration Every man
gives party vote. To suppose that man at all
more likely to succeed because OF his great public sery-
ces his admitted competency and purity and fitness for
the office in every sense is JUS, absurd, to select
him for availability, the particular ground that he is
precisely the opposite in every respect Indeed, II the
practical history of the country teaches us correctly by
the results of some years past we should be wise TO act
upon very ancient maxim that the bigger the fool the
| bsiler the luck.
tAiuk the opponents ofBlack Republicanism can find
q unite and will do so, if they sincere in
their professions love their country more than their
party.
Nv opinion is, that an old Line Wig is the only sort
of politician on whom it is possible to rally National
| Pary-and in stating why he may be made compro-
mise candidate udicousy, and properly can best sug-
| gest why Democrat cannot be.
His creed is free Of all the extreme doctrines, OF all
the other partesnor does he entertain any opinions on
any subject OF domestic or foreign policy which OF
such character as to tend by any possibility, in the
slightest degree TO any permanent injury o! the coun-
try the UniO-eyen when carried 10 their utmost eX
tremes. They may often be- and often are not wise
hHaUH est errde' but that they are always conser
vative and always the side Of the Union, not to be
| questioned.
The party to which he belongs has never countenanc
ed the Aboousts in the North nor the Dsunioniss in
the South. The Wings of the South will nevertheless
resist every aggression upon their sectional rights when
common sense indicates that the period for resistance