The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-10
Census OF sIae DougIas lien IN tins
..~e1 - County.

r~ss = S~ys
w.zz speaking Of tks dueks b pon4 . ~
declares that there are more q them than you
can shake stick at > he Is understood Is snsrt-
ing, under th.f compendions form Of expression,
that -sines their numbsr Is not onIyi indefinitely
great, but Gerry grsat-the task Of enumerating
them would be hopeless undertaking We
believe, however. that the number Of Dough-
votes in our midst can be ascertained, approx
imatsly, at least, with very littis trvubie, and
that instead Of being 50 numerous hat one
could not shake stick at them, they viii be
found to bss 50 fan and scattering fzHt = boy Of
fifteen might shake . eood-sized fsnce-rsl at
each individual Of them for . considerable space
oftms, without being seriously -ovsrssms. by
WEAKNESS.
In 1855, the vote Of this county, for Govern.
or, was f477, and the majority Of McRAs, Oem-)
over Fontaine, Ok. NJ was s0a. In 1858, when
the Know Nothing excitement had passed away
and the Democracy had regained its normal
strength, the vote Of the county, for Probate
Judge which may be regarded as . iaiF party
test was 1882, of which Peterson, Oem.) re.
ceived s4s, and Robinson, Opp bs4-Pster'
sop,s majority being Ala In-lse0 the total
vote of the county, for Probate Judge, wAs16is,
being an excess Of 1877 over the vote of 1855
Peterson, Dem received, Of these. ses; WISER,
BelD All; and Galloway DOug) ass--ths
combined Bell and Douglas vote amounting "a
$50, and Peterson's majority, over both Of hi,
competitors, being al9. In the absence of any
disturbing cause, operating to derange the ordi'
diasry state Of things, tits fair to presume, thst
in straight" race between Peterson and Wiser,
the excess of the vote of 1860 over that Of 1855
$50 would have been divided between the two
in the same relative proportion as the vote Oh
1858: that is, as s4s to 534- This would have
given Peterson sS votes in addition TO those he
received in 1858, and Wiser 40; and the total
vote of each would have stood thus Peterson,
1896, and Wiser, 5s3-giving Peterson major
ity Of 453. But as we have seen, Peterson's
vote was only 900, while the combined Bell
Douglas vote, cast for Wiser and Galloway, was
$50. The difference between 1896 and 800, on
the one hand, and between $50 and $50 on the
other, is just 67, which we thus discover to be
the total effective strength efte Douglas party
On in this county iSirty-seren rotes, all told !
What diminutive multitude" to have served
as the basis of all that vast amount Of Dragging"
that has been done upon it during the past three
months Never before have We known sd
much business " be done upon SO small q. CAPT
tai
We are fully aware Of the fact that Judge Pc
terson was supported by some individual men,
bers of the Opposition, but we are satisfied that
at least an equal number Of Democrats who re-
gardod his election as certain, traded him off in
favor Of their personal friends who were candi-
dates for other Offices so that the general result
was not materially affected in either direction.
An attempt has been made as we understand
tomake it appear that the vote of Vaughan (sol)
for Probate Clerk, which was only 20 less than
that of Moore, really indicates the strength Of
the united Bell and Douglas vote of the county.
This pretcnsion, however, is wholly inadmissi-
bic, as will appear from glance at the vote for
Sheriff. in another column. The total vote for
Sheriff was 1928. Five candidates were in the
field for that Office of whom four were Breckin-
ridge Democrats, and one (Boone) Bell man.
Boone, who would have received as many votes
as Wiser and Galloway did $3.50 If the Bell Doug
las coalition had been effectively carried out in
his favor, actually obtained only 395, while the
various Democratic candidates for Sheriff re-
ceived 1890 This shows that 255 Bell and
Douglas men sacrificed their candidate for Sher-
ff for the benefit Of other favorites and it fully
accounts, also, for the heavy vote Of Vaughan,
without resorting to the absurd hypothesis that
his vote is the actual measure of the Bel. Doug
las strength in the county.
Now that it is so clearly demonstrated that
Douglasism, in Lafayette, is utterly powerless,
we cannot believe that any serious attempt viii
be made by the handful of Douglas men among
us to support Douglas ticket in November
Seeing that they can hope to accomplish moth
ing, even by fusion with the followers Of Bell,
we trust that those who have hitherto been
the '1ittle giant" under the belief
that he was stronger than Breckinridge, viii now
rally to the standard of the Kentucky statesman.
The doors of the great Democratic fold are yet
open, and those who have wandered from it if
hey return even at this late hour, will be re-
,cived with opeharufs by Their. former comrades
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