The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-15
The Late Southern Elections. and
Their warming 10 Our Democratic


PoIIttcIans.
We have beard enough from the late cleo
tiops in North Carolina, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, to warrant the opinion that In the Pres
idential election of November the Democracy
will lose all the border slave States from Mis-
souri, to Maryland. Tennessee, also, may be
added to the number swinging round to Bell
and Everett, with the remarkable changes
which are going on in the great political tidal
currents Of 1860, in the Southern division OF
the Union.
While there was reason to believe that the
Breckenridge Democratic ticket would COM
mand the solid electoral vote OF the South
ern States, there was reason for urging upon
the popular conservative elements OF Penn
sylvauia and New Jersey, New York and 9TH
or commercial aud manufacturing States OF
the North, the policy of concentrating upon
Breckenridge and Lane, with the view OF de-
feating the Republican ticket IN fair and
square contest before the people. Now the
impossibility of any combinations whereby
Breckenridge can be elected by the electoral
colleges, reduces him and every other Presi-
Dental candidate opposed to Lincoln to
very grave responsibility to the country.
Looking at the popular reaction in North
Carolina, at the decisive defeat OF the breck-
inridge party In Kentucky, at the decisive
reaction ia the St. Louis district OF Missouri,
in favor of Blair, the Republican candidate
for Congress. and at the Douglas detection
among the Virginia and Tennessee Democ-
racy. there is every probability that one-half
the electoral vote Of the South will be turned
over to Bell and Everett. AS the other half
will be for Breckenridge, and as nobody sup
| poses Mr.. Douglas can command sixty, or
even thirty, or twenty, electoral votes IN the
North. we see that If the election shall be
thr5wn into Congress the Douglas ticket will
| be left oct.
As the battle stands, these Southern cleo
tons having settled il that the Douglas ticket
will be the fourth, and not the third on the
| list. the chances are that the Douglas party
| of the North may prefer TO let Llncoln's cleo
ton go by default, rather than play any
| longer into the hands Of Breckinrldge or
| Bell. So long as there was prospect OF
| the whole electoral vote OF the South going
to Breckinridge, the hope OF majority OIL
| the Northern balance of power encouraged
the Douglas men TO combinations IN New
| York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, DO, with
Bell and Breckenridge, whereby Mr.. Doug
las might possibly secure seventeen out OF
the thirty. two Northern electoral votes nec-
/ essary to throw the election into the House.
But now, with the apparent certainty OF
from fifty 60 sixty Southern electoral votes
for Bell, Mr.. Douglas 10 practically thrown
| out OF the canvass for should he. as his
| share of set OF fusion electoral tick cts, Sc.
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four in New Jersey, and ten, or fifteen in
| Pennsy lvania, his ticket would still be exeiu-
| ded, though the election would be carried
into Congress. liz is thus apparent TO the
naked eye that, ne these Southern elections
| have shown that Mr.. Bell, and not Mr.. Doug
! las, will be the third highest candidate,
should the election 60 to the House, the
chances of Lincon's election are increased.
| We say creased, because the Douglas party
as between Lincoln, Breckenridge and Bell,
stand pretty much as the old lady stood
| pending the fight between her husband and
| the bear. She did not care which was
whipped.
What, then, Is needed to give this North
ern outside Douglas vote q practical diree.
tionS The withdrawal of all the tickets OPP
posed to Lincoln, and the nomination, By
and with the advice and consent of all the
parties and candidates concerned, OF com-
mon compromise ticket, upon which they car
oil unite. In this way Lincoln may still b.
defeated /; but as time is precious, this thing
to be Of any value, must be done at once
| As we have said, it can be done at once
| through joint conference and agreement
between Breckenridge and Lane, Bell and
Everett, and Douglas and johnson, and Gen
Houston.-[N. Y. Herald.
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