Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-09-29
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THE PROSPECT.

oHe hioHtu ago tue NdShllSfOn cores
pondent OF the New York Times wrote
letter to that paper about the prospects o
success for the Constitutional Union party a
the election in November. The Times claim:
to be an independent journal, and probabi,
it is SO, SO far as its Washington correspond.
ence is concerned. At all events. Washing.
ton City is the headquarters of the different
Executive Committees, and IS these commit.
tees are in daily correspond Ice with all sec.
tions OF the Union, it is fair to presume thai
more is known, in that city, shout the can.
vass than is knOwna anywhere else. We APP.
pend some extracts from the letter Of the
Times correspondent, with the assurance o.
our belief that our prospects are much more
favorable now than then, and that they vii.
continue to improve every day until the day
Of election:
WASHINGTON: Aug. %. 1seo.-1lhe Bell and
Everett Central Executive CoMmittee. OF
whom Mr.. Boteler, of Virginia, is the work
ing head. and who have their headquarters
here. profess themselves greatly encouraged
by the progress OF the campaign. particular
ly in the South. The good understanding
whichhas been developed between the sup
porterss OF Bell and the supporters of Mr..
Douglas, is not, it is said, their only source OF
ChIouIo lCHh. lc dCtlOfl Oh the virginia
Breckinrige Convention, as well as the Doug
las Conventions which virtually instructed
their electors, should they be chosen, to cast
the vote of the State for Bell, iE case that by
SO doing Lincoln's election would be pre-
vented, 1t is maintained is not among the
least significant indications of the real
strengthen the nominees of the Nationals:
The argument which is deducedthereform
&c +haf Virrinio -, %l,n ELSI-A
arise in case Mr.. Everett's name should 60
to Senate, could be relied on to take the lead
in making the distinguished New Highlander
President. It is maintained by the best in
formed Nationals that Breckenridge and Lane
will not receive electoral votes enough to
send them to the House in the event there
is no election BY the people. Indeed, it
seems to be pretty generally conceded now
that Breckenridge and Lane would largely
preponderate instead. The committee to
whom ! have referred profess to feel entirely
confident of upwards Of eighty votes tor Bell
and Everett IN the Southern States, with an
excellent prospect increasing in number to
Thus, the Nationals get Mr. Bells strength
up to about one hundred electoral votes in
the South. This will. of course. carry Bell
UiN INV IAC AAUuSc, dUC keen DreCk.
inridge and Lane out, in case of no choice.
This also leaves about ffty-three more votes
wanting to elect Bell and Everett by the
people. These must come from the North
The recent coalitions, and others that are
forming and to be formed, and. what is ner.
haps secondary consideration. the develonino
of a scheme to elect Bell and Everett, have
combined, made serious assaults on what has
heretofore been regarded by so MANY as the
absolute and demonstrated certainty of Lin.
coins election.
Certain it is, taking the foregoing ~calcula
lions, the contest is 6uwcen Lincoln and Bell
No fact stands out more prominent-nor. per
haps IS there one more sig ni6calt in this can
vas-than the readiness and cordiaIity will
which the Douglas Democrats and Old Lin,
Wings and American have coalesced: parti
culariy atthe South, where such a thing wa
deemed next to impossible, Tor there ia
Democrats have ever been the only foe Q
the Americans and Wings. At the Mort
this state OF things is, possible, still NOR
hearty. A thorough understanding ex; is oe
tween these different parties and factions. a
to working all the details. in order to accom-
plish the single the object to take States fror
Lincoln.
In this way has New York come suddenl
to be the battle ground of the campaigns
confessed very recently by the Republican
themselves. From what has TRANSFERRED, an
is to transpire, it soon will be-; if it has nc
already become. apparent that the Breckir
ridge element will no longer stand an impe
diment, but be made to contribute to the e
tort that is making to carry New York again:
Lincoln. With such state of things, ever
man will Judge for himself what degree {
DOUBT hangs over the contest. Only show q
the foregoing calculation of Belps strengt
n the South seems to show, that the taxing
New York from Lincoln may result in cleo
ing bei' and Everett by the people, and yo
tul than any which have yet been excite
and at once take strong hold on the yer
large and influential class who, while the
prefer Bell. y tdeclare their intention to vo,
'of Lineoln because Bell has no chance.
20 other words, the creation Of ehonse, f