Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-18
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SAINT LoCTs, Mo-. Aug. Il, 1860.
| Eds. Patriot:
Enough is known of the election returns
to show that Missouri has given C. F. JACK
son a majority of I 500 or 5000 votes. The
returns as published this morning are from
So counties, and give G. F. JACKSON 81, 542.
SAMPLE ORR 50,856, HANCOCK JACKSON G, 800.
This would seem TO indicate that the Doug
| las Democracy have majority of the whole
vote. A closer examination does not con-
| firm this seeming strength.
| =. F. JACKSON was regularly nominated by
convention of the Democracy, which met
| at Jefferson City prior to the Charleston con-
vention; be had therefore several months in
which to prepare for the canvass, while no
effort was spared bv his friends throughout
the State to secure his election SAMPLE
ORR was not nominated by any convention,
but announced himself, a few weeks ago, as
an independent Opposition candidate. The
Union party, without thorough State or
ganlzati0n, and with but seven or eight weeks
IN which to collect and marshal their forces,
have given ORR more than $4,000 votes out
OF a total of about 100, 900. HANCOCK JACK
son was nominated by a oorporal's guard of
the followers of JOHN C. BRECkINRIDGE, too
late to secure the support even of the sece-
ders. Many of the administration Democrats
were already pledged TO the support of c. F.
JACKSON as the regular nominee of the GEM
inc, original and undivided Democracy and
did support him 10 the end of the campaign.
JAMES S. GREEN, for instance, is reckoned-
and by right, too--with the opponents of
DOUGLAS; yet he stumped his district for the
nominee Of the Jefferson City convention.
In the opinion of those who have best oppor-
tunities to know, GLAZE. JACKSON is elected
by virtue of at least 10000 anti Douglas votes
In this city the canvass was of more COM
pick character. Local issues combined to
bring about result unexpected and full of
warning for the future of the Democracy. In
1858 the vote of the city and county stood,
for BARRET 7,057, BLAIR 6,631, BRECKINRIDGE
5,66S. At the late election the vote cast was,
for the vacancy in the seth Congress, BAR
RET II, 1852, BLAIR II ,453; for 37tb Congress,
BLAIR II ,535, BARRETT 1867, ToDD 1912. An
anal ysis of the vote shows the following re-
suits: 1st, that BARRET received 2,715 Union
votes for the short term, making the total
Democratic vote only $500; I'd, that BLAIR
received 1,0S2 Union votes for the short term,
making the straight Republican vote IL, 49,
a plurality of 1888 over both wings of the
Democracy. A still closer examination of
the vote in the several wards and precincts
shows that nearly 800 voters who cast their
suffrages for SAM. BRECKENRIDGE in 1858,
supported BARRET for both terms in 1860.
These figures indicate the strength of the De
mOcracy in st. Louis county to be scarcely
5000, out of total of more than $4,000
votes. Had it not been for the feeling ex-
cited against FRANK BLAIR, by his unwar-
ranted and certainly injudicious conduct in
the contested election case before the House
of Representatives, the result would have
been far otherwise. The probability is that
BLAIR would have been elected for both
terms by a majority of nearly $500. That
such would have been the case is now adj
mitted on all hands; and however the Union
party may feel as to the treatment they re-
ceived from Mr.. BARRET and his friends, they
cannot but admit that it is best as it is
If the success of the Union party under the
leadership of SAMPLE ORR, self-nominated
and irregular candidate, has been so remark
able. what may not be hoped for in Novem-
Der Already city and town and country
Organizations are being made; and every
where the determination is TO fight to the
last. One struggle has passed-the greater
is yet to come. Missouri will neither sane
ton the heresy of squatter sovereignty, nor
adopt the Intervention policy of Mr.. YANcEY.
Her borders have already witnessed the ter
rible results of the conflict between these two
enormities; and, if she is true to herself in
November, she will declare her hatred to
both by giving her electoral vote for JOHN
BELL and EDWARD EVERETT.