Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-09-21


Let such an organization Pervade sgy county and sserg
nsig6bortoo9 IN ths Commonwealth! Let not single
county OF neghbOrbood be forgotten or overloOked-
Let all be attended TO- and let every put his shout
der vigorously to the Wheel and let him thus keep his
shoulder to the Wheel until sunset Us day Of cleo
tion
Friends and eountrymen-to your posts. Ihere IS no
time for delay There Is no time for play But al
must work, r0rk, WORK, and work CONSTANTLY and
EAALorstT! Forward-nArch!
No Chance for BreeNinrIdEe or DOugIas-The
Imperative Duty OF WhIgs and Democrats.
In the existing condition Of parties and Of the country
what is the imperative and solemn duty Of both
conservative Wings and conservative Democrats -
I, IA psrsectv demonstrable that there is pos
sble chance Of the election Of either Breckinridge
or Douglas. Il is pertssily demonstrabls Therefore,
that the Presidentll contest Is between John Bel
and Abram Lincoln-betHeen a staunch, conseIva-
tive Southern Statesman and the nominee Of dangerous
Northern sectional organisation Can Virginia freemen,
under such circumstances hesitate about the course they
should pursues Can any man, With patriotic Southern
heart in his BOSOM refuse under such circumstances, 10
vote for John Bell L is clear as the sun az MONDAY
that TO vote os Balls the only Of preventing the
election of Lincoln Il is equally clear that TO vote for
either Brecknr3ge Douglas is equivalent to thro0ias
your votes away. Aud Is the present time for nie-
gent. tAoughtfu and patriotic to trile With their
voesg Il the present time sos Wings Or Democrats
20 throw their votes away2
We maiu:ail-sincerely ard honestly maintain and all
existing es a1d indications sustain our coucluson-that
Bckiurdge stands no fair chance OF obtaining the eec-
tor vote Of any S,uben Sa.c eXcep. the Isolated and
erazv Ds1niou State Of South Carolina does Doug
las ,,.d The remotes chance Of carrying single South
erpSa.e. Ouradvices from Alabama Georgia, Nissi.sp-
nj Louisiana Arkinsas aud Texas the States claimed for
their candidates by the Breckenridge faction, are TO the
eF,, that Bel will almost certainly carry every Que OF
those States. prominent Breckinritge Democrat
from ALBANIA was I'm his city day two ago, and be
nno.o,ei i, a, bis calm and decided opinion tia. Ala
b,ma would CAS-. her vote fos John Bel letter reeeiv
el On Yesterday from Mississippi assures Us that the
Beekinrdge men there in large numbers conoede that
Bs will carry that STATE and that the Bel men them
selves claim il as certain BY a decided majority. We
me-, too on Yesterday a distinguished Democrat from
Missouri who informed us thlt Bell would sweep the Wes
tern States by tens Of thousands In response to qus
ION Of ours how Tennessee stood State he has recent
" visited and spoken n-he rePedhat would go for
Bsu bv about ff.y thousand majority While these fig
ur are doubtless too high yet have good reason for
believing that Bells majority will l but little, If any,
under twenty thousand A 70 Kentucky, why, in tha,
glorious old state Bells majority viii very likely reach
FORTY or flty thousand To Henuc&y-,he home OF the
Y,neev candidate even D5ugls vii beat Breckenridge
NV decided majority And to North Carolina, and
Nvr,na and Deliwafe and Missouri they certain
far an a. that q DAY Of election will come. We re-
ma, therefore with fu and entire confidence in what We
s.srt that B,eekirrdge will carry certainly only South
ILL M So har 4
al
How stand their chances in the North As to Breck-
inrge not one Of even his sangune friends has
ever claimed or pretended to claim for him sOlta-
~ electoral vote in the North He has scarcely
nibas load Of freads apart from the Office holders and
their balterns in any Northern State whatsoever And
,sto poeas he stands some chance Of carrying Illinois
and In Llama. and ia is an. TIE union BelDOugas tick
a. in Nav YORK We trust, will be suceesal and so in
Ns Jersey and Pennsylvania These three States are
indeed the battle States Of the contest and we sincerely
boDe tina, single conservative union ticket against the
Lincoln ticket may be agreed upon in all and that il may
obtain majority vote in all and thereby reader certain
the defelt Of Lincoln aud the miserable Black Republican
Sectional organization that sustans him. Upon the
suit in these three States everything depends and We
tus, tina. the conservative forces there may prove them
selves equal TO the great e1iseney they called upon
TO encounter.
From the foregoing facts and figures, it clearly aP-
De,rs hat there Is no earthly chance for the election Of
either Breekinridge or Douglas aud that the contest
solely and entirely between Bell and Lincoln. Let the
friends Of those gentlemen squrim and twist and Pratie
a. thew nav there Is no evading lodging this eoucu-
sion. It's conclusion fixed aud absolute. The contest
I, bsss,sa Bell and Lineol That fact stands out bold
L - tad fact
intelligent and honest men Of all parties in Virginia and
the South should accept and act upon it as such and,
eoaseqaeny should their votes for Bel, the only
actual competitor Of Lincoln in the field.
We are sure that the bulk Of the Democrats in Viz
gnia mean vel, and desire TO vote rightly. All they
want to know is which the strongest candidate agains
Lineolns We think have proved eOnelasively that
John Bell is thai canddats-that neither Douglas
Breeknridge practically in the race-and, therefore,
vocal upoa the rank and file Of the Breckenridge De-
mOcraey and upon the rank and file Of the Douglas De
mocraty, not as party men put lovers Of the South
aud friends Of the Union, to rally, Immediately and en-
Enthusiastically, to the support Of Bell the Only meaLs
under heaven, Of preventing the election Of Lincoln -
II you are conscientious patriots and not blind,
sOnng partsans appeal 70 and invoke you to hy 10
the slceor Of your country, in this the hour OF your
eountrys peril and vote a. neJnan, lor ben ana I've
rettl This our only hope Of safety-the only hope Of
the South and the only hope Of the Union Democrats
Of Virginia rise in the present grave crisis above pal
try party prejudice aud show to the world that you
are Indeed men and patriots willing to make reasona-
be sacrifice for the unity, the security the honor and
tie permanent welfare Of your country Rise up, we
pray you stand erect and independent Ike American
fr,smsl as you are and vote with hearty good VII for
join Bel and Hazard Everett