The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-10-12
Never Say Die.
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New York, Connecticut, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Illinois, California and
Oregon, making an aggregate of one hun
dred and forty votes-oue hundred and
sixteen being necessary to elect.
The fact that q snakes tail will continue
is oscillations after his head has been cut
clean of, receives a fresh Illustration in
the above Let US bring few indisput-
able returus to bear upon this prOposter-
Gus calculations:
New York at her last State election
gave the candidates on her Union State
Ticket maj9ritles ranging from 1856
up to 29,685, in total Of 602 ,546 votes.
Then, her citizens who were absent from
the State in the military or naval service
of their country, could not vote now they
cana change which must add not less
than Twenty Thousand to the Union ma
iority. Does any one believe that our
side has lost Thirty Thousand votes in
our State since last November? Who
knows of dozen changes against US ?
Who does not know OF chan res in our
favor? Mapifestly, the vote of New York
is as sure for LiOcOla as anything future
we'll can be aud his majority is likely to
exceed rather than fall below that of 1860,
which was Fifty Thousand. Yet tohe
Nclo York alone out Of The ADORE list ct
Mc C!cllaa States, and you elect Lincoln.
! Connecticut went our way last April
by 50, ,538 to 34,050-majority 5,4S8, or
about csght votes to seven. The Oppo-
sition might have done better than this
had they put forth their best exertions-
have done (they claim) better in the late
township elections. Yet they, as well as
we, know that they will be beaten IN
November 90 the Home vote, while that
Of the Soldiers will add Five Thousand to
Lincolns majority. They have no more
shadow of a chance here than in Maine /;
and will act accordingly.
Indiana has just given the largest Lin,
coin majority she ever gave to any party
or ticket-given it after a spirited can
vass and on very full vote. In October,
1860, she gave Gen. H. s. Lane for Gov
ernor 9,757 majority, which she increased
in November to % ,524 for Lincoln over
Douglas but Llncoln's majority over the
combined vote Of the three pro Slavery
candidates was but 1923. Two years
ago, this State went against US by 9,543 !:
vet she has now given some 10000 ma
jority for Gov. Morton, with net gain Of
four Representatives in Congress. Is
there on the face of this wide earth a man
who can read who believes that Indiana
will turn another somersauit within a
month-that her Lincoln majority of
10000 10 October will be wiped out and
reversed in November? We say no man
can believe it aud, when Gen McClel-
lan's supporters find it necessary to claim
Indiana, they virtually give up the contest.
Illinois is under like influence with
Indiana, and will vote accordingly.
California first voted last year on a fair,
square issue between the Union and
the "Democratic" parties, and thus gave
64,447 Union" to 44,715 democratic
votes for Governor-Union majority,
1872; the Union vote being nearly
three-ffths Of the whole. Every indica-
ton argues that the Union party is at
least as strong now as then, and will
choose Liucola electors by over 10000
majority.
Oregon voted last June [1864) elect.
Il ing Henderson (Union) to Congress by
$3.50 votes to 1896 for Kelly, Democrat.
Whoever guesscs that she can be induced
to reverse this judgment, is manifestly
no Yankee.
Having thus disposed of 76 of the 40
votes claimed for Mcclellan, we might
proceed with this expose but why should
we? Is it net already palpable that the
supporters of Mcclellan hno10 they have
no chance p Tribune.
Remembering their Friends.