Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-08-22


One ty-nne votes are all that necessary
for election and in the above tables there 60 electoral
in the rebellion In the list of States given
three in which State election has been held in the
eighteen months, has gone Democratic In ALL the local
elections have exhibited great Democratic gains sufcent to
insure the State for the Democracy this fall We have not
Illinois the list the delegates
tion declared that there doubt but Peneton
carry that If it would be certain Pendeton
it be safely counted for Seymour and Blair In addition
this the States of Alabama Georgia and Mississippi
certain Democratic majority with any
for voting This will give "a electoral votes
the Democratic column to ISL But the Republicans la
boring exclude the votes of the States of Virginia.
and Mississippi by legislation in Congress If the
votes of these States not counted then there will be
the Electoral College 294 votes and IS will be all
majority of Electoral College without
counting from the South by carrying Ohio they
ticket without receiving vote from the South There is,
therefore every for to the Democracy
and the election of Seymour and Blair be put down
certainty.
We have given the Worlds bulletin per6atim, in
order that our readers may see how bad the case
really is. Ohio-which has gone heavily Repub-
lican at every Presidential and every Governor S
election since there was Republican party, and
which, even last fall, elected her Republican
Governor by 1888 majority-is "put down as
sure for Seymour and Blair" Why not Vermont
also?
Missouri gave Lincoln 7l,67G votes to 81 ,G2G
for Mcclellan, and at her last election (lS66)
-
are quite aware that Prices army has returned
to the State, and is solid for Seymour and BLAIR ;
but not man of it can lawfully vote, and the
Republicans hold the registries. Missouri may
not give Grant quite SO large majority Mas
sachusetts will !; but she hardly fail to give
him 20, 900.
Kansas never yet failed to go largely Republi-
can since the Missouri border rufians stopped
voting the Cincinnati directory at her polls and
at her last Governors election (lS66l thus pro-
claimed her conviction: Crawford, (Rep.) 10, $40;
Mcdowell, (Dem.) S,l5l Republican majority,
ll,2l9. Her vote for Congress was just about
the same. She will this fall poll 80, 900 votes,
whereof Grant and Colfax will have more than
1900 majority. We do not guess this we in
fer it from her whole past history.
Wisconsin never yet gave an anti-Republican
majority since the Republican party was formed,
never chose an anti-Republcan Governor, dele
CATION to Congress or Legislature, and never
meant to choose an anti-Republican T. S. SEN
ator though she was badly sold in the reelection
of James r. Dooittle, now chairman of the Dem
ocratic Congressional Committee. Last fall, when
every whittier went against u.s. she reelected her
Republican Governor (Farchild) by 4 7G4 ma
jorty, and went Republican on every ticket; ;
this spring she chose Republican Judges on a
light vote by some G 1000 majority. The highest
vote she ever cast was in 1860 when Lincoln
had &c, ,2O2 majority in an aggregate of l52,OlS.
We believe she will this fall poll about 200, 900
votes, and that Grant and Colfax will have over
90, 900 majority. If Doolittle were on the other
ticket Wisconsin would give over -, 900 majority
against him.
We will not further pursue this analysis, but
simply state summarily our own convictions
The only States that we consider morally GER
tain to vote for Seymour and Blair are Kentucky
Maryland and Delaware and Delaware
might be carried for Grant if his friends were
active and Jealous as they should be. Kentucky
will give the Republican ticket over 10000
votes but, as her rebels all vote, while every
colored manufacturing even those who fought
to put down the rebellon-is disfranchsed, we
do not expect to carry her, Were either the
rebels distranchised or the blacks enfranchised,
she would vote for Grant; and so with Mary
land
We shall not carry all the remaining States );
but we shall zealously contest them all, and
hope to carry at least three-fourths of their cleo
toral votes. \ good many of them are beyond
doubt. Vermont will give Grant about three to
one for Seymour Massachusetts at least two to
one Tennessee at least much and we shall
be disappointed if Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin and Michigan do
rot each give Grant more than 1000 majority.
We hope to give good majorities for Grant in
many other States but enough.
Finally-though bets prove nothing but the
confidence of the parties-we happen to know
that Republican from another State, who was
here when Seymour was nominated left $40, 900
at the ST. Nicholas to be invested on the election
Of Grant and Cofax, if any Seymourite should
have equal faith in the success of his ticket. We
have not yet heard of any one going for that
money.