The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-08

single exception Of Connecticut, have for the
last ten years uniformly given msjorites for
the Republican ticket. the Presidential cam
paign in the East has opened with co1sidera-
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sst In theState OF Maine the issue is fairly diyi
ded on the Gubernst toria1 ticket The Demo
Gratis are 80 thopelessiy IN the minority In the
s test, viii be mada by them there, with the e1-
r-ceution, possibly. Of the Portland District,
which they carried in 1864, electinS HOE, L.
D.aM. Sweat, but which the Repubh ,ans re-
1866 by 1858 majority. Nominations
have thus fsr been made but in three OF the,
Maine Districts, for Congregs. The State, elee.
: ton is held the first week in September, and
& fhA day The Democrats are not very conf
dent Of eiecting their candidate, bat are work
ing to reduce the Republican majority. In the
Presidential election Of 1854 Mr. Lncoln's
majority waa 81 504 and in the preceding
Republican vote f1r Go0sTnfor over !r
WAS reddcad 10 il, GA. ThaHepubicans, hows-
eyer, are making "a most thorough canvass
This month 70 blmgtheir majority TO the old
INV RAMpsn1aE. :.
In New Hampshireno election preceies the
Presidential one 60 November, but both parties
are already in the n6l, and ratification meet
ings have bsen heAEin Concord, Portsmouth
and Manchsssss The nominations .ioT Tor the
ter. In, thes Preside dentisi campaign OF 1850,
!, Mr.. Lincolp,s majority in this State was 9u6;,
in1864 It was 1851; IN 1866 the Republican ma
iority for GoyerDor was 6127; in 1856 vas 1866;
in 1867 it Was Sl47, and in March, 1853, 2517.
The majorities show' considerable .chanRe, In
. eigms years, Increasing one year and decreas-
! e .s ~ VERMONT. :s.tqytig
ia State election is held in Vermont In Sep
tember, and the RepubGcang Will undoubtedly
csrry the State. In 1867 the Republican ma
iority was 20, ,162, and in 1864 the. State gave
M. Lincoln 2s, ,0Ss. The Intermediate years do
;-fnot chow much change, and the record Of fR-
uree is. Of but little use in q State which has
voted but one way for twenty years. 90 -
: 9: ;:,.s.:.-. MASSACHUSETTS. s1-G :
No election is held in Massachusetts before
November, and not single Congressional
nomination has been made. The present MEM
bars Of the FoItieth Congress Will al be re.
nominated for the Forty first, unless General
Twitchel declines to run again in the Third
District. Although his majority in 1866 was
z very near carrying the District several times,
and. it is understood, intend to make o spirited
contest over it this fan. The largest majority
in any district in the State is given to Hon. W.
B. Washburne in the Ninth, who last year
received Il, ,17, and the smallest to General
Z TWitcheIl, OF the Third, which, as stated, was
848S. In the Fifth District an effort is to be
made BY some parties to defeat General Butler.
General Schou1er, at present o member OF the
Iegislature, and q Conservative Republican In
Z politics, is to be run as an independent candi-
date for Congress, Thile the Democrats will
put up MIR. Northend, of Salem, or MIR. Spof-
ford; OF Newburyport, in the hope of giving
General Schouler q plurality. In 1866 General
Buffers majority was 61S3. In the State cleo
tion last fall Governor Bullock had, over John
Ctincy Adams, 27 946; but in the previous year
the Republican msjority vas 65, ,209. In 1864
MIR. Lincoln had over Mcclellan 1897. The
Democrats are about to, open the campaign
with mass meeting at Fanuel Hall.
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