The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-14
From The Philadelphia North American.
The Coming Elections


Four State elections occur in the next
Ave weeks. Tennessee votes on the
lhairteenth of this month, and Vermont
or the first, California on the eighth,
AID Maine on the fourteenth OfSeptem-
Der. Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, Penn
in October. On the third of November,
New York, New jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, WIscon-
sin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
vada and Massachusetts hold their cleo
tlons. In the next twelve weeks, there.
fore, we shall not have less than TWEEN
ty.three State elections.
The importance of these elections is
conceded. They will settle the politi-
cal complexion ofthese States, for some
time, and weaken or strengthen the
power of the Union party in Con-
gress, and by SO doing, help or
hinder the great result to be at
tanned. 1t is agreeable, in look
ing over the list, to see how many
we reckon on as sure. We regard Illi-
nois, Iowa, Kansas. Minnesota, Nebras-
ka, Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, Wis
cousin, Maine, Massachusetts, as GER
tain to poll thorough Republican vote,
and expect much from the residue, but
not with such extreme confidence.
Tennessee, too, is one of our surest
States in the South, and may almost
positively be relied upon, uotwithstand-
ing the persistent hostility of Kentuc-
ky, that has just elected Democratic
ticket by an overwhelming majority.
The election in Georgia has increased
the Senatorial strength OF the Demo-
Gratis in Congress. We would have this
fact widely published, in order that our
friends in the other States whose cleo
tons are about to be held may be arous-
ed to the importance of the work they
have to do, and so be able to do II
~ I'll ~ e..
lucky and Delaware are to be conceded
as going wrong hereafter as heretofore,
and California cannot fairly be put
down as other than doubtful.
There are l59 votes needed to elect
President IL the votes of every State are
counted. Virginia, Mississippi and Tex
as cannot vote. "A majority OF the re-
matnder ought to DO made ours easily,
We are sure of the thirty-nine New
| England votes TO begin with. Ii th4n
we succeed in Wisconsin, West Virgin
Ia, Nevada, Ohio, Nebraska, Missouri,
minnesota, Michigan, Kansas, Iowa,
Indiana and Illinois, with their one
hundred and three votes, we have but
seventeen to gain. Ten of these NAV
| pretty safely be reckoned from Tanues-
see. II Pennsylvania gives her TWEEN
ty.six votes 10 Grant, as we feel as
sured will be the case, then one hum
bred and seventy eight votes are pre-.
| pared for him in the electoral college.
| for nineteen more than a majority OF
all the electoral votes, counting those of
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, that,
being nnreconstrncled, cannot vote
In this calculation Oregon, California
and New York are omitted, as we'll as
all the southern States, excepting Ten
The heart ofthe battle lies in Pennsyl-
vania and in Ohio, both of which vote
on the 18Th of October. The eyes OF both
sections and parties are concentrated
here. The cause may be won il these
States are lost. It must be won If they
are carried. It Is the duty, therefore.
of those who hayeso often carried them
before to do SO again; TO dispirit the
/ Democrats here aud the rebels there,
| and to let the results OF the great strug-