The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-30
COUNTING THE CHANCES.

Nevada as among the doubtful
States when summing mp the November
chances. Our Union contemporaries vs.
mean for the Cops claim the Who'll,
Pacific Coast with a matter of course
ness shat is all their own. We have nc
doubt that California will give GRAM
and Colfa1 from eight to twelve theus.
and majority. The old Douglas, Brod
erick Democrats who stood so manfully
By Gorham last year are of the sort
that can always be counted on when q
hard fight is on hand the old line
Republicans who stood firm then will
stand firm again and we may coun,
on the independents, soreheads and sof,
shells as being with the Union Repub-
Francisco, who supported Brother
Eaight has sigui6ed his approval OF
Grant and Colfay !; and be is a pretty
good index of the d" highly respectable"
feeling in that city. Then the indie
pendent press from the Bay to Lord
Bidwell's is sound aud such men AS
Jewett and Haskell of Yuba county who
fought Gorham with frenzied zeal are
a., right. SO we see favorable chance
for California to redeem herself As to
Nevada, we think we may have a tough
fgdt to get our accustomed majorities
for the local tickets but al to any
nominee of the Democratic party com
Jag within the distance pole in a race
with old APpomatiox, it is all moon
shine. We wish we could be as sure
OF Oregon as Of Nevada. Now let Us
look at some of Colonel Foruey's fig
u1ing. Ia one of his - Occasional - let
tiers to the Philadelphia Press he sums
up as follows:
The situation of the rebel Democrats NAV
be summed up in single sentence They
are ready to Stultify themselves by support
ing Union soldier in the hope that they
may secure to them enough soldier votes,
or they are ready to support an Abolitionist
in the equally desperate hope Of securing
sufficient number of negroes to give them
the next Administration.
What is all this but an overwhelming
tribute 10 the Republican party its candi-
dates, and creed What else but an invo-
and secure victory Looking over the wide
field of action, there is scarcely State i'll
which the signs are not hopeful. Last years
reverses, like the reverses of 1862, must now
be protitabl ~ studied as so many warnings
against inaction and dissension.
Let US look at the figures. In 1862 Slen- |
ker {Denocrat) beat Cochran Republican, |
3, l2l, for Auditor General of Pennsy lvania,
in total vote of 434 ,756 ; in the very next
year Curtin Republican) beat Woodwork
{ Demoorat) 1925, for Governor, in a total !
{ Democracy beat Wadsworth tRepublIcan) /
for Governor of New York, 1892, i'll total
vote of 6G2 ,546; and in the very next year,
Depew (Republican) was elected Secretary
of State in the same State by a majority of
,9i5, in total vote Of 500, 2S9. In the
same year QS62) the Democrats carried
Ohio by 5,577, while in the very next year
Brough (Republican) was elected Governor
by a majority of l0l ,099. In 1862 and 1868
the Democrats carried New Jersey-ln the
first year by ma ority of II, 597, and in
The second year by a majority of 1914,
while in 1865 Ward (Republican} was elect
I'd by J, 1S9- net gain over 1863 of l., l63,
md over 1862 of 1886 votes. In 1862
Starn (Democrat} had ma jority in Illinois
Of 90, while in 1864 Lincoln swept the
state by majority of 30,756. In 1862 An
hon (Democrap was elected Secretary OF ]
he State of Indiana BY ma jority of ,543 j
shiIe in 1864 Oliver P. Morton (Republi- ,
arr was elected Governor by majority of
%, 1873. These figures suffice to complete {
me lesson. II
Now contrast our recovery from these re- |
'erses with the comparatively slight defeat l
4 1867, and you can easily forecast the
esult in 1868, with a united Republican
arty under the conquering lead of General
irant. We lost Pennsylvania last yeaI =
" less than one thousand votes-subse
uently proved to have been only part ola
oncerted Democratic fraud. In the two t
tiles OF Philadelphia and Pittsburg alone,
ad our vote been full, we could have made
D this majority five times over.
How are the rebel Democracy, in the face r
( such a record as this, to obtain posses t
ON of the Government +: e
Ii all the Southern States were recon- c
rueted, and voted in November, the whole "
leetoraI College would stand 3l7, of which Il
ma lrity is l59. tits universally conceded 8
=. General Grant will carry the following d