The Hickman courier., 1872-09-21
What VIII be Done Ia No
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What VIII be Done il No
vemb9r.
The Truta Told oas the Sqanre
-Corre,por5snce ef lie CaseiaHoa C7mH.ereiaE
Some folks appear to be nervous over
ne result in November. j man who
.ould have suggested that there was any
f,robability OF the Liberal party defeat
ine the Grant gentlemen Ia the Green
Mountain State would stand chance
4 being iucarcerated in the nearest IN
-ane asylum en- the shortest notice As
he campaign progresses, We Begin %
,odulge IN figures, absolutely uumerl
eal fis,ures. Nobody about the nation
ID headquarters here ever entertained
or a moment Eope ;hat he would car
y Vermont. Last .Ent aud 70 cay
,se have salked over the prospects In the
.ouu.ry. Looking At them IRON this
levated position, the slate Is clear and
Fright. Lei Vermont and Maine 90
or Grant. Tr. Greeley's election does
ct depend on ,he electoral votes OF
hose States. But tie question arises,
rs lat States
WILL GO FOR GREELEE?
Ietrs see about it. Now, for in
.,ance. we can count UP the States that
t;rant is nest to certain TO carry They
.-av he numbered as follows. Maine.
Vermont. Massachusetts,, South Caro-
Ina. Ohio. Michigan, Iowa. v i-cousir.
siiupesota. Kansas, and Nebraska.
that is a meogre list. The total e'ec
oral vote cast by these States is uiue-
line oniv. Granting these States for
Grant. what cen We safely set down Tor
Greelev2 After thorough invesilEa
ION Of the situation il seems quite Im
aossible for Greeley net to carry the
.9llowing States:
New Hampshire, Connecticut, New
York, New jersey. Pennsylvania, Del
eare, Maryland, Virginia, y Carolina
Georgia. Alabama, Louisiaua, hen'ue
=. Tennessee, In3iana, illinois, Ms
luri. Oregon, Arkansas, Texas, Cali
,ruia. West Virginia, Neval Ia
These States cast two hundred and
frtv~e:ght electoral votes. That elects
.reeley. But there are several States
5t enumerated in these lists Let them
~ set down in a co,umn Of doubtful
I;ut with triumph in aH the uncertain
-a.es. [. s Grant has not the slight
,-t chance Of election.
ANOTHER VIEW.
I'm fbe latest elections the States Of
bama. Delaware. Georgia, Indiana.
.entuckv, Maryland, Missouri, Neva
New JERSEY, Oregon, Tennessee,
exas. and West Virginia, went over
lseimingly against the Grant admins
.-ation. These States viii 90 more
,srougly in November against him than
,hey did in the last election. just sup
!osing. for arguments sake, that there
vere DO Liberal Republicans these are
ready square against Grant. Add TO
Is Grant opposition the Liberal Re
4blican strength and these States are
.sitiveiv certain for Greeley. Il Is
opposed by many who think over the
.5ospects that California, Illinois In
ana. Louisiana, n Carolina, Penn
,.!yania aud Rhode Island are doubt
81.
Let Us consider this question. I IS
eThaps we'll enough to admit that
,hese States are doubtful. But our
r., tapces are at least even with the Grant
--entlemen. Looking at this doubtful
,.st seriatim, We fud, that
CALIFORNIA
T. swarming with Liberal Republicans
The people Of that State have always
,xbibited supreme contempt FOR nar-
row minded partisanship. They are
aoted for their independent thought aus
action. They are cosmopolite and thor
ughly liberal; aud when this grand re-
s5Tu movement began, the people o.
iic new Eldorado were eniausel, anc
;th conspicuous spontaniety marshall
4 force for the Cincinnati nomine'
,aut will sweep he state in November
Some Of ti. al candidates il
california, In 20 our nutiona
committee the otis, ..y, say:
Our cause is pering.in Califor
ia. and We do not doubt that as Pres
Jcniial electors, I'VE shall carry th'
rews for Greeley"
And 1t is utterly folly TO count Cali
fsrnia in any list but that for Il. &.
The next .
ILLINOIS.
Auv one familiar at all With tie 20
iical tide IN that State must know tha
lie hopg Of the Grant men, rs 20 thei
aiccess has beeu on tie wane for weeks
looks like o big majority 70 over
ome tbere-51 51.15e; bat in State o
aver one hundred counties. and casting
vote of perhaps over half million
ais year, the per centsge Of change
.ted not be very great to accomplish a
,alit:cal reYoIpdon. Already there are
il sufficient number Of Republicans
10 voted for Grant IN 1868, and who
are ouenlv for Greeley aud Brown, te
bange the result. Ga the hypothesi:
that the relative strength Of the parties
IS the same as in 1868, except changes
uf RepubiicGps for Grant to Greeley, il
vrly reeuires 25,575 in the whole State
10 renuunce the Philadelp phia nominee
20 carry the State for Greeley. Ii doz
ens Of eminent men. orators and states
men, men who have been aud still arc
leaders Of public opinion, like Gov.
Palmer. Gen Farnsworth Col. Leon
a SWEET, etc, and if score Of first
.iass newspapers. headed hy such 4
journal as the Chicago Tribune, can I,
earry alcng with them 25 QUO Kepubli
eau votes, then leadership and journal
snl might as well cease claiming the
fsspectable position accorded TO them
sy the thinking world. Illinois will
ist its electoral vote tor Greeley aud
Brown by 10000 majority.
Now We come to
INDIANA.
Senator Morton aud his assistants Of
hrewd and sleepless organizers have
the assurance to claim Hoosierdoin as
certain for Grant 1t is nearly a joke
. make so absurd claim. Two years
sgo the opposition walked triumphant
" over the political race conrec, and
The Republican State ticket was de
fgafed BY 56S majority. From The