New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-25
SOMEWHAT INTERESTING

It is certainly somewhat Interesting
even at this early day in the present Presi.
dental canvass, TO note the careful caicu.
lations that are being made by the parti'
sans of Grant and Greeley with view Of
showing beyond the possibility of doubt
the result in November next The Grant
men find little difficulty in counting fa.
greater number Of electoral votes before
they are cast than is sufficient to make the
military hero President for another tenn.
Some Of these experts AZ estimating the
result on paper at least :wo months in ad.
vance Of the election, nave figured out as
high as three hundred electoral votes for
Mr. Grant These they modestly put
down 'as certain for him. claiming at the
same time that the remaining sixty-six
are doubtful. Mr.. Grant is just as likely
to receive them as Mr.. Greeley. Com.
mencing in the East. tile electoral vote Of
the six New England States thirty-eight
in nulnber-are Teekoned as certain for
Grant. Some little doub: is conceded
to exist about the vote Of Connect.
cut, but that is easily overcome and
the friends Of Grant declare the Ne"
England States unit for him. Com.
ing into the Middle States. The difficult
ties that stand in the way of Mr.. Grants
obtaining their full electoral vote are
boldly met, and careful review is thought
sufficient to dissipate them With dash
OF the pen New York. New Jersey. Della
ware, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia
and West Virginia are made to cast their
electoral vote for Grant. And crossing
into the Western States the friends of the
President by the same mastery showing,
upon paper, overcome all difficulties and
sweep through Ohio. Illinois, Michigan,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kansas.
with vim that places the electoral vote
of those States for Grant as certain as that
the sun shall continue to rise and set.
Just for the sake of leaving a doubtful
margin for Mr.. Greeley and his friends.
he friends of MIR. Grant set down the !
electoral vote of Indiana Missouri. CALI
'ornia, Oregon, Nebraska, and Nevada as
taking care to observe at the !
same time, that any man who would |
wager his money that these States would
lot vote for Grant would be certain to !!
ose. Thus far, then, the friends OF the I
President have made his reelection !
rery easy job without considering the
tote Of the Southern States unit Here
n the South they have had pretty good
eason to count one hundred and nineteen
electoral votes as certain for Grant: far
,etter reason, it is believed. than they
lave had for making the sweeping count
hey have made in othey sections of the
Jnion.
But this is only one sideof thequestion.
let US now hear what the other side has
0 say.
The friends Of Mr.. Greeley have been
Curing on paper, too; and they elect him
18th almost the same ease and with the
anne certainty J1tI inc IIlGQuo Oh IIeS4s |
ent Grant re-elect him. The friends of
IT. Greeley are little more liberal than
le friends of Mr.. Grant. They agree it
next to certain that he Will carry Maine. !
ermont, Massachusetts,, South Carolina,
HE, Michigan, Iowa. Wisconsin, Mime.
ota, Kansas and Nebraska. These States. s
is conceded by the Greeleyites, will S
We President Grant ninety-nine electoral {
ties certain. Then the friends of Mr. '
reeIey go 70 work and show the States E
at are certain to go for Mr. Greeley t
hey are enumerated as follows: New i
Connecticut, New York, New I
rsey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary t
I'd, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, a
ALBANIA, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennes- E
:, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Il
kansas, Texas, California, West Tir- 4
Ma and Nevada. The electoral vote Of Z
ese States amount to two hundred aud il
'ty-eight, which is si1ty-four more than b
required to make Mr.. Greeley Presi- e
1t. The total electoral vote is three Il