The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-01
Democracy and viotory.

reaches our readers, tlc fCsuiI VI inc
election will have been declared. We
write to-day with "a certain conviction
Of what that result will be az ourknowl-
edge will be positive when we shall pub
lish tie official figures. To our mind
there has been since the Z0lh Of june
scarcely IL doubt Of Gen Bates election,
and the progress Of the canyasi, month
by month and week BY .wook, has re-
loved the question Of all doubt The
imposing character Of tho Democratic
Convention was evidence the Democrat
ic party wHs practically united III opFo-
silion TO tie G03-4-5-G act, and this
was the foundation Of our belief in tie
success Of its candidate. Tic overthrow
Of thai measure has lacn tie one salient
issue. We have been aware there was
an element IN the Democratic party
which, though sircnuousy opposing the
G0.3.4 s 6 settlement, was not wholly in
accord with The Bate platform, but %c
have been thoroughly convinced that
as the election approached and it he.
came evident the practical and Efficient
mode Of undoing the present so-called
settlement, was the support Of Gen.
Bate, they would fall into line. The
candidate set up by tie political Jug
glcrs who have the support cf the
60-3-f-j-6 most at heart, 10 win The con
iidoncc of that class Of Democrats, il
demonstrated to be Il hollow fraud, and
his canvass in utterly hopeless enc
His Identification with the coalition 10
elect Hawkins is complete. At 10
time has it been possible for llr. Bcas
ley to acquire sufficient Democratic
strength to be II formidable obstacle to
Gen. Bates election, aud tha: he has,
has been for several weeks gradually ii.
minishing, and by Tuesday next viii be
but little more than the Glcarjach vote
OF 1880 This is the tenor Of tie oil
cial reports carefully and iudicioply
collected by the most Efficient State Tx
ccutive Committee dat ever sat 1T
Nashville, and may be implicitly trusted
by every Democrat who desires to have
light and knows his duty.
AS to the Russell strength it never
had any substance out of the
county seats Of seven CT eight counties
in the Siato-Davdson, Montgomery,
Maury, Hamilton, Lincoln, Henry,
Obion and Shelby. More than bali the
vote he would have received at any
time would have been cast in those
counties, and by noon Of the election
day this will have been nearly dissipa.
ted. A Democrat might persist in vo-
ting for Rcasley and have some stand.
iilS'IuoHi III 'hc lViulu VI liiH CphetlthtC,
though he must know it would diminish
the overwhelming rcbukc he desires to
administer TO the 60-3-4-5.G; but on the
election day hitherto advocate Of l'us-
sell will be ina piliabIe predicamcnt. He
will know the defeat of Hawkins and the
defeat of The 60-3-i5.6 is assured, and
that his vote is al entire nudity. Or,
if he thinks otherwise be is comi0rtcd
with the fact he il in effect casting II
vote for Hawkins. in this dilemma
some will refuse TO vote, some will re.
turn to Bate, and some, like "Ephraim
joined to his idols" will vote for Uaw-
kins The Russell votes to be counted
out Of the boxes will be Il lem and beg
carly number.
II the vote pollcd approXimatos that
cast two years ago, Bcasloy and Russell
may receive thirW-Gvo! thousand votes,
and Gen. Bate will defeat Hawkins by
twenty thousand. From present relia-
Bile Indications, they will not receive
more than half that number
AS to the Legislature, the recent ap-
portionment under The vote Of 1850,
when the Republicans had nearly fifty
,nar,ho-e oilo,,a .Lo,, 1,ut r,,,,. ,,,.,
Gen. Bates election is net less certain
than that the Republicans and Russell
Democrats combined cannot obtain
more than iiliy-two, which will leave
the Democrats in opposition 60 the
GO-3-4-5-6 with eighty members Joint
majority of thirty, and 0 majority Of
both houses Of the body.
To secure these results, and to make
them decisive and overwhelmingly con
elusive, there must be full Democratic
vote poled. We speak whereof we
know when We say the only hope now
entertained BY the Hawkins Bcasley-
Fusscll coalition is in light Democrat
ic vote. They intend to bring the last
man to the polls, and hope that in the
ovor.coniidencc and indifference Of loyal
Democrats they may defeat Bate and I
elrqta legislature 70 uphold the COG
act. This hope can aud must he pre- !
vented by active, diligent and unceas-