In little more than a fortnight, that is on the
4th November, the great contest for the office Of President of the United States will be decided. It is believed that up to the last moment the issue will be doubtful. Mr. Buchanan carries with him nearly the whole Southern vote ; Mr. Fillmore coming in only slightly to diminish the number of his supporters. Colonel Fre- mont will certainly have the vote of the greater part of the North ; the remainder will be divided between his rivals. Mach depends on the decision of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan's ewe. State ; but there, in spite of that faet, as is shown by the great Pittsburg demonstration, there is a strong Fremont party. As may be gathered from the details of the Pittsburg meeting, the excitement is intense. Nor is it confined to the North. Richmond in Virginia is comparatively a neighbour of Pittsburg in Pennsylvania, and the feeling in the Slave State is just as strong as in. the Free. The temper of the South may be esti- mated by the speech of Governor Wise, by no means the most extreme expression of Southern views that has lately come under our notice. From that it may be inferred that the South will elect Buchanan if it can, and accept Fillmore as a pis-aller if it cannot. Nor is it difficult to see that in their present tamper the Southern leaders would regard the election of Fremont as a declaration of war.
