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Biddeford, York County, Maine
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New York newspapers concede the state to Lincoln in the presidential election due to failed fusion efforts between Breckinridge and Douglas committees, with slim prospects for other states like Pennsylvania.
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The World, a neutral paper, says: "The Journal of Commerce concedes the State of New York to Lincoln, since the failure of the Breckinridge and Douglas Committees to make any satisfactory arrangement for a joint electoral ticket. If the other States," it says, "cannot avert the catastrophe of sectional domination, we may make up our minds to submit to it with the best grace we can. Possibly, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and other states, may achieve the victory which should have crowned the State of New York."
This intimates clearly enough that New York is lost: and the prospect is slender of carrying Pennsylvania and other States against Lincoln, or these humiliating attempts to fuse with the Douglas men here would not have been advised by President Buchanan and the national Breckinridge committee. If the last chance of carrying New York against Lincoln has vanished, there is no longer any reason why the anti-Douglas democrats of this State should not vote in a body for their own candidates, and thus enjoy the satisfaction of expressing their preferences, since they cannot elect their ticket."
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New York
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concession of new york state to lincoln; failure of joint electoral ticket arrangements; advice for anti-douglas democrats to vote for their own candidates
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The Journal of Commerce concedes New York to Lincoln due to the failure of Breckinridge and Douglas committees to arrange a joint electoral ticket. The World reports this and notes slim prospects for Pennsylvania and other states. President Buchanan and the national Breckinridge committee advised fusion attempts with Douglas men.