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Show Now that tbe ignorance and greed of the two Oregon and Vermont postmasters post-masters have rendered the election ol Hayes and Wheeier a constitutional impossibility, the contest in the three doubtful southern states, which a few days ago promised to rage with almost revolutionary violence, is likely to subside into an ordinary election canvass. can-vass. Indeed, it is almost safe to predict that one or mora of these ; states, which have been for the laat few days cravitatiDg strongly towards democracy, will be finally added to the Tilden column, making a suffici- ; ent electoral majority to add to hie already ascertained clear popular majority of over 300,000 rotes. There 1 remain apparently but few straws at . which the drowning republicau party I can grasp in its desperate attempt to save itself irotn extinction. |