Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-28
From The Ohio State Journal
THE VOTE OF OHIO.

II appears by The Off j returns OF the cleo
ton held i'm this State on The 3lsi ut. which
will be found in another column, that the Jack
son Ticket has prevailed by majority OF 4.!4o
out of l2Io52 votes. That hisresalr,' which
was, we belle We, wholly unexpected by The
friends Of the Administration, as well as by ma
ny Of the most intelligent Jlcksonians in Ohio,
will much surprise our friends at distance,
cannot admit Of doubt. BY he almos, uni
versal admission of both parties, this State had
heretofore been considered nearly as certain Tor
Mr. Adams as his own native MASSACHUSETTS;
the los Of its vo,e-which. in its consequences,
almost necessarialIy involves that Of The Presi'
dency itself for the next four years-will, ,here-
fore give rise TO much speculation.-To resort
to the ordinary refuge OF the unsuccessful, by
Offering sundry good and valid excuses Tor our
defeat, we shall not however attempt. We are
now satisfied that majority ofour fellow citi'
Gems actually prefer Gen. Jacksup-lo the pre-
sent inc umben,; and being so satisfied, we shall
not pre.epd-howevcr much may deplore
the iniatua,ion which has determined their
choice-to deny The fact. To account in some
degree for the delusion under which we have
Iabored in this respect, may however, under
existing circumstances, be duty which we
owe to ourselves and TO our friends; and we
shall therefore attempt it in as few words as
possible.
We shall premise Cur observations ny The re-
mark, that we do not believe that the friends Of
the existing Administration ia this State have
heretofore knowingly and designedly overa,ed
their strength, for the purpose OF deception. -
We can at least speak for ourselves, and aver,
that, although the result has shown lamenra.
bic error "a our calculations; yet that, at the
time they were made, they were really believed
to be strictly and literally correct he truth
is, we have unwi,tingly deceived ourseltes; and
as matter Of course, deceived others also. We
never had calculated that the vote Of Ohio, al
the late election, would, under any circum-
stances, exceed 100 .ooo-being double tho
number given in 1924. OF these we made sure
OF re ceiving. if our friends turned ont, between
80, 900 and 60 ooo-Ieaving US as large ma.
iority as we ever have cIsimed. Instead Of this
however, tnow appears that, although VT have
polcd three thousand voles more than we had
calculated on, we are still left in the minority
by upwards Of four thousand.
To accoun, for so great an error, and one into
which many Of our opponents in this Stare and
else where nave fallen as we'll as ourselves, is
perhaps, no easy task. The most obvious caus-
es to which il may be attributed, app ear to us,
however TO be the following:-
There is perhaps, no fact better established
than that very large ma jority Of the citizens
OF this State in favor Of that cou, Sc Of poll
cy which goes by the name Of the "American
System" Their attachment TO il has been man.
ifested on so many occasions, that any attempt
10 prove il must appear wholly supereroga,o-
ry. II is equally Oh, ious, that while this poll
cy has received the steady support and counte-
nance OF The existing Administration, il has on
the other hand been assailed with tbs utmost
zeal by many Of The most active and influential
leaders Of the Jackson party; and thar IN many
parts OF the union. opposition 10 the tariff and
internal Improvements, and opposition to Mr.
Adams, had become SYNONYMOUS or convertible
terms 1t was NOT, therefore, unreasonable 20
believe, that no intelligent friend Of the System
would give up certainty for an uncertainty; &
abandon an Adminisu alton, whose sentiment
were unqucs'onably decidedly favorable, for
the sake Of a man whose vie VS. were wholly un-
known, and around whom its opponents had al.
most unanimously rallied
1t may further be remarked, that a very large
proportion Of our leading men-of those, who
had heretofore occupied the mos, prominen,
stations-Legislative. Military, and Judicial
as well as Of the actual members o! Congress *
OF the Assembly, Of the Bench and Of The bar
were in favor OF Mr.. Adams. II was nalu-
TAI w otHeFc lndt thtsc Rehtiemen-many OF
whom had passed through long course of
public life, with high character for political &
moral integrity, and who had heretofore given
the tone to public opinion-would be enabled
10 exercise sufficient influence with the people |
TO keep in check the prevailing mania for Grn.
JAG kson, AID TO keep the State in the path Of |
du'y as well as Of interest. The same observe
lion applies, with equal force, 10 The periodical
press. With but few exceptions indeed, every |
one OF our old established public journals; of
those which had acquired permanen, sup.
port, and were not obliged to depend mainly ON
party excitement for asubsistrnce-had origin.
ally declared nfavor OF Mr.. Adams. Of,hose
in existence al the close ofthe late war, one on.
y-it we are not greatly mistaken-had Joined
he Jackson standard; aud we believe the eff
rient aid the General has derived from the press
in Ohio, has proceeded more from the gra,uitou.
distribution of newspapers and pamphlets a.
nongst those who contribute nothing 10 it,
support, than to the ordinary influence Of well.
.ondsettd journals-a cIrcumsi ance not suf6.
GENTLY att. nded 10 in our caIcuIa,;on,