Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-09-06
From the Boston Patriot.
POLITICAL PROSPECTS.

!. prcssons in regard to the re suit ofthc ap
proaching general election. Withou
; pretending to the gift of prophecy, am,
without being unduly sanguine, we ye
felt ourselves at liberty TO state that 'tht
signs of the times appeared to be decid
edly favorable, and that, with proper ex.
erion, and reasonable degree of con.
7 cert, and mutual conce ssion among those
who are pursulng-perhaps with differ
ent motiyes-the same common object
there was very fair prospect Of the sue
cess of The good cause.
I We are glad to be able now to add,
that most Of the political dcvelopements
/ which have since taken place, have been
Of such kind as to confirm these expec-
taiors, and to increase the probability of
! the defeat of Gen Jackson.
/ The favorable anticipations which we
then felt and expressed were founded, in
great measure, on the arrangements
which appeared to be making in the
great state Of New-York. We at that
time considered it probable, from the best
private information which we could OBJ
tain, and from the opinions given in re-
spectacle prints, that there would be a
conc cntration Of the whole force of the
opposition to the Administration in New
York upon one electoral ticket. Some
Of our contemporaries, who supposed
themselves to possess better means of in
formation, doubted the correctness Of our
opinion; and, in Difference to their supe-
rior lights, we consented to repeat as
mere wish what we had before stated as
our belief and expectation. The event
has, however, justified our confidence, as
far, at least, as the regular organization
of parties has any influence upon the
votes Of individuals; and in this country
party organization is, we know, a! but
decisive. The New Y ork National Re-
publican Convention, which assembled
at Utica on the 25th Of last month, re-
nominated, by n unanimous vote, the G.
lcctoral ticket which had been nominal
ted by the Anti-Masonic Republicans,
and which is headed, as our readers re-
collect; by the distinguished names of
JAMES KENT, and j. G. SPENCER. They
also confirmed the nominations of Mcssrs.
Granger and Stevens for the first Offices
Of the state. These proceedings have
been received with cordial appreciation
by the people, and there cannot be a
reasonable doubt that they will regulate
the action Of the parties represented in
those conventions. 1t seems to be re-
gardcd in Newly York as next to certain
that they will decide the political com
plexion of the state.
The electoral ticket which has thus
been formed by the opposition in New
York is entirely unpledged, os respects
persons, and at liberty TO vote for the can
didate who may appear, at the time when
the election takes place, to be the prefer
able one. Our opinion is that the rela-
tive forces of the candidates will be, at
that time, such that it will be obviously
out ofthe question to give the vote TO any
one but Mr.. Clay. Should this anticipa-
tion prove to be erroneous, and circum-
stances be such as to render it the duty
of the electors to vote for MIR. Writ, we
shall, for ourselves, acquiesce in this re-
suit with perfect satisfaction. Mr. Clay
is our favorite candidate. We have sus-
tanned him through evil and through
good report, and at times when his pros
poets Of success were not so fair as they
are at present We prefer him because
we consider him statesman of higher
order than Mr. Writ, and because we
sympathize more directly in the motives
and feelings under which he was brought
forward. But the qualifications Of both
are so immensely superior to those Of the
present Chief Magistrate, that, when
they are viewed in comparison with him,
the difference between them becomes Of
little Importance.
The deduction Of FoRTY-Two votes,
(the number given to New York by the
late census) from the strength Of Gen.
Jackson, and the addition of it to that of
his opponents, making difference OF
votes, is itself circum-
stance of vast importance, e,-suflicient,
probably, to decide the election. But
The advantage does not stop here. The
ofthc state Of things existing IN
New York, in other quarters, will not be
ess valuable than its direct bearing upon
he electoral vote. Ii was said, some
weeks ago, in conversation, by person
nigh in the public confidence, and whose
name, if mentioned, would give authority
o almost any opinion, that if it were un-
lcrstood, three months before the elcc-
ion that New-York was 10 go against
Jackson, he would not receive fifty votes
the United States. Ii is now
more than three mouths TO the election,
lnd it is known, with as much certainty
is the case admits, that Ncw-York will
20 against Jackson. The effect, if it do J.,