The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-10-28
THE GENERAL ISSUE.

ItE iSoOEs
The New York Evening Posi-, Of Monday
Oct 10Th. says
Some Of The ~hic papers have already
With prophetic inspiration. annonpced the ac.
tusl election Of General Harrison NJ President
OF the United States. The confidence Of THEN
whole party is, IL would seem. entirely un.
bounded They see not single cloud ol
speck IN their political horizon-no, not so big
as mans hand. A few OF our own friends
also, we have known so nnfaithfnl To theii
wonted faith in the ntellieence of the people
and the noble goodness of their cause. az 10
allow themselves 10 be disprited by few re-
verses which we have had TO sustain in the
State elections Of the present year, and fright.
ened out OF their better Judgment by the clam
ors OF triumph which the wings have raised, az
though with the hope Of bringing down the
cifaie! Of our strength as Jericho fell before
the rams horns Of the children of Israel. The
following estimate Of the probabilities Of the
case. as prepared by friend, is. in our opinion,
rational and liberal one, and will show tho
absnrdity of the confident exultations of the
wings. and Of the dependence which few Of
our own friends have been induced 10 yield TO-.
rs 10 the prospect Of Mr., Van Buren's re-elec-
non -
- For Pan Barsn-Maine. 10: New Hamp-
shire. 7: Pennsylvania. 30: Virginia. % :
South Cmolina. IL Alabama, I: Mississippi
d; Tennessee, l5: Arkansas, 3; Missouri, 4
Illinois, 5-Total. ll9.
For Harrison. Vermont. 7; Massachn-
s"tis. IA; Rhode Island. d: Connecticnr. g ::
Kentucky, Is; Ohio 81; Indiana, 9-Total,
sa
DonbyIl.-Nrw York, AZ: New Jersey.
g; Delaware. 3: MARYLAND, 10; North Caro-
lima. Is: Georgia, IL Louisiana, 5 Michi-
gan. 3-Total, 81.
Now, Of these states which I clas. "a
doubtful. the batancr Of probability may be set
down as follows
For Van Buren, MARYLAND, 10: North
Carolina, ID; Georgia II; Louisiana, 5-To-
tal, 81.
For Harrison York. AZ: New Jer.
s"s. 2; Delaware. 3 :; Michigan. 3--Toral. So"
Fhi' would make Mr.. Van Buren's vote | 60.
and General ilarrSon's l34N The number
necessary TO an election is l4S. The estimate
Of onr friend above allows very large m,rcin
10 the democratic side. in the vote of New
York and New Jersey. For the latter State
we have yet fnir chance. while for the former
the most intelligent opinions regard the hal,ncc
"i probability ~ strongly on our side. Such e
decidedly nnr own. With regard To the
Southern States. whore elections have been
'rrmpete1 rs whig victories. onr friends al
Washington are very confident Of North Caro-
lina. Georgia and LousIana
The question Of Jaa BUrcn and Harrison
has never yet been votel upon bv them. IN
North Carolina MANY OF our friends expected.
long IN advance, The defeat Of Saunders by np.
wards of 5000 malorlv. Al the same time thar
they regarded the vote Of the State "a safe for
van buren by an eqna! number. The State
voted IN precisely n similar manner in 1885,
The great whig gain Of u 900. which defeated
Saunders by 5000 majority, was confined ~
inc dozen western counties strongly interested
IN The great railroad question. the most mpor.
tan' one involved in the late Georgia election.
"hIie throughout the rest Of the State we not
only held our own, but actually advanced on
our former strength by small gain.
What reason can there be 10 fear for our
cause in North Carolina, when we sec by the
vote of Pennsylvania, how true and stauncb
the democracy stands through all the fury of
the whig onset! And in Georgia have we NOT
seen both sets Of candidates uniting upon pre-
ciselv The leading distinctive measures Of the
hostility TO u national bank. and |
attacliment' tn the independent Treasury .
How can the vote Of Georgia possibly be cas-,
tor Harrison. strongly rs he is committed A. /
gainst those principles--udependen Of the
influence Of the tariff and abolition questions.
the effect of which when the general issne"
comes up for decision, cannot fail 10 be strong.
" IN MIR. Van Bnren's favor throughout the
Southern States
We lay these considerations before our rra.
iers IN all sincerity, and in calm confidence of
The truth and the right When they are duly
weighed by our readers. and the estimate /,
which we have given above is examined. we +,
will ask them to Judge whether there is any
eason. in the present state of the contest, b
Iher for the exularion of the wings or for a
ne alarm TO which even some honest demo :,
rats have allowed themselves to yield"