New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-31
The August Elections.

On lHuISudy VI NtCh, 4Noiti >t'oii'i't 'i'i'
Tennessee hold their Elections; on Monday next,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Alabama DO like
wise North Carolina and Illinois elect Members
of Congress only; kentucky elects Members OF
Congress and all her Legislature but part OF the
Senate; Tennessee, Indiana and Alabama elect
Governor, Members Of Congress and Legislature.
The results will be awaited with less. anxiety than
usual, but still with considerable interest,
TENNESSEE is the great battle-ground. There
two United States Senators depend upon the Po-
litical complexion of the4Legslature to be chosen,
being all OF much practical value, in a National
sense, that does depend the issue OF the August
Elections. The extraordinary manner in which
the State was deprived ofany Representation III the
Senate throughout the last Congress leads us to
desire triumph of the Wings, as arebukc TO the
dangerous and unlust6ablc iactousness Of their
opponents STILL the issue appears TO us extreme
ly doubtful. Each candidate for Governor is Oh
the stump and doing his best-which is about
equal to the best of any other pair-and in any 9TH
er year we should look with confidence for a Wing
victory-now we do not. The Globe claims the
Governor by 3 to 5000; the Legislature by II to
Is majority, and E to Of the Members of Con-
gress We shall be satisfied with 1000 for Gov
Jones, and six Of the eleven Representatives our
way; the Legislature more doubtful still. There
are too many Tennesscans hereabouts to tell us
all is safe, when they ought to be at home making
it'so. Both parties bray necessarily of victories
on the stump and gains among the People; we
look on in doubt. Gov 'ones's majority in Al
was but 5000 in 100000 votes; rather a narrow
margin for such year Of apathy as this is iated
to be- But let us see.
or INDIANA, we have good hope, unless Politi-
cal Abolition should cat in upon the Wing
strength considerably. Our State candidates are
evidently an over-match Tor their opponents Oh
the stump, and have the advantage IN personal
character; in the candidates for Congress- we are
moi SO fortunate. We now consider the State
ticket pretty safe the Congresslnen likely to be
di1ided Is to 81 and the Legislature dependent
OH the accidents of a canvass.
In ILLINOIS, we are sure of but one ofthe seven
Members of Congress, but have fair chance for
two others. The State was 'Dstricted as badly
for us as possible-cut out OF shape to narrow us
down to one District. In better time, We shall
have three of the seven,
In KENTUCKY, the Wings Dislricted,, and gave
themselves all they fairly could The' Districts
stands Whlg to Loco; but there is all manner
of feuds in several of the Districts. and we ex.
pect that Wings and 3 Locos will be chosen.
NORTH CAROLINA was Districted by our oppo
nents, and as badly Tor US as possible. The strong
Wing Counties are nearly all packed in two Dis
tncts, which can give 1000 Wing majority each
these our opponents made TO lose, and do no, con
test; all the others y they made to carry. We
fear they will beat the intrepid SrANLv. and pro-
badly Mr.. RYNER, though that is more doubtful
the Lincoln District and the Caswel are likewise
contested, We shall be well satisfied if the
Wings have of the 9 Members
In ALABAMA, Gov. Fitzpatrick Loco has no
opponent, and the contest is very languid gene.
rally. We expect but , Of the I Members OF
Congress. Alabama is one OF the very few States
IN which the Tariff question works against us,
and it is piled by our opponents to the utmost,
We shall doubtless hear yociterous shouts OF
triumph from the Loco Foco press with regard to
the results in nearly all these States We shall
not mind them. The Wings have great battle
to fight next year, and they will not be hurried
out of breath this year. Why should they The
House is inevitably against them, and it is better
iof US IN the long run that the majority should be
seventy than seven. Let them have full swing
we never yet lost any ground by that. Their
tour Members from Louisiana, for instance, will
make them more trouble and do them more harm
than any eight Wings Wherever State can
be carried and its Government preserved to the
Wings, it is well to DO it; but to contest such
States as Alabama, Illinois and Maine this year,
is simply exhausting our strength for nothing.