The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-05-30
THE PROSPECT OF DEMOCRACY BY A
WHIG EDITOR.

Some Oflhe leading federal papers trying to rouse
their followers to action by telling them and showing
them the danger there of whgssy receiving one of the
most universal defeats that beiel any party. And,
while the mere knowing coOns are thus warning their
friends by telling the truth it is amusing to see the un-
dersraPpcrs staggering and Boosting of of the
certainty ufCayS ee:on and all that for the purpose
of deceiving their readers For, inIsance only two
weeks ago. the federal Advocate impiOusly proclaimed
THAT nothing but act Of Providence could prevent
Cay's election" Such language is only used by men
who are either too drunk to know what they say, or
too corrupt to tell the rnlh But mark what blue IgL,
federal Webster paper of Massachusetts says Of the
cortainy of CIays election" The following ex,ruc,
is from long article in the Boston Mercantile Journal
The organ OF the high protective tares' in the east
This article was copied and endorsed by the N YCom
mercia Advertiser another leading federal paper, after
The nomination.
From the Boston Mercantile Journal
In order to show the importance of subjec, to which
we have recently alluded, will be necessary TO 90 in
10 statistical view Of The Whg prosect Aud we star,
with caution, that the statistical view IS decidedly
agast The wings We have courage and we by no means
fear that we shall not be able al the coming election to
Wo WHOo Dul U0 dSpbct which truth
presents authorizes no such exung or inflated notion
OF lhe whg strength has cannot but think unfor.
unatey heen encouraged; and which rahe. belongs 10
The unTetecng, than 10 those who have The means #
! they would only call memory to their aid of making
more udlcous estimate Of the political prospec and
party strength. While then we do not despair Of re-.
versng the present whig posilion by the application OF
prudence and sound sense, say 10 the whigs that il
is Infinitely better 10 look with calmness and YET with
confidence, TO the true whg position, than to permi
themselves to be unwarrantabIy encouraged by til,
opinions OF theagnoran or by the proclamalons .ofth
sanguihe.
In l840 Gen. Harrison carried ninteen states by ma
jorlies varying from 600 10 upwards of ~ 600 -Whs
Is the state OF things nowi The Congressional and Gu
hernat0ral elections and the maoTlies in the Stalls La
gisalures, now exhibit directly the REVERSE Nineee
States in the hands Of the radicals Seven on
" in The whig Interest," it ls then apparent that tn
wings have to contend, not for the purpose Of relanin
poWer-thst has already gone-but for the recovery
lost ground. And must further be obvious to the ra
llona eye, that sa more difficult task to regain III
ground that has been lost in the last three years than
was 10 prevail three years ago over enemy who ha
been constantly successful who were surprised at ,h
Q result who till the last moment-dl tho knell of defsr
" rang from New York-considered triumph cer,ain-de
feat impossible.
With regard 10 national politics, for the last twent,
years. the complexion Of The House Of Representative
IN elected, previous 10 The Presidential section has bee
The best index OF national sentiment Tried by that tea
III connection with The others we have menlinned II
wing chances appear by no means great. But lat I
look into the State of the electoral vote. Gen Harris,
had nineteen States giving 234 votes Van Buren sove
h States. casting 60 Votes One hundred and forty eig
!, were then necessary TO choce One hundred al
! lhirlyeigh only are now requisite.
IN is curious fact that the several States that went
tn Van Buren,, and which are certain for him now rea
IN just the nunher of votes under the that they HI
Ia. Ill VAyl