Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-10-25

One week from this day the great battle
for the Presidency begins with the votes Of
the two great States of Ohio and Pennsyl-
wanna. The State elections are now all fin
shcd, and the result asccrtaincd with the cx-
ception Of South Carolina and Arkansas,
concerning which little interest is felt, as they
are predesiined to go Locofoco, and have so
been classed from the beginning. Tie pre-
liminaries are settled, the prcmonitory symp-
toms are past, and the matter in hand comes
now to be decided upon.
Let us " calculate eclpses little. The
States Of Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware
Maryland, North Carolina, Louisiana, Ten.
nessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Indinna, cast
ing l23 electoral votes, are deemed certain
for Mr.. Clay. About Georgia, casting lC
votes, there never has been much doubt nm
I'll the recent Congressional election, in whicl
the aggregate Of the popular vote is rather
against us bat it is apparent tina, the vote
! is uncommony small, and in the strong Wing
districts, our friends. secure of success, have
staid from the polls. We have no doubt
however of the vote Of Georgia, and there
fore class i, as certain for Mr.. Clay, giving
him l33, five less than enough to secure hi:
election. The States then which hold the
result in their power, are New York and
Pennsylvania.
From the result in Pennsylvania at the
late election, we are inclined to place impli-
cit reliance on the assurances of our Wing
friends tina, the State will cast her vote for
Clay. Mr.. Skunk, contessedly the most
popular man in his party, and an open and
strenuous advocate of protective tariff, gets
but abou. 1900 majority, and in order to do
this runs largely ahead Of his tickle, in almost
every county. The precise amount of the
excess of Shunk's vote over the average OF
the other tickets cannot now be exactly as
certained but it is confessedly very large,
and is estimated at enough to about balance
the parties on the other tickets. 4 number
of influential democrats in different parts Of
the State did all they could for Skunk, at the
same time openly avowing their intention tc
support Mr.. Clay in preference TO the free
trade gentleman of Tennessee. Under these
circumstances, notwithstanding the expecta'
ton that the City and County Of Philadel
phia will not do as well for Clay as for Mar.
kle, we have an abiding faith that enough o
the people of Pennsylvania will discern thei
true interests on the Tariff question, to cas-
the vote of that State decidedly for the TIA
riffs great champion.
Then we come to New York. IIeIe ,h'
signs afe all in our favor, notwithstanding thu
boosted strength of Mr.. Wright. The name
of Fillmore will call out every wing vote il
the great west, and he will appear a, Cayu
ga bridge with majority large enough t.
bury any thing that can be brought there Il
meet him. Mr.. Wright will poll at eas
5000 more votes than Mr.. Polk, and Mr.
Clay at least as many as Mr.. Fillmore
The third party vote will not all be draw
from the Wings, but large number of TN
Locofoco party, taking the suggestions O
BRYANT, Barker and others as their basis O
action, will flee from the corrupt party whc
needs one SIT OF principles for their Presiden
and another for their members of Congress
} The boasied majorities of the Locofocos II
tho various counties will never bear a lega
count, and the Wings borne ON by the en'hu