New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-03
The August Elections.

Our IDCen!ouS ifienu cl uic -'i''"'"s -'e"'
will certainly haye to remodel his Political ANITA
mctic If he means to be deemed in earnest. lie
is misleading his readers sadly. 1t was no ran
dom talk On our par, that the entire Mormon
vote was cast, by virtue OF bargain with Gov.
Ford, to swell the Loco majority IN liiiao'S. by
this vote al least one Loco was chosen to Con-
gress, instead OF Wing, who would have oeen
il this vote had been simply withheld. Now the
Mo7mons have resolved not to vote for President,
which will give our friends a better chance then
by at least 1000 votes. 1t is no random talk
that Aliens arc allowed to vote in Illinois. IN vio-
lation OF the spirit OF the Federal Constitution,
and that many thousands OF them did so vote at
the late Electon-nsaily all for the Loco tickets.
II is no random talk that Alabamd IS fllled
with Texas land and scrip jnboers, who have
come back from their adopted country to elec
lioncer for Annexation, and that their e1eftonS
sweled the Polk vote lhere. These Influences
in these two States are peculiar, and caanot DC
felt to any such extent elsewhere.
AS to Missouri. we know that in many coun
ties the Whig vote was not all oolled for Allen,
the returns plainly show Aud:ain, Barry, Boone,
Callaway, Cape G;ra.deau, Clark, Cole, Frank
In, Marion, Newton, Perry, 81. Charles, 81,
Francois, Shelby would have polied more votes
for a straght-out Wbig candidate than they did
for Allen. See if they do not poll more for Clay
We presume nearly all the Wings who voted at
all voted for Allen, bat you cannot make any
party work hard and effectively for candidate
who PROCESSES to belong TO the opposite party.
To dsprovc this the News shows that the Wing
vote is heavier in the Wing counties than in lclO
which could not well be otherwise since both
the Population and the Wing vote OF Missouri
arc rapidly increasing But the News assumes
that all the increased vote is Loco tocO-either
Hard or oit,-and in this way makes out
any amount OF gain for Its party, 10 ahead :
North Carolina the News comedies to US; but
says, =" In 1886, it went Wing in August by over
5000, but Democratic in November" True
sir; but ho,o Not By any increase OF vote on
your side, but by falling off on both sides. The
vote stands thus:
August 1850 November. 1896
Whir Governor .33.993 Wing Electors - BIO
Loco do. 90 $50 Van Buren, do. % $40
Wing majority l,Jl5 Van b. maj. ,2Si
Wing vote l0,367 less in November than in
August; Van Burcn vote 3,0l0 less in November
than in August. Now if you imagine that the
vote is to fall of $4,000 this year from August to
November you may pin feeble hope on North
Carolina but who can imagine it
As 10 Indiana, the News is mised by the Even.
ing Posts table. The vote it gives for Grant,
Spencer, S;oit-erland Warrick, Mann, Shelby,
Wabash and other Counties is entirely out of the
way. Switzerland alone is at least 400 wrong.
In Warrlck, the actual Loco Foco majority was
l4l on Senator and - on Member; the latter
should have been taken according to the Posts
inhcxiblc rule but both are omitted and the vote
Of last year given instead, making Isl Loco ma
ority Spencer is nearly 400 wrong; Grant
$50, and Shelby 200. In Switzerland, Spencer,
Shelby, Wabash and Grant. the election of Mem
Der was not seriously contested on party grounds;
in Wanick, there was candidate for Senate and
one for House on each side, and spirited can
vass. Blu, as we have carried the State, for the
first time in three years, and secured L. :.
Senator, VIC will lei the News cipher out all the
consolation il can find. If its readers can be
made to believe that while the opposite party
have carried the House by eight or ten three
years in SUCCESSION on 4 popular majority Of
1000, that now when ,ce have carried it by eight
or ten, the popular vote is unchanged, they must
have unbounded faith.
The News last tries It's hand on kentucky.-
Its great card there is the assumed fact that
" "Owsey's popularity is shown BY the fact that he
RUS behpcen sepen and eight hundred ahead Of
Diron"-Wc happen TO have the means of ex,
tingulshing this error. The Official Vote OF the
whole Stale gives
IVhig-Owsley.- $50 Loco-Butler.. % j36
Dixon. ..60,070 Pitcher. .i6 839
So Dixon's vote, instead of being between
seven and eight hundred less than Owsley's is
actually 800 more, or by the Clerks return 43l
more. Dlxons vote is The highest erer cast in
the State for any candidate chateeer.
Whether Clay will obtain Gen. Harrlson's
majority in kentucky will depend entirely On the
result OF intermediate Elections. Gen. HARRISON
though he obtained fewer votes than Owsley has
now polled, had 25,S73 majority, simply because
his opponents knew they were beaten, and made
no serious effort. Bu! last month they thought
Buffers great personal strength gave them
chance, and they made desperate rush to elect
him. They obtained good many Wing votes
and all those of the doubtful and no party men,
and failed after all We believe Butler against
owsley would have made just as good run in
1910 But the actual Wing majority in Ken
lucky is just about 10000, and has been since
1882. |. is Just about that now on the Legisa-
tive vote and on Lieut.. Governor. We estimat-
ed Mr.. Clay's majority at 10000 two months
ago we now believe he will get more, but on
personal grounds. II VIII be sufficient, any how.
o" The Political Abolitionists OF Virginia
held Convention in Ohio County recently,
nominated Brncy Electoral Ticket and ssued