Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-17
TEE BUCKEYE STATE.

So nobly have the Democracy of Ohio Gu
down the Wing vote, thar, according 10 The las
Geographic dispatches, the election Tor Governor
is So close, thar We shall hare to wait for the off
| cial returns 10 ascertain The result A despatch
dated October 18th, in the Union, says:
"The Governors vote is very close, and il vii
require the official statement 10 determine The re-
suit. he Senate is tie; Honse probably Whis
b. lpo or four majority. Congressmen-Demo
cratic gain OF two; loss, one"
The following despo.ches are in yesterday;
Baltimore Sun:
WHEELING, Oct. 14-9P. M.
The very latest accounts here are, that Ford is
eleced Governor by a small majority, probably
40; over 100 The Wings nave four majority in
tae House, ard one in The Senale--probably two
The vote on The Governor is SO close thai the
result cannot be definitely known until the officia
returns shall have been counted
The information above alu led to was dis.
patched from Columbus a, 9 O'clock Tonight
WHEELING, Oct. Tsp. NJ.
The Democrats here nave received dispatches
from Columbus stating that Weller is eleced =
A mistake is said 10 have been discovered in
Munroe county, which gives Weller eleven hun
dred instead OF seven Hundred. The official re-
Turns will Be required io ceermine the precise
state OF The case. Bo,n pa;tes claim The Cover.
nor
(Munroe county, alluded to in This dispatch,
was re ported here, as we'll as al Philadelphia and
New York, on Saturday, as having given Wei
Ter ,720 majority
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. Tsp. M.
Ford stock IS rising ma jority small-proba-
bly, not over 500
Is not this most glorious and encouraging in
tsllisence for the South2 Ford, the Wing can.
didate for Governor, has received the yoles of The
mass OF the abolition Wings in Ohio, because he
has always been known as an ultra Whis-be-
cause he is opposed 70 The extension of slavery,
and in favor otlhe repeal Of the present laws lha,
forbid 10 negroes The same political privileges
enioyed by the whites The New York Globe,
Barnburning organ, say. that The Free Sellers re-
joice at the pro,pec, of he election OF Ford, who,
"lhough be ran as The Wing candidate, has never
advocated the election OF Taylorl The free
soil Van Buren, men could therefore support
him with perfect proprety. The Tree soil Wings.
aided by the Tree soil Democrats" did all they
could 10 secure his election. The same paper
adds, iii Cass gets WelleI's vote in Ohio, (which
no one can doubt he piH be elected"
Giddngs and his free soil Wing associates
wen, zcalously f,r Ford. Indeed letter is pub
lished from Giddings advising Ford to take no
part 10 opposition 10 or in favor Of Gen. Taylor,
SO as thereby 10 secure the votes OF both paries-
-Four OF the Wing Candidates for Congress elect
ed from ohio are determined opponents of Tay-
lor's election, and will throw all their influence
into the scale OF Van Buren, and Adams. When
we consider the further fact thai every Weller
man is also Cass man, how can we doubt iha,
Cass in lio'cmb,r will receive The vote of Ohio
by handsome msjoriy1 The elements pow
united TO detea, Weller will then be split up. and
the % votes al Ohio will come in to swell The
electoral majority OF Cass aud Butler.
This result we regard as fixed fact-whe.
Their Ford be elected or defeated. But il seems
that his majority, if indeed he be elected, must
be miserably Small-and the result in Ohio will
truly be "the handwriting on the wall" 10 the now
cxulting, but soon to be defeated Available Fill
morcnes. Let them rejoice before the election
over their wre,ched "ree soil abolition" tri.
umphs; after the election, our turn will come
and our rejoicings will be as substantial as they
will be cordial. The Democracy of the whole
country will be aroused by the present chuck
lings Of the Wings over their Pyrrhus' victories,
aud Cas- and Butler, the Constitution, State