Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-08-25

Our Information from the election held few
days npn iar Governor of the State of North
Carolina leaves Il wholly uncertain vhati-r thr
Wing or the Damocraric cauliIl,e has received
o maluriy Of votes. Whilst The result IS thus
n doubt, we take occasion 10 slatc explicitly thal
whatever % muy b., lt is no evidence Of n f1ll.
Jog Of Of Wing strength ia the Slate. The
election 90 November will undoubtedly give 10
the Wing candidates for President and Vice
PnsideuI as large a majority as has ever here.
Iolore been given IN that STATE.
That rhe falling or 10 the Wing vote ror Gov.
crnor is attributable to other causes than want Of
popularity IN Gen. Taylor, or loss Of Strength Of
the Wings as pauy, is well understood by in.
lelIigenI men Of both political parties in North
Carolina. ln fact, it is 1--WE learul almost solely
owing 10 an issue made with reference TO a pro.
posed amendment Of the SIalc Constitution.
Under the Constitution Of Nouh Carolina, ev.
cry white male Of weuly-one years Of age may
vote for the Governor and the more numerous
branch Of the State legislature; but for State
Senators no one can vote unless he has free.
hold Of fifty acres Of land. Onc-haIf Of those
who eject the Governor are thus excluded from
voting for Senators. The Democratic candi.
date, Mr.. Reid, proposed 10 amend the Consli.
uton so as 10 do away with this distinclion.-
Mr.. Manly, the Wing candidate, is understood
10 have argued against the proposed change
while cauyasslng the STATE. Many Of The Wing
papers and candidates eudeavored 10 sustain
him in thai position. In some Of the counties.
it is true, the Wing candidates took different
ground, because they dsapproved Of the course
Of Mr.. Manly and were in favor Of the alera.
lion. It's believed, indeed, thai a large proper
tion Of the party were favorable to the change.
This diversity of sentiment and action, as well
as the issue itself, weakened Mr.. Manly before
the people.
Without expressing any opinion as to the
merits Of the issue itself, we feel justified in say
ing that il would be extremely difficult for any
one 10 convince the forty thousand excluded vo-
tcrs of the propriety Of their exssIsion.
That this new issue had powerful influence
in the late election is admitted by every body.
We know that the Democratic members Of Con.
grcss have for weeks predicted that they would
carry the State, declaring that no party was
strong enough 10 stand up under such an issue.
II, for example, one man out Of every twenty
Of the persons excluded from voting for Senators
changed his vote on thai ground, casting il
against the Wing candidate, This would be sulfi-
cient to account for the apparent Democratic
gain. That the Wing party of North Carolina
have been able 10 stand up at all against such an
issue is the most tdecsiyeproof Of their strength.
We have heard leading men of both Houses of
Congress, and Of both political parties, declare
that in their States no man could stand up TWEEN.
ly-lour hours under such an issue.
We find that Mr.. Rcid's vote is much less
than that of other Democratic candidates who
were beaten: and, on looking over the returns
from the counties, il will be seen that the great.
est discrepancy has occurred in the large Wing
counties, where il was believed that Mr.. Manly
was in no danger, and where the Democrats are
understood to have made no effort, lest they
should, by so doing, rouse the Wings TO action,
We feel confident, from the information de-
rived from all sources, that The Wing party is
not only as strong as it ever was, but, that, as
already intimated, General Taylor will, in the
November election, much exceed even the usu.
al strength Of the party whose candidate he
iS.-Nalional lnteIIigcnccr.