Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-09-28
THE PROSPECT.

Immediately after the Buffalo Convention, and
while the steam was high, calculation of the
result of the Presidential election was published
IN which Mr. Van Buren, was to receive votes
enough in the free St1tes to be elected Among
nearly all Of the Free States Iowa, Indiana, H.
linos, Vermont and Maine were set down for
Van Buren,. These States have just voted
the three first on the eve of the Buffalo Conven-
tion and Vermont and Maine SINCE Now for
the results.
In Iowa and Indiana the Wings and Locos are
nearly balanced, and the scattering is left for
Van Buren,. The Presidential race will be close
in both,-Taylor's chance the best Van Buren,
no chance at all. On the 9Th the Wings of In
diana held mass meeting at Fort Harrison, the
scene of one of Taylor's earliest exploits. This
meeting brought together $4,000 people. Hi
nois is loco by some ten thousand majority; we
count it for Cass.
In Vermont, the Van Buren, party has gained
locos enough to be ranked as the second party
the Wing plurality is about 1000 over Van Bu-
rem men, and about 5000 over the regular locos.
Van Buren, has no chance at all excep: by
complete coalition with the Cass men. Some of
the wire-workers are anxious 10 play this game.
Let them try it, if they please. If the attempt
does not arouse and harmonize the Wings of
Vermont sufficiently to give the coaitionists
an old fashioned drubbing in November, we shall
be mistaken. Coalitions never did succeed in
Vermont and never will succeed unless the
Green Mountain Boys become wofully degene.
rated. Far be the day in which the electoral
vote of Vermont can be sold by political trick.
sters TO the highest bidder.
In Maine, the Van Burenites have come off
wofuly. The locos have a plurality of $1,000
over the Van Buren, men, and the Wings have
plurality of $4,000 over them. The locos lead
the Wings only GC00. In Sept 1910 they led
also, but in November of that year Maine went
for Harrison. Taylor has an equal chance with
Cass for Maine next November.
These elections all indicate that Van Buren,
has not the slightest chance for either of these
Statesmen are the signs elsewhere any more
propitous for him.
In New York the Wings are rapidly harmoni-
zing in the support of Taylor The Clay move
ment is resulting favorabIy. 1t called out Mr..
Clay himself in several letters, in which he re-
fuses 10 have his name used, and expresses his
determination TO support Taylor; and Taylor's
Pascagoula letter published in our last) is hail
ed by leading Clay men as sufficient guaranty
that Old lack is after all the man for their sun
port. They are coming out for him rapidly. A.
mong those who have recently declared for Tay-
Tor is DAVID GRAHAM, n distinguished son of
York. We extract the following from his letter:
1t is to some extent though it may not be very
generally known, that before the nomination Of
q Gen. Taylor, took occasion, in an Address 20 n
large body of the Wings of this city, to declare
that would not deem myself bound TO supnort
him, even though he should be presented as
candidate by the Philadelphia Convention. The
prominent reasons which influenced Inc were,
that he had refused 10 be the exponent or repre-
sentative Of the principles of the Wing party
that he had declared himself willing to accept
the nomination of any other party or body of
citizens, and that he had distinctly avowed his
determination not to withdraw his name from the
canvass, even though Mr.. Clay should be nomi.
mated by the National Wing Convention.
Conscieniously deeming these avowals as at
once subverslye OF the organization and disc-
pline of the Wing party, and as holding the lan.
guage of defiance to its representatives, in the
Convention, regarded the nomination of Gen.
Taylor as a virtual dissolution of the Wing par
ty, and felt justified, as a Wing who had been for
more than seventeen years ardently devoted to
the principles OF that party, in declaring myself
aosoyed from all obligation to support him as
the Wing candidate. Upon this ground should
have continued to stand, from that time to the
present. and upon this ground should have re-
manned during the Presidential canvass, but that
conceive the last letter of Gen Taylor to have
removed the principal objections on which INV
opposition to his election has hitherto rested.
In that letter, understand him TO place him
self distinctly upon Wing ground lie avows