The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-05
WHEELING, Va, Nov. /. 1874

WHEELING, Va, Nov. l. 1913.
Second Political Expedition from the Ney York
Herald Offce-Campa,gn of l8f8-State Of Af
fairs IN the State of Virginia.
Politics are lively In Wheeling. The democrats
here speak with no more confidence OF their State
than the wings but they have look and mauner
of far greater confidence. The wings here are not
disposed to bet on Virginia while in Pittsburg
they will bet on 5000 tor Taylor In Pennsylvania
The democrats In the keystone State are doing an
uphill work in attempting to evade the tariff act Of
1916, and if any thing will break them down, it
will be the failure of which they have been guilty.
of not compromising the wings for the future
The game Of politics is game to win. In Lou,-
sana, the friends of General Taylor pledge him to
the South in Ohio, Mr.. Corwln produces written
testimony to show that he is for the proviso. Now.
the democrats ought to know better than to argue
Southern tariff for the State of Pennsylvania
That part of the platform ought to have been left
blank, just as the wings lett the provlso question a
blank as to adapt the discussion OF the question
10 both sides of Mason and Dixon. The
Kane letter was the very thing. That expedient,
however, had served its purpose and the only way
to serve the question again. to SUIT all latltudes
was just to take the course OF the wings on the pro-
vso, leave every latitude to adapt the subject to
its.lf But the democrats in attempting to carry
MT w alkeTs tdrIn urOugn pennsylvania, Dy ex-
parstions without promises, have placed the
State In such an attitude, as to make the election
OF General Cass most unquesonably dangerous.
II General Taylor cannot carry Pennsylvania
with Buena Vista, and the tariff OF as to back
him, the case Is out with HIM he need never
make another trial. And yet, the result to come
is not utterly hopeless for General Cass In Penn
sylvania though the election of Johnston is equal
to a gam TO Taylor of 10000 men.
The wings in this place appear disposed to give
up the State, over the river, and yet the wing
tiers OF Ohio are fighting with an energy never be-
fore witnessed in any campaign They will, at
least like Ma cbeih, 'die with harness on their
backs" Mr.. CorwIn has got down to the river
tier of counties He and Thomas Ewing, and
Col. Mitchell, (of Monterrey addressed mass
meetii to-day IN Mount Pleasant, Jefferson
county, where there is little barnburnerlsm got
up by Hon. Benjamin Tsppan, and, perhaps,
few whig free sollers among them.
Mr.. Giddlngs. in his service tor MI van Buren.
is estimated by the democrats to be equal TO ten
thousand votes for Cass, and an offset to Prince
John and ali the Taylor voters in the State.
We understand, this evening, that the Prince is
still In Ohio. II so, we may expect 10 meet with
HIM in N day or two
DR.. Snoderass Maryland free soiler, addressed
the Jeople OF Wheeling last night, in behalf Of the
Buffalo platform, and the Buffalo nominees; but
the men of Wheeling say that two Presidential
candidates are enough tor one campaign in Vir-
gina, especially when the third is an outsider.
An intelligent Cass man informs US that they do
tot expect carry the State by the 900 majority
Of AZ but that they will be satisfied with four or
five thousand.