The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-11
MAINE.
OUR PORTLAND CORRESPONDENTS.

PORTLAND, (Me) Sept. 80 1852.
Tie Maine Election The V0te far G0ognor, and
The Vote for Congr.SSmes- The Decision on he
Maine Lav--Geneyol Pierce and the HIiEs l. 1ic
IN the District Of Columbia.
Now that the smoke of the conflict is fairly clown
over, arc our fields quiet again. after beiog the
scene of good deal of hard lighting, it is worth
ones while to give glance at the state of affairs
here, especially those who were conquered, with
their usual contempt for popular intelligence, are
coolly declaring in some quarters that they have
won great victory, and in Others that the battle
was drawn one in its character, but affordng
every reason for the belief that at the Presidential
election the venerable gentleman disrespectfully
known as "Fuss and Feathers will be sure to re-
ccive majority Of the popular vote Do not let
any of your remote readers Everybody reads the
HERALD, ''far and near,') fall into the egregisus
mistake Ct supposiDg that there can be any founda
tion for any assertion Of the kind. If any whg in
California, or Texas, or Louisiana, should be ass
enough to bet that Maine is going for Scott be sure
to let him know that the HERALD warned him
against adding an0rner illustration to the truth of
the old proverb, that fool and his money are soon
parted. The wings are In such nice way to lose
on many other States, that they afford to leave
Maine out of their category. If you will excuse u
State would show on the part of the wings any
thing but proper regard for the main nance.
Our democratic vote is best seen by reference to
that cast for members OF Congress, the gYbernato.
ral vote being SO mixed up, from local causes, that
anything like satisfactory analysis of it is quito
out of the question. think it will, no viewer, be
safe to say that out OF the sixty-three thousand
votes cast for Hubbard and Chandler, about one
fourth must be set down MS belonging properly to
the free coil and whig parties, with which they
will vote in November. The forty five thousand
votes for democratic members Of Congress can everv
one be counted upon for General Pierce. This
number VIII De sweued to something like fifty
thousand for residential electors In several
ol the districts, the democrats did not oil
vote, for various reasons Some were kept away
from disgust with the quarres of the ''woollies''
and ''wid cats-elegant designations, aren't they!
which were bad enough in various quarters TO
enrsge even the quietest men. The whgs owe two
members Of Congress to these wretched dissensions
Of their opponents. The truth is, the democrats Of
Maine are very much in the same condition that
the good book tells as Mr. Jeshurun was-they have
waXed fat, and kick For the last eleven years the
wing party has hardly been of more consequence
here tnan tho democracy were for many years in
Massachusetts,, and their foes have the con-
cusion that they can do pretty much they please
They have had just enough shaking &c the congress
BiOnal cleo lions to convince them that they can't
afford to indulge any longer in the luxury of tearing
out each others eyes. The effect will be- decidedly
wholesome on the Presidential election. Some other
democrats did not vote for members of Congress
because they purposely abstained from taking all
part in the election They did not like Govern Or
Hubbards conduct on the liquor law, but they
would not give any countenance to the noni-
nation of MIR. Chandler, deeming it wrong to
afordsupport to irregular candidates. They stayed
away from the polls and consequently their votes
were lost know several individuals who acted
thus, but who strong supporters of General
Pierce as breathe. Then in Mlcnonalds districG,
where the democratic majority is 1000. sons re-
manned at home because they thought their party
was strong enough without them; while in the Ken i
neoeck district, where DO possible efforts on the
paIt OF the democracy would have given them sue
cess, not a few democrats In going TO
the polls rs they did not wish to vote for Governor
Several thousand votes were in these vaeious ways,
lost to the democratic party, every one Of which
will be given the right way in November Dem p
Gratis have bet freely 80 600 for Pierce and Kin :,
and | have seen more than one whg refuse to bot
against that number No wing in tue State would
dream OF taking any bet, DO matter how great the
odds offered him. on our vote being cast for Scott.
The very idea of any such thing coming about, rs
too ridiculous to be entertained by any one not mad
the great carbuncle. If Scott should got $4,000
votes here-ihat is, nearly 5000 less thaa Maize
gave for General Harrison twelve years
8go-it would be matter Of astouishment to
any of US, and particularly to the wings 1t
would surprise the other baud, 10 sec the
wbig electoral vote fall below that which was given
for the same party's Congressional canddatss--not
only because there is not the remotest chance OF
their carrying their ticket, and therefore, men can
not be brought out to vote In every case, hut also
because a certain gen leman of the name Ct Daniel
Webster has not a few friends here, who have no
idea OF helping TO she abors Of his bitter
mics with success If there we're any chance OF
Gen Scott getting our vote, the Webster men would
step in ard prevent it, As general rule, they
voted for wbig members Of Congress-as general
rule, they Will not vote the wing electoral Ticket
Our whole vote, though very large, exceeds th 1t
cast at the Presidential election of $780, only by
about two thousand. This is but small increase
for twelve years; but the reasons therefor are not
far to seek. This State happens to be good one
TO emigraie from, as Daniel Webster once said oil
New Hampshire. No State in the Union has con.
tributed 80 largely to make up the population
| of California as ours-always excepting yours
but an emigration that would not be felt by
so great community as New York, becomes IN
important matter to a small State like Maine
Then large number of our male population are
engaged in maritime pursuits, and rarely vote
The sparseness Of the population in parts and
the cost Of time that it requires to votc operate to
| lively email.
You may feel some curiosity to know how the
elections Of members Of the Legislature are likely
to have affected that mother of discord the Maine
law. Without claiming any power to "speak by
the card" in the case Of every member elect I dc
not hesitate to say that the law will be sustained by
the new Legislature. This is the opinion Of every
man with whom have oonversed on the subject
no matter what his ideas on the law itself may be
| The very fact that Gov. Hubbard, notwithstanding
his defeat, received Of the largest votes ever
cast fer Governor in this State, quite enough tt
show that the law has powerful support here, while
many of those who voted for Mr. Crosby also are il
/ favor Of the law. l am afraid we are doomed tc
kept. The wings are about to make use of tht
apparent popularity Of the law against Genera
7 Pierce, by representing that he is q drinking man
4 and that as the law is about to be applied to thu
Di trict Of Columbia, II will not answer TO have fo
President man who would veto an attempt on thu
part of Congress to bpnsh ntemperan.c by las
from tho nations capital Leave the wings alont
for getting up Roorbacks. SsBAao.
MAgS ASCUJySETTc