The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-18

SF0e E01l Ticket In Ohio.
ase vote OF Ohra IL indispensable to tho election
o. 'en ooosts Even with II, the prospect is that
No WIZ DC Defeated; but without it there can be
nope OF Ills election. In lS4s, although General
layiV. carried the States Of Tennessee, Maryland,
N~ IN Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, the loss of
sew York or Pennsylvania would have defeated
him. Now, with tho certainty Of losing several il
not all the above named Southern States, it is alb
solutely impossible that Gen. Scott can be elected
without the vote Of Ohio. That is q "fxed fact"
The Scward-Scott organs, and in fact everybody,
saw it from the start. Ohio was part Of the Sc
ward estimate at Baltimore-the nomination of
Gen. Scott rested upon his chances Of carrying New
Ysrk, Pennsylvania, and Ohio-a strong team, but
desperate game. It was, however, resolved upon,
and from that moment the fate Of Gen. Scott was
inevitably sealed, unless Seward and his free soil
allies could muster to the rescue the honest and
conscientious men Of the free soil party in New
York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, but particularly in
Ohio
sudden and deadly chill-a sort Of aggravated
dumb agus-was thrown over the Seward-Scott par
ty in the rally for the independent free soil
ton 1t Pttsburg 1t useless to attempt to stop
it; but it might be turned to the disadvantage of
the democrats. Senator Chase, of Ohio, free soil
democrat, man Of talent, and popular in that
Dtate, even among the regular democrats, was the
han for Stewards business, If the nomination Of
Chase could be secured by the Pittsburg Conven-
tiol, he might draw sufficiently from the rank and
file Of the Ohio democracy to give the State to
General Scott It was the last alternative, and
even John P. Hale, supposed to have none Of the
warmest attachment to General Pierce, co.operated
in the movement But Hale was nominated in
spite Of himself, and in spite of all the efforts Of
Stewards agents to defeat it Yet they left not
stone unturned may partly be seen from the fol-
lowing disclosure of the Epening Post (kettle call
ing the pot black face) The Mr.. West spoken Of
is certain Mr.. William West, red hot fer social
ism, Seward and General Scott. Says the Post
Mr.. West has called upon in person. and explained
the error into which he says correspondent has fallen
lie tells us that he wished to go to the Pttsburg Con-
venti0n delegate that he could not afford the ex
pense he made known his condition and wishes TO
Horace Greeley editor of the Tribune Mr. Greeley
HIM paper authorizing him to correspond by telegraph
with the Tribune and order upon Simeon Draper,
Of the members Of the Wing Central Committee. for
received sixty dollars half of which he gave TO Young
and the other half he kept himself and they went TO-
sheTa Wh i. her the
ton Of Chase for President Mr.. West further informs
that he in favor Of General SCOTS election that
he thought Chases nomination would have contributed
than the nomination of Hale to that result 1t is
Mr. West say that he dsclamed entirely being
party he said he socialist and looked upon
both parties only instruments to be used for the
propagation Of his favorte doctrines and he desired the
election of Scott because he thought that event would
be suspicious for the Of socialism than the
election of General Pierce
Of course the nomination of Hale threw all the
fat into the fire and the sixty dollars paid by Mr.
Draper to Mr. West, for all the good it did, might
just as we'll have been expended upon Greeley's
tracts. The effect Of Hale's nomination on the
Seward Scott organs was sad enough Ohio was
almost as good az gone Let us recur to the data
of Presidential election or two
1S44-OHo
Vote for Mr. Clay 1901
Tor Mr. POLK ......l49lH
for j. g. Brney. $3.50
Giving, in round numbers to Mr.. Clay the electoral
vote of the State by nearly 5000 majority Mr..
Polk. Now mark the change.
1S4S-0HIo
vote lor yen LASS .io4us
Tor zen Taylor. l3S 800
for Martin Van Buren,. ,354
Which shows, compared with the election of 1874,
direct loss to the wings Of nearly seventeen thou
sand votes, and direct gain to the democrats OF
upwards of five thousand. From the natural in
crease Of population this democratic gain is proba-
bly, not quite up to what should have been the far
proportionste increase Of democratic voters.
But upon the same ratio the wing vote should
have increased at least seven thousand, which,
added to the deficiency since "A, would make
real wing loss of twenty-four thousand votes.
And this accounts very satisfactorily for the loss Of
the State to Gen. Taylor, by over 10000 less than
the vote for Gen. Cass and for the increase of the
abolition free soil vote from 5000 to IS 900. Some
twenty odd thousand Ohio wings went over to the
free soilers, and there they have remained to this
day and there suspect they will be found in No
vember, for as yet they have given out no signs of
yielding or falling back upon Gen. Scott. No won.
der, then, that the leading Seward. Scott organ Of
this city should betray the anxiety and desperation
it exhibited yesterday. The case is desperate-sx-
tremsly desperaten fact we should say that neither
tracts nor special missionaries, nor gunpovder, nor
burnt brandy could restore the fortunes of the day to
Gen Scott in Ohio. Like the chief organ of Seward
and Gen. Scott the Ohio free sellers GO execrae and
pitupon'' the wing platform but Gen. Scott has
signed it, and that i. enough tor if his endorse
ment was but trick, they must despise him, and if
he was in earnest, they compelled to desert him.
But it is very hard that while the South has faith
in his principles and associations, the anti slavery
people should abandon him and repudiate him for
his Southern pledges.
We apprehend, however, that the Pittsburg
ticket will not be limited in its operation against
General Scott to Ohio. 1t is probable that among
that conscientious class of Stewards proselytes who
religiously hold that slavery is sin uhi,h admits
of no compromise, the whig ticket will suffer in no
small degree in New York, Indiana, Iowa, and Wis
consn-to say nothing of Massachusetts,. Thus,
while the whole South is pouring upon General
Scott solid fire in the front, and while the Webster
men enfladng him in a flank movement, the
free soler. may be expected to finish him completely
by their guerilla fire in the rear
In corroboration of this review of the battle
ground in Ohio, hear the "dismal no vi" ofSeward's
good man Friday, Of the Tribune
But in view OF the binding mist which has sbscured
he vision of large share Of her most intelligent voters
npeng them to do indirectly the work OF the slavery
propaganda while anxousy intent on resisting It. and