Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-09-24
Position Of Parties Tho Balance oi
Power.

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We have been at some pains to examine
the Figures, and see what the chances OF
the two great parties, Wing and Demo
cratic, in view of thcir present positions,
are. We must confess that the hopes Of
Wing triumph In November are opposed
by stern array Of facts Except in this
this State, Vermont, Tennessee, and Wis
consin, the Wing. have not a Governor,
nor Legislature, sa-e one in Kentucky,
which off sets lie Democratic Legislature
Of Wisconsin. In Congress the Whig
slow is equally bad-nay, worse. In the
Senate, against % Wings are "a regular
Democrats ) quasi Democrats, alias Free
Sellers, aud > vacancies In the House,
against 73 Wings, are li0 regular Demo
Gratis, and ) Free Soilers.
Thus far, tie account stands i Wig
Governors and Legislatures against -
Democratic, leaving Denocratic balance
Of % States; joint Wing vote in Con
gress lei agaius, Ia Democrats, Free
Soil, and > vacancies, leaving Demo
cratic balance, without Free Soilers, of
G3--a pretty fair working majority.
We have found it impossible to give in
tabular form a fn.l item, to wit the
largest popular vote Of the States which
the Whigs have to overcome. \ portion
of the States elect their Governors by Le-
gi.hture, hence the popular vote Of 1851,
is divided between Gubernatorial, Con
cressional and ether elections We have,
however, by gong back to the Presden-
tial election of l8I6 in three OF four
States, got an average OF the strength Of
the two parties according to the latest.
Leaving Georgia, South Carolina, Min
nesota, and Utah out of the question
they are all DcHlocgatic- we iud The Wing
strength TO be not far from zee GOO
vots, while the Democratic vote stands
about LAO, ,G00-leaving a Democratic
balance Of 10000 votes. We have not
recorded the Abolition vote OF New York
some 5000, as CAST for Chapiu nor the
native vote # New Jersey and Pennsyl-
yania, some ,0UU. az cast at late elections
We find also that in 1913, had the Demo
cratic party been united as it now is, il
would have been carried even against
Taylor-Ohio by some $4,000, New York
by over $1,000, and Pennsylvania, count
ing the Native vote that will now be cast
sgairst Scott, By small majority
Securing the three great States depended
on to elect Gen. Scott.
What reason then has the Wing party
fer exultirg too loudly over Its chances
Can it expect to carry stronger vote
than Gen. TAYLOR poled-and that vote,
with the Democratic party united, will be
Of no avail.
10 our mind the picture is by no means
bright, and short Of the utmost unity IN
the Wing ranks, now shaken By iude-
pendent movements in Georgia, Nassa-
chusetts, and elsewhere, and the deter
mined organization of the Native party
against Scott, there is bat the smallest
chance of success. We trust, Therefore,
that Whigs who "spit upon "hlg plat
FORMS" &c, will zee that quite another
sort of work will have to be done to elect
Gen. Scott.
A an ;ddeua to the above, we Dsy saT
that, siace the eisc;ian Of Gen. Taylor, or
the latest trim Of the national strength OF
tie two parties, a large crop of Democrats |
have been naturaii2ed and come of age /,
for it is fact that youth inciines to radi-
calism and Democracy rather than con-
selvati-m That l., we get up IN the
mun ng Of life progressive, and he down
st night ,nservatiyes.-N York Narror.
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