New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-13

Winfield Scott or Franklin Pierce, accord
ing to his preference-Gen. Scott could
not be beaten. But if 10000 votes are
thrown away on Hale. at least 10000 OF
them will be cast by men who were for
merly Whigs, and who are to-day Wings
apart from the question of Slavery. They
have been alienated from the Wing party
by assertions that it has changed It's char
acter since 1910 and ~ and become pro-
Slavery. and in favor of the Perpetuation and
extension of Human Bondage; and on this
ground solely many Of them will resist all
appeals from their former brethen, and per-
sist in throwing away their votes. And be-
sides, there will be large number Of newly,
naturalized German voters this Fall, ma
icrity of whom will be deceived into vot-
ing for Sham Democracy, installing it for
the genuine article.
Still, the picture is not all shadow.
There are thousands who voted for Van
Buren, in l343 who will now vote for Scott
while many who then voted for Cas- will
now vote for Hale. On the Reserve alone,
comprising hardly fifth of the State, Gen.
Scott will gain at least one third of Cass's
majority, while the same influences and
tendencies which ensure this result will be
operative and potent in other quarters.
Then there are at least 10000 Irish
born Democratic voters in Ohio, two-thirds
of whom rant to vote for Gen. Scott, and
most of them have declared that they riU
do so. Left to their own free choice, I'M
prompted and uninhuenced from any quar-
ter, they would Of themselye, give him
the State by a handsome majority. But
all manner of influences are brought to
bear upon them by the INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians who have recently misruled the
State to swerve them from their purpose.
Appeals 70 old prejudices, bugaboo stories
about Natiyism. and all manner Of detrac-
ton Of Gen. Scott and the Wing party
are freely resorted to, while nearly all the
numerous journals hitherto subsisting on
the patronage and enjoying the confidence
of Irishmen are subsidized by the Pierce
wireworkers, and made to curse and bless
at their bidding. These combined efforts
will have some effect; how much, cannot
be told before November. If they do not
rcpel from Gen. Scott support, over half
the Irishmen who want to vote for him, his
triumph is certain.
One more important element in the can
vass remains TO be- statcd-the Wigs are
at uork. Without noise, or parade, or
monster meetings, they are quietly and ef-
fciently preparing for the contest, and will
throw more votes for Gen. Scott than were
ever cast in Ohio for any candidate for any
office whatever. Some of the old Wing
Counties will exceed even the majOrities
they gave for Harrison In 1910, when he
carried the State by oyer'23.000 majority.
If all the Counties shall be A. well con-
tested we know two-third, of them will
be, the result must he all That the fiiends
of Gen. Scott can desire.
Such is the whole truth, 30 far as we
have been able to ascertain it, with regard
to the canvass in Ohio. We do not state it
to encourage unreasonable hopes nor JUS
tify sanguinc calculations. Ohio ,oants
Gen. Scott elected-if no man had spoken,
or should hereafter speak, to another man
respecting the election, and each voter
were to 60 to the polls and there indicate
his own unbiased preference, he would
have her support. But in view of the
binding mist which has obscured the vision
Of a large share of her most intelligent
voters, impelling them to do indirectly the
work Of the Slavery Propaganda while
intent on resisting it, and the SUI
perhuman efforts to drive back the Irish |
voters into the fold whence they are desir-
Gus of escaping, the struggle will be hard
one, and the Whigs of Ohio will deserve
the highest honor if they carry las we
trust they teilL carry) their State for Gen.
Scott in November. There are half
dozen States we can afford to and probably
shall lose which might be secured by pa
tient, quiet, solid work equal to theirs.