The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-05

slsstioDa IN the series Of years intervening from
1870 ia 1913. 1t seems very doubtful whether on.
esott can carry it at all.
With respect to Ohio the case is somewhat diff
ferent The abolition movement in that State hss
increased SO much since 1910, that it seems 70 be
certain that General Scott has no chance Of carry
ing it Most Of the abolition votes arc generally
poled in the Western Reserve, heretofore kno sn IS
strong wbig counties These men are conscientious,
and hxed in :, cir convictions that abolitionism.
and all the other isms, are the only grounds on
which to organise party and support candidate
They were formerly principally wings, and will,
therefore. abstract from the whig strength and give
an advantage to the democracy, who are less al
fected by conscience and isms, and much more
under the influence Of practical results and
hopes. Genera Harrison of course carried
Ohio by q large vote in 1910. it being his
own State besides, abolitionism had not then in
creased TO any extent In 1874 Mr. Clay also car.
ried it, being wing can iidate, the ab ,ltion vote
having increased to 5000, but not sufficient to
come the strength and organization Of the Wigs.
But in lS48 the preaching Of II Seward, and the
abolition oratioDs which he had made previous to
the election, produced IN effect upon tho COO
sciences Of the wings there sufficient to increase the
abolition vote to nearly 40 600. thus giving the
State to Glass; without any difficulty Hale, G feeey.
and ThuIlow Weed, we believe, all sbolitionists
sliding scale, are now busy stumping Ohio, be-
Size Gen Scott himself, and there seems little douot
but all these influences will have the same effect that
W. II. Stewards abolition speeches had in favor Of
Gen Tay Tor, in lSS and that is, to give the State
of Ohio to the democracy in the Presidential else
ton by great and increasing plurality or major
ty. Under those influences, We do not sec the least
chance Of Gen. Scott receiving Ohio, while We sd
nit that he has some chance Of Pennsylvania.
These elections will be watched with grca. deal
of interest The contest viii be cold and calcul ltiog
until about ten days before the great election Of
November ne ne ID The whole animation and OK.
ci,ment will be put into the last ten days Of the
preseut month In that contest, there is every ap-
pearance that the democracy throughout tle whole
country more united and better organized than
they have been since the election Of 1928 when
General Jackson was overwhelmingly carried by =
union OF all the different elements in the democrs
cy Of that day. On the contrary, the wings, North
and South, East and West, are divided by every
kind Of lem, and all sorts Of new doctrines The
very agitations which have been created and
fomented by W. II. Seward, and his psrtisans, for
the last fifteen or twenty years, are now returning
to plague demoralze dissrganize, AMI disintegrats
the present wh!s party. If, under these circum-
stances, they elect General Scott President Of
the United States, they would be more indebted to
him and his popularity, than he would be to the
whig party, the whig convention, or the whig
leaders to say nothing Of tho ''horsss and cattle
of Kentucky.