The daily union., 1852-10-10
3..# sa.@M From the Boston Post.
A Look at the Political Horizon

The Scott wings playing the game of brag with
audacy STIMULATED by the desperate state OF their
This from the first start has continued 10 prosper badly
to advance steadily backwards. Their nomination fell
flat here in New England at the West and all through
the South and thing after another has been tried TO
ninse into vitality, TO arouse enthusiasm for the same
feathered candidate whose very name, alleged,
would stir the American heart like the sound of trumpet
II has been all in vain The managers playing
their last card They have hauled out their hero under
preeDce OF founding hospitals and there is now moving
before the eyes o the nation all the machinery OF regu-
lar, brazen, eectioneenng, presidential tour The COM
mander IN chief OF The American army begging votes at
the hands OF the people And now the Scott wings
shouting about his speeches. which they aege are as Of
Demosthenian eloquence Along with this they are, to
keep their courage up, predicting his election with all the
certainty OF fate Letters and calculations TO this elect
are numerous All this is required is absolutely neces
sary, to bolster for short PERIOD so poor and sinking
cause s Me.a .t u y Ia t.feI Fl. Htr..f ##-E
But on what data is Sco,ls election SO confidently pred
icated Ii the popular sentiment is TO be judged OF by the
elections that have already taken place. the OF
The Seward party is the last result TO be looked for Take
the manifestation seen in the wing States. What was il
III North Carolina? II was heTaded that the unfurling
OF the Scott banner would, in the State election, defeat
even the popular Reid and elect The whig candidate
Presidential nominations bad worked thus before In the
prior Stale contests of 1910, 1884, and 1s4s. that State
went by thousands for the wings So it expected il
would be this year, Tor wha! Kerr lacked N popularity
was TO be made up by Winfield Scott Bat the result
was about wet blanket party ever had cast over
H. Instead OF the eight thousand whig majority in the
Stale contest fought under Harrison, there IS now under
Scott, wing minority OF over five thousand. Turn now
TO another State-Vermon In 1910, when the Vermont
State election took place. the wings crowed sh and
loud that the sounds thereof were heard all over the
Union But the Scott enthusiasm is OF so peculiar cast
that the whig governor beaten before the people, and
the democrats gained nearly four thousand yoies the
ratio oi democratic gam in this State was such that
In every other State would leave The Scott candi
date so tar up Salt river te out OF The reach OF sig
nas 80 much for The manifestations IN States usually
relied on by the wings as sure for their side
And what consolation do The Scott wings find IN such
of the TwEsTY-sx States having democratic governoIs
have voted this fali Why, figures relative 10 results
10 them are like jobs eomtorers Missouri shows a
democratic majority larger than everIt being nearly
FOURTEEN THOUSAND Iowa, where in lSis the demo-
Gratis had only one thousand, gave al The last August
election nearly TWO THOUSAND. Arkansas had up two
democrats for candidates bul the democratic majority
there Is overwhelming Texas, IN her last vote ior aor
ney general, indicates a heavy democratic majority |;
whe he must be bold specuaior who ventures to draw
from the results OF the Maine electen-where the local
questions OF the liquor law controlled the voie-he
euson that Name will not 20 for Pierce and King II
tested by the whg candidates. the Scott wings
are hardly IN sight hut the vote on congressman Is
truer index, al this shows democaic majority ol thou
sanir
Ihe fact H. that the August and Sepomhsr eIecans have
been terrible damper 10 the apoli wings. Tney were
leainnens which they did not count on They pove that
the mighty magic OF Scotrs name chs instead OF quick
ening. the popular VEN. There was genuine klndli
ness in Hauison-ihe good Presldep-and an unaffected
sympathy in old Rough and Ready, which the massss OF
the people understood and sympatbs With but this v
MOTTO be found IN the yain egolIse, sHsoealc haughy
Sir Oracle the commander chlef and The elecllons
less than every attempt nj mass meetings, show this
And hence colder comfort party never got Than what the
Scott wings obliged TO squeeze out OF the late tall
elections
But nothing dauned, the cry is raised that State after
Stale 10 go for General Scott in November and
that he will certainly be elected Setting aside all other
calculations, find going the rounds OF whg journals
the following statement, which is from the Lowell Cou-
rie (ghig) here corrected TO make the electoral votes
right:
"a The adyices from Washington present
the following tabular statement Of the prospects Of the
respective canddaes, as CLEANED from the Information
received by the Central Committee from all parts OF the
tJut inn