Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-30
SPIRIT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA wings.

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OF being able on Tuesday next to give its electoral
vote to Gen. SCOTT Read the subloned Address,
just issued by the Wing Central Committee, the
encouraging tone of which is sustained by the
wing Press IN every section of the State
Address Of The Wing STATE Committee.
For their late untoward and for the most part
cesry defeat the Wings of Pennsylvania owe an expla
nation and apology to their brethren in other States
Several causes combined to produce the result and we
deem IT our duty to set them FORTH for the benefit of
hoe who may be too far away from the scene Of action
to understand them
is well known to us all that opponents under the
aa OF scores Of collectors supervisors railroad agents.
and other experienced and interested politicians are al
ways organized always ready for the contest no
how rihng; always able to poll their n soe for all
ghary nominated candidates of the party whether for
town constable or for President
The Wings on the other hand can boast comparatively
few politicians They have in their ranks thousands of
quiet retiring citizens, who, though they will rally with
seat enthusiasm around the standard Of Presidential
eandldate and sometimes make bold stroke for
Governor, yet who think and SO little for minor Off
cs it is nearly impossible have them at the polls
such occasions as he last The difference between the
election just over and the at hand will prove this
betrue. 8tt
election and yet they carried the State for Harrison
In ls4e tlA Wings lost their Canal Commissioner, nj
though " was 'sGovernor's election. and although
their candidate for Governor by the strenuous per-
sonal effort had brought out large VOTE and been him
self elected Though at the polls they seemed to care SO
little for the Office they permitted Mr.. Middleswarth one
ohe best and ablest the State to be beaten by
thousands Three weeks afterwards Gen. Taylor carried
tile electoral vote Of Pennsylvania by 10 900 majority
These instances full Of significance and are only cited
to cheer the hearts of friends distance Those
near at hand neither discouraged ntmidated but
reused TO mightier exertions.
Sermy.fve thousand votcs uve not poAed at the last
dection Nay, many than these but seventy five
thousand that will be in November Two-thirds of
these may be safely set down Wing. No man will dis
pute this who understands the politics of Pennsylvania
There is danger long the Locofoco vote does not
increase In not single county in the State has it in
creastd Twothirds Of these back pote we repeat
Whigt And this alone viii enable us to overcome the
apparently large majority of adversaries independent
of other considerations Ia
BJF there other considerations. In Pennsylvania
there thousands of Democrats who never in their lives
yoteda Wing ticket and perhaps will again, that
will support Gen. Scott openly and vigorously and still
Others who will uphold him secretly These voting off
and IN" count double. Gen. Scott is many thousands
stronger than his party His high and unarnished char
acter his long services and glorious career rresst
able claims with his countrymen No matter what party
they belong to- they will suffer him to be set aside
In nine counties of the State rely with certainty
on gain of 5000; and in twenty counties Including
these nne sufficient gain overcome the whole Loco
foco minority for Judge and Canal Commissioner On the
ether hand confidently predict that there are not eight
counties where Locooco friends will be able to gain
sara bolJ .1,4l 4
shall either increase our own or diminish theirs and in
some Of them very largely.
In Allegheny, Luzerne, Dauphin, Union, Lancaster,
and many others, local and local warfare con-
buted to heavy losses Our friends abroad may re-
y they will glOrOusly vndcate themselves the second
Of November
full vote is always Wing victory and full vote We
are determined it shall be- Pennsylvania will be
her own great interests Penasysana pOte for WINFIELD
ScoTT. f
BY order Of the Wing State Central Committee:
DAVID TAGGART, Chairman.
C. THOMPSON JONES, Secretary.
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN OF YESTERDAY.
In reply the daily inquiries which addressed
by letter and by telegraph the prospect in this
State propose to give brief and general answer
having opinions for private correspondence which
not equally accessible to all readers.
We confidently believe that the twentyseven electoral
votes of Pennsylvania viii be for WINFIELD ScoTr
the I'd Of November, and by popular majority which
win astcund opponents The whichnduce and
justify this conviction shall be stated with entire candor
1t has been clearly established by official figures that
the Wing party polls within many thousands Of its
full strength at tAe State election preceding Presidential
canvass This illustrated in 1s40 in 1874 and in
1913. In the last named year particularly the contrast
Of the aggregate vote Mt the elections is rendered very
remarkable. Gov JOHNSTON undertook what had before
been unknown in this State thorough personal canvass
and by that excited unusual interest. Yet,
notwithstanding this effort and the combined exertions
Jealous and efficient friends Cen TAYLOR poled within
fraction Of thousand votes more than Governor
JOHNSTON did month afterwards. This simple fact
ought show, Of ITSELF that the result Of our October
election is reliable indication Of the contest between
ScorT and PEEcE, if 1t not supported by the
ndsputable proof that the Wing was between thirty
and forty thousand short Of what it appeared in 1848
without allowing for any increase during the four subse-
quent years. which would swell the total deficit to many
| thousands more.
Bat in order that every body may understand this pro-
position as distinctly do let take the official
data the basis for comparison which, to our appre-
hension furnishes the most satisfactory ground for
couragement and demonstrates conclusively the ability
Of the Wings to achieve great victory
1913 Aggregate for Cass.
| 1852. DO for Hopkins. .................l71,l 53
Difference in favor Of Cass.,.....,.......... %
II thus appears that the Democratic candidate for ca
nal Commissioner actually poed within twentythree
votes Of the aggregate received by Gen CAss the
element of Presidential struggle Now let inquire