New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-27
RETriNG On ELECTIONS.

ception in Columbus, says
Democrat Of this ely Informed us tbs, he .h1ugh,
A. ZINE soc Ous for ssceTtsnng ~n.thar the WniSs
1s-e sI.ng - risk thsir moLry the fnsl srd gsa
,al at Of The coIt4,i between Pierce and S:or ia
rad, ,sve-Ai eam8 n procure bes but rome Of tue
wing, %. Tee most ssrguine, could be baalerei
into Il
So it has been from the beginning of the
canva-s-o on the side of Pierce, a systsma.
;ic effort to turn the Presidential Election
into Il gambling mstch; on the side of
Scott. a uniform refusal 20 do so. We have
not seen an offer 10 bet advertised ia a
Wing paper during the canvass, while the
arguments Of The bully and the backleg
have been paraded In nearly every Pierce
journal. What will you bet on his cleo
ton = ia the standing response from that
quarter 20 every demonstration Of the
worth and capacity of Gen. Scott; and
when we answer Nothing in accordance
with the dictates Of Morality, Purity and
Law. they proclaim that as an evidence
that we have no fui'h in Gen. Scots cleo
ton.
We recur to this subject in order TO en-
treat the friends of Gen. Scott 70 perse-
we're in the good cause they have almost
uniformly pursued, by refusing to bet one
shilling on the election. Betting on tho
Ell, actions is lrrOng. 1t is immoral. II
tends directly aud frarfully to snturate our
elec ions with fraud ard corruption-to
smother the voice Of the People beneath
an avalanche of purchased and illegal votes,
Ii is forbidden by the laws of our State,
tamoDg others which pronounce it mis-
demearor and inflict disffanchise
with other penalties) upon all who en-
gage IN it. If one Loco Foco can (operat-
ing through copfederates) make bets with
hundred Wings, he can and problbly
will have them ali challenged at the polls,
ard so deprive Gen. Scott and our local
candidates Of so many votes. Beware oil
traps
For several years, the Sham Democracy
carried this City by the money which
Wings were allured into betting with them.
The plan of operations was this: The
managers would bet as much as they
thought necesssry-say S5O.0J0-in such
sums as they could pick up, and then go to
desperate, unprinciPed men and tell them
We have $1,000 bet on this election.
Help US win, and you shall have 500 of
'it''-or aoy other sum that they thought
proper to give. Thus four CT five hundred
reckless politicians were virtually told,
'Get in ten or fifteen illegal votes, each o.
you. and you shall have 500 for your
dexseriiy." And thus the Wings were
repeatedly beaten by frauds for which they
were made to pay the entire cost. Had
there been no bets made on the election Of
1914. New. York would have voted for
Henry Clay and elected him. Gigantic
frauds defeated him and the basis of
these frauds was betting.
The purblind, the timid, The increduous
now begin to see that Gen. Scott is to be
elected. The uprising of the People In
his behalf within the last three weeks has
been unprecedented. The enthusiasm OF
his supporters is still on The increase: the
confidence Of success, even among those
who believed from the fret, gains force
daily. He can only be beaten by corrup-
ten and fraudulent voting; aud these can
only BE- got up on a sufficiently gigantic
scale through betting. Whoerer makes a
bet on the result contributes indirectly 10
corrupt the cdnraSs and defeat Gen. Scott
What Wing ,r,l deliberately 10 thdn
But why shouldn't we win their money.
If they flourish il in our faces, and chal-
lsDge US TO bet Because 1--WE ans yer)
You have not earned their mOney-yOu
have no moral righro it. Money unworthy
obtained Is curse to toe receiver. And IL
you were 20 ,'in it, YOU would very proba-
badly fail 10 get it. Honorable men
who bet uniformly pay if they lose, and
often fail 10 be paid when they wiu-so
that betting is poor business any how
In 1888. we were bullied with offers of
Two to one on Marcy - Even on Five
Thousand majority for Marcy = &C.,
through the canvass yet Loco Foco who
wentiDto 'heCouD'yClerk's office and dared
Mr.. Hoxie to bet 81 600 that Seward woala
not be bes en- five Thousand votes. af.erwari
sued the stakeholder and recovered his
$1,000! This every one who bet, and
loses can DO; this great many who bet to
make money iciH do. Keep clear of bet
tins friends of Old Chinna,va ,pd x,.a