The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-24

whsp pssnyrsDia elected Johpston eovarnor in Oetc
bI ~ only 500 majority over an unpopular rivai and
csi they scented The thea ~ ucn Tayior's oxrryins
tb- State Johnston they sad had bosn elected oy Tree
sob votes which .oa'j 60 sor Van Bnren IN Nosamoaf
vhfp 10, November fbossd majority for Taylor over
both Carr ana Van though ass's hsGvier
than his party had before thrown in the State
This is only bali the story Now York is eniirOly
omitted, although her vote was cast for General
Taylor, and wGs necessary TO elect hin. Yet IL vas
minority yoic; for the combined vote Of the demo-
Gratis, which wss divided between Cass add Vaa
Barren, exceeded b. some seventeen thousand tho
vote for General Taylor. 1t was Van Barren that
elected Taylor, by his treaohery 70 General Csss.
Otherwise, there was q popular majority and an
electoral college majority against General Taylor,
there was against General Jackson, and against
General Harrison. the first time they we:o put upon
the track These are facts, and they distinctly
show how really Insignificant is s1dniyie avail
ability when left to isself Jacks !, ARR On, and
Taylor, were each elected from. Art olrbina-
tion Of circumstances, princiR al o! -. hing
causes, far beyond the reach OF mere qua, wider
popularity. General Taylor, it is trae, would never
have been thought of nor would he have been
elected, but for his splendid campaign 10 Mexico
But then DO was fresh from the war--his name was
in every mans moush-ho was the boast Of the re-
gulars, the glory Of tho volunteers, and popular
with everybody, as the plain, nnpretend'ng, simple
hearted. honest old Rough and Ready He WIS ran,
a,fe, upon . noparty platform, or rather upon to
platfor0s-one in the North and one in the South
He was not lied up to the record Ike Gen. Scott;
bat In the enc section he was declared to be opp
pcsed to the extension Of slavery, while IN
the other ne was = ssyeholder, and that was
enough
How is it with Gen scott7 The war with Mexico
has become an old story, and tie last war With
Great Britain still older Tho gloss vas taben OF
both by Jackson, Harrison and Taylcr Military
chieitsins have ceased to be novelty, aud are next
thing TO drug in the market Besides, Gen Scott
has not the elements of personal popularity of Gen.
Taylor. There is vast difference between the so-
briguet Of "Fnss and Feathers and that Of ''Oid
Rough and Ready" Gen Scott is very extensively
regarded as aristocrat, and a very pompoas and
self important aristocrst He is believed 70 he
q hard shelled whig, Of tho native stripe, which
is bad enough; but, worse than al, hs has h4d
the great misfortune 10 be brought forward as the
special champion Of Seward and his org ans, so late
y opposed to the "hIoody butchers CT wsr, and
troasonsby hostile to the institution of slavery
that they "execrate and Spit upon the whig plat
form. for simply recognizing honest obligations
to tho South.
With these striking contrasts before us, in refer
ence to General Taylor and General Scott, how The
chances of the election Of 80 can be compared with
the results Of that of '48 it is difficult to imagine.
There is no point .f resemblance between them
Then al the advantages were the side Of General
Taylor; but nov, combination of adversitics, bad
luck. reflections and misfortunes, such never be-
fore confronted either party since the time Of John
Tyler stsres the wing party in the face But even
in The face Of these extraordinary distractions,
philosophers Of the Tribune thus console them selves
By falling back upon their corps de resercs:-
There two three hundred Thousand voters ia the
Union whom nothing short of prcsiden,ial conc-.
bring to the polswe greet the fact and they ought
ahared Of it-but i. i fact neverthecss OF these
voters nne-tenths are wings. The only way TO bsat
General Scott i 70 persuade them that their votes
avail nothing this a and to our live whu taat
it is frurless to make the effort to bring tn
out il this impression be diFused and wng apthy
shall op.n the 70 the polling Of illegal votes "a TIE
strong Pierce districts, they may beat And this j.
what they are now working for
Of course, they are working ''to beat US" And
to tell the honest truth, afraid tbs odds
in their tayorvastly in their favor. Let glance
over the field. Where is the reserved corps for Gen
Scott to come from in Georgia. with Webster fairly or
the track through a regular whg State convention
And look at North Carolina-it is the home of Mr.
Graham, the Scott wing candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, and the most popular wing in the State. Al
the late election, the largest vote was polled that
wac ever given in the State, and the election wa
made to hinge upon the Presidency. Yet Reid
the democrat, is reelected Governor BY FIVE or sis
thousand majority, and Webster has aimee beer
rpbl p-ff I'd f1,a bat &c ia Mi
Seward wings Of the steady Old North State Ten
nessee, Mary land and Louisiana, decidedly shaky
and Ohio, since the Pttsburg convention, is fairly
given over to the enemy as hopeless case
Here in New York, too, though divided upon looa
questions, the hunkers and bsrnburners are Joined
together like man and wife in the cause Of Pierce
and King Besides, there 10 no trusting the silent
forbearance Of the Webster men Of Wall street.
They can hardly be counted as . reserved corps for
Gen. Scott. Lastly, is there any certainty fol-
Scott of the vote Of Massachusetts,. We think not
we fear not the perseverng cforte of the Webster
men make the prospect black enough, even in the
old Bay State. And yet every one Of these States
voted for Gen. Taylor-Georgia, North Carolina
Maryland, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, New York
and Massachusetts,, ans yet, with ell Of then, tie
loss Of New York or Pennsylvania would have been
the loss Of the election.
Such are the stubborn facts we have to deal with
1t is high time, then, to say to the wings, "Ston
fun!" General Scott is in danger already from
wing daserteIs. If there is corps Of two or three
hundred thousand good men still in reserve we arc
glad Of it-they will be wanted-and they win make
the 6eht interesting. But we fearful they will
not come out, even when they are wanted Men
and rethren do look after them-do circulate IL
documents, especially the pictorials; and, above all
don't after tho Pttsbmg convention--don't
run after Webster-don't 90 over to the enemy
but stand by us, and stand firm," md we may UT
rub through the election. Bat the corps ds res0rs
must be brought out, General Scott viii be swal.
lowed upin NovGSsr Ike "basty plate Of soup .
Congress will adjourn in few days. Then let every
man, on both sides, take fresh start and come
into line, and " stand firm Nothing like leather