Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-10-07
Position of Parties the Balance
of Power,

We have been at some pains to examine
The figures, and see whal the chances of the
two great parties, Wing and Democratic,
in view of their present positions, are. We
must confess that the hopes of Wing tri-
umph in November are opposed by a stern
array of facts. Except in this Stale, Yer
mont, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, The Wings
have no; a Governor; nor Legislature,
save one in Kentucky, which offsets the
Democratic Legislature in Wisconsin. In
Congress the show of the Wings is equal
ly bad-nay, even worse. In the Senate,
against % Wings are 81 regular Democrats ;
3 quasi Democrats, alias Freesoilers, and
2 vacancies. In the house against seventy
three Wings, are l40 regular Democrats, and
. free soiers.
Thus far the account stands Wing Gov
ernors and Legislatures, and 81 Democratic,
leaving Democratic balance of % States :;
joint Wing vote in Congress l01 against l74
Democrats, Free Soil, and two vacancies,
leaving Democratic balance, without Free
Soilors, OF Ga pretty fair wOkring major
ity.
We have found it impossible TO give in
tabular form final item,-the largest popular
vote of the States which the Wings have
to overcome. A portion of the States elect
their Governors by Legislature, hence the
popular votes of 1851 is divided between
Congressional, Gubernatora and other cleo
tons. We have, however, by going back
to the Presidential election of 1S4S, in the
three or four States, got an average of the
strength OF the two parties according to the
latest.
Leaving Georgia, South Carolina, Minne-
sofa. and Utah out of the question--they are
all Democralic-we find the Wing strength
TO be not far from !, eco 900 votes, while the
Democratic vote stands about 440, 900
leaving a democratic balance OF 10000 votes.
We have not recorded the Abolition vote Of
New York-some 5000 as cast for Chaplin !;
nor The Native vote of New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, some 900, as cast at late elections.
We find also that in 1S4S, had the Demo.
cratic party been united as it now is, it would
have carried, even agains, Taylor-Ohio by
some 10000, New York by over Is 900, and
Pennsylvania, counting the native vote that
will now be cast against Scott, by a small
majoriiy-thus securing the three great
States depended upon to eject Gen Scott
What reason then has the Wing party for
exulling too loudly over its chances? Can
II expect 10 carry stronger vote than Gen.
| laylor VoHeu-aiiu llal VOle, viii tne Detn-
ocratic party united, will be of no avail.
To our mind the picture is by no means
bright, and short of the utmost unity in the
Whig ranks, now shaken by the independan,
movement'in Georgia, and elsewhere, and
the determined organization OF the Native
party against Scott, there is but the smallest
chance of success. We trust, therefore, that
Wings who spit upon the Wing platforms,
&C., will see that quite another sort Of work
will have to be done to elect General Scott.
As an adenda 10 the above, we may say
That. since the election of Gen. Taylor, or
the latest trial of the national strength of the
two parties, a large crop of Democrats have
been naturalized and come Of age-for it il
a fact that youth incllnes to radlcalism anC
Democracy rather than conservatism. Tha
is, we get up in the morning of life progress
ing, aud lie down at night conservatives
NeU York Mirror.