New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-12
OHIO POLITICS.
The N. Y. Tribune.


. CBILIcorBE, Oct. 5, 1850.
Before this reaches your readers the results OF the
elections In Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, will be
known. 1t s not safe to make much ia the way oil
prophecy 20 close upon the event ITSELF but, judging
from what Lit lie have and heard herasbous, we
Repubcar cannot premise ourselves an easy victory
srapge az Il may to you the fact Is that the con-
.s,v.t;ve ceiling tf S1uihe Ohio leans % Dougsssm.
Had Mr.. Douglas retired with dignity after his nomi-
a,;o, 70 h home in Illinois, he would have taken the
entire conservative voe of this State. Bat this ped
ding Soustter Sovereignty out In parcels to suit
,oma,s. has disgusted the old Wings. They are men
generally supposed TO possess some small share OF
Intelligence, and the impudent Justification OF history
and b,refacd inconsistency of the candidate himself
have spread dstrus, far and wide. If man can act
thus before election, what may we expect immedi-
ately after
II seems strspge that the old enemies of the Demoe-
raey should thus show an incnsuon TO coaesce with
the worse end Of the party Bot the fact is, men like
Cerwin Ewr g Stanton, and others, hod unpleasant
20 say the least Of IT, 70 tram under the Leadership OF
Gddipgs Delsno, and SpauldiDg. Tae aters OF the
conservatives the absurdy Of seekin9 retage uader
the wing Of Douglas, but the rank and file do not.
And then Squaster Sovereignty is popular cry-the
more 10 that it really means nothing.
These are unpleasant facts. But you have courage
enough TO look the facts fairly III the iace 90 90
not hesitgte IN writing them.
have inst returned from visits 10 two very dssm-
lar gentlemen. refer 70 Gen. James Z. WoHnpg'on
and Col VIM, Allen. The old Worthing'on fJm IL
we'll worth visit sside from the ocompshed proprl
etnr. Il is the model farm Of Ohio. Old Governor
WorthipQson a very remarkable man in his day WITH
rnueh carr planned and improved the properly
and bis children seem 10 possess the same prlle N a
cultural pursuits. Driving some two miles from 10 "h
xon turp in by beauti al artificial lake and drive up
romantic road dug ont Of the hillside wdere the gran6
old forssttIees aud Untouched and the crows ca an
day hing in their leafy tops. The maDslon, deeply
empowered by frutIees is Of stone, rough and mas
siye built BY Gov. Worhing0n, and 10 Its style i'm
presss one as monument Of the past IL ls, believe,
the only house IN Ohio having any hs.orca assogia
6ons In a queer old cabinet the present owner nss
the privilege Of tur0Ig over and reading to ms friends
and children great packages OF yeow-paSed levers
written by Clay, Webster Calhoun, Cass, Benton aud
mary Others on whose names msch OF our history
hangs Trey are letters on politics, business, ard
rkyful o ba1d s:ribbiDgs that really ft the cuttal
that shuts the private life and give us real insight
20 eharac or.
Not the least attractive memento of the past is a
tmahswk, presented by the great Tecumseh TO the
Iste Governor, while on visit 10 THIS very place
They smoked the pipe OF peace together, ittle dream
ing how coon it would be dug up and banned In
bio q.
Tbs Wolthington farm is beautiful place. The
prttent owner pointed out 20 some three hundred
a0ss that he wishes to cell TO some one capaole OF
pskiDe an agreeable neighbor. should suppose that
d would not long remain in the market Some one OF
yepr erchaut princes would find here noble refnge.
TIE building site oveTlooks the rich valley, and the
stone in the hillside affords the best material known IN
Ohio for building purposes.
The place sdioins Blackberry Ill., the residence of
Col Allen. found the tall orator 10 his library sur
rounded by books. He is hard student and after the
turmoil Of noisy political life finds pea,e aud content
IN this digifed retirement, where bis lovely daugoer
books aDo farm, bs sources of happiness. There
vss Iopg disposition the part Of some Of the del.
epates the Charleston Convention TO bring forwA ard
Col. Allen as a compromise candidate. | have been
assured and have 70 d7ubt IT, that his name
wou'd have been acceptable 70 the bitter opponents
of Douglas and had he been brought for ward we
would now be cOntending against q united enemy.
But Washington Mclean, the King of the Commons
here, crushed out the man. 1t was Douglas or no.
body, al will end in their having both.
l. you Ike this sort of stuff, will write you again
from Cincinnati