The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-08-06
Gln 6aEette.


The RoliticAr Game OF ..Brag.
: Betting 30 tAelfcsult Of an cleo
tion, it is true. proves nothing
yet when arsagacious prOfcssiuua
betting man offers to give larg,
odds, it is sometimes a Significant
STRAW . The following may be
regarded.as oneof the .'strawsr::
"pUr Up OR SnUr Up." Under
the foregoing heading the last is.
sue OF the Philadelphia Sunday
Mercayy (July 49, has the follows
ing;
"a blatant rad cal, few days
since, baRpenipg Ia company with
some eeAllcmel iRthis city, offered
q bet sl0D. that Governor Seymour
would not carry his own State
(New York;, One of the compa.
ny, responsible and we'll known
citizen agreed tostako it and offered
the following, open to all radicals
He viii name twelve Statos, and
will bet $4,000 on each State that
Seymour will carry them; s20,0
that,Seymonr (ifrhe lives) will be
the next President ;and s., 900
that no radical will dare accept the
proposition, and put up the money.
This is a fiRe chance for Wilkes
Of New York. ~ -S
This is a fine chance indeed !;
but 'it significantly measures the
true fears Of Seymour and "his
friends" The first proposition is
simply o bet that Seymour will
carry six States, because every
State got by Seymour beyond thai
number would be $4,000 in the
pocket OF the Mercury man. Ta-
king this to be the concession of
Seymour's defeat. the supplement.
tary bet Of $50, 900 that he will be
the next President, if ho lives o lly !
increases the six States to eight,
while tho $4,000 extra merely adds
a traction, and makes tho whole q
bet that Seymour will carry eight
and half States IN tho November
election. Now. though our polite
friend o! tho Mercury thinks this to
be so very liberal that it ought to
make US take the water, wo will do
a little better. We will bet tho
.lercary, or its man, thai we will
name thirty States (Which are
twice as many more as he he agrees
to namc) and will bet $4,000 on
each State wo namo that Grant
will carry it. We will bet s2O, 900 i
to $4,000 that Grant will bo the
next President, and giue 5000 tod
the Mercury II it will get any one
TO accept these propositions, and
put up the money. This is u much
hncr chance for the Mercury and
It's man than the Mcrcwys offer is
lot Wilkes; for in place of the
f~efoe States it will name for Soy 4
Im1our, We will namo thirty for !
drant, and give two TO one in tho
remaining bet instead OF betting
oven. We await the JIcrcurus re.
ply Wakes Spirit. !
ANOTHER OF LIKE CHARAcrEn.-.l !
We extract the following para.
5ragh from tho World of Tuesday \
morning last.
I'VE have received II note from n
'erson who offers to bot from $500
0 $4,000 that Governor Seymour
yili De the next President of tho
United States. II tho enthusiastic \
'etter desires us to hold the stakes
10 has addressed the wrong Jour.
Ial' Ills note should be address. 7
q 70 Mr.. Theodore Tilton, editor n
4 the Independent, who was mon. g, @,
loned in tho Washington kilograms nc
. a prominent bottle and stake. j
Older during the impoac hmonl
Tho above offers can be met and 81 81
oVered, at thus Office, for the high.
81 sums named Ito wit, S5, 900
we will then bot s5 OO0 in
$4,000 we will win tho first bet iS
nd $4,000 that wc will win the ~
is TO say Grant will "
the next President, instead nf s,, ~
'ymonr We have no objection %
iat either tho editor Of the World "ii
, Mr., Tilton shall hold the stakes
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