The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-30
Tho Frightening Prospect.

Within the last three or t0uf days, the
encouragement and apathy which had
been gathering over the canvass Of the
preceding month have given way to q
more hopeful and confident feeling, The
turning point Of this change was the i'm.
mense ratification meeting in this city
last Thursday evening, which marked
the transfer OF the scat OF the campaign
from tho extreme northern New England
States to the great belt Of Central States
in which the chief strength ofthe Liberal
movement has from the first, had its To-
cal habitntion and Its name. Latitude
and climate must be considered in poll
tics as well as in vegetation. II an at.
tempt had been made to introduce the
cultivation OF peaches into Vermontand
Milne, no pains and industry could have
produced a heavy peach crop in those
States. But m inference thence dawn
that the climate Of the United States is
uncongenial TO that delicious fruit, would
be hasty and deceptive. Mere illustration
IL, OF course, not argument but to give
an easier entrance to the argument
which will Immediately follow we will
pursue this comparison step farther.
II, following the example Of the wool
growers and the tobacco growers the
peach growers should hold q convention,
they would select some point within the
peach growing region which would send
nearly NIL the delegates. II, like the
wool OF Vermont aud the sugar OF Louis
lana, peaches admitted Of protection, and
the question were 10 be carried into pol
itics, the strength Of the peach. culture
party would OF course lie in tho peach
growing region. It could not be expect
cd to affect the elections OF Vermont OF
Maine, where the chilliness Of the sky
does not justify the planting Of peach
orchards.
Now, to apply our illustration. Il
happens, by an accidental, meaningless
coincidence, thnt the seat Of the LibOra
movement Is that region OF tho United
States favorable to the growth oipeaches
that is TO say, the great belt Of Middle
Suites. These are the States which sen
some OF them hundreds, and some o
them thousands Of delegates to Cincin
nati, and made tliat great convention Sc
Imposing in numbers and so powerful II
influence. If Vermont or Maine sen
any delegates TO Cincinnati We canno
rccollect them. Missouri, the State II
which the Libenll movement started
sent nearly thousand. Ohio sent thou
sands. Illinois sent more than thou
sand. New York. in spite Of tho grca
distance, several hundred, There wer,
strong delegations from New Jersey
from PENNSYLVANIA, from Indiana. From
these sevcrl states came the great bod,
OF that colossal gathering. Out Of thu
multitudinous delegates frnctiona! SO
lection had to DO mnlo TO form q con.
vention small enough to transact bust
ness.
Tho irrelevant tllk aud clatter abou
the Vermont and Maine elections hay,
proceeded like an argument which start
from false premises, and therefor
necessarily reaches on absurd conclusion
Effective Liberal Republican addition
to the Democratic vote were not to havt
been expected in those States. The,
were not represented at Cincinnati
They are not the native home ofLibera
Republicanism, which is uncongenial t.
their political climate. No industry O.
culture can yet produce it under thos,
inhospitablo. skies. The States wllicl
made great figure in tho Cincinnati
Convention, aud whose influence therein
was potent, are those in which thl
Liberal Republican clement could alon,
have been expected 10 predominant ii
the elections. For this reason the per
contago argument is delusiye rs de
lusive as il would be to argue from til,
peach crop OF New England to the posi-
bilities Of n peach crop in the Middle
States. II, the next week after tht
adjournment OF the Cincinnati Conyen
ton. m intelligent politician had beef
asked what State would probably res
pond to the movement in their election
his answer would have been. The
States which were powerfully represent
cd ut Cincinnati. Vermont and Mnint
were not OF the number, and nothing
was to be expected from them. The
seven States forming the middle bel
were strongly represented at Cincinnati
and it was only in their elections that {
good Judge OF politics would have pre-
dicted large accessionsto the Democratic
vote. The new hopes which hay,
sprung up since the transfer OF tho sea
Of the campaign from New England Il
the Middle States, are therefore easilI
accounted for.
Nobody but born idiot could eve
have expected that either Vermont o
Maine would give its electoral votes t.
Greeley. His chief strength, TINT is t.
say, the chief strength Of the Liben
movement MS an addition to tho Demo
cratic vote, lies in tue seven States wliicl
sent largo Republican delegations I,
the Cincinnati Convention. These vii
be carried for Greeley, and with thes,
his election Is secure. The number o
electoral votes given by these States i
as follows
New York ,.....st.'''' ''s','''s.''.'., "
Pennsylvania. .....''.'.t''''''.''.''.'..' ~
Ohio .,..,.......''.'s.''s''''' Y
| Illinois, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
Indiana ,... Observation-Disclosures 10
/ Missonri,.....ss..s''.'... 10
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