Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

The following states may be considered certain:	Jackson.	Anti Jackson
New York,	—	43
Virginia,	23	—
Ohio,	—	21
N. Carolina,	15	—
Kentucky,	—	15
Tennessee,	15	—
Massachusetts,	—	14
S Carolina,	—	11
Georgia,	11	—
Maryland,	8	7
Indiana,	—	9
New Jersey,	—	8
Connecticut,	—	8
Vermont,	—	7
New Hampshire,	7	—
Mississippi,	—	4
Alabama,	7	—
Louisiana,	—	5
Illinois,	5	—
Rhode Island,	—	4
Delaware,	—	8

From the New York Courier and Enquirer

THE NEXT PRESIDENCY

We have repeatedly been requested to give our opinion of the result of the approaching Presidential contest, and we submit below what we deem from present appearances, a fair estimate, and upon which we are willing to stake our political acumen.

86 158

The votes of South Carolina and Mississippi are placed as certain against Jackson, because recent accounts from those States, render it clear that they will be given for Mr. Wirt. It follows, then, that the only doubtful States are—

Pennsylvania, 30

Maine, 10

Missouri, 4

Total 44

If Gen. Jackson should get the votes of these States he would only have 130; and if to these were added the votes of South Carolina & Mississippi, which as we before said, will be given to Mr. Wirt, he will only have 145, and cannot succeed in being elected by the Colleges. The election will therefore necessarily devolve upon the House of Representatives— But the fair presumption is, that Gen. J. will go into the House with only 86 votes. In that body the election will be by present Congress, and it is well known that thirteen States are against Gen. Jackson and only eleven in favor of his re-election. The contest consequently will be between Mr. Clay and Mr. Wirt, and unless the friends of Gen. J. think proper to determine between them, the friends of one of these gentlemen will be compelled to yield to the other.