BETTING.
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We are opposed to betting altogether, and espe- cialiy on elections It is no argument to the mind ntagentnan however strongly itmay appeal 10 his eupidity. and tempt him to unfairness. Be sides it has ever seemed to us too much like triimg with the elective raucbi8e-the very palladium Of liberty, and trusting the interests Of our country to the hazard of adie But since our Fhig opponents, in datu imitation doubtless, of the ayorite pursuit of their $ great embodiment" have from the begin hing of the canvass been proposing to bet upon the result, we are disposed to let them see how they have bacn met, and :" backed ont, even at their own game. There are Democrats who not only have perfect confidence Tn the success ofour good cause. but, regarding these betting proposals of the Wings az mad for aet, determined 10 meet them on their own chosen arena, and puta stop 10 their bgasrinr. Even in tli*city it wilibe remembered low Yaunt- insly the Gazette paraded in its columns proFosi- tion to bet thousands of dollars upon Cays election, and give the odds of = electoral votes; and yet $1503 exhausted the whole betting fund; for when more was offered, by a Democrat, the Whig bragser and his money Gfhe had any) were not to be found Now, so far from giving odds, we doubt whether a #hg can be found Who will venture an even bet upon Clay. is we before remarked we consider bsttas no argument; but as their proposal to bet Was yauatad bY the Wings evidence of their con fdence in their cause, is but fair to regard their refusal to bet as evidence that they no longer have that confdenee-and that they have lost all hope of success. We add the following, as specimen of the way the Democrats are driving the Wings to the wall in the eastern States:

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 The New York Express (whig) says that Captain Stockton offers the following bets, to wit: $l0,000 that Polk and Dallas will be elected; bl0,000 on each of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, making P50,000; all to be taken to-