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Such is the title which the Boston Courier gives to it's leading article on Wednesday, It is sort of survey of the ground on which the two parties are to fight the battle of the Presidential election, made by one whose expectations are rather more sober than those of the majority of his party. We copy ii in order to let our readers sec that they have no reason for entertaining any expectations whatever.

 "On surveying the battle-ground before us, and the marshaled array of the respec- tive forces, we can calculate the chances of victory-not with certainty, it is true, but with some paushility. In our ranks, there are some divisions of our forces, upon which we can rely with much safety. Massaehu- setts, firm, and ever faithful, we promise to the cause her sons have pledged themselves to the Union. With proper exertion, with weIl-timed and well-directed efforts, we can carry Connecticut, Vermont, aud Rhode Island. New England must give her greater vote to the better cause.

 .sExtendng our view beyond the confines of the Yankee states, we find among the middle states some certain allies of our cause !; and in the South, and far Southwest, we can enumerate states, trusty and well-disposed. We claim, with all moral certainty, as ours. Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana; and of the ri- yer states, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, but these, with all the aid we can render in New England, will not elect MT. Clay.

 "We can neither disguise from ourselves or others the fact, that the states ol New York and Pennsylvania hold the balance Of power. Their great numerical strength will produce a most sensible influence in the Electoral Colleges; and, united, will be decisive ol the result. Fortunately for our own chan ces, we need but one of those mighty votes to succeed; and if New I Yorl will but ad- i here to Us, we can spare Pennsylvania witt equanimity.

 .New | Yorz, then, should be advised witl what intense earnestness we watch the pro ceedings of her politicians. Our friend. there should remember the expectation o the whigs throughout the Union. The set ter-up and puiler-down' of Presidents, tha powerful state contains in it's hands the i'm mediate destines of the Union. For oul veal or woe, it's decision Is conclusive,