I r (i t.frinrl Ftir t.'im nnrlv at ff Itarttri4a
i luuvo 111 mt vwuig, lie suuuiu aci iu upposi.
lion to the best interests of the country. la
turn, lbs party will standby him, nd protect
j biai from the consequences of ony crime be
may commit, provided if be done for the ben
; efil of the party. A thousand instances might
i be given, to establish the truth of this conclu.
"ion. I will refer, however, only to a single
.ionc, of recent occurrence, in rny own state.
When our .Legislature, now in session, us.
srmblcd, there was a tie between the parties
In the Senate.. E tch pirty was of course de.
slrous of electing a Speaker and oiherofficcrs.
According to the old and well-SPltled law of
the state, each member elect was bound to
produce, before his qu-ilification, the certifi
cate of the Sheriff of his having bc?a elected.
' But one, who claimed to bs a Democratic
Senator, was not provided with such certifi.
catc, and the fact became known through the
indiscretion of those friends that he.convj't.
-i i r j r l it '
, cd in his dilemma. When the time carr.3 fur
the onening of the firt day's session': this in
dividual, much to the surprise of fiis political
Bd versa nes at least, presented a forged certifi.
. cate. in the usual form, was qualified as a
Senator, and look his seat: it was five days
before the body was organized by the election
of a Speaker, Stc. . A Committee was raised
to investigate the affair. They, upon cvi.
deuce of the most conclusive character, .re.
ported. that the certificate had bectf furgfd
, either by the Senator or by his procurement,
and knowingly used by lim to impose on the
Donate, .anu recommended his twpuUion.
' The vote of the Senate was unnnirnub on the
first resolution declaring the certificate a
forgery; but upon the second, declaring that
he oujht to be expelled, every member of his
piinjr vuicu in me. negaiivp, incrrny saying
that, though hot hud conrvniited forgery, he
was not in their opinion unworthy to; sit tciih
them. . After his expulsion by the casting vote
of the Whig Speaker, his party, taking advan.
tage of the iicctdenuJ absence of two Jo r three
Whigs, within a few days, moved sna carried
!a proamnion to strike from the journal the
report, proceedings, that ha taken
, place, with a view of inserting in their stead
the Speech of hi counsel made in hisldefence
&t the bar of the Senate. " A stranger would
perhaps be surprised to learn that many of
. these individuals, in the relations ot- private
life, are esteemed honest and honorable men.
Nothing could show more conclusively their
' Ar-Vtt it in tt thi.if h'.rfu limn lti.1 I.!.".
WbTWl.WM w M' il ' I'lll T , UIUU IU4 t"VJ OOUU
thus Is able to overcome their naturfi! aver.
sion to crime, and thu-i endeavor to cfounten.
.ence and prote. t the criminal, because that
crimo had been committed for. the benefit of
the party. Sir, it gives ma.no pleasure to re
fer to this occurrence. We formerly: flutter,
cd ourselves, that however mischievous ,Lo.
cofocoism might byomo!in other sections,
there was in North Carolina and other parts
ot tno Douth, a regard tor public opinion, and
a feeling of personal honor among itsJeading
luciiiuvu, wuibii i wuto hern it somewnai
within the bounds of decency. .But It (s
tro which bears the-srwno fruit in every cli.
mate. Its lute exhibitions will arous&the in
dipnation of the virtuous yeomanry? of the
r t ,t ft . i
viu ixorui siate. nut, sir, i snail pursue
this illustration no further. J wished simnlv
to call your attention to the nature of the
bond which connects this so-called Democrat
ic piny, losnowtno extent to which us
organization has been carried, I refersyou to
" . . ii ri- I.' ri n . r
ioc fctcrei " circular irom ine executive iaum
mttco of the Democratic Association of
Washington city." issued last September. 1
would read the whole uf it if I didnof know-
that its contents were well understood , by
most if not all on this floor. Its first four 6ec
n,vr)tiu know, provide lor theorganiza
usaof a Uetnocratic Association, by jwhatev;
er Dime they choose to call it, in l every
county, city, ward, town, and village through
out the Union; the appointment of; Exccu
.tive Committees, captains, lieutenants, and
Democratic minutemen that is, 11 men win
are willing to serve iho Democracy at, h min.
ulc s warning." Their first class of duties is
prescribed in sections fivo and six, ini$ic ful.
lowing words ,
m " 5. That the caplain and lieutenants, with
such nunute.menio may b detailed! or the
service, proceed forthwith to make iat two
- jisui one oi an tvoiers in. mo company
bounds, designating the Democrats, Whig
;and the Abolitionists, putting into a separate
. ct!u'mn, lieuo'ed doubt lul," the names of all
whose opinions are unknown, and all of eve
ry party who nre easily manured in their
opinions or conduct; the other list to cm
braee nil minori approaching muturity, and
till rr.cn not entitled o voir, "'It
. k0. That a copy of tlu'so lists bo furi.-sb.
ed to tfm Executive Cunmittee of each Dem
ccrulic Association within the cleetivo- pre
cinct." .
: Section seven directs these ofliecrs and
. minutemen to cireulte all pupcrs that may
iunutr.ee the doubtful men. Section ' eight
makes it the duty of tho minute men to : get
. all the doubtful nv'n to their meetings,' Sec.
tions nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, are asfoh
lows:
' 9. That the captuin of the Democratic
minute-men nppointn lime and place cf rc::
dezvous, early tn. the first morning c!;c
nun, anu ueiairminute-men to wait u;j.)n,
and il possible brins with :hem every cul:.;.!
, voter within iu company boun'U."
" V 10. vTliat, it practicable, some suitable
refreshments to provided for the corr'sianv
at the place of rendezvous, and their arc! r
kindled by patriotic, conversation that each
man be furnished with n ticket with the
names of t!.-; Democratic -electors : that it
In impressrd upon them that the .frsi great
lusinezs of ths day is to give their teres; that
Itiey are expected aud, required to mnrcli to
tho puis in a body, and in perfect si fence;
to avail inct.Lives I the first opportunity to
vote, nnd never separate until every vie r.icr
cf ts company has vctstL - ; . .
'.11. Th:t if any Democmt be abrpr.t
from the rendezvous, the captain despatch a
. "'e iu( me
psl'.s. - . - - : !s t . .
4 10.' That ths csrtsins cr.d Heutesants
rrrviie beforehand means for conve.vaTcce for
. - :c'i Democrats as cannot otherCvisa
et to
t ? -.i. -
' 'ithout Cni"g further wish t1.? matter, '.Mr.
C' --.irman,!! have read er.oi o nfforchn'
e-r-'rato id?i of this system "of crganization.
- Th-t itwould rnost elective in prsctice is
cbvic",' when ;t is remembered that there
are in tverycojaty some' who, from indecis
ion or character, may ba persuaded fome
who, froni honest credulity and want'of Jpoliu
ical knowledge, can be imposed upon by arU
fjlly.frnmed documents or verbal misrepre
ccstati(,n; while others m:iy be overcome, by
C.2 izZzzcs of what ere called "refresh.
menu or other neans. Iiuj or tome simi
lar plan 'of organization v?23 adopted in many
parts oftlvs cot": try. In the state of lennes-
ee, as I hsvs teen Informed by what I re
gard as ursLnie-DeTnocra&c authon'.r, the
following was the mode relied oa: There
are about fifteen hundred civil districts id that
state, in each of which th-rr; u a precinct for
. ' W - 1 k I V . . .L .
voiinj- i in cacn one vi tnese aisincis ine
Democratic party t"!ted five1 individuals.
who were, by their combined. exertions prior
to and on ths election dsy; to endeavor to
char2 two voters in cacn district, which in
ths whole state would amount to three thou.
sandand, taken from the Whig to tho Demo
cratic sid?, would make a di..crcnce of six
thousand in the result. Dy IU means they
.hoped to overcome tls rinjority of four ihou
Hand which h;id tocr cst nzainst Mr. IWk
the year previous. Thut this scbcr.3 f "cd
is solely owing to the fact that in t'.l state
45.3 higs were more zealous, more artive,
and better organized than tl.y were in the
ytiber states. 'ISothinT cives such conn
denceand spirit tn
an individual, as the
knowledge thni his clTrts will be seconded
i i r . . . . .. i . i
anu susiamea ny an
rparty. -It is a simi
lof tl-e members of his
ar thought which gives
irourage to a soldier going into battle in the
ranks of veterans, whom he" knows and con
fides in, that ite would not feel in the mfdsl of
ii body of raw militia, j
1 The leading members of the Der
parly, being itff the late canvass well
ihit tho system of Whig policy was approv
by a mnjority of the people of the Union, ra;d
that their nominee had also, a. vast personal
iueiiority in tho call mat ion of every body
over Mr, Polk, felt that ihe'hwue, if deter.
mined with respc-t either to rn-jjaun? or
hen, would bo decided against ihein. Tliey
therefore f-allvd into ! ixtrrie to the fullest
extent their system of parly organization, to
OQ'.ain asnmny votes as iossioie lorineir can
didate,' and showed ttvimrlves devoid of all
scruples as lo the modp tn which these votes
wer to be procured. j1-
h But, Mr. Chairman; our opponents did not
content themselves with merely obtaining the
votes of' individuals. .They also courted and
won overall the vinous smaller factions of
the Union. It is the natural tendency ot
these in every country to army theinelves
y gainst the strongest party. . Th Whig par-
ly was, as all will concede, the Mronger. and
it stood firmly on well-known and fixed prin."
ciples. "With these principles none1 of tho
factions of the country, larmonized.' Dut the
Democratic party avowedly stood on no gen
eral system of principles with respect to ;the
administration of the Government. It con
tained in its body men who professed opposite
opinions on every '-'political question. Its
broad and catholic spirit could receive in. its
bosom the members of every faction without
obliging them to sacrifice or modify any of
their professed opinions.1 In short, it was a
fit reciptacle "for fbo fragments of. all. fac.
lions, and it wooed them in the manner best
calculated to. win. . -Jv- . 1 - '
'ijThe nbolitiun party hnd . nominated as its
candidate for ihe Presidency James G. Btr.
ney ; but the Democratic party likewise after.
ward nominated him for the Legislature of
Michijpn. IIu accepted this nomination, and
by lh?t means, or perhaps, by more solid up.
pliances, ho was induced to use his influence
with his party in behalf of Mr." Polk. .In his
published letters before the election 1 allude
riot lo the spurious, but to his genuine ones
he declared that, though opposed both to Mr.
Clay and Mr. Polk, yet he much more depre.
caied the election of Mr. Clay, because, be
Tng a man of 'greatly, superior abilities, he
wc.3 aUvays able to lead his party, and would
dojinuchmore to retard and overthrow aholi
tioh principles than Mr. Polk, whom he t poke
of as n man of no talent incapableof control!,
irig his party, and powerless as against aboli.
tiop. Mr. Speaker, when I first read these
lexers, 1 saw that they were so ingeniously
framed that they would have tho desired ef
fect with the abolition party. 5 Nay, sir; they
take the precise view of the matter which a
sagacious sincere abolitionist would. Noth.
ing surely could be more fatal to tho pro.
gress, and" even existence of ' that" faction,
than tho admitist ration of n man" of the lofty
patriotism,' pplondid abilities, vast personal
popularity, moderation and firmness of Ili-n-ryjClay;
giving iis such an administration
would do, that confidence repose, and pros,
perity' which the country m much needs. On
tho contrary, all litilu fictions vegetate and
thrjve under ihe weak, vacillating administra
tion of a feeblo man. . Rightfully or wiong
fully, however, as it may be deemed, it is
cert. i in that these views of Birney, and like
efilms on iho part of Ihe Democratic parly,
had, the desired effect on the mas3 of tlc nbuii.
tion.pirtyl The states of Nev York, Penn.
sylynivta, and perhaps others, were carried
forj'Mr. Polk, and, as our candid political
adversaries admit, the aboliriooiits havu made
the! President.-. j j - -
. So strong, however, sir, was the Whig
party in the cimntry that ?ven lhis manoeuvre
wbyld not have dt-tea tod us had it not been
for uihcr.simil-tr artifices, Nc-irly oni huri
dred ihouhand foreigners are estimated to nr.
riva. annually in l!:o LT -"te Zw
rubber a very br;3 pr. t - '
Catholics. By "innans, uf.'cli t:
permit me to recount, but ihe m
this
-l l r
nnJ unju.iiifiable, the Democratic parly r::.
ccedi'-d in inducing them j to band themselves
tf- t!.cr nr.d rally to the support of Mr. Polk
rf ihcm avowed their preference for
hiir ' cause his free tn-ie policy was more
favc.r L!o to the interest of tho i.. er coun
lrir from which they came than was Mr
C!.iys. Others openly proclaimed or: heir
banners that, they would; not be ru!.:.l by
Americans. . As evidence' of the sort cf. feci",
ing which has been inculcated into ths minds
of the most ignorant of t! '.?n,I ir.ny bo par.
doned for mentioning a Iit;!j i;:ciJAt that oc
curred in the room cf a ! friend to. -..!..;rr: I
chanced to, be making a visit. . V,!!j ma.
king his fire, the Irish porter in;:rcJ v. hen
Mr. Polk would come on to the city, ' I am
told, ho added, that he Is "a great friend tn
us poor foreigners ; we elected hici, and o
can do most any thing when we all try.,,:, Cir,
had the foreign Catholics been divided in 'the
late flection, ns other sects and classes gen.
erally wer, Mr. Clay would have carried by a
largq majority the state of New York, as
also Itho states of Pennsvlvania T.nnirti'
and probaijly some others I in the North vreL
"H.ouy oia we nave to tqntend against the'
influence of foreigners here, but British gold
was JopenTy and profusely. used to promote
Mr. Polk election, "profeedlv with a view
of breaking down the tariff arid pmmoting. the
salejpf their manufactures io 'this -" count rv.'"
All the world rnny interfere inour domestic
cutters. Wita one har.1 Great Britain eifm.
ulates the abuiuiunm ot Ums North, with a
vicwef desolating the South, or forcing a dis
solution of the Union ; and wiih the ot' r,
under the influccce of motives equally selfish.
she seeKs to array ire planting ana farming
interest of the cov-'ry against the tiri.T, and
ihereby break dow.i the manufacturi- j cstab-
JUbmcnts of ths Tiorth. And n-c.us na.
lion, sit stolidly quiet while the foments for
her own tdvatage our domestic cusensions.
r" Our po!iiical opponents, like wUe, derived
pcc:Jec!aIIy great sdvar.lage from the cfUcial
patronage of the present Administration.
Usually theiorpfjneats of lhs acting President
bae,ns acouuierpjjise to hi direct influence,
i f "1 ' a I I i- I.. ' ..: "" at ...
me aovaniare i! tmiuin ni; Auminisiraiion
O : II ' f
responsible before the country for its errors
pr crimes. But in the present instance the
acts of the Executive, though heart and soul
C'ompletely jidenlificd with the" Democratic
party, because he had not been elected by
them, were,! whenever it suited their purpose,
disavowed. ! lie thus occupa-d a position of
seeming neutrality oeiween the two parlies.
and was able to turn to account the power in
his. hands. lie accordingly exerted to ihe
utmost the power which he p issessed over
them, going even to the odious extent practis
ed in Mr.. Van Buren's time, of compelling
thernion pi in -'of dismissal from office, to
contril - a part of their salaries to create-a
fund to 1 ? u$cd in fav'or of Mr. Polk's elec
tion. At three several assessments of i'per
c-:.f. each of salary in ihe cuMom house,
Z 1-j,C20 is said to have been raised. One of
the oncers there, Jhn Orser, it said to have
presente'd tOjthc . Ivnpire Ciub several hun
ured hiekory clubs lo enable, them to beat
ajway from ihe. tV,s ihe Whig voters, for
ulhich laudable actrij-! fceems to have nTeived
u vtiteof thanks fro . z nj Lmpire Club.
j, . To .ascertain the .u r.l of this influenre
oii the whole county i3 not eay, but the
number of oCce-holders jr. the state of New
iuirk lone is such ns to ncunt for a greater
number of votes than Mr. Polk's actual ma.
jriiy there. ..'!.'--
! From . Mr.! ChyY character, political ex
perience, and associations, it was known that
liis selections f.r ofI.ee woj' J he made from
ihe best men in the country. All of the old
defaulters, therefore all mere r.trcJy adven.
lurers, without character to. support their
claims for office, paving nothing . to hope
from him, naturally arrayed themselves or. the
tiher side. 1 I s
. j Without doubt, too, they are right, to some
ejttent, who attach weight to another in flu.
ejice, not properly political, to wit, that the
gambling portion uf, the community finding,
a the beginning of the canvass, that ihey
ould not get persons tolt ejninst ?.Ir.CIay,
djd so themselves, with large odds in their fa.
vor, and afterwards devoted a portion of . the
many millions staked to t-tX-ct the result de.
sired by them. '
j Yet, with all ihe acquisitions nnd advan
tages which 1 have been recounting, our adver
saries were too prudent to rest secure. - They
knew that the Constitution had provided no
mode by whirb. the fairness of a Presidential
election could be contcsicd; no means of
purging the polls of illegal votes. If a vote
were received by ihe . inspectors of tho elec
tion at each precinct und by them returned,
it mattered not whether the person professing
to give il were qualified to vote or not at thai
place. They, therefore, by means or the sys.
lem already described, deliberately formed a
widely extended plan for ihe purpose of pro
curing a sufficient number of illegal votes to
carry states enough to secure the election of
Mr. Polk. Their first demonstration seems
to have been made in the city of Baltimore it.
the October election, i There it was that they
gave a voto so much larger than ws ever
polled n! any preceding election, av; ,rt t'ii'ufy
all persous that fraud had been practiced. In
vestigalions since then have mado it manifest
that the increased vote was owing, not only
to the fart that many , pe'rsor.s voted, not au.
thorized nt nil to vote there, but li kc I hose
qualified had, in soms instances, voted two.
three, or more times, ct difT,rcnt precincts in
thai city. Abot' fifty rcrs.jns have aire
been convicted anu sccinctu to pun:i..r.;cr.t
for this r nce by tT:3 courts, nrjt c.. of
uhim is a 7h:g, iho-jgh l.?y have been
cjrjcdlrom tuna to tins? tv tho Democratic
Governor there. Th: fraud here was but the
precursor cf what followed.
. The great stats of TJew ior!; cLi.r.j llse
first notice. During t!.L past vear l!.:-r'j . t(-
naturalized there not less i!.nrucen t!.1
foreigners. This was nT cicJ c r.tirt !y
Democralic pirty, tho
provided for that purpozs, Uc iu., s
i3 i loarn.
i
there isH'-t one of thesp foreigners out offif.
ty who will vote i!:3 V i . ? - ticket. Of this
large number a great proporilun, not having
been five years in t;,3 ccr.trv, coi.IJ not be
leilly naturalised, an 1 their voles, therefore,
when given, were ihep-il.
f.ien who Inn not L ?n rrr.'.h in tl.n
country from the ror.llcnti -ui-js cf Eurep
unacquainted even wiih i! c hr':u-ge in t!,:c!i
tliey were sworn, voted for what they knew
But tho-principal frauds were practiced bv
whuj is called double ivoting. IIjo city of
ieyr lork was the great theatre where this
wasiconsumtnaied. As th j Empire Club bore
such, a prominent part m t.. ;.j transactions,
I mit'i at-vote a remirn cr I- lo it. it was
,.,..,'.,;.( jn Ju'y j:lslj j!r ; onc;;:ed of
ga... ,' pickpockets, drop;- j, turners,
thin.h:.. - '- Y3t and t!..j liLe, ar. 1 its associa.
tion s:c
purpiseof c
vo tcci l!:?n
virT on sur.ee .
i" !..' for the
similar irac; -.
b ee c ' r e pea 1 1 1 " y i :
eral Character,
ist cf ili rr.c:r.hor3 hr.d
licted for crimes. , Its-n-'v
t, may be sufilci jutly
.i hso.7;cers. Its
inferred from lh
PresJent was 1. .
for l!iinib!e-ri'Tir. m.l . '
-Vn arrested
lances. He
an ! .isej h Jewell, t . ; : j i " lt d for murder,
f. J from New York u 1 OrLii. By
thu b", I may here iv.cr.lo.i tljaithij Jewell",
who (tas indictment f r.:j: Jr in two c'lr-
enl ras?3 hangin l,j .
siar.J.ird beaieruf ihj L... ,
lh2 L 'arer of iho Texas Lar.r.
i,u:i. ; Thc5 worthies hJ r.
lev Orleans before t!.2v fij-j
was the
:-J f'j jred as
r tle proces.
-en lorg in
:nveniei:t
.h. Trc3su-
tolaavs, t Jcg c!.:irg-ji v.
rv noirs. Th.-v rr. 1 1 t! c:t
arrested ard &:r.i jic.iii ir-
cre
f I
c:
Cpta.aT)h-r.
to sh:r-v t!.-.
thsclfciioa.t!'
a gVer.t rr." n r -only
din?d ivi'S
..'.jnl.
:-?(.r t
nP.vr
thfj electoral v
- given t j
Albany; not cr,!y his rei ;
mcntav ball from the eh.i.rr:. tn i
D-
eratic f General Ctirrimiitee (,f t!.2 c.iy cfrJew
York,'; but having corns !on with his frier. !
JewclFjio thia place for an offi-e, as 1 an luld.
1 mi, he Ii.ij t-eu
Vbi!tf II..-.:;..
r Pr. - ly.i.
eurdiallv received at i
Whether President tbr
ders . then rerr. .ir.L. red t!
lr.
hiwt-ver. rhr...ir!ed. B
it I ma d; r
John J. Auiiin, ;Vice President of th-j C
hs likewise pending agdini hun an i;.oict
ment for nurder, aud was likcwLi implica
te"! in tV.o charge of tculing "Treasury notes.
WoofriJge. its secretary, but recently came
ut if th peuhentiary. William Ford, utw
of its directors, in the khort interval f , lim
whkti elbpsed between ihe publication of a
notice of fine of its processions and the arri
val of the day of parade, was indicted by the
grand jury in seven cases, rape and burglary
being among the offences. .Being put in ihe
Tombs, he unfortunately lost the opportunity
of figuring on this occasion. Soon after he
was tried and convicted of the first j named
crime, be was sent. to the penitentiary, but,
his services being valuable to the party, he
was immediately pardoned and turned out by
his Democralic Excellency Governor Bouck.
I may remark, too; tr.it this oLicial dignita.
ryta short time hcfWu the election, restored
to their political rights, all the criminals in the
state, and pnrd jned a creal number who were
in the penitentiary. ' j 'j i
' This Empire Club,.-constituted, os 1 have
related, for some time1 devoted its energies to
the prosecution of the laudable objects for
which it had been. originally organized Sev.
eral weeks, however, i-jforc the election, the
Democratic lenders thought it ;ould be clTec
tively employed in tho political canva$J, yaJ
limy thereupon took its members into j, ;y.
These gentry being furnished wMi money thus
by other means, abandoned for n time their
peculiar avocations, and some of the neutral
papers of the city made ihe subject of re
mark, the disappearance of iheso particular
classes of i crime.; -Their numbers rapidly, in
creased from one or two hundred to hot less
than eight hundred ; in? fact lhy boasted thai
they had three thousand men enrolled.i This
Ctub, wiih other members of the Democratic
party, perfected the m(st extensive system of
fraudulent voting ever known. Sir, in what
I have been stating, and what Iain now about
to state, I speak from information derived in
part from public saurccs, Lut ir.iinl) f r j
private ones ; sources, however, on which I
fully rely. 1 have taken great pains to :t
accurate information. If there bo error in
any of !my statements, which I am not pre
pared to admit, I ' desire to be, contradicted.
One of my objects is to provoke investigation
into this matter. If! ony thing I can say or
do here, should induce this House to1 order
nn investigation into this whole transaction,
I shall think I have done the country ; much
service. Let gentlemen ' meet mo cii this
ground.! In the city of New York ihure are
more than seventy places at which votes are
given in. I understand, sir, that one promi
nenl feature of this plan was, lhat in each of
the seventeen wards into which the city is di
video, ihe re were-one honored ant! twenty
I ichcu i inen, eaeu ui; wuoni was to leave nis
own ward and go to' one where he was least
Known, on ihe, evening before the election
Claying one night there, enabled him to m ike
o-ilh that ho resided in that ward, and lie was
permitted to voto there. He then returned to
his own ward, and voted ihere without leing
questioned, but thesr. two thouvind'and fore
persons, however, framed but a partofihost
who voted more than once, r rom th in
formation which I have received, I ihinit that
nu invest iiranon win snow mat ineru were
companies of men who voted in some in
stances, as much as sixteen limes each. - Ii
was tho calculation of the - managers to j give
fourteen i thousand illegal votes iu the city
and they admit that tliey col i;i eleven thou
sand. A portion of (hese votes wereexclu
ded ut some of tho boxes, by the Whigs re
quiring them to state, on oa.h, if they had not
already voted. I his ; being an unusual ques
lion, offended many of them, and thev retired
with dignified disdain;. Tho W'orkinriman's
Advocate, a Pemocratis paper of the city
has admitted that the party .-greed to give fivt1
dollars for every vote after the first one, which
any individual could; gel in. Many of the
gamblers pre "ictcd what occurred afierwards
with wonderful accuracy. One of them
who happened to ; be' a Whig, informed
prominent individual in the citv,frum whom
received the statement;, long before the elec
tion, of the plan, nnd; likewise notified him
il.ii! on a future day, before the election, how.
ever, lh:s matter-would
Democratic paper, (the Plebeian, I think,)
a i.j charged on ihe Whigs ns their plan, so
as to divert suspicion; and, in the event of
discovery bj the lu"g press, to anticipate
a::z.i char;; and thus break its force. When
thu d iy came on, ns predicted, the publico
tiun appeared in the Plebei.n.. , !.
1 here is said to bae been nn incidenf, of
r,a great consequence in itself, which for t
particular reason is worth a notice. "1 under
stand that ihe, North Carolina' line.of.battle.
ship was moorfidnt the Brooklyn wharf, and
it had been arranged that the men on board
of her,were to go ashore and vote for ihe
gentleman who represents on this floor the
Brooklyn district ; ao'd fhcirvoteft, if received
by hun, wou'd have been sufficient to elect
hirn. But on the morning of the election, by
some singular ireaK ct lhat
e;;eruemain
which was practiced on sj extensive a scale
on t!it rfav. these msn-vvcre in a bi.dv Knirit.
d across the river into tho city, an voted
mos-ly in the 7lh ward, but partlv in theClh
and 11th, forth'j Derrocratie member there.
I !,'- . . .
ii incaii umo:..y cr.j i, i:;p present city dele-
. : . . ... I ... 1 .. I . . m. - ' . -
ioii reiurcci, . .r. . . :2iay.i i Hese votes
wcrej.::t enough lo suvd hi.n. Ii'cw. I have
no r!o!j!.t but lhat the g7hllema!! from Brook.
lyn,(Mr. Murphy,) though he was overthrown
by havir.g t!,3 staff on which he wa about lo
lean thjj tjJJedly jerked from under hirn,
oy a Lrother JDemtxrrat, lias public spirit and
and party devotion enough lo becuile as well
satisfied by a result which gives ibe party a
member j as ii he had been himself the suc
cessful individual. But the object I had In
view, sir,, in alluJix; to' lhis incident', is Lo
ascertain what is the standard of party mor.
als as :t respects the members themselves.
hat is their mode of ceahn wiih Whfs I
understand very well;, but I, had supposed.
according to tl e old proverb, that among its
members there was honor m every profession.
Will not s 'me n en!ih?en the country as
t.j lliis pi rt of their code J
Cir, j )U rerr. her th il when the Vhigi
wore in porvr, th-y ;-is.d a rr-hstry biw
thr.t wou! i hire prerenV-d most of. thee?
fraud, b':t it wn repe tU-rr by thf Dmnrratie
pirty, ;..:1 wc we th frt::! of ihat, repeal,
Fro-Tt t!-.:- h- .-i inforrr-"!ori I cm obtain, arnj'
i'S.ly s-Jtisfj' d, that m; Vrhhe existing. Jaw;
prori.,'.:d hv iho D- rrofratic . Kirly; of : thai
i'..i.c9 frai;s cuolj'i can be roetjalJ jjjj
if the papers rt t ths fJ,
Ii-J riV otoUe, t, iV't-fHiux- Hw Vlv i-l th-tl
;re:.l Hle in jcit 1 m iv s.yt ihj rauV. of
t'..- Pn
-inertly t
clecivT-I v
ilec:.
wi.i u ips
its thirty Vis
ivr.
c! JSti t Ii
j'i for
t:.. i: -t
ijiif sci in the r.;v .-tl.n lhat tln-st-llin
g3 x. - cJwv S.mil.ir Iriu is were prac
tkcJ i.1 .illa-my, Lv voters, s t::e id niunn
t r - lvi'.i carried from Ph,,, !,,!.! , it isuiJ
it
i i.i tho interior, there aru f.:ct whkU
f:
ji o'.ron evidence of illec il i
-.j ur ine gent u-in.-ft (...r. I nvon
ui g) whj reprents the d.stnct in which i
Si. Lrrr.ee.(r.'r. Wright's couuty ,1 ih :
to ir.form ujh.iWil iuppeucd ihitth .lc u
gave ::t--i ! i:r, Irt d at: J twer.tv-evcn i "l -
.. t T- I a . - I
moic :i ii . i ci any precet.irg elect! n I
The Vh:; - - Mron'Ter t'.nn it vis when
weciril 1 t! nty, enJ vtl we are l"2Un
by cot :.t( n l.-er.Jreu. ILiw con:;: ii that
that co-j-:ty has given ncaily C.COJ t.-.ore vi.tes
tlnn s:jr.:cs with about the r:rr.e r 'n T
It is charged and bt Keyed by the Whigs,
that a number of persons who bad already
voted cisewnere. were run fc cross Ihehne into
that county and voted a second time, an J that
a similar fraud was practiced in Jt ffcrnn, on
adjoining countv. Our friends believe, thai
in those 1 wo counties, there were given some
thirteen hundred illegal votes .in that way.
that the state of new lork cave Henry
Clay a majority of her legal votes cannot be
doubted. Similar frauds were practxed in
the C:ato of Pennsylvania, with the like re.
su!;. as I could show .f I had time to ro in! i
the details. We lost Louisiana in th
way. At the precinct in ths pu' : t.f . , .
(juemir.es thcr- were eleven hushed vote,
being seven hundred more i!ian were given
before at en election ; a vote hrger, I believe,
than its whole population a! the lat censos,
including women and children. Tlis case is
so extraoidinary as to require expl-tnaiion.
If this excess of votes above tho uuul amount
were illegal, ns J have no doubt they were,
ihen iheir exclusion, to say nothing of frauds
committed elsewhere, would have given Mr.
Clay the vote of the state. Even in Georgia
vc I;?.vc r!rcr" rc.?')n ;o
! r
.ve t,.::l wc were
d"feate J by fr" i. In t'.-.t s ! ;! ; 1 1:- Jerstand
tint vcfrs e- ' -r f;!y years Lf vo pay by
! a ; Ml:?: ; all '.;.t cc, who possess
rj;, r:yt cr2 hheuio ohiiged lo pay a tax;
silhit tho tax books kept an 1 retarncd wou!J
give ell the veters except ths paup?rs ci.ovc
sixty. Takirj theco b(jo!;s r.s a guid-,
wcic 15,011 more votes than there r,-; car to
bo voters. But ths census bliows tl.at tha
number of males above sixty is a little more
than three per cent, of ihe population! De.
ducting four per rent, for these, there would
still remain O.CC vu!l3 ih'.tirinnt ha re
counted for. r.'oi or this excess occurs in
ihe Democratic counties. As an exair; !e, I
will read an extract from a highly ipspertr' '
journal in that stah; tlwr Miltedgcvi:! ; J. -;r.
na j ..... ., . .
More Facts con nlctcd vrn:: t::- aove.
The ctjuiuies of F.u.il). 1 .hi, (jaher.
sham, anJ I-VauIJin, are all r.'Mrly i;i aline
conneeied wiihearhoi! '-r. II ihcrshuin joins
rrankli.i, Lun:pkin joins U ibrdvim, and
Forsyi!j ins Lumpkin. These four co'ir!'rs
reium to the Comptroller' General! O.rjec
3, f-30 voters. Add lo this four pe.r cent",
(hichii a large es'imate) for nu n over six.
ty years of age, and not liable to !.: tetumed,
bin authoiized to vote, and there wotiUL?
3J03 voters. At the l ite eleeii.m, t!.'sir.
counties givo .Mr. polk 3,014, and Mr. C!..y
1,621: in M 5,53.) votes, and a M jority fr
Polk of 2,193 I).-duct fro.ii th.. "gjreg.it
vote of 5,835, 3,21)3, the n imU r d' viiem
returned on the lx ho k, find iin-nnvt-r ;t"i,
and it i!l bo s-e! th.,t Csre are J,G"2 xoTcrs
cf tchich no account is or can Le given, and
WHO ARE ROT LEGALLY ENTITLED To V.T2.
ii rv.. i. . . f i t..
y uui lei ui ursu; ane a milt lurtner.
M idi-Jon and Elb-jrl join Franklin, .Lincoln
joins Elbert, mid Columbia j.mii Lincoln
These four counties return lo iho C onptroller
Genemls utlice 2,033 voters. -Add io this,
ns above, tour per cent, for nn n over ne,
and lbero would b 3,103 voters. At the
late election these same counties gave Mr. Clay
J,lJi,and ;.Jr. I'olk C3Jin ull 3,123 vo
tcrs; anJ a majority for C! iy of 1,123. Take
ihe voters returned by the T tx Receiver wiih
the per cent, for men over CJ, and the votes
given, and it will bo seen, that while the first
jour counties nave given two thousand six hun
dred and thirly-tico roles more tluin can be ac.
counted for, by the s arnc itiformition and es.
tjmate, the last four have orJj given eighteen
more man they tcere entitled to.. JJibrtrt coun.
ly, which g ive 813 out of 1,123 rnaioritv for
Clay, and which gave the largest mnjority of
any coumy in ine . siaic, voted only thirty-
seven more than is returned on the tax book ;
add iho four per cent, for men over age, and
it will be seen that she voted hve less than e!:u
was entitled to. '
' The last mentioned counties arc Whi'i
counties -the first are Democratic b:c!i
makes the fairest showing? No one can I.: j
iiate in his answer. Neither &!n!l ve .vi'u
tate to say that, in our opinion. Ucnrv Chiv
has received a. majority of the legal v 'cs of
the statu of Georgia."
If this result was produced by the Vi.:h cf
men under og- or other frauds -in thj Dj::i -
cratic counties, it is sufUcient, wiii(1Jt bo';
mj uu lu.'iiier, in nccouni ior our c ;. :.t m
that state, for the majorily agiinst U3 ij on
ly two thousand.
The four Ktatcs of haw York, Pennaylva-
nia, Louisia;ia,and Geor"i i.Eiveciiibiv.eiirhl
electoral votes. Added to .Mr. Clav's vote of
one hundred and five, and he would have one
hunired and hinely.three votes, while James
ik-Polwouid be left with, only eijbty.tiro.
ii is noi siraege, iuereiore,inai our4pponci;l3
.... ' .t.: e ... .1 . . "
should appear so moderate after tho victory.
It is not strange lhat ihey. should not re'oice.
No wonder some of them seem . astounded at
the result, loo many of them know hv
what mcan3 thi3 result was achieved Did
JUacbelli rejoice when he looked atihrrwn
anascepireoi i:3 murdered Duncan? Thev
loo to tlx past wuh rain, to the fiato. ,vhH
dread.
Ti.: ptip-t'-.-o;, T
r. onenkcr. hrinT. m
irresia.ioiy io toe conclusion, n n merely that
tho Whig measures of policy are ornroved bv
f ... .-i .. . . "
maj-jriiy ci tr.e people of ihe Union,
out mai, as a party, tho Whigs are greatly
the strongest in the country. So strong are
ihey, that: nothing bill n rombiiiniinn if nil
these adverse influences could have defeated
us. Yes, sir, if anyone of nnvetnl of thern
had been, wanting, we should mill ha tri-
umphed.nnd had the election been conducted
a our firm.of Governwnt presupposes, lhat
H,furly and honorably, Mr. Clays majority
wou!d h'ive benverwhftliing. .
; Whyr llien, U il air, since the past cannot
be recalled, do I rerur to these things? . ft is
because I am satudiyd. anera furvey of ths
o-tUlc. livid, mat io f'uiure u L...".t..: 4
mvbo proxluced. ; Ye, tir, if ;s ; i
duty lo the country, "thesj fcilj ir.iy I ; r. ,
J,sulucienily at b.-t for all prr.c.i: i ;
Ibises. A century tr.ay psssnway I
coontry is cL.ictcd with such en :
dent as tho nrcient Executive.
Th? course of i! ft? '.lion i irtyl.nf.i
ped tVm of mvcli
t". ir ir.lerce by L;! .
1 c even ct t!- :
innlhcninto ----;
n rlh.
r
-.thus
riyo 'r
rt-j iru-r
i!ir fr
ee f iff "
r, .
ti ir.s rf 1
C.T- : .
At:-::V.j.:
t whhhi
irt I v.; '
h;r i;o i.
. rre r t t! vn in ti r
. in cnn-e -!i ti cc jr.'.il '
re l
AtJir thjf :n:j-iC
r. ? r i I !y , cor.t: r. h I . : . ' .
t.v tl cor.tr!!"..-; .
-i i.i ths hir:t cf Z.Y. i.
i
.:r a man n.y I. ; Lw
.1 l -Tli U . . .
icvrcr.2 lhat nrts thj doIj. cr in t: :
- o : i " --
ci.T.:; where ihe mtircicg eun is f.rl :
or t the placo of his going down, if L: c j
to this land, and, after the rcaiJsceprt. -
cJ by law, and in the manner provided, t-' i
an oalh lo support lh3 Cunrtitcicr., ' 1
adopts wiih it an American heart, Arr.rr. i
feelings, determinirg them o uphold and '
fend the rights end interests cf l!.is c"--'-
against all ct!:ers, thst man will I tske i ;
.".r. I anJ welcome as nn Am.?r:r !
- j!J be by his fellows. I wish,
- ' i sfe'no British Whig, no Frr- ' ' '
: i man, in short, who places the i; : (
honor of another r- :i -1 i.i th? sc.! ; r ' :l
that of this, or i ' - ' . - t ; j
feelings : - f ..r c. .
tut ion. 1 d-iro to r: t! i
.r i:
th.
counirv rnr.iru. ?-i m I - : . ,v Ir.vs i.i
..... .tii. . .
ths rr-ihi L.en hercti'.f r
ican Wh?g pirty. B
fee u:" rr"",-'
f- ""- . t .
t j f?nr.:l or fall.
It is o-jr duty, r
power, by
ulent natural!: i
j
-rcut Ar.
nty, cr.J
cm I v.:;;
, to prevent frau i.
this alonw-, v. ;:i I
success. Ev i!
i..j...jlji.l t.) ensure, i:s
:ih wo t!;.-'j!J to ah!j I j
sec thutlh: c.-;:.lination f circi:.r.s:ar.ccs,
to which c jr t!."':;i wss wwirg i:i lha present
ir.s!3rce, , ;;i i.i occur again, yet it mut to
r;:r:
t.i L
isal
d, that iters will be other factions
r.vjvcd, and r.cv 1 j.t.bug invented. It
!u:i.!y nccci .rv that the Wlu-s tho-.! J
13 camp.cirjy orgir.ized ns a party, nut to Ci.
ccivo the con.", hrj, the crcdulo-js, or ths ig.
noranf, but to protect them from imposition;
not to prr.c:h-o frauds, but to prevent th?ir
cotnrr." '. ,.i by our ndyersarica. Had wo
c.h ; u-,1 a proper system of orgir.izition, wo
f':"-. 'j hivu triumphed in d.ri:n cf c!l
;: .Ivors s influences referred I o. To r
p'iih this, will, I know rcciire nior; 1 '
than many are willing to enJcrgo. It v ; ri
frequent ctmplain: of Cicero, that in bi-i i' jv
in repuuuc was always r.ttiekrd with r .j
real than it was defended ; and, wi?1, c, i: ii
a cornrimn boatof our ndversari''!, t ", '. ''
the Whigs are talking thfy arc worhi: V :
unless we make up our ir!;nii to vr.-'.r r i'. ;
nccYsn.iry rznrllon. our p. ' ileal y .
s wn become the most corr(-t :;r.i, lv. .;
fccience, f!i3 most dot-v..:: rncr.ith. " 1' !j
a Govprnment will, by i:.; heavy t.: :
war, dec, impose on u burdens mucli s . j
tafnh -rUj l?;an would both; c;Trt r.iz .r
to preserve our liberties, lly a. pre; ; .r ij .
r? n ef organization, wcbh jII iluraysYr.. .
bee:i.; our principles are th'j.ie up(:i '. ' :U
thii threat Republic has here tuforc L-..
re.-,f.i!!y ;-,n! f mperously governed ; a; .' f.i
gr. :.: r.. c cf our population, I cirg l.
ar.I r:.triiic, v. ill, wiih proper 1
them.
Wlnt, then, Mr. C'nirman, i t! i V;' r!
before uj? Your pirty havi; T ro;.;i. i
po4,er, your situation is alteg"i :r dll.'-r i
from bit it was in tho Ui3 cinicst. V- i
mjt Show VOUr I in.! Lwr-rnrS ' .
mere words. Why, sir, we r.-ver cp-j! J I v
beaten Mr. Van Buren in ICHif v. - f
had only his declarations of princi' i t- c-":.'
tend against. Your siiuaticn ii c'juLly
barrassing from th duplicity which, tin- .--ty,
y.-u practi--" J to t! tain povcr. . : f.'r :
measures not;3 nre concerned, you t. ' ' 1
grant, unite. But' there is to b3 a t:.-'
for prc-cmir.pr.c2 rf r! ice, onlrr.cscur: ; v.;;j
be tho pivots rn which party evoIj'hr,j .
turn. Oder. "My, tho tr-Acx my lj r.L.:
tho anncxitiMn of Texis cnJj tho tari.T ' j.
cause curiam rmrr.ir.or.X
in puhJis c::i.r. ,;:
thettc r-j::;iL"::)
In ism!:, t! - .. ,
mij irify n i' - - t '
men nro ccr.r
: t;.3 cr
wU Ci l. ,
eft. : : r.
as tr '. r
lun?.-3 cl w '
may Lj
t i.
!-:i
tn tl.r.rj
'-:rj cro
if--:::
rv:-.':-r r , '
l:r--n ---:r 'j . , ;
f -T t!: ; 'v. : ;.' .'
.: rn j jr-
tioil (AV..2 ; .ny j; ;
stron-or in l'..2 cc
'J t
it lli rr,c:t
tAi.lul in pirty ladies. But ihen it v. i''
ly owing to exertions cf the Southern recti, ..t
th-.t V.r. V.ia !!-:;.! iv:iUasiJa and I!,-.
1 ..; r.or..; ; i. r. 1 can hs be so unrattf 1
a to turn his on those to whom he owci
l.ls deration? If tho Northern) win-j ci
gt thj o.'.ajcj, their consciences wi.'l ,3 r j.
eteJ cstj t;.e e.U:..!jo cf
slavery, cr.d tl. -Y
will u'j for 1?. ar;,
cf Tvxzs. L'jt. in
that ever.!, 1!.' tari.re. i.'l I coca? iric:'"-1
to tl;3
j-i.j, ar.j . .r. jji s r:- r- rf
fj.TaOC v, i!l Lj i.ha 6:jnal fr another nT:!!;;-.
lion cgitaiiun, fur which .'.Jr. Pel!: l.zt vcr
little appetite, cot Uirg con. dared rcr,aiLal
LIefjrnerveintryirgtirr.es.
As I have had occasion lo r!' -. to J. C,
Calhoun, I lake it upon myr:'." It r : , t'.-r
looking at his cours 3 for r:;: : ihin tec Ira
years, witn tneexce-:;;.! t; r. f :
ler 1P37. When !i3!.;- f
. h:s r.2r cc-f-rfy
th-t U
nexion with the Drr, jcr:
miul Der-ucns rrc::. :rt
cf 1' i Ur:: A
Sutes1 siy, t:r, th:t .U r
considered with n;frc;:c3 I j l
nullification, locliziLcn V
oliiion and slavery, cr l. I.I3 rr.z jl c
uging tha Texas a-jcstion. h trcz '
which a rr.ncf ordinary tzizj 'J
who devjnsd to cClct a
Union. And that such ij hh. (.' -r
by defied by lh.ise who hold I ' :.V -
n wasgriid that Ju:i.-3 .Cccr. t r -
stibrly and steadily to the ru:o
Iie,w h-is John C. Calhoun rCiiJ ( .1
and deliberately to break ua ih V )
suoiiuute a Jxitnr.ern C;:-r
being kept in cifHcs by Tir
the eiTcctof ir.ducin- h:-
n to aLar.-.-i t:.-:
views, instead of usi'n bljoGcial c' bnc- !
i.ueiice to promote them, then fur
of th repeso cf tte countryy 1 lLJJ l3