Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-11-26
NEW YORK ELECTION--CORRUP
AND ABOLITIONISM.

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fluid some consolation for the deea, of their p,ux
in New Yoik,-as all defeated parties are prom. >.
look for palliang of their discontinue in an,
hing but their relative inferiority Of numbers.-b,
alleg ing that their antagonists brbed the Demo-
cratic voters and formed coalition with the Abol,
toniss.
To support the charge OF Corruption they tell ~.
that the - money ofthe Wings was poured out Gk.
warer'-that Mr.. A. contributed SO much to IN.
bribery fund, Mr.. b. so much md so on, to the end
OF the Alphabet. Is it presumablc that enough men
could have been bribed, turn the scale Of victory,
But, suPposIng Tor "A moment, the alleg a,ion nof
as true as II IS false aud absurd upon its face, what
are We TO think Of the materials of which the "Gre,,
Democratic Parry IS composed, il they can Tim.
be bought up, by the thousand, like cattle in III.
market lfthere bribers. there ver, ,l.o
bribees-and they we're infinitely more base who sold
ther votes, that great biilh right of lreemen eva,
than those VII" bought the mercenary slaves. Forth.
honor of their own party, the :" Democratic" onr.
mails should conceal their bascness, instead Of pro.
claiming it aloud from the house-tops. And if,b.,
believe it themselves, what becomes Of all ,b.;,
proud hoastines oil the intelligence and incorrun,;
biy Of - the people," whom. when it suits Their
purposes to wheedle they are always pas,eripu
over with nltery If they are thus easily cor.
ruptcd--lfthcy can be induced to sell then prno
pies FOR dollar glass OF wh.key-are ,hey
wolthy of the noble inheritance OF self goyetnmeu,
beqaeathed to them by their fathers 7 No. Butt,
IS not nue. 1t is an infamous libel upon the people
OF New ork-it Is vile sl'nder upon that very
class OF the COMMUNICATIVE poor,-lo whom this
Jaeobn administration has heretofore made il,
hearess, insIncete aud insidlous appeals. They
cannot be thus bought and sold, like meIcynay
Swiss. They have defeated the Administration up.
the broad ground Of principle. They have no.
bly, dscalded lhetr preference even for their la,sr-
ite SON." and disregarled the Iromptngs Of state
pride, in order to lebuke him, who pernaciousl,
sdhelcs to loIicy, Which, II successful, would Law
the axe at tie root OF our national pro.perity-of
linn, who, by making war upon Credit and the Cur
rency, would check onward march to great
ness aud clip the wings of that Enterprise and Indus.
Try to hch we indebted for our unprec edened.
is apld growth in all The elements Of national wealth
and power. 1t is not true: But If were ale the,e
Offsets to The charge Did not the Loco F0-
also have ee ;tioneetias fund Did they
not attempt 10 commit the very crime which they
impute to the Wings What meant that legion Of
Custom House officers, Which besiegod the polls Of
''e ''H' ""'''s '"e e'o''o"s ''l''e u"!s "ha'
'e"'' ""' '"N pun INC '"'''e' VI '''e o'eeho'o-
VS. "''1" "'''' " SVEN ''i'' '''e''ohee'hs ''hu'
" hal meant thai significant notice to these office
holders, few day before the election, that
their conduct would lie closely watched during its
P"s'~--! naf' ont that the pat ona9e oil the so'-
efhmeht should be orenght TO bear upon the tree.
dom ol eIech ons On tins theme, prudence should
adnonish these libel'crs OF the dear people TO Ie
silent. They should at leasttahe the beam out Of
their own eye before they complain OF the mote IN
Their neighbours eye.
But the Wings formed coalition with the Alb o.
litionSis-a charge, which, made in these broad
terms, is as false as the ot!Ief We do not deny that
IN some portions oil the State the AbolItionss voted
for the Wing candidates-we viii not deny tina,
nlne negroes votedlor he Wing ticket in Roche'
ter-we VIII not deny that Mr.. Gates, the member
OF Congress eject IN the Greene district, is himself
an AboIitoust, aud that he confiei the votes oil that
lanai1cal crew BY The most disgusting arts But ad-
uniting all This, does II show that the preference oil
the A1o'''onsts, throughout the State, leaned tho
same way Does not the Richmond Enquirer
winch JesnItcaiy parades all these facts before tho
people, know that Iappan and his crew in tho city
oil ne" ofN proclaimed their hostility TO Seward
'ne " h8 cahuldaielo Governor PRIOR TO the cleo
''on' anl voted against him Does it not kno"
members ('DDpreSS