Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-03-28
The Ways Of the People,

We forego the purpose We had in view last \ eek
Of occupying several columns Of our paper Of day
with the accounts Of the elections, and othel Ne
monstrations of public opinion in the "tweuty
Harrison States" We do this at the suggestion of
a friend, with whom we concur that our present
number can De more proftaby employed in proving
that General Harrison ought to be elected, than in
merely demonstrating the certainty that he will be-
His slanderers will find rare treat, III several of
our columns We cannot resist the desire, how.
ever, to copy few of the leading signs from Vir-
} yina, and New York. OF In the latter state
the Express" after careful comparison of all the
returns, states that, the aggregate Wing gain,
the state oyer) is thirteen per cent This would be
equal to gain of upwards of twenty thousah
votes. In addition to this, we have been shewn
letter from Of the coolest and clear headed pol
iticians in the state-now in the public service, at
Washington-whch says that New York will
give Harrison larger majority than she ever gave
before" The same writer expresses the belief, most
confidently that "Martin Van Buren, cannot garry
more than five or six States in the Union" 1--WE
are short for room-but the foregoing and thfol-
lowing paragraphs are "glory enough for o,Le
: day" They constitute an antidote to the deceb-
ton of the &c Globe and its echos." We have 10
omit. several columns of returns which follow tie
Article but we must make room for the CT "a
ties of Senator Wright and Senator Talmal #.
& They are "beautifM."
II From the Madisonian, March ID.
The Globe, Of Wednesday, with "hourlsh
OF trumpets," annouced a Federal Loco Foco
gaio H. several countries in New York. The I'd.
itoy ally guilty, both Of the "suggeStio fdlsi,"
-. ytoprpcS;x 1.eri ITo hoe ronob Of tho FIT
te. Ia wer for in this matter.
He omits to state that the increased aggregate
Republican majority over the Loco-focos isa00
in the county Of Chenango, in which he boasts Of
success. THAT New Berlin, for the first time ell
ected Republican supervisor over the most pop.
ular Locooco by majority of 25-the latter
having been elected last spring by majority Of H.
lhat Oxford, for the first time, also, beat the
Loco-foco candidate by majority of fifteen,
That the Loco.foco maorityin Green was re.
duced to 50-Guilford do 25-and that Smy-
ra increased the Republican maj. 25-The Lo
cos elected their ticket in Plymouth by majority
OF one. The nomination on the part Of the
Wings were not satisactory-only about onehalf
of the Wing voters were at the polls-Plymouth
is good for 100 Harrison majority. And the coun-
ty of Chenango will dance next fall to the tune
of $50 majority for "0ld Tp"-stick pin
there.
The account given of results in other counties
is probably entitled to as much crcdence as the
Chenango account. In Otsego county, our friends
made no rally, except in a few towns. The Lo-
co-foco majority in the county last fall was ,073.
There has been no contest there since the election
Of COL Prentss He is the most popular man in
the county, and his ma ority was about 600 only
and that is all the majority that Mr. Van Bu-
rem can get in OtSego next lall-stlck another pin
there.
Our friends may rest assured that the town NEE
tings in New York furnish no cause of exultation
to the Dest~n",ives. A letter from an intelget
friend I'M Albany, says-"So far as heard FROM
the tow N meetings have gone much in our favor.
tbs is the truth Of the matter.
I The TioJ told US that the Albany Argus con
tanned too ,chole columns Of returns from the in
terror Of the State, exhibiting reactions favorable
to Mr.. Van Buren,. How easy is it, in State
as large as N. York, to select number OF towns
from admitted Van Buren, counties, and parade
them into newspaper columns, as evidences OF
the general will of people? But we could
have anticipated this shallow braggadocia, by re
lating the fact that the Albany Evening Journal,
and the Daily Advertiser, have, for several days
past, published column after column, announc-
ing the trumphs Of the friends of Harrison in the
town and county elections. By way of Offset
to the beggarly account of loco foco triumphs
published in the Globe, we will make few quo.
tations, and we will begin with Mr.. Senator
WRIour's own county, where Mr.. Van Buren,:
party have heretofore received their ten to fifteen
hundred majority!
MAKE WAY FOR ST. LAWRENCE.
Mr.. Silas Wright's own county has told slo
rious tale in the spring elections. The patriotic
exertons Of the Wings have been amply reward
ed. The following summary of the results We
find in the Ogdensburg Times.
SUPERVISORS OF ST. LAwRENGE-lS40.
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