The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-12-04
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T. we erred, perhaps, IN ascribing all the popu-
lar votes Opposed to Mr. Van BUREN, not given
either for Judge White or Mr.. Webster, as hav-
ing been given to Gen. Harrison. We are
happy to discover our error, and hasten to cor
rect it. Judge White was candidate in other
States, besides Georgia and Tennessee, where
he obtained the electoral vote and we shall on
a future occasion endeavor to give the whole
popular vote that was cast for him. At this
time we shall conclude our remarks by special
| reference to the "stay-at-home" Wing support,
that Gen. HARRISON received in New York and
Pennsylvania. A~H
In New York, in 1884, the party who nomi-
mated Gen. Harrison, gave their Gnbernatorial
candidate, Wilidm H. Sea1ard 1885 votes
while in 1886, Mr. Van Buren, received but 1861
s15; showing that if only 2,l53 of the stay-at-
home party had staid at home, Gen. Harrison
would have received the 40 electoral votes of
that State. In 1888, however, this party gave
Gov. Seward 1854 votes. !~E
1t is well known that the Wings of New
York, what there were of them, were in 1886
pretty generally opposed to the election of Gen
eral Harrison, and hence the few thousand who
supported Gov. Seward in 1884 and 1888 staid
at home in 1896. ,,s III -# ...n~'
How was it in Pennsylvania s. r. .aa
In 1895, the Harrison party who elected Gov.
Ritner, gave him a SO, 1866 votes while in 1886
Mr.. Van Buren, obtained but 9l,475; showing
that if only 1880 Of the "stay-atshon,e" party
had staid at home, still General Harrison would
have received the 80 electoral votes of Penn
sylvania. In 1888, however, the party polled
1O9,246 votes for Gov. Ritner .asr .
It's well known, that in this State, there were
few thousand Wings who supported Gov.
Ritner, who would not support Gen Harrison, >
which shows pretty conclusively that General
Harrison was neither considered Wing, moi
supported as the Wing candidate. sG.a- r. +
! g Had General Harrison received the votes OF
these two States, as he would have done bu,
for the .'stay-at-home" game played agains,
him, his aggregate electoral vote would have
been las, out of 291, (for the vote of Michigan
was pretty generally considered by all parties as
irregular and unconstitutional and would never
have been conceded to Mr.. Van Buren,, had he
been in a minority withoutit.) qa,.a .sg
Thus we have shown, that General Harrison
had he received the same support that Governo,
Seward did in 1884, and Gov. Ritner in 1895
would have had the majority of the electora
votes in 1886, lacking one,--that is, on the sup
position that the Michigan vote was irregular
1.-THE Wings had any support to give, that was
the time to have given il; and if they had con-
sidered Gen. Harrison Wing, they could have
directed the Electors of Georgia and Tenne. see
to have cast their, 26 votes for Gen. Harrison,
their Wing candidate. ,a. .-5gs a.....af. aga.
We might as well pause here, for the presen,
occasion, to give the public an opportunity Of
Judging whether, if there be any ground to as
cribe "treachery" TO any person or party, il
might not with quite as much propriety be as
cribed to that party who make the charge, as the
person to whom il has been SO groundlessly inn
puted, ,,, 3, Nan III 2f asen 81.
We have shown, as we believe, that from first
to last, it was never in the power of those who
now style themselves the Wing Party, to have
nominated any candidate at the Harrisburg Con-
vention in 1889. And if any man were nomi-
mated as Vice President by that convention
whom the Wing party might have claimed as
Wing, or who might have considered himself
Wing, it follows by no means that he is account
able to those who could neither nominate nor
elect him. ,r s.
Hereupon we demand, therefore, for the si.rth
time, ......
What right haze Mr. CL4Y'S friends to
call JOHN TYLER to account?
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