The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-07
RESUMPTION.

reT1ue ana the c0ifiaia1s1 " "'0 "'"tS'
RESUMPTION.
r-here does seem to us to be an infatuation or
thanart of some of the leading Wings upon the
spbiect Of resumption, and we fear that some o.
our leading statesmen have not realized the
true condition of public sentiment. The follow
ing article is now going the rounds of the Var
Buren papers
MIR. VAN BUREN's Notwithstanding was
SO much harped upon before and during the late
election, as MIR. Van Bursns want of popularity,
and constant changes that were taking place a
gainst him Thousands had left him in this
State hundreds in that-his old friends were
dropping off like leaves in autumn, sc. &C. All
this we pronounced false at the time, and are
ready to prove it; and it will be seen how firm
in their attachment to Democratic principles are
the friends and adherents of MIR. Van Buren,. He
will even look back upon this defeat, caused by
fraud and falsehood, with pride and satisfaction,
that in his determination to rescue his country
from the clutches of banks and SPECTATORS he
has been sustained by force most astonishinglv
increased from the last Presidential election vet
for reasons above stated, he is defeated. His in
creased vote in every State is astonishing vet he
is strangely enough defeated. We will give the
vote which he received in few of the States,
increase of $780, and his vote of 1885,
Maryland--1SS6, 22,l67; 1910, 2s,754; in
crease 6 ,5S7-vet he is defeated.
Pennsyivauia--1S36, l,475; 1910, I43 los;
increase 50, 230-Yet he is defeated
Ohio-1S36, 96,946; 1910, 124, 1872; increase
q, S34-yet he is defeated.
indiana 1886, "a ,2s0; 1910, So, ISL; increase
81, l0l-yet he is defeated
Massachusetts--1S36, 81, sol; 1910, SO. 1856
increase is, S65-yet he is defeated.
Maine-1S36, %, 300; 1910, 46, S02; increase
%, 302-yet he is defe5ted.
New York-lS3S, Ice, Sl5; 1910, 212,51s; in
-rease 45,704-YEr HE'S DEEEATED!'
such Is the result throughout tbs Union. HIS
increased vote is apparently overwhelming in
every State, county and town, yet strange to
say, he is Observation-Disclosures, while the
party has triumPhed. We bide our time.-Rieh-
moad Eng.
This statement is eminenuy calculated to en-
courage The defeated party--to keep up their
hopes md organization. Dir. v Buren's strength
party leader-the secret of his success, is his
fidelity in rewardins small politicians--the fol-
lowers Of his camp, to whom he distributes the
"sPoils of victory" Mr.. Clay has been so long
and so often before the public, that he too has a
party rallied in lis ranks, greedy for office, and
who win now demand their pay These every
where, resting their hopes on his influence will
intentionally magnify his power as the head of
the party, and hence he is already held up as the
controlling influence of the new administration,
although not Of the administration. 1t has al
ready oeen enormously stated in a leading Yves
tsrn Wing paper, that Gen. Harrison, at a dinner
at Versailles, said that The could transfer the Of
nee to Mr.. Clay he would resign; and the " ash
ington correspondent Of the Charleston Courier
paper which IS now the organ of the Wings o
Charleston, writes
sSThe appointment of Mr.. Webster as Secrsta.
" Of State gives general satisfaction. 1t does
not follow, however, that, because he is premier,
that he will exercise predominant influence in
the Cabinet of Gen. Harrison. Mr.. Clay is TO
be the master spirit there. AS the designated
cessor of Gen'l. Harrison, he will endeavor, no
doubt and with entire success, to shape the poll
cy of the Harrison administration in accordance
with his own views, and thus render his own adj
ministration continuation Of Gen. Harrison"
Now every one who reflects for moment
must see.
lst. That these things are calculated in the
first place, to impair that influence which Dir
Clay would otherwise, no doubt, exercise ii
common with the friends OF Gen. Harrison, be
cause those greatly mistake the character of tn,
President Elect, who, suppose that he is t.
pander to any mans ambition, and the par
tizans of MIR. Clay, by attributing tohim con
trolling inference over the patronage of the gov
ernlnent, will COMPEL the appointing pow err, t
demonstrate its independence of him.
End. There are many of those who rallie
around the hero of Tippecanoe, who, under thi
state of things, will assert their Independence o
Mr.. Clay, and plead their own merits; SHOULD
these be disappointed, they will attribute it tc
Mr. Clay's influence, and act accordingly
should Mr.. Clay's own partizans be disaPpoint
cd, they will attribute it to the want Of zeal, OF
his part, and they too, will act accordingly
In the mean time, MIR. Van Buren's regulars
are in the field His 2s, 900 in Maryland-143,
600 in Pennsylvania-124,O0 900 in Ohio-53 ,O0C
in Indiana-52, 900 in Massachusetts-46,O 600 in
Maine-212, 900 in New York, stand ready tc
take advantage of any disorder in the ranks o.
the wing party, and prepared to suit their &C
ton to any course of measures that will rcinstal
them in power
Having said SO much, we would ask any par
tizan Of Mr.. Clay, OF of Mr.. Webster, or of an,
Of the leaders of the whig party, to explain t.
US, how 1t happened that Mr.. Van Buren, was de
featedi
How was it that he lostthe votes of Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Maine and New York, although
in 1910, he received in Maryland 6,5s7, in Penn
sylvsnia 52,2so, in Maine 1902, in New York
45,704 votes more than he received in those
States in 1886? Does any one suppose it was
because OF any attachment on tbs part of the
people to General Harrison, or to Mr.. Clay,
or to Mr.. Webster, that brought out SO large q
cody OF Wing voters as to Overcome such an in
grease OF vote f,r Van Buren,! No. It was not
love. Tor General Harrison, but opposition to
NJ. YaR Buren, and the odious q I'D desfxuefixe