The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-11-21

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skill as to render them difficult of de lection. we
would have submitted quietly to the 5nhlcuon; I
we would have acknowledged ourselves cat-gen-
era!Ied and made the best OF it.. But. to- see our
selves defeated by men who really preferred our
principles and even our candidates in some in
stances-to see those agreeing with us IN all the
main issues, go voluntarily to the balfot-oexes
and vote not only against our interests, but a.
eainst their own-to see ourselves Cheated by
the boldest Ia lsehoods-willingly sacrlhced by
men holding to the same opinions as ourselves
Ito see men so demented by prejudice or 80 be-
sotted by ignorance that they glored In the OPP
portu nifty OF cutting their own throats Tor the
sake of the facility il gave them for cutting ours
Ito see men making mules OF themselves N
their obssinacy and recognizing the right OF all
others to call them a sses for their stupidity is
rather more than any good citizen, Wing or Lo-
| eofoco, is called upon TO bear patiently; aud we
blame not our brethren for the loathing with
which they viii look upon a large portion OF
those who have permitted Polk and Dallas 10 mis-
represent their wishes and trampls on all their
cherished objects for four years to come.
From the New York Express
The State of New York has given her e%lecto-
| raj vote TO James X. Polk, and that electoral
vete, il he is elected, has given him the Office OF
/ President of the United States. We need not
say that we record this result with no satisiac-I
ton; for we regard it as = calamity to the Peo-
pie of the coaatry, aud an esp ecial atfiictlen 10
all its business prospects. The result indeed,
\ in this State, is more than a public affection. II
4 d~isgraces US in our own eyes and before the
whole people. We know not upon whom to cast
the blame, for such a result, except upon our OPP
ponents. and some thousands OF AbofitIonists-
the last of whom. no doubt. could have prevent
ed the election Of James X. Polk. They could
have preyentad The evil. and so could the Wing
: party IN spite of them. but for the frauds oil their
> opponents.
al Thus GranduleAf fnreiOu votes have owen thu
I Ielectoral vote of the State of New York to James
81 X. Polk, and that the same fraud perpetrated
elsewhere has given him a majority OF the cleo
t0ral votes OF the country. Our enemies cannot
: conceal this fact. 1t is beyond disguise. IL is
seen in The vote of this city. |, is seen IN the
i. vote of St. Lawrence and Jefferson. IL is seen
along the river counties, and everywhere where
{ there has been foreign material TO make voters
. Of. Nest melancholy OF oil, Il has been seen IN
c many of our public courts, where, with indie
y cent haste, and in the indulgence Of a proscrip-
live spirit against the Wings, there has been the
s manifestation OF a great partiality for sympa-
e thizers in politics, and where justice has been
trampled under foot. What have our courts OF
b law TO do with politics! What right have cur
IL Judges TO bring their party predictions upon
the bench! Is this the price OF the places they
received, and is Justice til us TO be mixed up
with party striies, scrambles for office, and the
schemes Of political sportsmen to deiraud the
people Of their rights! From nine to ten thou
~ 6uNO 9 - tA ~
York, who never voted before the election o.
IL Tuesday last. More foreigners were made citi-
or gems by thousands than the majority given T.
Mr.. Polk, and the worst feat nre OF aillhas been,
ms as we had abundant testimony during the pro
ed cess of naturalization, that perjury had as much
st influence in the manufacture OF foreign voters
er as the truth itself. What is true OF New York
nd city, is true OF the counties that give tho great
or est Locofoco gains In the extreme parts OF thu
re State, and what is true Of the State, is true o
TO the Union.
ly The victory of the Locofecos ia not that of A
in mericans, bui a triumph of lrishmen aud Ger
d, mans over A Americans. They proclaimed bold
TO X before a. The election E asp. A ME-. asiu. sHi " nv Eg. |.
Us see the day when more than the balance of pow
We er is in the hands of those who are neithe
ga bone OF our bone nor flesh Of our flesh, Of me
no who have no love Tor the couatry in which the,
W. live, no true attachment for the institution
which have given them a home better than thei
III own, no sympaty for what is Americas. Th
stripes upon flag are emblems Of the scourges A
merica has received from the banded aliens Il
zee our midst, who proclaim aloud-"AaERIcAN
To- SHAN'r RULE U.s."
is We have been among those who have lahore
es to unite discordant elements. by doing ava.
tie with all distinctions OF right between Amerlcai
im born aud naturalized citizens. We have wei
coined the oppressed foreigner to our shores
ms and reioiced that ours was a land where ever
IN man of every form Of religion could worship Ge'
rus according to his own conscience. and wher
tut men of every politics al creed could think, AM
speak. and vote as they pleased. These, thaui
IL Heaven, are the distinctive marks which Civ
iat dignity to cur institutions We would not a
de- bridge them, nor deprive any man Of III cir bene
no fits. We welcome skill. honesty. AID :ntegri
DC TO our shores, whether il come in the garb Q
an poverty or clothed in the ~splendor OF wealth.
( But we pray Heaven to keep from our mids
om both the ruffianism of the prison houses of Eu
TO rope, and those discordant spirits who, havin
be- disturbed the world abroad by their violence an
up their nostrutns, now come 10 America as tina
ny land of promise which is 10 give them brea'
,ut without work, and power without merit.
bur r. .
ed
In the late election wshave seen with disrna
/ a and grief, foreign parties openly organized i
our midst. Men have been call ed upon to Vol
= Frenchmen, and the reasonable motto, "Amer
cans sha ut rule ps,n has been insultingiy an
IL shamefully exposed in the streets OF our mos
ant populous city. And who are those, who bav
'ic- dared to proclaim that Americans shall not rul,
ate on the soil purchased for US by the sacred bloc
gn, Of cur foresathers? Who are they that prssum
M to announce that Americans shall not rule, !
Ind the land OF Washington, Jefferson, Hancock
be- aud Adamse Who are they! Men who bt
oil yesterday were as strangers TO us and TO OF
on land-aliens to oar country and its laws, havin
ny no claim of fellowship, consanguinity, connect
lear ton, sympathy. or duty-men to whom we owe
sic- nothing. and who were no nearer 10 US than an
one other OF the jewellers in distant lands. The
i've came to our country, unlimited, but welcome
HI . We received them with cofdiality, placed theI
cen on an equality with ourselves, aud conferred o
for them greater privileges than they had ever Ell
ave loved in their own country. We gave them III
lritf i~nestimable boom of freedom, which they hu
md, never enjoyed before. Unsolicited, and ~ithol
ors piice. not Tor any services rendered or expected
the L huf freely and UrafuIfnuaiy- Wa invested the