The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-12-13

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heedrd not the ot,ert Of their pursuit nov
they stand gazing III awe on the mpjesly o
the vic,m-huned down, but uDsubdued
aud ~ death still turning on his destroy erS th'
calm aud proud gaze OF conqueror.-
! Their common remark, " | feel sorry toI
Mr.. Clay," will only excite a smile itou
HIN, but il is honorable 10 ,hem. " ha
wonder that bitter, burning tears have beer
sfeuched from sternesl manhood by this
national calamity
/ Mr.. Clay is defeated-not the principle
of Mr.. Clay, nor even the nan fairly. II,
fails sacrifice 10 a conjunction Of adverse
Influences such asheycr before combined a
Ruinst any man.
4 !. lie is beaten BY the most extensive
7 frauds 10 Tie elective franchise ever prac.
tscd 10 tho would. Here IN our city they
6efe moe numerous than they can have
been elses here, though ihcy were not con.
fined 10 this lccplny, A. Around US wore
men who never before voted for Wing
candidate, bul Who resolved TO vote and did
VOC or Mr. Clay. 1le,c can be few
u aia4 among us 8 no do no, know several
- iuFt1nces vi'hlu l!e.T acquaintance. =
linen the Native qgssaaa Alna.-.--..:s'sa.,
two or three thousand 10 eur standard who
ucycr before voted lot a Wing. We know
thll there were very maay mechanics AMI
sttlsts Quot Natives Who voted for Nh,
Gay 90 the Taud qgcs Iau, wEo were ncy
or btio'e Wings. Anu yet our returns
show a majority IN ihs ctty of 1000 against
Mr.. Clay and $500 agsiast Mr.. FdImoro,
although Gen. Harrison luuder q tesistty
Iaa) was beaten less lhau ore thousand il
our city. n sane uan can doubt thnt fur
every charge hero from Harrison to Palk
thcte was at least 10 GEO from Van Ru.
rem TO Clay. And set Van Bu,cn's mu
jnuty lsnearIy doubted agoius Clay Wide
the poll (as uil 10 1910 as could bel is IN
creased l2000, or reaty one lousth.--
These lac.s combine 10 s.ov that b. Illegal
aud double voters thclo we're several thou.
sands Of false votes cast against us-cuough
pro! ably 20 reverse the State. We Ieleye
that ia the State Concluding those illegally
natural god there were al least 10000 q.
legal votes og1ius, Mr. Cay aud cot 200O
for hlm. rs lhese he is beaIen.
, lie is beaten by cnnccuifa'lon and
increase of the naiuratzd vote 10 resist
Native Americnuism. Tie " NatiYe "
movement, though originally Locufnco,
obtaln'd more couulcuance aud sympathy
from Wings than from Locoincos. The
difference was mrgn,fcd and distorted by
the arts Of inscriptions domsgogues, aud
nearly oil tie na'uR'lxed votc-almost
quite all that Of the Catholic saS ,hrosn
agans, htm-rrobably 5000 trfuod from
us, shile as many more ~eTe ta'uralz cd
Tor Ibis election expressly 10 resist ns',yism.
Our gam on this grouad was local snd
light; our pss Vas universal and heavy
" c lorcsaw THE, bot could not prevent II.
3, Abolition has done IL worst with U.s.
# Is easy To say, Pounsy wanna has done
within seven THOUSAND Of AS well asin ! $40
II New York had not done worse, the State
would have been saved" All but the
{" Liberty vote Of penusy lyanin is some
three or four thousand that Of New lo'k
IL some ten to fi1ccn ,houaand-uine teu.hs
of It taken from the Wings. II vas not
merely the vote or tue AboltlirrIs;s that
hurt u.-iheir desperate efIrts we're fell
in dcfaming Mr.. Clay and confusing the
public mind with regard to Texas. Their
ssurancc made thousands believe that Clay
vas as much an Aunexaloniil as Polk
I hat finished Us.
At the same iiue that VIC publish this
list, [shovng that by possibility Mr.. Clay
may yet be elected, ne must say, 10 SATISFY
our own convictions of right, tina, We have
not a hope Ien. How can We hsve7 II.
votes to break down tho Ia
ri, can We nationally expect Georgia and
Mississippi to sustain III IL Maine and
Ncs York vote to adopt the public debt,
the war, and the slavery Of Texas, can we
expect Tennessee and louisiana 20 inter
pose a vote We cannot No, Wings
Nc arc beaten in this conlost--or rather,
aur candidate has been sandered down by
mraerc malotilics in this Safe and Penn
sylvaun. On all the main issues involved
in the late tremendous contest, The People
arc Nilh Us; bat very small majority have
been induced 10 vote for Polk or nirney by
bn most atrocicus falsehoods respecting
Nc GAYS vote for Adams, has couneSion
y IA the Ciley duel, and hts character and !
he generally. Bot, desperately MS all the
ats Of detraction were piled by mnIiRniiy,
gs.caald not have becu beaten had Dot our /
npponcnis played false WITH themselves and |
he people on the Tatn and Texas qucs |
ions, winning the South by unqualified |
1dvocy of Free Trade and AoucSatiou, |
While at the North they shitked both is |
sues, confined ,hemsclses mOinly to attacks !
m ccrtan details of the present faritl, aud |
lsayowed by the nomlul'Ion Of Slas |
" right and non commual on Texas, the |
ssue OF immediate annexation. The noml |
lal victory Of our opponents, won by false
nrelences and fraudulent voting, wal yet
prove their ruin. Ia the grea, contest from !
which we arc emerging there have been
truths commended to the general under.
standing, impressions made on the moral
sense Of the American people, which will
yet vindicate themselves aud discomit our