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

feign Yotes-the cheicc ofa majority OF the Amer.
lean people of a distinguished and favorite
American patriot, for the high Office of Presi-
dent has probably been defeated by foreign 70.
les. Not by the votes Of adopted citizens, claims
ing the name and exercising the rights of Amer
lean citizens, bur by Germans, English, Irish
and French, retaining the distinctive names Of
the countries they had abandoned, or from which
they were expelled, who have scorned our name
trampIed on our fag ,and reviled our institutions
We wish il distinctly understood that, the adopt
ed citizens who becomes an American in SEN
timent and conduct, we have no feeling but
that of respect; we only know him as an Amer
lean. II is the foreigner who retains his origi-
nal name, which he has sworn TO renounce, and
who c~onspires with others as foreigners, against
Americans and American interests, that we de-
nounce as our enemies.
IF Henry CLAY had been less and American.
he might now have been the President elect of
the United States; if he had not preferred bis
own country to Texas; if he had not been the
champion Of American industry, he might have
on his way to that office which Is supposed to
be given by the American people to their most
favorite son; but an regard to which, We now
see, with shame and indignation, that the viii
of tn people is p~aralysed by q maligu foreign
influence. (which is Preying on the vitals OF our
country, and which, if not extirpated. must
sooner or later destroy our liberties.
From the New York American.
There are some considerations connected with
: the scenes through WHICH We nave JUST passed
o that we desire 10 presentt TO our readefs-whiie the
events which suggest them are yet fresh in the
I minds of all.
, Foremost among these is the contrast of the
i manner in which the contest has been conduct
cd.
: On the side of the Wings, there has been an
= entire abstenance from personalities in respect
d Of the copdidates- their public acts only have
g been canvassed, their private habits and tastes
{ have not been dragged into the columns tnews-
papers. Their ingoings and their ontgoIngs.
/: their travels abroad, or their doings and sayings
e a. home, have not been watched and chronicled
g by duty pimps, spies and party scavengers; the
d gossip of maiace or is sheer Inventions have
been rejected from the Wing aruaory as entirely
I beneath the dignity OF their cause.
3 Far otherw lse has it been with our opponents.
e They have spared ne ither the hearth stone ,
n around which gather the family and friends OF
our candidates-not the altar at which they w0r-
RS ship-but violating alike the sancticity OF the
one and the other, they have enieavored to
present both Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Frelinghuysen
under the most edious aspects TO the country
he the one as q profane proilgate; the other as q
a. sanctimonious hypocrite. When reverend cier-
N gyinen. called from their retirement 10 bear wit
ness TO the character OF their p~arishonc rs. have
ur spoken the truth mildly and calmly, they have
ID been assaulted with oil the 6erceness Of jacobin-
~ ism, an d made TO suffer so Tar as purity can tuf-
up fer from calnmny, the penalty of mot beating
10 false witness against their uelghbor."
a UOkn6E mhEht uS uiSlthCttouh otCH ih W
u uniform and frank statement in all paris of the
" country oil the issues upon which the Whigs
of went to the people, and the studied classification,
III according to the degree OF latitude, by their OPP
to D nents, of the issues which they maintained
n, We do not mean TO go over the beaten ground
TO- OF particularizing allthese difference. tits sui
ch hcient for the proof to cite the cases of til tarifi
rs, and Texas. la the south Polk was sup2ortsd.as
rk he was nenlin alsd. for his opposition TO protec,
at ton, and for his pledge in favor ~efimmediat,
he anne ration. In Pennsylvania, IN New Jersey
OF and IN New York. the Polk bauner was InscrIb
ed with projections; aud the grcat tariff State oil
A Pennsylvania was LIED into his support upon tha
ground.
Id So of Texas. Tie Evening Post here denied
LIE that Texas annexation was one Of ths issues
10 knowing the while that il alone made AIR. Polk
W. and ME- DALLAS the candidates of its part /. and
ier thus the men OF tender conscience abeutsiavcrl
ECU who affect that most dishonest paper, and tloss
ey 10 whom an open violation OF tho National faith
ms would be distasieiul, found, in this denial OF
eir feigned, an excuse supporting Mr.. Polk with al
he his commitments for slavery aud Texas.
a AuoIher remarkable and hideous feature, il
ia this city particularly, was organization Of brut.
INS force, To overawe tie electiois. Tue fact ut
suuch a club as the Empire club, being takeI
ed into the pay. aud employed to do the b~ildding,o
ay a party protesting respect ferthe intelii gence 0
an the people, aud regard for the elective iranchis
ei- is oil itself one that imparts TO the struggle Jus
past a new aad fatattendeucy.
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