The New York herald., 1844-10-18
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PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION!
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FROM THE
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Manifesto OF the Whigs.
from the Daily Tribune


To WHIGs AyAR This is the last paper which
will reach some thousands OF our subscribers be-
fore the great contest is decided, and Henry Clay
or James X. Polk elected President OF the United
States. Allow US to address few words to you,
then, brethren in the whlg cause We entreat
you, by every consideration dear TO FreemAn, TO
l. Be sure that every whig vote in your Iotcn Is
poLed tor Electors OF President Do not trouble
Yourself too much about other counties and States;
do not run off to distant Conventions and Mass
Meetings; but take care OF things right at home,
and trust your brethren elsewhere to do likewise.
Do not ask whether your State is certain or
doubtful; we want all the whig votes for Henry
Clay. II you live in State as safe as Vermont or
as dark as South Carolina, just do your whole duty
and trust consequences to the disposer Of events
It Is not enough that we barely elect Mr. Clay; we
popular vote OF the Union, and TO do this every
whig vote must come out. vote in Alabama
will count just as much toward the aggregate as
one in New York.
be stormy-lhere may be a driving, binding snow
storm in some sections, and a northeast rain in
others; this must not reduce the whg vote-if you
are prepared for it, it ,OiN not. But you must be
ready, know where the carriages are to be had.
and who is to bring to the polls each remote voter
who has no conveyance of his own. Arrange this
at once, and be sure that the men appointed be
relied upon.
likely have news just the of election that Mr.
Clay dead, has done horrible thing that the
0n0nu0ne0
nothing Incredible nothing too mons ous to be fa
bricasd by portion Of ,our adversaries The vii aims
who persist in assuring the people OF Pennsy vana
that Polk is friendly to the tariff any
protective tariff will not hesitate to forge MIR Clay's
name to any document which might seem calculated to
subserve their nefari0us purposes
You have organized, trust, the whig party in
your township and precinct you have supplied every
man Of both parties who will read with whig documents
the great questions OF the day. Now will you just
that t0ui used to deprive the whig
votes that fairly belong it7 II s against US
posed who would vote for Mr. Clay if the Tariff and
Texas Questions were clearly set before them. Thou
sands now supporting Polk in the full belief that he
will not attempt to destroy the tariff to Texas
at the heard Of with Mexico Press the facts home
on their understandings their consciences and they
WILL not vote for Clay withhold their votes from
Polk Will you each try to impress one candid consci
entious neighbor with such truths
g. Be on Ae wafch fer secret lies wherever naturaz-
ed citizen is whg he will be special mark for ocofoco
deception and wile Such were told in lS40 that il Gen
Harrison should be elected they would all be
Catholic churches in Philadelphia the wings have
adopted the native principle Of requiring twenty
years residence before Of all who
shall hereafter come into the country, &c &C. To igno
rant the tariff will be grossly beed and maligned
secret whispers Are you ready for all such devices
Be devote the day before election to making
the preparations for the contest See every man in
your neghborhood know that he has been secretly
tampered with and dsafected- that he will
the polls early the evenfu morning, and has the
means Of getting there Do not lay your head pillow
that night until every thing is ready.
Wing resder do not understand speaking to sons
one else-to some esquire or captain, or head manwe
mean you: Can you not afford few days to your
uyi They may save you and your children peril suffer
ing taxation to sustain unjust aggressive warhey may
you yeas of prosperity Oh be not unfahful to
the cause Of true freedom Of liberty guarded by law-o
genuine national honor and national well being!
The October Elections hspe been so decsps as ee,
party erpected The four States claimed by both parties
haze siu.n indecsue majo'es Ohio and Neo Jersey
gone clearly whg. yet apathy and inaenon might los.
either Of them Pennsyraia has giuen Just about as much
against US as IN the State election Of ls4s and mey Be