Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-09-19

Prospects IN Michnsdm-NO. -
On what ground or authority we ask.
do the Locofocos of Michigan. claim the
State for Polk, Free Trade, Texas and
the Sublreas6ry? The only ground for an
aft rmative answer 10 This question, that
~eknow of, rs lncofoco impudence. The
best demonstration other strength and
numbers that has vet been given shows,
that they were last fall ininas more than
1900 votes or d comparison with the
wing numbers in 1910, and in the face of
all the lying and boassipg of the Free
Press and its allies, we can name five
voters that have left The ranks of locofO.
coism and rallied under the standard Of
protection TO American labor, where one
can BE fonnd that has left the wing ranks
to support and encourage foreign pauper
labor to the prejudice and injury of our
own. 1t is true, if the presses of the To-
co party are TO be credited, that the wings
have been f1ocking by thousands To- the
Tory standard Of Locofocolsrn: and just
before the election in Indiana, the Free
Press would have it, that the deserters
had been by almost entire towns aud coun-
ties; and a stranger to the character OF
that paper would have been led TO believe
! from perasal of it, that il was of all
things the most preposterous, for the wing
party to think Of carrying that state land
since the fact could no longer be conceal
ed that We have a majority of TEN in
The legislature OIL joint ballot, it has been
anu sing. or rather trying TO delude its rea
ders, by endeavoring to make figures lie,
so as 10 work out a majority of The pop
ular vote lis favor, and in this it turns on,
that il has been no less unfortunate, as
the official returns show whig majority
of more than 1000 votes. 1t is by such
gascorading and lying alone, that the or
gans of locofocoism, hope to deceive the
public. keep up the responding spirits OF
their party and break down wbig ma
joriiy of not less than 5000 in this state.
The town of Ypsilanii as well as the coun.
ly Of Washtenaw affords perfect sam
pie Of the foundation for IocOfoco boastIng
With ITO wing majority in this town
in 1910. the locos have been allowed
from that time until last Spring, 10 elect
nearly all of the town officers. This re-
suit had encouraged The belief that it was
| the substantial effect of lncofoco a.
bility, instead of wing indifference: and
when al The last Spring election the
wings made a move preparatory to the
approaching struggle, the idea of clean
wing sweep, was secuted as absurd and
ridiculous.
The opening of the ballot box howev-
er cured the Iocofoco deIusIon, by show
ing the election of the entire wing ticket
by SO average majority, and will as cer-
tainly as the next election comes, show
a result that will moi be dlscredited by be-
ing compared with that Of 1910. So it
is in the whole county, while the Iocofo-
CO spoils hunters, and their hired and
drilled cohorts. are always on hand, TO
grab for any official crumb however ,ri-
fling, their vote on every OCCASION, great
or small always exhibiting nearly their
whole strenglh--ihe wing vote in the
mean time falling down from 25l4 the
vote of 40, to 1854 as in '43. And such
has bnen The case throughout the state.
An examination of all the larger counties
in the state for the last four years proves
the view we have here taken, 70 be true
10 the letter.
The facts above stated, afford every
| ground to warrant wing victory 10
Michigan that the most ardent friend o.
the cause can desire. The inducements
TO vigorous action. were never greater
than on the present occasion. What we
ask is the true state of the case as it now
presents itself.
On the one hand we see desperate
swarm of politicians by trade, who have
lived by official plumber and whose past
history may be read ia the wreck and
wretchedness that oversp.ead the country
in 1910; determined by fraud, violence,
or any other desperate means. to repos-
sess themselves of that power they so
grossly abused, (and from which they
were Indignantly and disgracefuIly hurI-
ed by an abused and insulted people
whose suferings could be no longer en-
dured.) And that too, with nothing TO
recommend them. or sustain their pre-
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