The Whig standard., 1844-11-11
HONOR THE TRUE 1,

tnat or the wings OF our otate at the recent elec-
ton The poll is enormous, and such as could
not have been made unless every nerve had been
strained by both parties. The struggle was be-
tween the friends and the enemies of HENRY
CLAY--of the man. his principles, and the great
measures of national beneficence with which his
name and fame are nseparably blended--and no
other man living has so many and such friends !;
no other has so many or such deadly adversaries.
His friends are defeated, but most fouy. Black
ehed by ISLANDERS as his character has been, we
could have surely trumphed over these. There
is noble tribute to the man implied in the fact
that, while our great leader has been DETAINED as
no other man was ever defamed-has been con-
stantly held up to the people as debauchee,
gambler. blasphemer, virtual murderer, &C., &C..
HE ALMOST EVERYWHERE RUNS AT THE HEAD OF
HIS TICKET! Yes, traduced as Henry Clay has
been through the Canvass, he has polled not only
the votes given to the other Wing candidates, but
many more. AS many as two thousand Locofo-
cos have broken over the party lines, and voted
for Henry Clay, while hundreds of others, now
that the fierce spirit of the contest is over, have
been heard to express openly their admiration for
Mr.. Clay, their sympathy (Which he is not the
man to needy for his misfortune, and their alarm
in view of the future which their victory lays open
to view. In the hot chase they needed not the
object Of their pursuit. now they stand gazing
in awe on the majesty of the yictlm-hunted
down, but unsubdued, and in death still turning
on his destroyers the calm, proud gaze of con-
querer Their common remark, Z" | feel sorry for
Mr.. Clay" will only excite smile from him, but
it is honorable to them. What wonder that Bit
ter burning tears have been wrenched from the
eyes of sternest manhood by this national ca
amity?
Mr.. Clay is defeated, not the principles of Mr..
Clay, nor even the man fairly. He falls sacri-
flee to conjunction of adverse influences such
as never before combined against any man.
|. He is beaten by the most extensive frauds
on the Elective Franchise ever practsed in the
world. Here in our city they were more enor-
nous than they can have been elsewhere, though
they were not confined to this locality. All
around us were men who never before voted for
Wing candidate, but who resolved to vote, and
did vote, for Mr.. Clay. There can be few Wings
among us who do not know several such instan-
ces within their acquaintance. Then the " Ma
tive" question brought some two or three thou
sand to our standard who never before voted for
Whig. We know that there were very many
mechanics and artisans (not Natives") who
voted for Mr.. Clay on the tariff question, who
were never before Whiga And yet our official
returns show majority in this city of sixteen
hundred against Mr.. Clay and thirty five hundred
dgalIlsL lllHICEe, dlLuUupu HeHtIdl
(under Registry Law was beaten less than one
that for every change here from Harrison to Polk
there were at least ten changes from Van Buren
to Clay. And yet Van Buren's majority is near
ly doubled against Clay while the poll las full
in 1s40 as could be) is increased twelve thousand,
Cor nearly fourth) These facts combine to
show that by illegal and double voters there were
several thousands of false votes cast against US
enough, probably to reverse the State. We be-
licve that in the State, (ncluding those illegally
naturalized,) there were at least ten thousand
illegal votes against Mr.. Clay and not two thou
sand for him. BY these he is beaten
2. He is beaten by concentration and in
crease Of the Naturazed vote to resist Native
Americanism. The "Native" movement, though
originally Locofoco, obtained more countenance
and sympathy from Wings than from Locofocos
The difference was magniied and distorted by
the arts OF unscrupulous demagogues, and nearly
all the Naturalized vote-almos quite all that of
the Catholic-Was thrown against hm-probably
five thousand turned from us, while as many more
were naturaized for this election expressly to re-
sist Natlvism. Our gain on this ground was To-
cal and light; our loss was universal and heavy.
We forcsaw this but could not prevent it.
2. Abolition has done its worst with us. 1t is
easy to say, Pennsylvania has done within seven
thousand of well as in 1910. If New York
had not done worse, the State would have been
saved" All! but the Liberty" vote of Penn
syvania is some three or four thousands that of
New York Is some ten to fifteen thousand-pos-
| sbly twenty thousand--nne- e-tenhs of it taken
from the Wings. 1t was not merely the vote of
the Abolitionists that hurt us-their desperate
| effects were felt in defaming Mr.. Clay and con-
fusing the public mind with regard to Texas.
Their assurance made thousands believe that
Clay was as much an Annexationist as Polk.
| That finished us.
a. The horrible news poured in upon us from
Pennsylvania-the last time just In season to
spread like pail over the State on the day be-
fore and day Of Election--was hard to bear up
under. Our tried veterans did it nobly-many
redoubled their exertions i'll consequence--but
the tmid lost heart the stoutest felt that our case
was critical, and the mercenary skulked over 10
our opponents We believe the Native" vote
for Clay in our city alone was reduced at least a
thousand by the Pennsylvania news.
But we commenced to say word of the