Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-11-21
From the Tribune.

Honor THE True There never was better
fought battle than that of the Wings of our Slate
DIT 'he recent election. The poll is enormous, and
such as could not have been made unless everv
nerve mad been strained by both parties. The
Struggle was between the friends and the enemies
vi Hehfy Clay-ot the man, his principles, and
the great measures of national beneficence with
winch his name and fame are insepaTably blended
-and no other man living has so many and such
friends; no other has so MANY or such deadly adj.
gerSafies. His friends defeated, but most
iouily. Blackened by ISLANDERS as his character
mas been. we could have surely triumphed over
tnese. There is noble tribute to the man i'm
pied In the fact, that while our great leader has
Deen detained as no other man was ever DETAINED
mas Deen constantly held up to the People as
oeoanchee, gambler, blasphemer, virtual murde-
1eI' &C., HE ALMOST EVERY WHERE RUNS AT THE
HEAD OF HIS TICKET! Yes, traduced as Henry
Clay has been through the canvass he has poled
not only the votes given to the other Wing candi-
oa'es, out many more. AS many as two thou
SAND Locofocos have broken over the party lines
anu Voteo Tor Henry Clay, while hundreds of
otheis now That the fierce spirit of the contest is
over nave been heard TO express openly their adj
!hiration Tor Mr. Clay, their sympathy (Which he
is not The man to need for his misfortune, and
Iheir alarm In view of the future which their VIC
Tory rays open to view. In the hot chase they
neeueu NOT inc OBJECT OF their pursuit; now they
slahd gazing In awe on the majesty of the VIC
tl!n-hnnted down, but unsubdued, and in death
SUI turning on his destroyers the calm proud
gaze OF coBqueror. Their common remark 81
JeeI sorry for Mr. Clay will only excite smile
from HIN, but it is honorable to them. What
wonder that bitter, burning tears have been
wienched from the eyes of sternest manhood by
this national calamity?
MI. clay is defeated--not the principles of Mr.
Gay nor even the man fairly. He falls sacri-
nee 10 a conjunction Of adverse influences such as
never before combined against any man.
1. He is beaten by the most extensive f,auds on
the elective franchise ever prac,ised in the world
Here in our city they were more enormous than
they can have been elsewhere, though tiey were
not confined TO this locality. All around us were
men who never before voted for Whip candi-
GATE, but who resolved 20 vote and did vote for
Mr.. Clay. There can be few Wings among us
VINO do not know several such instances within
,heir acguaintanc. Then the "Native" question
Drought some two or three thousand to our stand
arc VINO never before voted for a Wing. We
hno" sna' mere were many mechanics and artisans,
tncc- 'Natives who voted for Mr.. Clay on the
tdr'n question, who were never before Wigs
Aho yer our Official returns show majority in
this city Of sixteen hundred aoainst Mr.. 1!Iav
ana thiriy-iive hundred against Mr.. Fillmore, al
thongh Genr Harrison (under renistry law) was
oodten less than one thousand in orr city No
sane man can doubt that for every CHANCE here
from Harrison to Polk there were At least Ion
changes from Van Buren, to Clay. And vet Van
buien's majority is nearly doubled against Clav
while the poll las foil in 1910 as could be) is in.
creased twelve thousand, or nearly fourth.
nese facts combine to show that bv illeoaI and
double voters there were several thousands ~
iaise votes cast against us--enough probably 10
reverse me state. We belive that in the State
QnoIuding those illegally natIralzcd) there were