The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-10-07


growing out of the natural increase OF popula-
uon This sweeps away at once all the imputa-
tions put forth by the wing committee Of Mary
land, that there could have been any material num-
Der of fraudulent votes taken either in Baltimore,
or any other part of Maryland. No doubt at every
election, there taken small number OF voters not
entitled to exercise the right offranchise, and few
who attempt to repeat their votes, but they very
seldom materially affect the result, or change il
from what the legal voters make it, In the present
case, we understand that of those who have been
arrested in Baltimore charge of illegal vorsae,
the greater number voted the wing ticket. Be this
as 1t may, 1t is very evident that the recent cleo
ton IN Maryland, has been conducted on as honora-
bic principles OF fairness as any of our elections,
and as strictly, as can be expected in the pre-
sent moral condition of this country and of the
world. II Is, therefore, highly culpable in any
wing committee, or any democratic committee, to
raise the cry of "iraud," "illegal voting" cor
rapton OF the balotbox," against their opponents
thus giving the handle to the enemies of republican
institutions in other lands to quote one party the
community as witness against the other, in
order to defame the principles and progress of de-
mocratc government.
The result in Maryland let the wings boast Of it
as much as they please, is victory to be sure but
II Is such victory as betokens no good for their
cause next month, unless they conduct the canvass
very differently for the future. They have lost in
four years over four thousand votes. We have re-
ected ia this comparison the years Al, AZ, and '43
because in all these State elections, the full vote
was never brought out, and the only just CON-
parison that can be made must be made between
the great Presidential contest oil 1910, and pre-
sent one, which is almost equal to it in point of
excitement. The result then is meagre victory
for the wl.igs-"a victory" which may be likened
to the victory which King Pyrhus gained over
Fabricius and the Romans, whose value he very
properly described, when he said" Another such
victory will be the defeat of Pyrrhus himself!'
1t is very evident, therefore, from fair, accu-
rate, a nd philosophical view OF the recent results
in Maine and Delaware, even granting Delaware
to have gone for the Whigs-and now in Mary
land, that the tide Of popular feeling is flowing in
against Mr.. Clay. In order to show this at once,
andlin the briefest possible space, present the
following analysis of the votes in the States
Of Maine and Maryland:-
ANALYSIS OF THE PorvIAR yoTE' !. MA,sE AND MARY
w,, - Mein ts'' Ms,y.sra Maias s'. Maryland.
s ssss ssass ssss s asss
Abolition vote, "a 6,i92
Numbs Electors Il 49,. sv e. ss,ma,. 'ss's o
OF Gales and Seaton,.. 100000 1920
Persons not voting in 1874, ..... ..... 1867 1880
There can be mistake in these statements.
They are from the highest authorities, and they
present the whole and position of the two par
ties in these States, and probably afford toerably
accurate indication of their relative position
throughout the Union. What has brought about
this extraordinary change in the prospects Of the
two candidates, Polk and Clay, during the last six
months In May the two parties commenced
the contest-the Wings with most bril-.
liant prospects of carrying Mr.. Clay into
the Presidency with the greatest in the world,
and the Democrats with the most gloomy fore
bodings of total rout and defeat But now,
Judging from all the indications before us-from
the recent electons-from the position of the two
parties--from the mass meetings-from the spirit
and enthusiasm Of both sides-it does appear very
evident that unless something be done very speed
lily to retrieve the fortunes of Mr.. Clay, his cause
IS lost beyond redemption. What singular result
in SO brief space of time Who is Mr.. Polk?
very honest amiable, moral, well-meaniDg, OBJ
scure man In Tennessee. A man who never had
any preenslons to great talent great statesman
shp-very little known beyond the limits of his
own State and the District of Columbia-possesse
OF none OF those shining qualities, or attractive
personal associations which belong to Mr.. Clay.
Mr.. Polk is man who, if elected to the Presden-
cy, must, as matter of course, fall into the hands
OF some one of the various cligues-the Van Buren,,
or the Calhoun, or the Cass diques-which Twill
contend for empire Not so would il be in case
of Mr. Clay's return He has sufficient strength of
character and knowledge of human nature to
be himself the President. And yet notwithstand.
ing all this, Mr. Clays chances appear to be alto
gether gone, unless something be done to save him.
This unfortunate result is beginning to be un-
derstood 1t has been brought about by Mr.. Clay's
ndscreet and selfish, land ignorant friends in every
State.
Look, for instance, at Maryland. We there see
Reverdy Johnson, John p. Kennedy, and all the
other foolish, indscreet, and ignorant leaders of
the wings, making Issues on abstract questions and
impracticable theories, which never reached the
minds Of the people. They have cried out "tarif''
-" tariff" Texas" Texas''-" protection
"protection - and more nonsense never has
been perpetrated by any class of orators
than by these wing orators on these subjects.
The democrats have turned every one OF
those Issues against them. They have shown
that the tariff it exists increases the profits
Of the manufacturers over those Of any previous
years, but that the poor farmers and planters get
less for their produce than ever they did before
On the question of Texas the same thing has re-
suited. What country-what people ever refus-
ed to annex to their dominions another and
neghboring fertile territory 1t is human
nature. And let whig politicians, with Mr.
Webster at their head, talk as much as they
please about the balance Of power between the
North and the South, the great mass of the Amer-
can people never will refuse to annex any splendid
territory, be it Texas, or Oregon, or Canada, or
even Mexico itself, let the balance of power in the
States be what it may, and let the annexation
bring many wars it may It was this in
snctve impulse Of the oman people which led