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sts) may have voted for the Democratic nomi- /
nees' their votes were given, not because they |
were Aooiitionists, but In despite Of their being
such, on well-founded convictions Of tho grea,
uuths OF the Democratic creed aud Of the wisdom |
anu justice OF their proposed adninistration-I
The great mass Of the aboli,ionists as will doubt
less be seen by the official returns have (perhaps
WIN the exception Of Ohio and Indiana, where,
under The influence of the infamous Brney Roor-
PACK, they allied themselves with the Whius)
maintained their separate organization, and voted
LOT their own independent candidates."
NOW here wo have pretty full development of
the Locofoco game, sought to be played out by
the Coalition with Birney-that is, to carry over
the Democratic portion of the Aboli,ionists to
Polk and make the Wing portion of them, as the
most they could do, held off, and not vote for
Clay The great of the Abolitonis,s,
that is, as we contend, the Wing Abolitonists,1
1t seems from the Enquirer, excep, in Ohio and
Indiana, maintained their separate organization,
and voted for their own independent candidates
In those States, ('where under the influence Of
the Infamous "Brney Roorback," as it saws,
wonder whether the Enquirer has ever told its
leaders that the Rooback was forgery pe!petra-
ted by Locofoco otlice-holder!] "they allied
themselves with the Whigs," as is shown by let
ters published la its own columns from Ohio,) the
Wing Abolitionists understanding the trick, turn
ed their backs upon its authors and voted for Clay,
while the Democratic portion of them, to some
extent, refused to vote for Polk thus reversing
their own game upon them.
/ The following extract of letter to the editors
Of the National Intelligencer, from Rochester,
New York. shews how the thing was managed in
that State:
In 1929 Mr.. Van Buren, was elected Governor
by plurality of votes in the following manner:
a number OF his friends held an nti-Masonic
meeting at Albany, at which several prominent
Van Buren, office-holders took an active part, and
succeeded in getting Solomon Southwck nomi-
mated as third candidate for Governor, by which
means they drew off thirty thousand votes from
Judge Thompson, and secured the election Of
| Van Buren,. similar trick was played of at
this election with equal success. The Abolition
lists, standing in need of more efficient leaders,
several prominent Locoiocos espoused their cause,
and eXerted themselves might and main to keep
inc party together, and when they had done their
J DIRTY work, with one exception, l am informed
| they voted for Mr.. Polk. met yesterday one Of
these consistent gentlemen who had made him
self peculiarly conspicuous as an Abolilionist.
asked him how he liked the result. every
much" he replied; "Birney my first choice
| and, If he could not be elected, Mr. Polk was nv
next choice" But even these s'helps" were not
considered sufficient, and James G.. Birney was
brought forward to stump the State and declare
his preference for Polk. And when all the facts
become known, doubt not that the pretended
J Genesee County Democrat Extra, containing the
forged letter of Birney 30 Garland, will, like the
hoorback forgery, prove to have had Locofoco
origin; which pretended Extra being sent by the
regular mails to all the Wing papers in the coun-
try, was published without suspicion, but still its
! statements were so Improbable that it could not
deceive an Abolitionist; yet it had the desired
| effect in determining the wavering Aboitionisls
and OF enlsting their sympatkies very warmly in
favor of "Birney the just" "who was an abused
man."
AS 10 the Enluirer's vaunt that the Abolition
lists very well knew the "Democratic party were
utterly opposed to all their fanatic views and
mad designs, and were the ayowed advocates of
"a great measure, with the express view (among
many Others OF national character) to the per-
"petuity and security of Southern slaveholding
. insiltutIons"---it must appear rather farccal
those who remember the EnGuirsr's course in its
hfst introduction into its columns of the great
question of Texas annexation! Then numerous
letters from the North were published by it to
show that anti-s.avery men there approved of the
project, on the ground that it would be means of
ultimately Kidding our country Of slavery, and of
amaigamating that portion of our population with
the neighboring MeXicans, who had none of our
PreJndlces against caste and color! Now what
was this for, if was not to propitiate the Adolf
tionists The South, it is very well known,
went for annexation on directly opposite princi-
pies 1t is in vain therefore for the Enquirer to
attempt to disguise the fact that it, and its party
did think the Abolition vote was worth counting,
and that 1t was courted, in the manner stated, in
the recent contest.