Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-01-25
SPEECH OF Mr.. CLINGMAN OF N. CAROLINA
on THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 4

shin moored tho Brooklyn wharf, and IL had been
arranged that the board Of her shore
Brooklyn District; aud their votes, received BY him.
would have been Sufficient to elect him. But on the morn
ing OF the election by singular freak VI that legcrde
main which practced extensive scale that day.
these body spirited the river into the
city. and voted mostly the 7,h Ward. but partly in the
9Th and lth for the democratic member there. mean
the only OF the present city delegation returned, Mr..
| Maclsy.) These Just enough him.
Now, have doubt but that the gentleman from Brook
Ign, (Mr. Murphy though he overthrown by having
the staff which he about TO lean thus suddenly
jerked from under him. by brother Democrat has public
spirit and party devotion enough to be quite well salts
ned by result which gives the party q member ~ II
ne had been himself the successful individual But the oh
lect had view sir abiding this incident, 10
what the standard Of morals il respects
the members themselves. What is their mode Of dealing
with Wings. understand very well; but had supposed
according the old proverb that its members there
horo every profession. Will not some engh
ton the country TO this part Of their codei n
Sir. remember that when the Wings were in power
they passed registry law that would have prevented most
Of these frauds, bu, repealed by the De-
mocstic party and the fruits Of that repeal From
the best information obtain, am fully satisfied that
under the existing laws provided by tue Democratic party
o that State frauds enough be pcrpcated IN the city
alone determine the OF that great Saic-n fact
the result Of the Presidential election; for IL will
perhaps generally DO close enough for its thirty six cccio
| ral votes decide the matter
But II in The city alone that these things
DONE Similar frauds pacised Mt Albany, by voters
some OF whom were carried from Philadelphia, II Is
said Even the there facts which urnlsn
strong evidence OF illegal voting should like for the gen
cman Mr. Preston King who sspesens the district in
which ST Lawrence, MIR Wrighrs county, thnk,) to
inform us how it happened that that county sixteen
hundred and twenty than Il did at any
preceding ecconl The Wing vote is stronger than it
when carried the county, and beaten by
about fifteen hundred How comes il that that county has
given nearly two thousand more votes than with about
| the populatonl
IL is charged and believed by the Wings that number
of persons who had already voted elsewhere
lin lntp that ind
and that similar fraud practised in Jefferson, ad
joining county Our friends believe that those
counties there given thirteen hundred illegal
| votes in that way That the State of New York
Henry Clay majority OF her legal votes cannot be doubt
ed. Similar frauds praesed in the State of Penn
sylvana, with the like result could show had time
to 20 the details We lost Louisiana in the way
AT the precinct in the parish of Paquemnes there
given eleven hundred votes being seven hundred
than given before election; larger,
believe, than who'll population the last census nclu
ding women and children. This is Extraordinary
require explanation. IL this excess OF ab
the usual amount illegal, have doubt they
WERE then their exclusion cay nothing Of frauds
med elsewhere, would have given Mr.. Clay the OF
that State Even IN Georgia have strong be-
lieve that defeated by fraud. In that State,
understand that voers under sixty of BY law
poll all that agc who possess property like
wise obliged TO tina; the books kept and
returned would give all the except the paupes above
sixty. Taking these books guide there 1924
than there appear be But the
shows that the number of males above little
more than three cent populauon. Deductlng
four per cent for these, there would s remain 500
hat be accounted for Most of this
IN the Democratic counties A. an example, will read
extract from highly respectable journal published in
| that State-the Mlledgevlc Journal:
"MoRE FACTS CONNECTED With TIE AsovE-The coun.
ties OF Forsyth, Lumpkn, Habersham, and franklin
all nearly in liue connected with each other Haber-
sham Joins franklin, Lumpkin Joins abersham, and For
yth Joins Lumpkin These tour counties the Comp
roer Generals Office $3.50 voters. Add 10 this four per
(which large estimate for sixty years
nhuDf labl To he h,t
and would be 203 At the late election these
same counties gave Mr.. Polk 40l4. and Mr. CLAY sell
IN all 5,s35 votes, and majority for Polk of 93. De
duct from the aggregate OF 1885, the number of
returned The taSbook. aud age, and il
will be that there 1852 of which
is or be given, and WHO
Bullet pursue this line little further. Madison and Ell
bert Join Franklin, Lincoln Ebert, and Columbia Joins
Lincoln These four countries return 10 the Comptroller
Generals ottce 2,9S6 VOTERS Add 10 this above four
cent for age and there would be los
AT the late elections these countries Me- Clay
2,l24 and Mr.. Polk 999-n oil 1913 voters and MAORI.
for Clay Of las. Take the returned by the Tax
Receiver with the per for Co. and the
given, and will be that while the first four
have given two thousand six hundred and thirty
than be accounted for by the information
and estimate the last four have ouy given eighteen
they oaiiiled Ebert county, which gave sl3
Of ,l25 maJnf for Clay and which gave the largest
majority o any county the State, voted only thirty seven
Than returned the book add the per
Tor age and it will be thai voted five
| than she entitled to.
"Thc last counties Wing Counties; the first
Democratic; which makes the iarest showug1 No
hesilate in his Neither shall TO say
that, opinnn, HENRy CLAY received msjoriy
| Of the les al votes OF the State OF Georgia"
II this result produced 10y the voting under
or other frauds in the Democratic counties. sufficient
without looking any further to account for defeat in
that Staefor the majority against only thousand
The four States OF New, Y ok, Pennsylvania Louisiana,
and Georgia give eighty eight electoral Add Mr.
Cays Of one hundred and five, aud he would
hundred and ninety three votes while James Polk would
be left with only eghytwO 1t IS strange therefore,
that opponents should appear moderate after the
victory IL is not strange that they should not rejoice.
No wonder &c them seem astounded 81 the result.
| Too many of them know by what this result was
achieved. Did Macbeth rejoice when he looked the
and scepre OF the murdered Duncanl They looked
| 10 the past with PAIN to the future with dread
This examination Mr.. Speaker brings irressiibly
the conclusion, merely that the Wing of pc.
Icy approved by vast majority Of the people of the
Unon but that party the Wings greatly the strong.
est in the country so strong they that nothing
combination Of all these adverse influences could have de-
feated Yes sir if any Of several OF them mad
wanng We should still have fIumphed and had the cleo.
lion been conducted form Of Government presup.
poses that is, hiry aud honoraby Mr.. Clays majority
| would have been overwhelming
Why, ihen Is u, sir since the past be recalled
do lrecur 10 these tngsl 1t is because satisfied
after survey of the baule.eld that future different
result may be produced. Yes. If we do duty
country these evils may be avecd sufficiently least
all practical purposes. century may pass away bsor,
the country Is nfeted with such another accident tn
present Executive.
The "i the abolition party has stripped them
much OF their influence, by bringing them general
tempt the North. Besides, their late movement
will array strong influence against them in o,hor quar-
ters more than enough 10 oounerbaance their strength
And the foreign Catholics, foreigners generally con
unue banded together with Of controlling the cleo
tons OF the country there will be aroused antagonist feel
ings in the hearts OF all Americans which will SWEEP
away the party which they have attached themselves
But sir wish IL distinctly understood that an for NJ
Naive Amencan party; care not whether a man MAJ
have been born under the icy that grts pole
III the orrid cline where the morning first seem
at the place Of it, going down, II he this land
and after the rssdoHcc prescribed by law aud the
ncr provided takes an oath TO support the Constitution
and adopts with II an American heart,
determining then to uphold aud defend e rights and in
tefcsts OF this country against oil others that will
take by the iand aud welcome az American cItLc
should be by his fellows. ! WISH however, to meet NJ
British Wing, French Wing no man. IN short VIII
places the Interests honor Of another the seal
against bOse Of is who resides among with eeIins
alien 10 our Government o. is Institutions desire
sec the dcsincs Of this country controlled in future the
have IN tho main been heretofore, by the great Ancrc1
n. a