Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-01-24
srEEcH or M. cIiNoMAN OF NJ CAROLINA
ON The LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

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Bossrons. however. ar the whig party in the
ny thss this would have defeated
~ bsss los osher similar articles. Nearly one
kasArsd thossand foreigners estimated
ally 10 The United States; Of this number very large pro-
pseon arc koaan Catholics. by means, which time does
permit . - rssssa. ~, she moss nsidisu. snd
issd6abis ~ Democratic parry suececdcd IN ndncing
ha hesd szsslvs. iassshss Asd rally 10 tho sappes,
hia beessss his frss tsds policy Yea favorable to
Ne ntcrst u the mother from which they
thaa wss Mr. Clsys Ohcs openly proclaimed their
Iassers that hey ~oald not be ruled by Americans As
evsncc 81 the sort Of feeling which has been inculcatcd
aso the misds Of the c them inay be
doscd for mentonng little incident that occurred in tho
VI friend TO whom CHANGED TO be making visit.
While making his fire. the Irish porter inquired when Mr..
re'k wesld eose on 10 ths city "a" ioid." he added.
"that - fiend poor foreigners; elected
hims end we can do most any thing whom NIL uy."-
SIR. hAd ofcgn Catholics been divided in the late cleo.
would have carried BY largo majority the State OF New
Yok. also Tho States oi Pennsylvania louisiana aud
sobably some others in tho Northwest Not only did
have contend against ,he influence 81 foreigners here
but British gold openly and prosscy used TO pr ,mote
Mr. PolkS election, protessedy with view Of breaking
down the tafi aud promoting the sale OF their nanuiac
tures IN this country. All the world may interfere In
domestic matters. With hand Great Britain stimulates
the aboHtonsm OF the North with view OF dcsola,ng
the SOUTH forcing dissolution OF the Union; anj with
the Other, under the inuence II motives equally selfish,
she secks the planting and farming Of the
country against the tariff and thereby down the
uiactsring establishments Of the North. And we, a
advantage domestic 1isscnsions.
ouf iouueal opponenS' nke~isc' uerNea aee'deh'a'y
HSa;n.',"sn T".., r ,a - ~ ~ nv p
Aamnnuanon. Usually the opponents oil the acnng Ere
rdent have countcrpose his direct influence, the
,hs .onn,,v "a, ;,s CO. o. .,;m In, =; r. , T.;
.,,ne. the .c,. oS The E,ecn,;ye ho,aL ha,, al i %
petely identified with the Democratic party, had
not been elected by them whenever suited their
n. ..,,,.,,. $500, a.. 80 -, III 49,. - :,
turn to account the power in his hands, he accordingly
them vnS even 10 the oon. s,,.nt in Mr. Van
Bursas. lime of eomnelny Them on mi, of dismissal
from dice to contribute part of their salaries TO create
fund a, he .cJ in favor of Ar Pot,s election Atnr.o
..ycr.I of nor cen, each @ ,l, !, The
,,n, h,,.. q n OOO ia s.J IN L,v. h.or r,;saJ o =,
,hc Officer, hcrs Jobn 1,,scr ali ., hav ...n,.J -,
the Empire Club several hundred bck climbs 20 ena
them 10 beat away from the no,ls ,hs wL;r Vote, G
which laudabe act he seems to b,vr received vo,e nj
,b,nk. from ,,id Emn,c (,Inh
To ascertain the extent Of this influence on the whole
country Is mot e,.v but The number oc in be
State of New York alone is such rs 10 account for pre,
or number of VOTES than Mr. Pk,s act,i ma,,rv ,b,rc
Fran Mr. Claws rb,r,rtcr noli,;c, ,,.ricnc ,aJ "a
socatons 4, was known tba, his for oc, ould
be made from the hest men in the country All of the old
def.ulters boefrs-all mere needy ,Jy.nurcrs ,i,bn
10 support their claims for oc. having
10 hone from him naturally nrraved an b OH
or side
Wibou doub, too they ,ro rich, n so,. .x,.n ,ybo
attach weight 10 another influence nor nronc,y naicaI
20 wit ,hst the pambny porion Of IN. community nJnc
a, the beoinn,ns of the canv,ss ,h, ,hy onIJ n, 90,
persons TO be, against Mr. Claw did so themselves with
large odds in their favor and afterwards dov,t.d por
ton of the many millions s,aked n, cfec, the rcsnI, a.
sired by them
Yet with all the acquisitions and ADVANTAGES which I
have been recounnp our ndvcr.aTie ,vcr loo nrdcn ~
rest secure They knew that the Constitution had proy
ded no mode by which the fairness of Pesiden,aI ee
ton could he contested; no mean. of purene the polls f
illegal vo,es If vote were received bv The nspee,or If
the election at each precinct and by them returned il ma,
tered not whether the person proiessng t Owe i, er
flied that place They therefore by means
the system OF organization already descbcd deIiber
aley formed widely extended plan for the purpose of nm
curing sufficient number of illegal voes 10 carr stare
enough secure the election OF Mr. Polk Their first
demonstration seems TO have been made in the CITY oc
timorc in the October election. There 1t was that they
gave vote much larger than pollcd at any
preceding election, satisfy all persons fraud had
been pracsed. Investigations since then have made IL
mancs, that the increased owing only the
fact that many persons voted authorized all
there but that likewise those qualified had, in
stances, voted two. three different pre-.
cncts i'm the eitv Ahou fin, n.rvons h.,o .l.o.I,, -