New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-10
Who Defeated Henry Clay.

The Native Times OF last evening lahUrs
through two columns OF hard figuring to prove that
the Native American movement OF lsif was not the
cause of Mr.. Clays defeat in the Presidential Flee
ton In doing this we are confident ii runs foul oil
the clear convictions OF nne.tenths of the nteli-
gent voters OF our State.
Let us be clearly understood II is quite true, ms
the Times urges that othercauscs also conspred TO
defect Mr. Clay. 1t is true that the Abolitionsts
had voted for Mr.. Clay. only wothirds of those
who voted for Mr. Birney had done so. Polk would
have been defeated But tho Abolitouists were
party avowcdly hostile to Mr. Clay, on the tangible
ground OF his being Shareholder openly banded
against him, and bent on his defeat which they nc.
complished. We think they acted unwiscly and
wrongly in that contest but they did not pretend
to desire Mr., Clays election, they do not pre-
tend to regret his defeat They polled all the votes
they could for Birncy being just about many MS
they had polled at the previous State Election.
But the Native Americans protested generally 10
be friends Of Mr. Clay they now profess to have
labored and voted for him. We say that with all
the weight thrown against him by the Abolitonists
and others, he could not have been defeated if Ma
tivism had not reared its misshapen head amongst
Dut huW IL llis ush INC 4NaNNtS bli
not most Of us vote for Mr. Clay ? We answer.
Yes, and the fact that you did so turned thousands
against him for every hundred YOU brought to him
And the truth Of this is obvious The gains through
the means Of Nativism were confined to the mar
row districts in which Nativism ragged while the
consequent losses were encountered every where.
Is not this plain We could only gain BY Ma
tivism where Naiivism existed but We could and
did lose wherever there were Adopted Citizens
Even where they We're all against us before their
dread and adherence of Nativism caused the
Naturalization of thousands who would else have
never thought of it. More than twice as many
nineteen of every twenty Of them voted Tor Polk,
Could they be expected to do otherwise, when Ma
tivism bossted Of giving the Wing candidate for
Governor 5000 majority iu Philadelphia County.
where the Churches were burned
Lot us state u few facts:
There is (orwasl German uniform Military Com
paay in Buffalo composed entirely OF Wings OF
lsio and known as Harrison Guards. This Com
pany attended the Whis Youas Mems State Con.
vention at Rochester, Oct LIST lSii all jealous for
Clay. In two weeks the tid,nss OF the Native vote
in Philadelphia for the Wing candidate for Governor
came along. and they changed At the Presidential
Election, all but one or two voted for Polk.
We attended Whis meeting in Southeast Put
nam Co late in October, 1874 The town is quite
secluded, and we believe but one freshman BY birth
resided in il, He had always before been Whic
andwas so down 10 the Philadelphia Election news
He then turned, we think without having seen an
freshman for weeks. and thenceiorth went for
Polk and voted for him.
In one township Of Toea Co. there is consider
abls settlement OF natives Of Ireland. some twenty
Of whom had always been Wings prior to IA 1t
was ramored among the Wings that these We're go
ing 10 leave Us. and nm active Whis visited their
leading man found him stll proiesSedlv Wing, hold
him there suspicious OF his fidelity, and asked
hin, and his Irish Whs friends 10 take and vote
printed Wing ballots. which had been marked So
as TO dissipate all doubts of theiy being true he
took tho votes wthou, objection and neither he nor
his said a wcri against Mr. Clay but oaly one OF
these ballots was found in the box when csnvassed
and that was all LocoFoco inside-his own of
course. The rest had refused even to seem to vote
the ticket they had always before supported. T;n
IA is small County, OF stable population. and had
before given 200 TO 500 Loco-Foco. 1t gave s4s
against Mr., Clay.
The Northern row of Counties is full OF Adopted
Citizens. who gave largo vote 10 Gen, Harrison
asio. IN 1874, they nearly sll went against Mr..