The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-02
Democratic majority, .

Democratic majority, 2320
The result of this vote in 1874 greatly cheered the
democrats, and alarmed the wings. As premonitory
symptom that the State would vote for Polk and Dali
las. The wings, however, denied that the congress.
sonal vote fair test asser ting that the wings
were in their strength in the Cherokee cen
ties, where the heavy democratic majories were OBJ.
tanned. But the democrats claimed the State and
the result in November showed they were right |;
the vote fer electors then standing thus
FOLK. ................. 44,147
Oi"' ''''''''''''' 1850. ''.....'.. 4I,loO
The recaptuation, in 1874, is as follows;-
DEMOCRATIC VOTE.
Congress President. Increase.
4O624. IA LAT. .......... 1928
VOTE.
IS so So. l .4sioo he'se 4aa
Difference of increase gain in favor of the wings
on the vote for President in November the Con
gressiona vote in October-only 273-being equal to
the difference in the democratic maorities on Preside
and on the Congress tickets.
1t is probable that General Taylor will run from
5000 5000 better than the whig Congress tickets
FLORIDA.
An election is also to be held oday in Florida fer
member OF Congress, Governor, and members of the
Legislature. The present Congressman Mr. Cabell,
Is whig, elected in 1916, by the following vots:-
LABEL lwhg).. .2978
-.cabelrs, (whig) maj. .................. %
crat-the prese mt legislature is whg by
majority. Candidates for the present electioee-
Governor. Thomas S. Brown, VIM Bailey
Congress. Edward C. Caben, VIM. p D1val
NEW YORK
The hunkers of the 18th Congressional district have
nominated D. d: Campbell Of Montgomery county
The barnburners have put up H. Cowen Of Saratoga
The wings nominate on the 5th.
The wings of the 18th Congressional district have
nominated Henry P. Alexander, of Hekmer county
The democracy Of the Plattsburgh district NJ Y,
have nominated William Hadding Of Clinton county,
for Congress
The colored men of Coz tland county have nomin..
ted the Rev. Samuel Ward, +. m c., for the Assembly
MASSACHUSETTS
Stephen c. Phillips. Of Salem, the free soil cand
date Tor Governor gave political address at Rock.
port, on Monday evening last. We learn that in the
of his stated that If Henry CLAW had
been nominated by the Philadelphia Convention. he
Telegraph.
Charles Hudson has been n. nominated for Coro-...
by the whsgs of the Worcester district.
Robert Rantoul, jr has been nominated for Can
grcss, by the democrats of the second district
RHODE ISLAND.
mn FROM ire Providence Transcript, Sept ISL
The friends ef free soil in this State have at lenph
broken the ice by their convention held in this ctv
yesterday. The convention was respectable for
Its number but respectable for the char.ctor ~
its delegates, amongst whom were men of ntsI;csra
and moral worth all Of whom strong nd zeaons
IN the good and progressing of free SOIL all of
whom we're CORDIAL supporters of Martin Van Buren,
and Charles Francis Adams all of whom Subscribed ta
the Buffalo Convention platform and were resolvsd to
vicfor
shall reward their exertions" There was ss f,i, >
attendance at the convention and mass meeting As
mght nave been expected under all the
anu OUT readers Will give the credit of not having
given them encouragement Of a great CATHERINE ~
VIII reeoilect our reasons for not expecting it, But
ginning. WIN WILD "0'
The convention was held on the 9th inst, and wa,
e a n 70 9rasr D. ~ borden, Esq, Of Cumberland
ana Dr. hiram Cleveland, chosen chairman for the
purpose of organization, and John H. Willard and
+. Borden, appointed secretaries It was voted to
ffol NJ
committee Of one from each town represented vas
pointed to nominate candidates for electors to be ann
o tS .ne friends Of Van Buren, Adams and free
OF the nominating committee, the ton vas al
dressed BY Thomas Steere, Elder Cheney, and Mr..
O'Clock PM. At two o'clock p NJ the oonvention ~
called to order by the chairman and the nomn.tin~
reported the names Of the following persons
Presidenf-Dr. Hiram Cleveland
Secretaries-Thomas Steere Laurifton Hall.
Inc Following communication then received BY
PRovIpENcE, Sept 9th, 1s4s.
To THE CHAIRMAN OF LIBERTY SrArE CONVEX.
We hereby tender to the liberty party of Rhod.
leland, the resignation of cur nomination for eisc
tors OF rsssdent &C., made By the liberty
ASA SISSON Jr
GEO. H. CHURCH
The committee appointed to present names Of mar
sons to be chosen Eectors TO be sun
BY the friends Of free sell in this state reported
!; Joseph yes.ie, Providence; O. stephen Benedict,
Smithneld 3. Asa Sisson, Jr., Coventry; 4 George
Substitutes.-1 Americus v. Potter, Providence 2.
Robert B. Carr, Newport 8. Hosea Quimby Scituate
4. Charles Perry, Westerly.
Which report was unanimously adopted.
Stephen Benedict, Of Smithfeld, declined his nomi
nation and moved the nomination in his Of John
nominated BY the convention.
The following gentlemen were appointed States
Walter r. Danforth, Providence (: Abraham p.vne
ditto John II. Millard North Providence Stephen
n. Mason, Smithfeld; VIM. @. Hammond Newport:
7. B. Peckham, ditto. VIM. French, South Kings,
Borden, Cumberland; Cromwell Whipple, Coventry
Augustus Miller, Warwick John Brown East Green,
wich John De Wolf, Bristol.
After the report Of the committee, the convention
addressed for nearly hour by Joshua eavitt OF
Massachusetts, in speech repiete with sound srgu.
ments clear illustrations of the state of the three
Van Buren, and making sensible and pu appeals
to the reason and conscience Of his auditors
hev Mr. Losrjoy then addressed the 60 invention, in
tnat happy manner which Is eminently character
stic OF him, and entertained the audience with one of
the richest strains Of eoquence and irony which We
have listened to during the campaign
The convention then adjourned until O'Clock
2. Nj.
Att o'clock, the convention being called to order
the resolutions reported by the committee were read
and nimousy adopted as also was the committee,s
report OF an address to the people Of the state of
Rho de Island. -
The convention was then addressed bv Mr. Waters
OF Milbury Macs Who passing over any discussion of
slavery In the abstract which he thought not neces-
sarly connected with the canvass went into an ex-
ANIMATION OF free soil and non extension, and into q
critical and lucid analysis Of the claims OF the two
slave nominated candidates, Cass and Taylor, to
Northern votes. Mr. Waters was in III health, and
extended his remarks to a greater length than his
strength could well sustain.
On repeated calls for MIR. Lovejoy, that gentleman
came forward and CONNIE need by snq uries II there
and uad