The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-22

from doubt Is to the issue that thoussuds of demo.
cratic voters have not deemed either their exsrtons
their SURFACES necessary to secure . victory The
figures compared with previous elections demo
incontestbly, that the democratic party beaten at
ALL its defeat not to the superior strength Of the
foe, but to their own criminal supinenss.
Whilst ours was condition Of most unmasterly in
actvty Inc minority stimulated BY common ssnt
every species Of artfu combination, compou aiding the
most heterogeneous materials into united and har
monious whole By the superadded efficacy Of gene
raj and thorough organization, extending into every
house and hamlet, the effective because
fnS they ,ssus Th0a
promise them art or artifce shall enable them
to accomplish again.
nicious security of the democratic party But other
causes powerfully cooperaed. In of strongest
S, moeraMc comnes .ne parry was more man usually
bents Under the State constitution the people tren.
nialy elect their prothopoares registers recorders
clerks Of COURTS and in many counties their sheris
These always both sides, less, the sub
ject of excited competitions but the democratic par
ty is in the majority in fully thirds of the sounes
the disposition Of this local patronage always
rily affects them much injurously than their OPP
ponents. When discomfort pervades county in re-
ference to the local the vote for State Off
is always correspondingly affected Time aud
space forbid extended details but rarely has the demo-
cratic party in this state suffered SO severely from this
GUS local qusrre1 will distract us at the Presidential
election in November,
In despite Of all these unfavorable circumstances,
the majority for the federal candidate for Governor
is merely nominal. In vote of probably more than
it reaches 200. This than counter bala need
by the alleged palpabe frauds on the elective fran
chise in Schuylki and other counties which defy a
expla nation fair and honest principles. n
of the mining districts of Schuykl, the increase of
the federal vote compared with last year. hun
is barely seventeen When IT is remembered that our
opponents aege that the ruinous tariff Of lS48 has
compelled them to discharge hundreds of operatives,
this increase extraordinary 1t 10 improbable and
unnatural. We do not say that will "treat the
election if had never taken place. We do not ad.
wise resort to the soldery Of State, armed with
buckshot and BALI, but we do affirm that the peace
full provisions of the law will be resorted to- for a
thorough and searching examination of these mex
pcabe results. 1t ia deliberate conviction that
Morris Longstreth has been chosen by the lawful suf
frsges Of the people of their next Co
investigation to be Instituted, neither the OWL or
military power Of the State prevent him from
ercising for the next three years the executive
To fellow labsrers throughout the State, say
be of good cheer We discover in the recent results
much for hope and encouragement All that is neces
sary to carry orr State trumpha ntly for Cas- and
Butler is that every democrat shall the polls
opponents not to speak Of the Sohuyiki fraud, are
literally indebted to the fact that thousands of demo-
their avocatons instead Of ocmipg up to tho ballot
boxes Shall this be repeated in November
Pennsylvania will rise like Phoenix from the ashes of
her late disaster Like the giant cast to the EARTH she
will gain fresh vigor from the fall and return with
doubled energy to the struggle, from which she
not fail to emerge the victor From being beaten she
will learn to beat. We repeat to our sympathising
fre nds else where-Fear not for Pennsylvania All is
we'll. Prohtipg by our recent reverses every demo-
crat will engage in the coming contest his per-
sona concern and rush with aacrity to the preserva
tion Of the republican citadel Let other States do
they may for she will give her twenty
ak electoral votes to Lewis Cass and William o..
Butler.
Respectfully, your Fellow citizens,
L. w. HUTTER, Chairman.
CONNE..rICUT.