The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-10-14
From the Portland Advertiser.
Facts for the People.

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Az INsrRUcrrvE LEssoN In 1871 there
wern three Presidential candidates in The
fieId-Henry Clay, Wing; James u. Polk
Democrat and James q. Brncy, Liberty
Twenty six States then composed the Union
OflhcSe,oll but South Carolina voted direct
w for electors. The popular vote 5000.
CLAY received 1888, 900; Polk, 1897 900; aud
Birney $4,000 In this immense vote. Folks
majority over Clay was only 10000 aud the
uniprity ofClay aud Birncy over Polk was
90 5000. Thus we see that James Il, Polk
was minority President
In 1911 the twenty six States gave 275 O.
lcclorn votes. OF these, Polk received 40,
Clay l05. aud Birney none. So that, while
Mr. Polk had onlya minority IN he popTlar
role, he had minority of IS on the electoral
vote. The very States that elected h,m in The
.coYcgc, voted against him al he bd''O! bones.
In 1914, New York poled ASSOC votes
Or,hesc Clay received 232, 500; Polk 237,5 800;
and Brney Is 500. P0lk's minority over
Clay was only 500; while the majority Of
Clay mud Birney over Polk was 10000, Aud
vet The IS electoral voles of New York, in
spite flhe popular majority against him,
werc given TO Mr. Polk,
Mr. Polk, then, the Democratic candidate,
YlcdgGd 10 axe annexation Of Texas aud the
extension ofslnvcry was elected by the Lib
electoral votes Of New York had hcen given
80 Clay, MS they would have been had he re-
-ceived the 1880 votes uflhc BirDGy pnry
DE would have been elected Prcsideui by
.npjori,y OF in the electoral colleges.
IfIIcnry Clay had been elected, TeXns
would not have been annexed, aud the War
MtIl Mexico woald not have happened. In
April, 1874, Mr. Ciuy said that .4nRsrai'0R an"
Way 10Th MEXICO tcerc identical and TINT he irqS
IL
War for lie sake Of acquiring IeroS. lie rtit-
rerutcd his opposiIion to Annexation but few
weeks before tho election, saying that /!
Srou!d be distonorab'e, mirM inr9Ue as in Il
Way anil ioouii BE- dangerous 10 ihc Integrity
anf harmony ochc Uir;Da.
well, the liberty Party, by tie running
rGird Candidate elected Mr. Polk, secured
Whc Annexation Of Texas, brought War upon
abe country,nud extended tho Area Of SMve-
ly. Here is fact that no supporter OF MIR
Birney ~ilEdare to contradict. EVERY MAN,
who, in 1871, voted against the Wing CHnd-
,<atc, VoTED FoR THE EXTENSION or SLAVE
ny, and thus under the preCnce Of sustain
ing the principle Which he knew III his own
~oll; never could be carried ont except
through the Wing party,
S.bc Liberty Party, then annexed Texas,
extended slavery throughout its borders, in
volvcd tho country in war, acquired the Ter
ri,orics of California and New Mexico, and
NOW, with the oidpr disafiGc,od Democrats
and Wgs, are playing the same game OH
larger and buIder scale. We make the as
Hertion with out any qualification, that the
,iicserrated name Free Sol is now used by
Van Buren, and his party for precisely Lle
same objects for which the equally dcsecrnted
name of. LibefH was used, viz To extend
slavery over the immense Territories HAT
have come to us by conquest. We care not
what their prctcnceS are; il is enough for us TO
know that the end Of their party organization
is 10 defeat tie Wings, and thus continue in
power Party that is pledged to advance the
Black Flag OF Slavery from the Atlantic TO
1he Pacific Ocean.
Let Ns consult facts ngan, and still further
expose the designs of Van Burenism-a word
that is Synonymous with all that is crafty, in
trguing. hypocritical and corrupt. Suppose
the Van Burenites succeeded in preventing un
election by the people, what then? The cleo
ton of President goes to the House of Rep
weseutatives. Then VIVA; will he the result
There are thirty States. Each State has one
vote. New York, with her half n million Of
voters, and thrty-siX electoral votes, has no
more influence than Arkansas, with her less
than twenty thousand voters and three clcc-
aOral votes.
OF these thirty States, Is having Demo
cratic Representatives, 10 Wing, and IL tie.
The Democratic States are Maine New
Hampshire, Virginia, South Carolina, Aluba-
ma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Indi-
ana, illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas and Iowa, having 1l9 electoral votes.
The Wing States are, Massachusetts, Con-
necticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North
Carolinn, Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, and Wis
coHsin having l56 electoral votes. The tied
States are Rhode Island and Georgia, having
IA electoral votes.
OF the Is Democratic States, 10 gave
J,opularvote Of only about $4,000, while II
of the 10 Wing States gave about 100000
or nearly twice as many. We have not the
popular vote of Sonth Carolina. Texas ard
Iowa, nor that Of Florida and Wisconsin,
That in the % other States however, is suffi-
cicnt for our purpose. The two tied States
gave a vote of 600.
Oftho Is Democratic States ali but Sir arc
slave States while of The IL Wing States
all but fue are free States.
Our conclusion from the above facts is this
---lfFan Burenites succeed in their object,
and defeat an election by the people, the if
Teen Suites having Democratic Representa-
lives wilFcontrol the election of President
The nine sIdre Slides '0!N coniro! the sir free
.S!ates, and Cass will just as certainly get the
vote rs that he will be returned 20 the House!
TO Our minds, there is not particle of doubt
us to the result The Van Bureni,es who
-prefess no,o to be the only advocates Of Free
SOD, eud the only opponents ofthe extension
of slavery will then have the satisfaction of
knowing, that, by means of their third pnrfy-