The daily crescent., 1848-09-21
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Maine Etection,--We have returns which show l
the following results;
Cumberland county, sixteen towns heard from, |
as follows: For GOvernor-Hamlin (whig) 1857; |
Dana (dem) 355l; Fessenden (free SOLD ], ,l69
York county, four towns return as follows:
Hamin 1877 Dana 554 Fessenden 20.
In the Cumberland district, fifteen towns heard
from, the vote for Congress stands Lincoln (whlg)
1887; Littlefeld (dem) 3,l43, and Fessenden Gree
soiD l,O39.
The following returns of the Maine election, from
the Memphis Appeal are fuller than those in the
Baltimore Sun, but seem to accord with them in
the proportions:
T,ou;syille. Sept 1--we have received returns
from sixtv-eight towns in Maine the Whig can
ndate for Governor has ii 673 votes, the Democrat
l7.543, Free Soil 3,25I-a heavy Democratic gain
Illinois. - The Barnburners of Illinois have
chosen an electoral ticket, six out OF nine being
old-fashioned democrats.
NqtiUe American NominGtiOnS.-ln Philadelphia
ON the evening of the 1lth inst, the Native Amer
leans made the following nominations for Con-
gress First district, Lewis C. Levin; Third dis
trict Hon. John H. Hammell 4th district, John ,
Littel Several delegates protested against Mr..
Levin. The Pennsylvania Free Soil State Con-
vention met at Reading ON the 18th, to form an
electoral ticket. George W. Jackson, OF Pitts
burg, is the Barnburner candidate for Congress IN
the Allegheny district, Pa. :. David Wilmot ad-
dressed Free Soil meeting at Towanda, Penn,
on the 2lst ult.
We find the following letter from Mr.. Bolts in
in the ~ Y Tribune of the 1lth 1t was addressed,
we believe, to the leaders of the Clay movement
in New York: ,o,o
My Dear Sri received your letter Yesterday by Whcn
as6p the detemined friends Of the Whig
cause and of Wing principles, 70 nominate Henry Gay
VIII candidate (Which utterly deny) the party is DOOM
ed to CERTAIN inevitable and dsgracenl defeat and every
man not wifully blind it, 1t was lneXcusabe
bunder suppose that from million and quarter to
million and half of free independent Wbig voters could
be wheedled line tile word of command from some
fifty or sixty Washington politicians (moSt OF whom had
who had never filed civil station and who bad for
forty years and perhaps in his lille, given vote for man or
operations of any of the domestic questions about which
had differed; Of no acquaintance with o0r orelFn rea
tons who had said to the people, You must take me on
your own responsibility - will moi be the candidate of a
nor look to the doctrines Of your party as the rule of
nv action and while he profesed to shrink om
QUESTION except the practical use Of the power and
DECLARED his determ nation not to be by me acGn
might be nominated and in my Judgment ms name never
should have been considered in that Convention after he
But this last objection it was said had been removed by
he Louisiana Delegation, which he subsequently adopted
by card written by his authority and published by Bale
Peyon Bultt. &c-and this declaration was held up by
the Taylor and Wing presses of the country sufficient
10 reconcile all Whgs TO his election That Peyton card
and his cordial acceptance of the nomination had placed him
the Whig platform and Just at the moment that many
of had minds to the conclusion to vote for him
however reluctantly he writes another letter. in which he
SAYS be would have accepted the nomination from the Ba
Convention the same terms on which ne accepted
the Philadelphia nomination. What becomes them OF the
Sauner pledge2 What becomes of the Peyton card And
if be that there no terms expressed or implied 70
the Philadelphia nomination that would be inconsistent with
an acceptance of the Democratic nomination at Baltimore
in what an attitude does place the Whg party selecting
as their candidate who could with equal propnety have
become the candidate OF their opponents AND not tue
| in what a position does it place Gen. Taylor
But what desire learn is this If Cen Taylor not
bound By the action of the Philadelphia Convention, who
And if he may disregard its recommendations, who
may no2 And if he is bound by their action what right
has he to lend the influence of his TO the defeat OF
Mr. Fillmore who associated with him, by the same
body of men, by accepting nomination with Gen Butler
Loco FOcO whose election he thereby assists IN promoting
In short his whole of conduct insulting TO the
Wing party and especially to all those who participated in
the proceedings Philadelphia and if they had any Wing
| spirit left in them, they would resent it.
If it asceraned that the purpose OF that Convention
was perverted from its original legitimate objects OF asceT
tanning and giving expression to public sentiment by
other or in other words has been ascertaned (of which
there dOubt) that the nomination was made through
the inrumentaty of politicians without the slightest refer
ence to the public will and that the interests OF the party
likely sacrc I'd By it then hold that the error ough
TO be corrected promptly by the People themselves, and
trust Sod the meeting notify OF may put the bal
in notion that it roll and gather as 1t rolls, until th
Whig party shall have its opened to It's true condlon
| and uniting the only one who lives emDalm
ed in the hearts of his counrymen may command tn
umph, that real strength entities US 70 acneVe Slal
| be in New York very shortly,
| Yours truly, in great haste, JOHN M BoTTs