Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-09-27
Election in Three Weeks,


Wings, are you conscious but two weeks
intervene to the October election? We be-
lieve that there is much of the right feeling
abroad in the Wing ranks of our County, and
throughout the State. In the Southern coun-
ties Of Ohio, the Wings are engaged in the
campaign. in downright earnest and brill
liant triumph awaits he Wing ticket in that
quarter. Let not the Wings of Northern Ohio
be inactive. Work and win is a sure motto,
and the Wings have only to actit out in the
pending conflict, and Vinton, with most of the
Wing State ticket will be triumphantly elect
ed. Read the following facts from the State
Journal, and then see whether the Wings will
have any one to blame but themselves, if
they are unsuccessful The Journal aays:
We will premise by saying emphatically,
that Samuel F. Vinton can be elected Gov
ernor of Ohio, and ,OiH be, if the Wings of the
different counties go 10 work and do their du-
| ty. Il is altogether a mistake that we must,
of necessity, be beaten because we were bea-
ten last year. Let every Wing remember
that this feeling of Indifference, or want of
confidence, was Just the thing that beat Judge
Johnston, and not the strength of the vote for
Gov Wood. Let us demonstrate this asser-
ton. , ,..s f.--.l-., ...,.,.. ......
I In 1914 Henry Clay obtained 155, 113
votes in Ohio. In l84l, notwithstanding the
great detection from the Wbig ranks. Gen.
Taylor obtained 13S,359 votes Does any
politician well informed man believe we
have less Wing votesin Ohio to-day than were
cast for Gen. Taylor? On the contrary, is it
not evident to all that we have many thou
sands more Wings than then voted for him
Every Wing will admit we have.
| We say, then, that vote on the 2nd Tues
day of October next, equal to the vote of Gen
Taylor mill elect Mr.. Vinton By more than
.fUe thousand nqjoritg. Let US see
i The Locofoco party in Ohio had just the
man they desired for their candidate in 1848.
Gen. Cass had always been favorite with
that party here AT that election they rallied
for him to man. They knew of our dissen-
sions, and felt confident of carrying the State
for Cass. They. succeeded The prestige of
success was with them, and encouraged them.
! In 1859 Judge " ood was their candidate for
Governor. He had been Supreme Court
Judge for fourteen years, and had often been
in every county in the State. He was per-
sonally very popular. With him the Locofo-
cas- were confident of success They remem-
bered their triumph in '48. They were uni
ted and well organized.
| What was Gov. Moods vote? Look at the
records, and it will be seen that his entire vote
was only 133,O93. II is fue thousand tOo
Hundred and sirty sir LESS than the Wing
vote for Gen. Taylor, ,g
| Now who believes that Gov. Wood can get
as large vote again. as he got last year? Is
it not evident that he has said and done many
things to the injury of his political reputation.
Are there any redeeming circumstances upon
which his friends have right to depend for
enlarging his vote? There are no such cir
cumstances. On the contrary he cannot get
any thing like the vote in the Nor tn part of
the State, especially on the Western Reserve
that beniglsted region as he called it that he,
obtained last year.
What, then, in view of these things, remains
for the Wings to do to achieve one Of their old
fashioned triumphs? 1t is only to take eff
cient means to get out the Wing vote in each
county.
That this matter may be more fully COM
pretended and plainly seen by every Wing in
the State, we propose to give the vote for Gov.
Wood, 1850, the vote for Gen. Taylor, in
l848, and the vote for Mr.. Clay, in 1914, by
counties, so that every one can see at a glance
| Just what there is to do, as well as see what
they did accomplishtbree gears ago. Is there
county now that cannot give US many Wing
votes as they gave them? How many are
there that can and will give more? Remem-
Der. Wings, that a vote equal to the Taylor
vote of ls48 is most assuredly a Wig pic-
tory