The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-14

LIZA 332 mnj. 792
Majority in the LIST Ward .ll9
Total majority. ............... .9lI .
We cannot give the precise vote in all the towns
OF which the county consists, but the majorties in
the "rural districts" arc probably quite as large,
relatively, a5 in the city OF Mr. FILLMORE q resi-
dence. Each town and ward sends three delegates.
There are twenty two towns and five wards in the
county. The convention will therefore consist of
eighty-one members. The opponents Of Mr.. FILL.
MORE claim TO have chosen twenty delegates, with
brandt to hear from; but we understand that some
oil the seats will be contested. The friends Of Mr..
Fillmore have elected fifty eight out of eighty -one
delegates certain. In the towns of Boston, Con-
cord, East Hamburger, Newsstand, and Clarence,
the aggregate majority Of the opponents Of Mr.
Fillmore was but sixty three. In several towns,
four or five, We believe there was not single vote
cast against the Fillmore delegates
II seems TO US that these facts should put an end
at once and forever to the allegations with which
the Frecsoll prints have go abounded. that Mr.
Fillmore is unpopular among the Wings who
know him best. For months and months the
columns of the Buffalo Express have reeked with
scurrous assaults upon the character of the Prcsi
dent, and the conduct of his Administration. A
more INSCRIPTIONS and virulent political or per-
sonal warfare we have rarely seen waged. The
legitimate weapons in such contests have been dis
carded There has been no pretence Of argu
ment-no fair statement of facts but instead there
Oh iaunts and Jeers. noticeable only for bad taste
and personal malignity, and reckless perversion
OF truth The abusive articles of the Express have
been extensively copied into the opposition Jour-
mails, both Freesol and Democratic, and an
impression has thus been created, to a certain
extent. that the public Judgment is adverse
to Mr. Fillmore and the policy of his Adj
,ninistration throughout his native State. We
never doubted that the voice Of the Wing party
II left to an unbiased expression would put his
revilers to shame, and show the popularity Of the
man upon whom its sutfrages has been 30 often
bestowed. Confident that this fact would ultimate.
ly be demonstrated, we disdained to repel the
calumnes OF the Express and it's coadiutor in mis-.
chief. The result in Erie county is conclusive of
the soundness of our We've. There is not another
Congressional district in the Empire State that
contains as formidable, malevolcnt and relentless
an opposition to Mr.. Fillmore as that in which his
family residence is situated. This opposition has
been inspired by personal jealousy as well as polti-
cal animosity, and it has been encouraged and
strengthened by foreign sympathy and assistance,
by aid from Washington, New York, Albany, and
many places Of minor Importance in this State Il
was great point TO strike effective blow ut Mr.
Fillmore in his own home. II il could be shown that
he was not sustained by the Wings of the district
which bad been accustomed to roll up its maorties
or him by thousands in other days. an irresistible
argumsnt against his nomination could be de-
duced from the fact. And if Buffalo could be carried
Tor competing candidate, it was easy to see that
the moral effect OF such a demonstration must be
potential. The wanton aspersions of his enemies
III agla 80. r.. H.
and the consequent loss Of popularity, which had
been bruited about in every drection-would thus
have had show. of foundation, and refutation
would have been difficult, if not impossible
Hence the desperate effort to overwhelm bis friends
in Erie; hence the concerted assaults upon this
paper by the Albany Journal and its allies in every
part Of the State. And the opposition to MIR. Fill
more elsewhere has been greatly inyigorated by
the false statements Of his weakness at home and
the allacious assurance that delegate hostile 20
ms nomination would be chosen from this district
Now what do the figures in the above table
prove! Let US hook at a single feature. The Fifth
ward, where Mr.. Fillmore has resided since the
city OF Buffalo became his bome-the residence
ALEC, oil the editor Of the Buffalo ExJuess and of
several OF Mr.. Fillmo.e's bitterest enemios-gave
hufy siz votes against him, and tlDo hundred and
iceny-strtn IN his favor. So far Buffalo and the
county OF Erie are concerned, the vndcaton Of Mr..
Fillmore from the attacks Of the opposition could
hardly be moro complete, or more gratifying to his
friends throughout the country.
But there is another point Of view in which this
result Is to be considered. and valuable instruction
Is to be derived from the Lesson il teaches Look
ing at all the features Of the contest which has ter
minated m victory so decisive and at all the
circumstances attending it, we can have no doubt
whatever that majority Of the Congressional
districts Of the State would have chosen delegates
favorable TO the nomination Of Mr.. Fillmore, If our
iriehds elsewhere had adopted The course pursued
by the true Wings OF Erie Here the empty swae.
ger oil the frccSOilers understood and npprcci
atcd' We knew they we're playing the bluff
gaino-that their boasts were for effect abroad and
known by Themselves to be mere vaporing They
had the sympathy and corporation OF a large por.
ton oil the Wing prcss Of the State, and by that
means they were able TO circulate their pcrvcrsious
Of fact with great succcss. But they would have
been beaten right and left, if our friends had met
them at the bsllot-bJxes in the same spirit which
animated the Wings Of Erie, The resistance which
we encountered the obstacles which we overeame
exceeded in amount aud number all that were
arrayed against the National Wings in any other
district
We trust the condition Of things discloscd by the
election Of delegates in hs city and county will be
intelligently considered by our Wing brethren
everywhere.
Maryland.