Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-19
picions that were entertained against him.
his answer Mr.. Mott says

picions that were entertained against him II
his answer Mr.. Mott says:
" All that you say Of my opinions, in REGARD
to this accusation, 1 cheerfully endorse; and
am glad that have had furnished to me an op
portunity that enables me at the same time Il
point TO- You, gentlemen as my hoslages and
once more TO declare that am not now and
never have been q member of any other politi
cal organization but the Democratic party
When l became the candidate of the Demo
cratic party for canal commissioner, depended
upon that alone for my election. While shall
carefully study the interests OF the whole people
! can represent the interests of no other panty
In the official position am about to assume
! am for the largest degree of civil and rel
gious liberty, and cannot subscribe, and neyaI
have subscribed, to the doctrine that any citizen
known to the Constitution as such, shall bt
prescribed from civil office, or in any degree
debarred of his rights because Of his religious
belief or the place Of his birth.
" In the late canvass, ! diligently exerted my
humble abilities to secure the triumph of thb
Democratic party its principles, and to adj
Vance the success of my able and well tried
colleagues on the ticket, and it is with pride
and pleasure that refer to the result in my
own section of the State, and particularly ID
my cwn representative district, as an evidence
OF the truth of what say. am aware that the
confidence of few of my Democratic friends
has been somewhat disturbed by the peculiar
circumstances which surround my position, but
trust this definition Of my views and actions
may satisfy all.
The Pennsylcdnian fully endorses Mr.. Motifs
statements, and stands sponsor for his candor
and integrity.
II must be confessed, in the present perilous
condition Of public affairs, when pervading
sense of distrust prevails, that the suspicious
to which we refer were not altogether without
Justification especially as Mr.. Pollock's ma
jority over Governor Bigler, was only 10000,
while Mr.. Motifs majority over his competitor
will, probably, reach 100000!
But, as we have said, these suspicious are
entirely dissipatedby the satisfactory disclaimer
of Mr.. Mott. We are thus thrown upon the
sea ofspeculation and conjecture. Nor are we
left without satisfactory mode of solving the
difficulty. We believe it is demonstrable that
the new party, with the double purpose Of salts.
flying such Democrats as have joined it, and of
the charge that it is but new
form Of whiggery, determined to contribute to
the election of one Democrat, and that one
CHANGED to be Mr.. Mott.
The relative strength Of parties is clearly
shown in the vote for Supreme Judge. In
twenty counties, comprising about halfthe vote
of the State, the results are as follows: Smyser,
Wing, 37,ll5; Black, Democrat 1881;
Baird, Native and Knownothing, 5,4O3. The
Rnasylranidn calls attention to these results
in the following terms. Here the three par
ties are fairly represented by their different
candidates, and the indications are that Black,
Democrat, has about 100000 more votes in
the State than Smyser, Wing; and probably
$4,000 to. 900 more votes than Baird, Know
nothing. Thus the Democrats are in large
majority over either Of their opponents when
disunited, while the old Wing party is in a
double minority; not only 100000 votes lower
than the Democrats, but perhaps have some
10000 to $4,000 votes less than the Know
nothings.