Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-12

1as LopisyiLLE EtteftoS.-The municipal
election Of Louisville took place on Saturday last.
The American party, with The exception Of a few
inslgatacaal'onlces In The First Ward, swept The
city. The vote In the agsTesaIe, wss according 10
Ihe register Of the poll books upwards Of $500,
which Is the largest vote ever cast in the city,
The total vote Of The last April election was6,iie.
The JoHnql Of Monday Says
"Tte ayetage majority Of The American patty in
the election Of The four general offices In contest
was 1870. The largest Wing majority ever cast
In The oily Of Louisville was given IN 1914 when
1850, being 80 more than tlle present American
majority, hut II must be remembered, thai, In The
Presidential elections many votes weFe legally cast
hete by pe,sons living elsewhere. The Hon. WIN.
Preston obtained aconsidstably larger majority for
CongreSs In 1859, but, although he ran as The Wing
candidate, he Obluined vety heavy German Dem.
0ciatic vote, aud the result was universally tn.
dersool 10 b. no test Of the strength Of parties.
When Il Is considered thai The vote Of the natu'
allied population OF our city has been estimated,
and probably with truth, at neatly 5000, and when
II is also considered that 10 all probability the
mass, The overwhelming mass, Of This population
went OIL Saturday for The hnli'AmsItcan ticket,
The result shows one fact with the most nellect
cleatneSs. Il shows that the American.boTn pop
ulalion must have gone IN nearly solid body Tor
tue American ticket or cOutse thete were e&'
Ceplions on both sides, some forelgn'bot yoets
going fot the American ticket, aud some native.
bOtn voes going for the Anti.Amehcan ticket,
but the general rule was as we have slated. Tile
Ctnaict was as 10 The right Of Americans 10 rule
America.
The canvass on The part OF the Anti.Ametican
Organs was conducted with extraordinary zeal and
bitterness aud not without considerable ability
We saw nu necessity for any elaborate comments
OIL their letce denunciatious, for we perceived IN
lie first place that tie candidates presented by
the AnliAnlerican patty ere gelieIally very eoou
me.l well qualified 10 discharge The duties Of lbe
offices 10 which they sspfed, and In Tue Second
place that the American party seemed 70 undet'
stand perfectly how 10 take care OF itscll without
Tue cid Of organs.
The election Of Saturday, as we have sold else
whete, was generally a very peacCable ole. We
have heard, thai, lor shot tle, there was some
bustling oil tie polls Ia the Second ward Which
certain fOreign.bUtu citizens were delayed IN their
eflUtls to get 10 tue ballot box, and that few Of
Of them wee tough.y handled, aud that avery few
Germans wete maItreaIed In tie upper division OF
The Eighth wurd These things. Il tue, we've uu'
worthy OF any genuine American, aud they are 10
bc regretted. We att mol informed US 10 tue pro-
yOcatOHS given OF supposed 10 hays been given W
these ioteisn.Lotn citizens who were subjected 10
punishment. We DO mol know That they wete mol
iIrs asgressoB. We are well aware, however that
the national feeling Of the native born Americans
Is strong anleve fiery, and that there must soDe'
times ~ difficulty IN restraining It's manifestations
within moderate and just limits when they ate
under the impression that they ate struggling
will alisn.bOrIl men for SUPREMACY upon theft
own soil.