Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-23
A Clinch or.

We had designed to institute comparison
between the vote, by counties, given in thin
State on Tuesday last, and in 1854, to show
the falsity Of the statement made by the
Journal and other Abolition papers, that the
Fillmore men generally, voted the Democrat
ic State ticket 1t can be shown almost to q
mathematical demonstration, that the asser-
ton is without the shadow of foundation in
truth.
The following, from the New Albany Tn
bune, Fillmore paper, but one Of the mos
earnest and Jealous supporters Of the Adolf
ton State ticket, within the whole State OF
Indiana, is so directly to the point at issue
that we commend it to the attention of the
reader -
Where Rests the Responsibility
We understand that our Republican friends
about indianapolis throw all the responsibility
Of our defeat upon the Fillmore men in Southern
Indiana 1t would be well for them to examine
the figures a little, before they jump at such
conclusions We have taken the trouble to ex
anime the returns in 46 counties in Northern
Indiana, as reported in the Indianapolis papers,
and find the Republican loss TO be 1000, as
compared with the result two years ago. when
we carried the State by little over - 900. As
Stunning the loss in the balance Of the State TO be
proportionally large, our entire loss would be
about ID, 900. This would overcome our major
ity of two years ago, and give Willard major
ity now Of 9, 900. From this it will be seen that
Northern Indiana, where it was said there were
not 500 Fillmore men att told. is quite as much
responsible for our defeat as any other portion
of the State, as we shall fully demonstrate here
after.
Again, in another article in the same paper,
the Tribune says
Since the result of the election in this State
has become known, a number of Fremont papers
have asserted that the defeat Of the Peoples
State ticket was chargable TO the Fillmore party,
which voted with the old liners. A more infam-
Gus lie than this was never uttered, and every
man and every editor who asserts or intimates
that any considerable portion of the Fillmore
party of Indiana voted with the old liners lies,
deep dopn in his throat We know what we say,
and can prove our assertions. We unhesitating-
ly say that nineteen-twentieths OF the Fillmore
men of Indiana voted the Peoples ticket, and
when the official returns Of the several counties
are received we will prove this to the satisfac-
ton Of every sober minded honest man.
As yet we have only received the full returns
of Floyd, Orange and Lawrence counties. in all
of which the Fillmore party predominates over
the Fremont party. In each Of these three coun-
ties the Fillmore county tickets only run some
twelve or fifteen votes ahead of the Peoples
State ticket This shows that in these coun-
ties at least, the Fillmore party stood up to the
State ticket almost TO a man.
In Floyd county the Peoples State ticket re-
ceived the votes of thirteen hundred Fillmore men
and vet these men are now charged with and
ing in the election of Willard, a man whom
thew all love to hate-s man whom they de-
spise above all others. Was there ever oaser
ingratitude than thisf