New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-21


couId neither save him nor the man whose cause h.
espcused. The Hon. Anthony E. Roberts his
consin-ths present incumbent-ls trlumphantly
elected Their feuds are settled, consequently the
contest in the county will settle itself down totl
proper issue-Buchsnan and Slavery or Fremon
snd Freedom. Let the supporters oi tne oincin'
natl Platform boast that they have got Kansas 70
put their slaves in. they are not quite sure OF
vet. We must grid up ourselves for the contest
II il only by the defeat of James b. Platform that
the aggressive spirit of the Slave power can Dc
checked. Ne
Correspondence OF The n Y Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. l9, 1856.
| am not among those who were disappointed al
the result of the recent election. The nominations
for State officers which were made last SPRING ana
which then represented the sentiments oil oo'n
wings of the Opposition to miscslled Democracy,
happened under very different circumstance from
those which now exist. At that time no candidates
for the Presidency had been regularly presented,
snd none of the personal distractions which have
recently multiplied were causes of complicated
embarrassment. In fact, there was union In good
faith which has since then gradually disappeared,
except among the honest rank and file.
In estimating the probabilities of success in this
State the Jealous were misled in assuming the ma
jority in Gov. Poock's case as basis of cacula-
ton. The elements which contributed to his sue
cess 40 well as 10 that of Judge Conrad for Mavor
in this city, derived from the fresher materel
Of the Democratic party, which sought new field
of operations and discarded the despotism of
old leaders, which had long parceled out Offices
appropriated plumber and dictated nominations.
When Pollock and Conrad distributed their patron
age, and necessarily disappointed the camp follow
ers. many abandoned the new party and returned to
the ancient paths. This was seen in all the cleo
tions since that time. Hence the absurdity Of
speculating upon data without reliable foundation.
In the recent election the Democratic party was
drilled and organized like regular srmy-com-
pscted and commanded with extraordinary skill.
Their three great auxiliaries were money, manage
nent and work. month ago, they Were con-
fessedly beaten and expected defeat. Aud this is
the true explanation, why their press everywhere
took care to prepare the faithful for an anticipated
overthrow last Tuesday. But week prior to the
election. this feeling was vlsibly and decidedly
changed. and for reasons that will be disclosed be-
fore conclude.
The organization was perfect, and extended to
every township and precinct in the State. The
Chairman Of the State Committee sat here with SIX
Secretaries, employed night and day, and communl-
eating as freely with the remOtest corners as with
the wards under immediate supervision. lntorma.
ten was conveyed from all the weak points, and
knowledge was thus obtained OF every merchandise
politician who was worth buying securing.
canvass. Old Wings and young Wings were en-
listed with freedom of promise that will require
a political bankrupt act to extinguish The fears
Of trade, the preudices of section, the apprehen-
siOns of tmidity and the ambition OF the weak,
were all addressed with degrees of success. The
sons of Clay and Webster were imported, to revive
the memories Of the names which they have dispar-
aged Aspiring local men, with the deserved neg
lects of Wing Administrations ranking in their
breasts thought the chances OF apOstacy pr0htably
promising, and they were fattered with hopes
which time will never fulfilled. Money was
procured by tens of thousands, and especially from
New.York City. 1t was spent judiciously, in
partisan sense-that is to say, not upon venture.
The managers contracted to pay for msjorities
when obtained, where the contracts were large and
not special, and they got them.
With all these advantages, and many others not
named the Democracy still had serious misgivings
in their secret recesses They knep they were
them they still are, IN an actual minority In the
State And even after the first flush Of the news,
they did not exut or give token Of assured victory
Notwithstanding all the flourish of trumpets with
which they advanced to the fight, they trembed,
fearing the rebuke of the incOrruptible masses.
PENNSYLVANIA was carried by deliberate bargain
with and purchase of the Fillmore Know Nothing
LEADERS, In this city and in the whole range Of
Eastern Counties, where they had any numbers at
all, the Democratic vote is not only sweled beyond
all precedent, but far above the most sanguine
estimates ofther State Committee in every instance.
The great fraud was perpetrated In this way,
Though there were wholesale ones committed at the
polls BY combinations and perjury.
If trouble be taken to examine the Fillmore
Press, during the progress of the canvass il will
be- found that from the most conspicuous down to
the dirty and driyeDg Daily Nrcs here-cOntroed
BY the Chairman of the State Committee-there
has been an ncessant crusade against Fremont,
and considerable exeulpston of Buchanan. The
machinery Of that organization was IN the hands OF
the most corrupt knayes that ever dlsgraced a po-
tica party, and, while protesting support Tor the
Union ticket, they were secretly working by spu-
rOus ballots and other practical contriyances at the
polls to give the victory ID the pretended enemy to
which they had been regularly sold for dollars In
hand Money was literally given in the country to
keep up the waning fortunes OF Fillmore papers,
in order to preserve that organization and prevent
fusion. Within my own range OF acquaintance
nearly one hundred respectable men who nOminaly
sustained Fillmore have admitted since the cleo
ton they voted the Democratic ticket, believing the
other to be waste Of suffrage.
I'm most of the eastern part Of the State the active
operations were conceded BY the Republicans to
the Fillmore men, hoping by surrender OF can
didaes of claims to position and all the petty dis
tinctions to insure good faith aud hearty coopera
ton But they were betrayed. On the day OF
election in several of the precincts where Ameri-
canism has fourished most, there was not Fill
more man upon the ground to distribute ballots or
to yindcate the rights of the Union ticket; and in
some of the wards, where American inspectors
presided the msjorites the other side have been
enormously Notwithstanding that the polit-
zeal craft Of California may have skilled admirers in
city where the practice originated under the
auspices of the illustrous Ned McGowan.
But if confirmation was wanting to establish the
entire truth Of all these suspicious facts, circum-
stances within the last few day have furnished in
controyertble evidence. The State Committees Of
the RennhIican North American and Fillmore par