Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-27
WHOLE NO. 6ls.
PennsyIvania Politics.

Pennsylvania Politics.
we invite especial attention to a circular
nom Committee Of the National American
party at Lancaster, Pennsy lyania. giving the
causes Of the defeat Of the Union ticket on the
l4th instant and developing the designs Of the
Democrats and Republicans in that State in
reference 10 the Presidential contest II win
be seen from this Circular that the National
American party has taken n position from
which 1t win not be coaxed or driven--that it
will adhere to the Fillmore and Donelson tick
ct come veal or woe 1t eschews all f,isions
and alliances, leaving the Republicans to vote
the American ticket, or not just as they may
think proper. In view of the utter impractiea-
bility Of their electing Col. Fremont we sup
pose the Republicans may finally vote the Ma
tional American ticket rather than see Pom
sylvania cast her vote for Buchanan. ii
a CIRCULAR a,6b
LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 20, 1855.
MEssRs EDIross,. The election on the l4th IN
stant 10 this State is over, and merely desire to
make known the reasons why the Democrats car
ried the election for Canal Commissioner, &C., by
small majority, and the course the true Fillmore
party In this Htste 10 pursuing az TO the Pres
Dental canvass There were six distinct causes
outside Of the true legitimate strength Of the Dem
Ocratic party, which worked in favor Of the sue
Of the State Democratic ticket as aeainst the
ticket called the opposition or Union State ticket.
The first was the great number Of foreigners
naturaGzed; the second was the immense number
colonized from the adjoining States especially for
the occasion, which would foot up, az many say
who are conversant with the matter upwards Of
1000 in the State the third was the great nun
Der of those who voted at several precincts on the
same day. Arrests are now daily being made.
heard judge of the court say last evening, that
one lrishman, to his knowledge, voted seven times
The fourth WAS the thousands OF true Fillmore
men who voted with the Democrats, and the thou
sands who did not vote at ALL The reasons for
this step on the part Of the Fillmore men were.
hrst, that a few days before the election the Re-
publcans had meeting at Harrisburg, prospect
ingly 10 form and put out Union electoral ticket
after the election of the 18th. II waa reported
that the Eillsnoro party were represented in said
Convention, when everybody acquainted with the
feelings of the friends of Fillmore knew that party
had nothing to do with It. t3s'
In parts of the State where the report could not
be corrected before the election, the Fillmore men
united by scores with the Democrats, and support
ed the Democratic State ticket. The second rea-
son was that report was put in circulation also
few days before the election, that two Of the can
didAtes on the opposition ticket, called the Union
State ticket, were stumping 1t for Fremont, and
these reports, together with the fact that the New
York Herald Tribune, &C., were making haste to
proclaim Republican victory for that party in
Pennsyivanis, bore 80 heavily upon large num-
Der OF Fillmore Americans who despise Fremont
and Republicanism as they do the devil that they
united with the Democrats In many parts of the
State, In order to give the State election to he
Democracy, and by that means kill off Fremont
m kIle tha
South a. to the injury it might do the prospects
and popularity Of Mr.. Fillmore in that sectioi by
their cooperative action with the Democrats to
elect their State ticket over the Union State ticket
But still, In the face Of such acknowledged facts
the Democrats now say, they beat the whole op.
position, the strength of the Fillmore American
party included. fs =
The fifth was the very singular expedient TO
which the Democrats resorted in certain parts Of
the State and that this, to advertise their POI
ltical meetings with large posters headed .Bu-
chanan, Bzeckinridge, and free Kansas" These
bills followed in turn with the remarks of Demo.
cratic speakers that Kansas in the very nature of
thngs could never be anything else than free, and
that the election In Kansas would make ID 80 bad
q happy effect upon the populacc, and gained for
the Democratic State ticket many, very many,
votes. Y g-,s d s
The sixth was the largo amount of money ex-
pended and the cooperative action Of the forces
In washington. In order that some idea may be
formed as to this cause, the fare from Philajel-
phia to this place is ordinarily two dollars and ten
cents, but il was reduced to twenty-five cents to
and from Lancaster on the day of the Democratic
meeting, and SO It was at numerous other meet
ings in the State Looking at the causes then
which operated in favor Of the Democracy in the
State election, the great wonder is now why they
only carried the State by so small majority At
oil events, the Democrats do not rejoice but little
over their apparent victory, as they know all those
causes cannot work for them again @
The secrets of the Democratic State committee
at Philadelphia were kept during the whole CAM
paign around the DARK Lantern" with more un-
erring confidence than R1,oac-R Rothipgism ever did
or could its counsellings. We now behold it's pol
icy upon the face Of the election and let mo say,
the course pursued will not redown to their future
One point, however, should not be
overlooked, and that is this, that the Democratic
party is fast gaining for itself the name Of the i
failible foreign party $500 y aas'
New that which they condemn the Know-Noth-
ings for, they practice themselves with the great
est secrecy. But 1t is right in democracy because
ID is the infallible Democratic party and wrong IN
the American party because it is falible r
Now the State election is over the DEMOCRATS
on the one hand are endeayoring to confuse Amor
leans, and the Republicans on the other, are an
noying, them, because they win have nothing to hl
do with fusion or Union ard circulating the false-
hood, the Fillmore party 10 cold to the Democrats
TO give the State TO Buchanan. The leading men
of the Democracy are cunning tactitons. They
with the Republican party, than to see ths Repub-
Fillmore electoral ticket for 10 the former coes
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