West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-06-27

I;t+lo Known his services tn the nation of
Snch little consequence. that npon his nom
ination hv thc Democracy the crv went
thronghont the Renublie: "Who is James
4 Poil,p,
Henry CLAY was the choice of the Ameri-
can neonle for President. and decided ma.
iority of tbe votes actually east was thrown
for him. He was chosen President by the
voice of his iscorntrvmen. and under the Con
stitntion and laws-bv all the rnles of rioht
-wos entitled to the Presidency. None
If is notorious, Nevertheless, in the House
in 1S45, the electoral vote counted was:
For Polk. TO: for CLAY, 1O5; while Polk's
minority on the popular vote was "a,
The electoral colleges counted for Polk in
(26), Georgia (10), Louisiana (6)-in all rs
votes-to all of which Clay was entitled by
decided popular majorities in all those States.
Hence, add those rs votes to Clay's 105,
and deduct them from Folks ITO, will give
Clay 1873 votes and reduce Polk to so, max
ing Clay's majority in the electoral colleges
81, the real result of the canvass, but which
was defeated by the deliberately planned
frauds of the Democracy. Even strike from
Folks 10, New York's SO votes, which
State Clay confessediy carried by from 5000
to 10, 600 majority, will leave Polk but 1874
electoral votes and give Clay 141, a majority
of seven i'll the colleges.
In Louisiana the frauds were truly villain
GUS No attemptwa ever made to disguise
or cover them. They were open, notorious,
and shameful John Slidell was their infa-
nous engineer, and under his manipulation
thousands of fraudulent votes We're counted
for Polk in New Orleans and all along the
NJ civ,
illustrate all Up to the day of the rebel
lion-up to 1S61-the largest aggregate vote
polled in Plaquemine Parish was $50; in
1S44 it gave Polk 1, ,007 majority, while his
majority in the State was only 500.
Thus in 1914. throuobout the countrv
fr,nd hv Tildpn and the Democracy was re,
dnced fo . system. Throuoh it's resn1ts
I,or II poll +ba wool, hnt amh;+;o,c
.oai of +lonro slavaT oliryarob, ,yas escol,rt
"a IN, and the Gallant and na+riotic Clav the
;1I,,str;ons ssGreat Comm6ner ;, WHOSE sor
,.;oos 10 +be nati,,n in war and naaca conc+;
t.1to 10 hr;abtest ,,ares in its civil biS+o,,1,
t,'as rohbed of the Presidencv-yvas robbe5
". T;1dan .nd tba Damocracy. as latar in
1S5- hv SIMILAR frauds in pennsvlvania hv
+bo same narties accomplished t6rouoh like
aroncias Iohn G Fremont was cheated of
tbo same hioh Office. and James Buchanan
anotber vnsl, and enuallv nIiant tool of the
oi;(,arcbal consnirators Of 1S44 was frandn-
larfIv n1aced in the chair of Wasbinpton
run,,3 r,nm;3fost1y l under nedgps to comn;ate tbe
+ra;+oro,,S ,voylr for tbe destrnction of tbc
PYt,1h1;a hoo,,,, h,, pnIJ,
The c.m1aign of 1874 Tildan modelled
,,nl,,, that of 1874 Rv similar aonncies or
altS bv Wholesale and systematic frands in
.Lo N4r+b no euocoaded in carrvinr Now
vi No,,,- Iersov Connecticut and Ind
o,,a. ond IN tbo Sou+b bv +bo murdorous
M;es;s;,,,,; eho+ ,r,,n noIicv ot+,ntod Tho
,,,anrra ntnre of tho fctit;ons firuros which
constitnte his nretended nonnlsr majority
IL foaSand fe57 tho o,;garchal coHSniro
| tore- .nceoedad in disfranchicing tbe nation
T., 1ere 49,, f,;Iad ,,,lI, h,, :, c0,nt of ono
In 1871 tLa;r fraudulent s,ccess entailad
mon +La nation the crimcs of Pollx's di isas-
tro,,e reir,n~-the .e1nholv', Mexican war for
~ go 80 5;zoroon+ Of Slavery ovaot;n,r of
tho ,,otion caoritfca of thousands Of lives
ord L,1ndrods of noill;onc of troasura. his
;niar,tons free. trade tariff. his hostility to
intarnal imnrovements. and kindred meas
ros a, in tho intorost Of +ha mo slavcry
ol;C,'rob,,. tho fotai reonon;nm of The slavery
,,ost;n,; ',,,.oc;,,tatod by thn StrngoIo Of tbs
sect;ons Iti far tha nossass;on of the territorv
soivoJ from Navico and which in 1881
ID +ho ,noninnlation of Rucbanap and
tI,o no,-aooraor- n,,1,,,;na+od in tbo onno,ln(,
- af t1,o ,.ohoIl;on
f. 1o7e +ba;r s,onoss was ;n+andod 70 be
os disostrons &C those of 1914 and 1957
| The Confederacv had failed in it's attemnt
70 I'D JoStrov the Rannb,ic It's nrest;ge and
nr;do ,yera humhIad and in the murderons
struGaIe pr nrovoked hv it's crimes it's losses
bad 5acn immense Tilden's success was
intended M to redress all that. A restoration
nf tho Copfadorate to mower and nlace in
| the Government was to be followed bv tbe
humiliation of lovaltv-the abasement Of
the nation at the feat. of the rebel. and tbe
min of the Renuhlic was To he effected hv
tbe confscation of it's pronertv and means
in the navment OF thousands Of millions of
frauduIent claims as indemnity to the Con.
faderate for losses in the rebellion
In all these villainons frands Samnal 7
Tilden in New York aided hy the notori.
ous isaiah Rvnders and his cohort of m.
nr;nc;,jed gufiians and in Iouisiana Inv the
eouallv notorious Tohn SlideIl New York.
or hv birtI, was as y LEADING Democrat of
tba Emnira State the bead1narters of the
consniracv for tbe defeat of CLAW. am active
and efioient co-worlxer. If is not STRANGE
therefore that Tilden. who. in the campaigr
of 1s7e simnlv attemnted in behalf of him.
se,f Ia reneat the fauds of 1914 AGAINST CLAW.
should be chagrined at his failure, and that
he and his partisans should SO fiercely de-
nounce fraud against the Republicans as
they did in 1874 denounce Clay and the
Wings.
| That Henry Clay was entitled, and con.
fessedly entitled, to the electoral votes Of
the States of New York, Pennsylvania
| Georgia. and Louisiana-segenty-eig il
all-which by fraud. by the "counting in
process which the Democracy now charge
AGAINST the Republicans. were counted fol
Polk. we have before us the proofs in g
number of shapes. They cannot be ques
toned. In 1S44 a combination of gamblers
through system of betting all over the
country in favor OF Polk, as in the canvass