WHIG ALMANAC, AND POLITICIAN'S REGISTER, FOR 1838; CONTAINING FULL TABLES OF THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT IN THE SEVERAL STATES BY COUNTIES, COMPARED WITH THE VOTES CAST IN THE SAME STATES AND COUNTIES DURING THE LAST YEAR. Reproduced by the AMERICAN, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC CofOsborne's Process) 1867. WHIGS OF THE UNITED STATES! THE Compiler respectfully submits this little Manual as a first attempt to disseminate, in the cheapest and most eligible form for extensive circulation, a few of the more important and interesting facts touching the great political struggle of the times. If this effort shall be approved, it will be followed up hereafter in the same spirit, but with different materials. The primary purpose of this is to exhibit in the clearest manner the great accessions to the Whig cause which the past year has witnessed, and the succession of brilliant triumphs it has rapidly achieved. To effect this object, nothing further than a fair comparison of the votes of the last and present years has been found necessary. If the Whig party is not now THE DEMOCRACY OF NUMBERS,' then there is no truth in figures, or reliance on official returns. Let this glorious truth be every where proclaimed, until it shall be firmly imprinted on the public mind, and the effect will be most salutary, The tables of popular votes have been compiled with care from the best attainable sources, and may in most cases be implicitly relied on. Some imperfections were unavoidable, especially in the returns of the more recent elections. These are in all cases acknowledged on the face of the statement. The labor required: has been much greater than would be imagined, and errors in transcribing are possible; but the general correctness and fairness of our exhibit will not be questioned. Whigs of New York-of the North-of the Union!. If our humble effort shall seem worthy of your countenance, we ask your aid in disseminating this little messenger through every town and village of the country. We ask this with a confidence that the good cause will be strengthened by your compliance, and that we shall not solicit in vain. New York, November 1, 1837. Was formed in the spring of 1834, by a union, so far as their common objects and views seemed imperatively to dictate, of all those who condeinned the most arbitrary and unconstitutional Removal of the Deposites or Public Treasure by General Jackson, from the one safe, advantageous, and proper depository designated by law, into forty or fifty State Banks. That reckless and most indefensible measure-which lies at the foundation of all our subsequent commercial, financial, and general calamitiesnecessarily gave rise to an intense political excitement, and to a new organization of parties, in which was partially merged all former distinctions. The Whig party comprised, 1. Most of those who, under the name of National Republicans, had previously been known as supporters of Adams and Clay, and advocates of 'the American System.' 2. Most of those who, acting in defence of what they deemed the assailed or threatened rights of the States, had been stigmatized as Nullifiers, or the less virulent, State Rights men, who were thrown into a position of armed, neutrality towards the Administration by the doctrines of the Proclamation of 1832 against South Carolina. 3. A majority of those before known as Anti-Masons. 4. Many who had up to that time been known as Jackson men, but who united in condemning the high-handed conduct of the Executive, the immolation of Duane, and the subserviency of Taney 5. Numbers who had not before taken any part in politics; but who were now awakened from their apathy by the palpable usurpations of the Executive, and the imminent peril of our whole fabric of constitutional liberty and national prosperity. Such was the origin and constitution of the Whig party. The name was chosen as expressing briefly and pointedly the great object and basis of the party-Resistance to usurpation, misrule, and despotism. The Whig party is neither the nor a Bank party. Most of its members are indeed friendly to honestly conducted banks, and a well regulated Banking System. A majority of them probably deem a National Bank, or some other national issue, or regulation of the issue, of paper money, highly desirable to ensure a sound currency, equalize exchanges, and restore prosperity. There are Whigs, however, who deny all this, as well as Van Buren men who concur in it. The subject of Banking affords such a scope for contrariety of opinions, that scarcely a dozen persons, who are thoroughly acquainted with it, can be found to agree exactly on every point. Whigs differ among themselves, as do members of other parties. But whoever asserts that the Whigs as a party are wedded to the present system of Banking, or that they are defenders of abuses in Banking or any thing else, is a reckless calumniator. The Whig party has never really comprised less than one half the qualified electors of the United States. In the first year of its existence, without a national organization, or any definite plan of action, it polled 650,000 votes -exceeding by thousands the votes of its adversaries. In the late Presidential Election, it polled 730,203 votes, exclusive of South Carolina and Michigan. The elections of 1637 have already demonstrated that the Whigs are THE DEMOCRACY OF NUMBERS by 50,000 majority, The Whigs will continue to contend for the Reform of existing abuses in Government, and the dismissal of incompetent public servants from the trusts which they have abused; the Retrenchinent of the expenses of the Government, which have swelled from twelve millions per annum under Adams, to thirty-two millions under Jackson, and still more under Van Buren; the limitation of the powers of the Executive, now practically despotic; and the restoration of the era of good feeling, of contentment, of constitutional liberty, and of national prosperity. Freemen of America ihese are our principles and objects-are they also yours? If Yea, evince it at the polls!" XVII..... 2375 1130 1227 Total, 39,317 19,723 19,200 Wards. Aldermen. (Adin.) Assistants. 395 .34,999 17,044 13,712 4,243 E. Morrill.. 1041 Guion 1054 1155 676 180 W. Shaler 225 Total..... 19,808 .... .... Whig majority on Aldermen, 772; on Assistants, 543. 19,214 NEW YORK SPRING ELECTIONS-Supervisors chosen. Albany..... 10.... 4 Counties. Whig. Adm. Counties: ...... ...... Whig. Adm. 5.....2 Saratoga ....10....10 St. Lawrence 5....15* Kings Allegany .10. Lewis 5.... 6 Broome...... 6 4 Livingston.. 9.... 3 Cattaraugus .10. 16 Madison.. 4.... 9* 5 6* Cayuga......11 .11 7. 4* Chautauque..20.. 7. .13 Chenango.. ....10.... 9 New York..18. 16 Suffolk 4* Clinton 4.... 4* Chemung 2.... 4* Oneida 11....15 .... Tioga ....... 3.. 3* |