Democratic banner., 1846-11-16

Ststss have been constantly pouring in HPol
us for the last two or three weeks. They
ihave generally resulted ~unfavorably to ou'
party and the administration. We have los
ground in Maryland, Maine, New York
Georgia and Florida, and in Pensyl'
wanna, our defeat has been almost over.
whelmirg. The wings have nearly swept
the state. They have elected a heavy
majority, of the delegates, to congress,
majority, Of the members to the legislature,
and have given the wing candidate for Ca
nal Commissioner amajority ofs or 9tlou-
sand votes.
The result has been most unexpected to
all parties, and can not be clearly or Salts
factory accounted for by any. 1t certainly
can not be clhimed as a protective victory;
for the only member Of the last congress who
voted against the protective policy, was
reelected, while every democrat who sup
ported it was defeated. Buttwo democrats
had the nerve to declare boldly for the rev.
enue policy, and they were both elected,
while e, very democrat, who declared against
or lodged the question was defeated. This
must clearly show that the revenue policy
if boldly and fearlessly advocated, would
not be rejected by the people of pensylva-
MIA. For if they intended BY this vote, to
show their opposition to the present tariff
law, they have certainly taken a very strange
way Of showing; =. They have rejected the
very men who opposed and voted against
thst law, while they have sustained the on
Iy nan who dared to support it. 1t would
seem then, that if they are displeased with
the administration, that their displeasure
must arise from some cause disconnected
with the tariff question, But when it isre-
collected, thstthe democratic vote in tie
aggregate amounted to but little more than
one halo # the democratic vote Of the last
preceding election, while the wing vote re-
ceived no increase, it will be seen, tina;
the disastrous result, may as well, be as
cribed to the never failing excuse Of the
wings, "Gen. .7paMy," as to any settled
prejudice upou the tariff question. Bat il
is unnecessary to attempt to find acarsrfl
orr strange defeat in Pennsylvania. The
wings will say, that il was for the want Of
votes, and we are wiling that they may
thus account for it, il it pleases them, bn'
We trust that we will be able to get d few
more votes, ifnot as the Lexington Appeal
predicts, a fright state of things in 'is.
The democrats have elected a majority
of the members of the Legislature in Michi.
gan. They have carried the State, but by
a decreased vote. The wings have proba-
bly, elected Wisner and Gordon to Con.
gress from the Sd and 4th districts, which
is a wing gain Of 2 members Of Congress
On the other hand the democrats lave re-
elected Me- lelland in the LIST districtby ar
increased majority. They have also elect.
ed Bradley in the I'd and Bingham in the 6tt
district, by small majorities. The city Of
Detroit has increased its vote for the demo.
cratic party.
We perceive from the St. Louis papers thai
Mr.. Whitney, the well known advocate Of
rail road from the head of Ike Michigan TO the
mouth of the Columbia in Oregon, arrived in thai
city on last Wednesday. His object is said te
be, to inform the citizens of st. Louis, as to the
character and extent Of his proposition, and u
secure their cooperation, in pressing the impor
lance of the subject upon Congress and the ma
ton. 1t is nov generally believed, that the da,
is Tot Gar distant, when the Of the tw,
t|great oceans, will be connected by a rail road
but the head of lake Michigan it seems to US, il
loo far northto be a point in this great thorough
fare. We think with little Douglass of Illinois
that the better route would be from Baltimore tt
some point on the Ohio, thence through tn
southern part Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois 10 St
Louis, thence 81 the most direct course to t!l'
South pass in the Rocky mountains, and thence
down the Columbia 10 the ocean. This rout'
lwould cross most of the treat rirars and connec