Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-11-24
State EIecfio,,s

In New York, the wings have elected
their whole state ticket BY from 20, 600 TO
10000 majority. This result would be
startling, were the election any thing ap-
proximating a fair contest between dem
ocracy and federalism. As it is, howey-
er, the result is only democratic detalca-
tion-not IN any aspect wing victory
At the democratic State Convention, the
reckless old bunker faction, which defrat-
ed Silas Wright last fall, under the lead Of
Croswell, Of the Albany Argus, carried
out their designs with high hand con
trolling its action and all the nominations
by means of packed majorities and the
most palpable fraud. The consequence
was, that the young democracy assembled
in mass meeting at Herkimer, adopted a
manifesto repudiating the action of the
State Convention, and the Democracy OF
the State split into two segments; one Of
which-say about half The democratic par
ty-the wings have beaten! This proves
if it proves any thing, that we have still q
large popular majority in the Empire State
The fedora; prints of Iowa are strain.
ing their lungs over this result as a great
wing victory. To show their folly, we
quote below the candid admissions of the
leading wing journals in that State. The
New York Courier and Enquirer says:
cit were folly to pretend that the Wing:
alone have achieved this victory, or to deny
that they have been very essentially aidec
by the split iu the ranks of their oppo
nents "
Tie Tribune also acknowledges the
fact that the dissension among Democrat:
has done It's work. 1t says:
To misinterpret the result, would be a
grave, a mischievous error. The State
Ticket Nominated by our opponents is
horribly beaten, not because all the Wings
did their whole duty at the polls, for many
neglected TO do SO; no, because the
People heartily agree with us on any Of
the great questions ON which the two main
parties confront each other, though we be-
lleve this to be The fact; because the
People are less radically Democratic than
the candidates presented in the name OF
Democracy, but because they are much
more SO. We might have carried the Stale,
and we might mol, on fair party contest
IN which the War, the Tariff and The kin
bred topics Of past controversy were pre-
eminently at issue. ** We
have carried every thing before rs, simply
because the great mass of the opposite
party were outraged and disguised by TIE
do:ngs OF their last State Convention
Hsiciigan---Thc Banner State!
The democrats have elected their entire
state ticket, from Governor down, BY
major'ies ranging from 5000 to 6O0O.-
We have before stated the general result
which the invincible young democracy of
this glorious little state send greeting to
the friends of equal rights throughout the
Union. We had marked for insertion
some paragraphs in the Detroit Free Press,
challenging the admiration of the world for
the unparalleled instance OF clear demo
cratic majority in euery county an the State!
unanimous democratic delegation in Con.
gress" House Of Representatives. wjM hi
four wh'g mfmJerSN md unanimous
democratic State Scnate!!!i That paper
Il wing been mislaid, however, we must
content nurseIt with assuring tie editor
t!,at lis contents are duly noted. and heat,
~ conera,ul4ting orr WOLVERINE friends
upon The proud pre-eminence Of Michi-
s an democracy.
New Jersey.