The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-16
Pennsylvnnia.


We congratulate the country upon the election in
Pennsylvania We hail this democratic triumph as one
OF the most glorious signs OF the times 1t is eyeryway
important-n the popular sentiment which it displays
in the issues it involved, and in the results that it is cal
culated to produce The great issue was the war with
Mexico. The wings assaed il in every variety of FORM
They had doubt of carrying the election and then
urging their incontestbe evidence Of the
voice of the people They were confident of their victo
ry One Of the most distinguished wings Of Philadelphia
expressed the day of the election the most perfect
assurance of their success. The most influential whg
press Of that city, the North American" has since
poured forth its bitter lamentations upon its defeat
This result (says the wing orace) surprises much
as will surprise readers We into the contest
10Th almost perfect erpectafion of expec
ton founded upon our belief that the people OF this great
commonwealth not utterly insensible their
interests to sustain administration which had assa
each and all OF those interestsan administration which
acquired power by fraud upon their rights, and has
abused that power to nict upon them the nu
res-an administration which in its whole conduct has
shown imbccility, prohgacy, and wickcdness--an ad
ministraton which has made its entire series
of extravagan blunders and expectation founded upon
the repeated of intelligent friends in all paris
Of the State who were without exception confident Of
WING victory We need say, that many of the op
posing party expected the result All have been de,
ceived Causes have been in operation of which no man
could appreciate the force the existence and
tanly could anticipate the effect; and these have
been sufficient and than sufficient
not only the positive strength of our friends, but even
the dlsafecton which existed in the locooco camp"
The wings counted upon their success with the utmost
confidence They counted confidently upon the "causes
which they had put in operation" They calculated upon
the efficiency OF the Misrepresentation which their many
headed press had put into circuation-upon their panic
arguments of ruin from the tariff of '4G--upon Their
camors against the They counted upon the union
between the nativists and the whgs-upon the secret
disaection Of few Of the republican party-upon Their
use of the name of General Tayor--upon the Wilmo'
Proviso and the cry which they had expected to produce
against Mr. Buchanan's letter. All these engines have
failed, and the people of Pennsylvania stand regenaae
and disenthralled" Of all the influences which wer
brought TO bear upon them They find the tariff OF l7R
stripped of all the mischefs which had been portrayed
and the patriotic spirit Of the people had rallied in the de-
fence of our rights, and in the support Of their county,
against the foreign enemy.
We hail this victory, therefore, as the most important
which could be We have carried Pennsylvana
against the tariff of the manufacturers We have caTr
if against the authors of the Wilmot Provso The en-
lshened people Of Pennsylvania have decided the issue
of war in favor of their country.
The result is every way glorious 1t confirms OUT GU
6dence in the people 1t shows that the Keystone OF '
arch of the confederacy is firm and nvincibe II VIII
cheer the republican party in all directions; and any
thing can the democrats of New York to an ac'H'
of their duties, this event has the power to do IL
No wonder the democrats of Pennsylvania are eAu,'
ing in their glorious vctoryhat professions are 10
made and mass meetings to be held.
And well is the question asked what coulE
those wing members, who elected to Congress ~
der deceptive circumstances, will pursue at The mex,
sion of Congress- Will those seven or eight wings
who have been returned from districts now decueDy
democratic, grossly misrepesent their constituent,
to run counter to all their wishes But we VIII re"'
this topic hereafter