The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-17
THE UNION.


The National lntegencer is true to its vocation 1t
points exutngy 10 the results of the elections
irresistible signs of the change ofpubc sentiment in rea
ton to the administration and the war The whole tone
OF its article is calculated TO cheer up the spirits of the
public enemy and give them aid and comfort in the
prosecution OF the war; II substantially tells them to go
on; mat the peace party in power in the House
OF Representatives, and that they may stop the supplies
II even goes so far to tell the President that the people
have decided against him. and that il now behooyes him
to relract or modify his actsthat to say to withdraw
our troops, and patch up dishonoable peace without
Indemnity Tor the past security for the future"
And what are these unmstakable signs OF revolution
in public sentiments We have lost two members in In
dana without any change of public opinion as to the
war. Mr. Owen has been defeated, partly because he
and his friends sufficiently active from an over
weenng confidence in success, and partly because he
was attacked on different grounds from political opin
ION The New Albany Democrat of the 10th says:
we have no evidence that politics had much to do in
the defeat OF Mr. Owen-no evidence that the is un-
POPULAR that the people of the first district consider it I'M
just or are opposed its vigorous prosecution to an honor
able peace evidence that they desire national bank
to control the monetary affairs of the country which were
never IN more healthy and prosperous condition tina
they now evidence that the popular desire to
return TO system OF high duties, which has proved so bur
densone to the producing classes and which is now rep
dated by the most enlightened statesmen Of all nations
These questions the federal candidate endeavoed to keep
entirely out OF the public viewso far as he is concerned
they were hidden from the public eye The opponents of
Mr. Owen do pretend that he was defeated on polit
cal questions on the contrary, is is ascribed the pecu-
liar religious opinions which he entertained His
defeat is claimed as the triumph Of religion over inf
deity"
We have lost the district of Mr.. Speaker Davis by
meao ms rity
ony) because that district was unfortunately torn to
pieces by our own parythe popular Speaker being put
aside, and two conventions serving only distract us
the more, and to ALLEVIATE votes from the ultimate
nominee
We have lost three members in North Carolina from
the most shameless system of gerrymanderng that was
ever pracsed by desperate party. Our able cores
pendent explained this whole matter in the last evenings
"Unon and asserts that the administration is stronger
there than
In Alabama. we have lost one member in the Mobile
district which two years ago represented by fede-
rast. We have lost it under circumstances which do
no credit to the opposition.
In Kentucky, we have gained, not lost, a member;
and so far our increase in Kentucky offsets our loss in
Alabama.
Tennessee alone remans and loudly does the National
Inegence over the wing gain in that excited State
gain that elects the wing governor by majority per-
haps, not exceeding 1000. correspondent in Ten
nessee in this evenings paper explains the OF
this 1--WE confess to us unexpected and unwecome)
defeat.
Virginia. too has just finished her last congressional
election. and the result is everything could have de-
sired. There is no change against there, since the
last election The voters OF the district deci
ded and active. Instead of the II majority by which
Dromgoole was elected Meade has carried off the palm
by solid majority Of 800.
The people have not changedso, at least, is the best
information we have received. They will never turn
against their country the midst of foreign They
will never refuse suppes-never place our honor at the
feet OF foreign enemy-and never the party who
does no, cling the patriotic maxim, "May our country
be always right; but right wrong, our country"
The National Integencer, indeed, hints significantly
the course which it expects from the wings OF the
next Congress How diferenis its cac uation from that
OF the Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, which we received this morning
'The wings here confident of majority of eight or
in the House, and discussing the of
ton which they will take party. cannot find that, as
party, they yet prepared to resist appropriations for
the prosecution of the war But, having maority-hav-
ing the Speaker and the organization OF all the committees
the wing members necessarily responsible for the
and objects of the appropriations. III they not
then what is the Of having wing House II the
wgs, ,hen grant the appropriations called for by the Elk
for the purpose OF vigorous prosecution of the
war; they will adopt and approve his policy To avoid the
dilemma in which they will be placed they will, think,
issue TN edct from the first caucus, declaring that the
question party question: and that the members may
hold what opinions and give what votes they please to
the war, without affecting party obligations. They will
have extend the same lenityto some other questions In
fact, the party bonds will be found to be very lax"