The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-16


are amply significant OF the hold Of Gen. Taylor
upon the popular mind. particularly the result In
Pennsylvania We are IN the active processes of
another revolution-lt is that revolution in public |
sentiment which dictated the nomination of
Gen Taylor by the wing convention. The |
election of Johnston as Governor of Pennsyl- |
vania may be attributed TO his personal popu-
larity, and to many local causes, such, for in
stance, as the Inflammation of The native
Americans and the iree-sollers with the wings,
but the main and moving cause is the general ia
in which the name of Tayler is held In the key
stone State. The people of that commonwealth
are plain and simple in their manners, and the
habits Of General Taylor are congenal They
like HIM, because they know HIM to be plain, I'M
oster tatious man. primitive and peaceful peo-
pie, too, are most susceptible to the claims of
military chieitain. His courage, his achievements,
and all the little incidents of the camp, have, to
rural people, peculiar fascination. Far off from
the scenes and paraphemal,a of war, they read and
hear Of battles with all the enthusiasm of romance;
ard if the hero, in this instance, exemplifes in
| all his conduct, the quiet and homely traits of
mind which mark the plain, domestic man, he
will win upon their partialty in spite of themselves
Thus, it would seem, has the nomination of Gene
raj Taylor operated among the farmers of PennsyI-
vanla--thus, it would appear, it is operating all
over the Union.
The election of Johnston has broken the spell
in Pennsylvania, of the invinclbiity of the regu-
gular democratic nomination. The vote o. Lam
| caster, taking the Iced from Berks, may also be
| regarded as an omen of most favorable signifi-
canoe to the wings. Yet the election of Johnston
was not accomplished, and could not have been
accomplished, by the wing party alone. Various
elements, heretofore acting with the democrats
and not now identified with the wings, voted their
tickets in the late election. Foremost, and most
important of these elements, is the party growing
out of the Buffalo Convention, known as the free
soilers. If the facts could be ascertained, 1t
would, doubtless, appear that from four to five
! thousand Van Buren, democrats voted for John
ston. Their object may yet be made apparent in
the Presidential struggle. In that election, every
democratic free soiler will doubtless vote for Van
Buren,; but since the success of Johnston, and the
rapidly growing popularity of Gen. Taylor, it may
be reasonably expected that many free soil wings
will desert the Van Buren, standard, and rally to
the support of the Philadelphia nominees. The con-
troll of the public works having fallen Into the
hands of the wings, it will be something unusual if
that circumstance does not operate against Gen.
Cass among the thousands of employees on the raj
roads and canals. General Taylor therefore, may
dispense with the barnburners, who supported
Johnston, and yet gain enough from other sources
to make up the deficiency. While, then, we do
not consider the State of Pennsylvania as beyond
all doubt certain to go for General Taylor-whlle
wedo not consider the October election as the ex-
act test of the election of November-it would
seen that the democrats have been losing ground
too far to recover their ascendancy during the
present campaign. The deserters from their ranks
will not return to the support of Cass; and the only
hope of Cass is in the contingency of Quaker and
free soil assertions from the whig ranks to the
support of Van Buren,. The natives will continue
their alliance with the wings and, altogether,
as far as the result is foreshadowed, the State of
PENNSYLVANIA Is lost to General Cass; although
promised TO him by General Sanderson in the
Baltimore Convention, by majority of 10000.
The October result in Ohio Is not distinctly
known, nor have we any exact data upon which to
estimate the effect of the free soil vote in Novem
Der. But, as the headquarters and the great
strength of the Buffalo nominees is in the Western
Reserve, and that quarter of the State is of It.
self sufficient in its dlsaection to lose the State to
the wings, the dsaffection In other parts of the
State In both parties being neutralzed, 1t would
argue that General Taylor has b ut slender chance
for Ohio. The free sollers, undoubtedly, have
some idea of the extent OF their organization, Its
strength, and the proportion drawn respectively
from the other two parties They declare that in
no event can General Taylor secure the State Of
Ohio This may be so; but with the security o.
Pennsylvania, the vote of Ohio loses Its import
ance
AS far as the States have been tried, and as fa
as conceded, General Taylor, without the vote Of
Ohio, OF he has the vote of Pennsyvania) will be
elected There is, also, very promising lndica-
ton, notwithstanding the late ukase of Mr.. Cal
houn, his friends, and the support of General Cass
by the organ of MIR. Calhoun, that South Carolina,
by her legislature will cast her votes for Ge-
neral Taylor, So that, In every aspect OF the CAM
palgn the prospects of General Taylor are fifty per
cent better than they were one month ago, and far
superior to the prospects of Mr.. Polk at this stage
of the canvass of "A.
In one word, from present evidences testimony,
indications, and appearances, the presence of Ge-
neral Taylor will be required In Washington at
the next Inauguration.
THE MORALITY OF A MoNARcHIcAL GOVERNMENT
When destiny had placed Lamartine on the I'M
easy seat of power he so briefly occupied, how
tender were his reproaches when he enumerated
to the Irish deputauon, who solicited his aid to
redress their countrys wrongs, the various acts of
cruel injustice England had inflicted on France
and how divine the spirit that sought to forgive
them He desired not to let loose rebellion in
Ireland to avenge the horrors that English gold
and influence had perpetrated in La Vendee; and
the destruction of their pecuniary resources, by
the introduction OF spurious paper currency. 1t |
difficult for human nature constituted as it is, to
look with so Christian charity on grievances so !
great there is in them a buoyancy which even |
time cannot submerge. The scattered events in !
the history of the past something like the stray |