The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-19
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


CalcAso, Oct. 8. IS<S
The farther 40 west the more able to corroho,,,.
the made in my letters from New York h., ~.
barnbumer gradually subsdinx and that A.
the election ITSELF will scarcely have power To do
mischief Chicago has from the jump. been affected
district and feared that the majority which the
district give for the old democratic ticket would
be down much by su in the party. that Gen. Tsy-
Tor would carry by small plurality the friends Of the
regular democratic nominees or this you, there
is the slightest danger. Ono after the other Of
those who imagined that "free-so and froelabor
anything else than voting for Martin Van Buren, IL dropping
of and returning to his first love and long before the 7h Of
November there will DO enough le Of thsm psrpe
uate the
selves with the vain hope of seeing the Chicago
QMr Wentworth's paper out for Mr.. Van Buren,
but sad was their disappointment whom they beheld IL
nx the Cass and Butler banner the breeze Snoe on,
The Tribune" has been started the leader of the Van
Buren, fencbles but This ephomora docs appear do
much mischief 1t cannot gain foothold In the district
beside the regular democratic Journal and young ~ IL L.
exhibits already indisputabe symptoms Of decay and
speedy dissolution. The tact s the Van Buren, of
this place do stand nearly we'll they did month
ago. and conceal their disappointment from the
public They find that the whole movement has proved
an abortion, and that far from being able carry sim
gle principle of their own, they merely made oats
paw Of by wings and abolitioniss to advance the vey
ains which they nominaly contendinK From
riding in their coach, they ondly expected,
they scarcely suffered occupy tho box by
the side OF the wing driver.
But the State of Illinois always sa
the Dragging and Boosting of the wings Tho Van Buren,
nsurecon extended beyond tho northern district In
which the democrats have majority of 900 upon.
while the remaining districts of the State capable Of
ing majority of from 200 10000 for Cass and Butler,
remained steel the regular nominees The north
district might be lost and the State still remain safe
the Baltimore nominees But let whig Yah Buren,
man iatter himself that his friends carry the
northern district Mr. Wentworts election best shows the
strength of the democratic party that districts and his
name and influence which entirely cleo
ton OF Cass and Butler, will be sufficient counterfeit
whatever cause might have been work distract the
party in his district. am under the firm conviction that
the regular democrats will be triumphant evsry district
in the State of Illinois, and that Cass and Buffers majority
will exceed 10000.
The Cass and Butler club of this city, under the skiul
management of the jealous and interchangeable COL Ksrchs-
VAL is doing most excellent service in the good
have seldom energy displayed by the members
oil political association, greater unanimity In their
councils.
The adopted German and Irish citizens arc all fight.
Though the former, in addition the regular Cas- organ,
have small Van Buren, paper started in Chicago, tho
wings among them have not yet been able establish
journal of their and the Van Buren, paper itself II
Quoted with such and genemany popriety ~
to leave strong hope that the two factions will
again the democratic platform The city Of
Chicago contains between eighteen and twenty thousand
inhabitants, whom there not less than six n0u
sand Germans. The German farmers In the adjoining
counties equally Out of twenty adopted
Germans may count ninete safe for Cas- and
Butler They for the most part small thrifty propre-
tors people least half houses raised
here within the last few years have been built by them.
have been told that during the year l87 the In
the German population of Chicago alone thousand
of whom brought considerable property and
comfortably established.
Chicago and Milwaukee now the two great westsm
Cities and there is considerable rivalry between them
Chicago the Amsterdam of the Wes-oquay saturated
with water, equally industrious, and equally thrifty. Ito
growth has been marvellous, and its tonnage surpasses
that OF the coasng trade OF of old Atlantic cities
The system of schools is excellent and the best
of the continuance OF sound morals and strong
democratic principles. PILGRIM.