The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-30
OIL Inc people by the election OF their ticket The Joke is
good one and long may the wings remember it,
From the Boston Times.

Oh the people by the election OF their ticket The joke
good one ana long may the wings remember it,
~ From the Boston Times
m hIsoLi OF THE RECENT ELEcToNs.-ln no pres.
denua contest since that OF 1928, have the August cleo
ons terminated better Tor the democracy than those of
the present year and the remark holds coed whether
,naas WIN reference 10 the national State elections
IN Lhree otales-Silssour, Illinois, and owa-members
OF Congress have been chosen and the democrats have
elected THIRTEEN members, and the whi.s-oNr and
that one Col Baker, volunteer soldier In the Mevcan
war; ana mad conclated democrats by the zeal and har
mony wnh which he maintained his country's cause
Not wing member has been gained while the major.
lies Tor democrats are large and Overwhelming in almost
every district In the 18th Illinois district, where Clay re-
ceiVed almost one thousand majority four years since
there is democratic majority OF 1885, and popular
and able wing udge Logan has been defeated for Con
yress. We have been equally fortunate in securing
legislatures which have to elect United States senator's
which gives the Senate for years to come In Indiana
where senator is to be chosen our majority on iont
ballot cannot be less than wentyf though last year
me wings had majority of two. Illinois has also TO
choose SENATOR and her Legislature is thoroughly demo
cratic even the Senate-as learn, verbally from
gentleman VINO mas lived there many years, and who
personally knows every member of that body-has
majority OF democrats. North Carolina has either fled
or wing legislature on joint ballot if whg, the ma
Ionty is only tD0 whereas last wear il was fo7,,feen
pretty handsome gain in State which has been
as reably wing as was Massachusetts,, until some of our
iederaists, by way OF vanity and amusement undertook
TO set up consciences
The popular vote is equally encouraging to the demo-
cfas missouri has given us majority of twelve thou.
sand beng gain OF two thousand on the vote of IslI
and Interesting as indicating the current of feeling in the
west Inc popular vote of Illinois is quite as e6coura
g and me best Judges IN that quarter say that Cas- and
pu:leI VIII receive twenty thousand majority in the
prairie State Ii should be recolected that the Van Ruren
party have proclaimed that they were to cary off anpe
numbers OF the Limos democrats, and that their efforts
are even to render the choice Of democratic electors
matter OF much uncertainty. We now see how l,nla
they have accomplished and that their performances are
as ridiculous as their preensions to patriotism Indiana
mas LIKEWISE handsome popular majority, though from
m hare II a.. L. n.
and county only, It is impossible to state its precise
amount The State Sentinel says it cannot be less than
ve thousand, ana we should not be surprised if
t. turn out much larger though not great Cass and
Butler will receive in November. They are both very
popular in Indiana, while Taylor is there unpopular on
account of the undeserved censure he passed on the
second Indiana regiment; and Fillmore, from his no.
torous frendlness to protection" is regarded as the
slave OF the manufacturing interest. and the enc
creator of the black tariff of 1912 can never be popu.
lar in community which desires to have the markets of
the world open for ITS corn, wheat &c; The barnburn,
does not appear that they accomplished any thing there
Van Buren, was used up among the HOLSTERS in 1886 and
$780, and the democrats there would get the upper
hand until he was choked off; and now that he has Ju-
dashed, we may look to see Indiana permanently demo-
cratic by thousands Iowas popular majority is likewise
great In Kentucky, there is wing loss of less than
1000, compared with the vote for Clay in 1914 In
North Carolina the wing loss is not less than 5000
taking the vote for President four years ago as the test
Taking all the elections that have been held and com
have democratic gain of not far from THOUSAND in
the popular vote, without counting the vote of Iowa.
which is a new State. This is doing more than we'll
when consider that started with an extent of dis.
affection in our ranks he disafeced themselves being
judges) wholly without example in the history of Amer
lean democracy and that the leader of the regular enemy
supposed to be popular enough to sweep every thing
before him-supposed to be thus popular we mean by
those who nominated him, but not by the democracy
The Journal OF Commerce says: "Take il all IN all the
results OF the August elections far from showing that
democracy is used up On the other hand, they clearly
indicate that the contest next November will be severe
notwithstanding the overwhelming tide of popularity
which seemed at time to be CARRYING the whole coun-
try in favor of General Taylor" That we have stiff
fight before do not doubt and above all things we
and ncurable of despsng their enemies which has
ruined many noble and apparently prosperous cause
but the " tide of popularity of which the Journal speaks
lasted no longer than it was supposed the general was
democrat, and began to ebb from the day the slaughter
house" nomination made. Where is that rush.
the evidence of the existence of that southern public
opinion which to prevent the North from giving an
electoral vote for Cass Is it to be found in the result of
the North Carolina election! Which of the western
praires has General Taylor set fire. for we were told
that he to ignite them ALL do sparks from the gun
of the hunter in autumn when the grass dry and the
winds blowing The West shows small indications of
Tayorism do the northern States and If Taylor does
not succeed better in the North than he will in the West
and South he will chance of not getting so many
finale to the Philadelphia Convention that would set all
the nations into war. Two months ago, could not
find whig who willing to allow that Cass had any
chance in even Michigan and New Hampshire; and now
very difficult to find of the same party who is
willing to make an even bet on Kentucky Everything
such the democratic party even has not often the good
fortune to win