The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-10
PHILADELPHIA, January s, 1s49.

PHILADELPHIA, January g. 1s49 !,
To to the Editor of the Union;
find in your paper of yesterday strange communlca-
ton signed"A Native of Pennsylvania from which the
following extract is taken:
take all in all, this is really singular sgnsome.
thing take it, like the signs OF anti Wlmot Proyso'sm
phia-abou, which. if my memory serves me, good
deal written and spoken not many weeks ago And
credit due these latter day signs of democratic sentiment
in Pennsylvania there was abo"t those other signs
about which then heard so much; little too much
% ny for The good Of our party And humbiy submit,
uct slavery question may not result in like manner "
Without saying anything upon the evidently bad tenn
per and tone OF the remarks generally would respect
done in Philadelphia, mot many weeks ago. or at any
other time, to justify the nsinuaons in this extract
ofy n Wmo n the y and county Of Pa
dephia; on the contrary, everything proves the reverse
OF the 53,s27 votes poed here at the late election only
ST. were for the Wilmot Provso candidate. Nor will
he find anything in the vote given 10 Gen. Taylor
tain his charge; for wherever else Gen. T. was held
as friend TO the Provso he not held in Phila
depha but denounced by its friends The sneers Of this
.Natue Pennsylvania, in regard TO implied decep
ton of the strength of the democrats of Philadelphia by
which his purse and the good of the party suffered
through their newspapers and otherwise. were eau
tous in their statements OF the probable result OF the
election in Philadelphia, because they knew that the
tves and wings had united, and that together they had
large majority; and yet notwithstanding this union the
democratic vote in the city and county of Philadelphia
was 81 500; 500 more than given for Mr.. Polk
That General Taylor got larger vote than antic-
paed grew out of fact the of that which is
implied in the above extract-hat the WIlmot proviso
popular in Philadelphia was believed, and
therefore candidate fell short Of the vote expected and
thus increased General Tayos vote These facts in
gard 10 Philadelphia are applicable to the vote OF the
State generally, and the sneers and insnuaons
sonay made against the democrats of Pennsylvania for
their conduct before and at the late election alike
deserved and contemplate The vote given in this State
TO General Cass was $500 that given month be-
fore to Mr. Longsireh, the democratic candidate for
governor, and $500 thar was given for
MIR Polk in the hard contest of 1874. But let us look
little farther: AT the late election, while two thirds
or thrce.iourths Of the States gave General Cass a
less number OF votes than they had given Mr. Polk four
years before the democrats Of Pennsylvania increased
their vote, as above stated 5000 for him Yes and
more; for with the exception of Quo alone, their in
cease was greater than any of all the other States OF
the UnionMichigan and Indiana includcd-and is only
1000 less increase Than in Ohio and would have exceed
ed Ohio but for the detection in Wilmors district How
then, any democrat in any other State charge The
democracy of Pennsy vana with deception or derecton
For pronounce any such charge false and refer 10
the record to prove it so.
Yours
A PHILADELPHTAN