Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-10-18
The Result i'm Pennsylvania.

| in their endeavors TO make 1t appear that the re-
suit of the late election IN Pennsylvania. is yer.
dict of the people against Gen. Taylor and the
policy of his administration. Such, however, is
not the case; and the opposition might as well
a, once abondon the effort to bring odium from
any such result upon The gallant old hero who
never yet surrendered to his enemies. 1t is per-
fectly idle for them to hope to be successful in
creating an impression here or elsewhere. Every
one at all acquainted with the causes which pro-
duced our defeat, well knows that our want oi
success in the city and county of Philadelphia, OF
in the State, cannot justly be ascribed TO any such
cause as these journals would attribute 1t to-
Gen. Taylor is as popular to-day in Pennsylvania
as he has ever been, and had he been candidate
before the people at the late election the result
would have been widely different. He still has
the abiding confidence Of all classes of the people,
and as strong hold upon their affections now ss
ever. They know him to be honest, capable, and
faithful to the constitutions and that whatever er-
rors may be committed by him in the administra-
ton of the Government, will be errors of the head
and not of the heart. They fully appreciate the
ment in the spirit Of true republicanism and,
whatever may be their course at the ballot box
ordinary occasions, nothing is more certain than
that they will sustain him and the policy of his ad
ministration as developed thus far 1T vain and
useless effort, therefore, for any portion of the
Locofoco press to pretend to regard the late result
as either condemnation of Gen. Taylor or of his
administration.
The causes which led to the disastrous result
on the 9th inst, are easily traced, and perfectly
well understood by every Wing who actively par
ticipa,ed in the struggle. We have no inclination
needlessly to dwell upon them but justice to
those who nobly and faithfully performed their
duty, seems to require of us, while upon the SUBJ
ject, to state some of the influences which opera
ted so potenty against their exertions. The chief
of defeat is certainly to be traced to the
of many of the appointments made
by the administration at Washington. We speak
plainly, for we should be wanting in candor and
truth were we TO seek to disguise it. Had the
Wing party received its just share Of public pat
ronage, and that patronage been conferred upon
,oorkng Wings, instead of mere Parlor Politicians,
who have no sympathy in common with the great
mass Of the Whig party, and only bent on
their own individual aggrandizement, we should
now be enabled TO rejoice over glorious victory,
instead of being engaged in tracing the causes
which have led to an overwhelming defeat. Anoth-
er cause, still more potent in its influence in par
alyzing the efforts of many of our most active
Wings, may be traced to the fact that number
Of those holding office, not only did nothing to
support and sustain the Whig party, but were ac
ually found in the ranks of its opponents, exerting
Ill their energies to overthrow and defeat the par
" to whose clemency they are indebted for the
places they hold.
These some of the real causes which pro- |
luced our defeat, and it is folly in our opponents |
o pretend that the result affords any evidence
hat the people have become estranged from Gen
Taylor, or that they have less confidence in him |
low than they had one year ago. However much
dissatisfaction some ofthe appointments ofthe ad-
nnstraton NAV have created in our midst, and
however much that dissatisfaction may have con-
uced to our defeat, we have vet to hear the first
nan to censure General Taylor for them. All
onfde in his integrity Of purpose, and feel assu-
ed that he would not knowingly or wilfully make
n improper appointment. They know and ap-
reciate the difficulties which attend the dispe n
alton of public patronage, and feel well assured
nat the noxious weeds of the administration need
ut be brought to his attention to have the prun-
lg knife applied to them. Gen. Taylor, let our
riends abroad rest assured is still first in the af.
sctions of the people Of Pennsylvania, and will
g nobY sustained at all times when his own acts
ome before them for approval. Nothing can be
lore certain than that the Keystone State will
ustaIn him in his endeavors to administer the gov
rnment after the illustrious example of Washing
,n.-Daily Ne,os.