New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-06
General Taylor and the whiss.

We are in the first year OF new Admnsua-
ton. and In the first smart Of the disappolntmen's
and missp ppointments iDsepsrsbe from the wide |
dispensstion of Political Patronage. OF course
some have obtained places who should not have
had anything, while many far more worthy and |
NJ have been refused what they Justly sought 50 |
it has been, 10, aud will be. until we can disesi
the Federal Government Of the enormous sgerc |
gate OF patronage vested IN 1t. contrary to the
inteut of the trainers OF the Constitution. Now is
the very time for friends to feet siiensted and the
love of many TO wax cold An Administration s
apt t. bo ieeber just after it has dispensed ts pat
ronsee than a, any other period
Bot aside ircm this, we were favored last year
IN oleoting Gen. Taylor by the professed AID OF
some guerrillss, who did not pretend 10 be Wings
never were and never will be. These we speak
oft men " no were drawn to us by a sniff OF the
loaves and fshes) have generally been dissppoint-
ed aod have gene of muttering vengeance
They n let the Wings see how helpless they are
iflelt To their own strength, so they will! They
sull pretend to support General Taylor, while
they steadily defams his Cabinet And the
guerrilla press has been busy difasing the ls
preston that the Wings owed their triumph last
Fall to the personal popularity of Gen. Tsylor-
that a great portion of his votes cast by men
adverse to Wing principles aud measures who
would desert aud leave us fat as soon as we
should attempt to do anything Let US see about
this
Tnsre have lstsy been held elections Tor Mem
bers OF Congress In seven or eight States but 10
many Of the districts there was no party contest.
while from others we have as yet but imperfect
returns But such a. we have fairly pre-
scented In the following table
'as, G.. Tayior. .sss Hns oo.s -sts, 40.
Rhode Island lid district. 2,anc. ..-....... 2rs9
Alabama 5 contested dist 81. .g32. ......... LILO
n. Carolina do do. .3O,O7s .--....-- sOlO
Indiana complete. ..... 6s,sJ7 70SN
Total, of these. l24, ,3l5.-....-. l24taa
Whis Congress vote over Tsylors, 1877.
To have undertaken to include the uncontested
districts would have only obscured and confused
the exhibit, the above ia accurate and lucid. There
has actually been an increase Of Whis votes IN
the contested districts At the recent elections, {.
compared with the vote cast tor Gen. Tsyor-s
result We are confident, utterly without precedent
In the first year of any previous Administration
And when il is considered how serious and fatal
have been the rsvsges Of Pestilence this year,
and how many thousands tnesrly all votersl have
been carried of BY the California Fever. We think
the Increase Of voters in these States since las.
November can have been very little If anything.
True, the results in Tennessee and Kentucky
from which we have no complete returns ss yet
have been less favorable 70 the Wings but why
Simply because We were cried down In those
States As an Anti-Slavery party. On that ground
alone some thousands Of Wings voted for Loco
Foco Congressmen or failed to vote altogether,
tu, they have not changed their political views
on other questions. And on the other hand, NsS-
MONT, which has just held her election, has un-
doubtedly Poled a lar larger whig vote, both in
the open lid District and in the whole State than
She did last year We have very slender data be.
Sond personal observation during the iortaight
preceding the Election, bat we are very sure the
Wh,r vote in the State is 1900 70 1000 heavier
now than that cast lor Gen. Taylor.
In stating these facts, We draw no line Of
.epsrstion betw cen Gen. Taylor and the Wing
party-we know none but hctiIlous one drswa
by cerisin anti Whis mischief makers who pre-
tead that they supported Gen. Taylor. tien Isy-
lori Wing President, and the Whis party are
the Administration party. We welcome all who
see n, to act with Us, provided they ask no sur
r,nder Of cur principles as the basis Of their sd
hesion There is no Taylor party other than the
Wing psrsy. no Taylor platform bat the WINS
platform We trast ths, is broad enough and
stnas enough to hold sl who seek the public good
through the sappou OF the President and Wee
President whom the People have chosen
- H0ss's RAiLKoAD GszkTrs very
large weekly on pisn. which We should think IN
dispensable 10 Hotels. Travellers sc diagram ''
given OF each Railroad in the United states showing
the cities and villages ii touches their respective as
.anee. from the starting point and the rates q JsT 10
each important stopping place. with the set times Oh
.-t :, nd ,.,.rtnrc from the principal cities trav