The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-10

he is ready to endure more.
General Taylor and the Elections.
The Opposition journals have appealed
to the results of the recent elections as ex-
hibiting decrease in the popularity of
President TAYLOR. Some of them allege
that he has lost all his strength with the
masses, and that there are thousands on
thousands of the 'shumbugged" voters
who are returning to their first love, very
indignant at having been betrayed into
voting for General TAYLOR, by his pro-
mise to be President Of the people. Only
one of these g humbugged" gentlemen has
yet been Produced Mr.. LIPpARD, of
Philadelphia. The letter of this person
furnished the Opposition with texts, para
graphs, and leading articles for some two
months. They had bite at one more of
the same sort, DR.. BLACKBURN, of Geor-
| gia; but the doctor would not stand fire,
and that case has been abandoned. We
believe that Mr.. LIPPARD, as matters
stand, is the only humbugged" Demo-
| crat who has made his appearance publicly
since the 4th of March F.: so insignificant
has been the effect of the mad outcry of
the Opposition journals; of so little ac-
count have been the vile tabrications and
the insane denunciations of the Union and
its kindred spirits.
The elections that have taken place de-
monstrate one fact very conclusively,
which is, that if the Administration has
lost any thing, it has been by misplaced
clemency, and not by carrying out the
'!change of men" which General TAYLOR
declared to be necessary to "arrest the
downward tendency of our affairs" We
have lost in Virginia. We have lost in
Iowa. Our friends say that our loss in
those States has been owing to the fact
that the Federal patronage has been suf-
fered to remain, to great extent, in the
hands of our adversaries. The navy
agent at Norfolk yields large share of
the Federal patronage in Virginia. The
surveyor general of Iowa yields the largest
share of Federal patronage in that State.
The Wings could not counteract the power
and influence which these circumstances
gave the Locofocos. 1t seemed poor en-
enlargement TO Wing exertion, to keep in
the hands of our adversaries the means Of
perpetuating their power.
| But how is it in other Statesi We find
in the New York Tribune a tabular view
of the results of the late elections in those
contested Congressional districts from
which we have complete returns, compared
| with the vote of General TAYLOR in the
same districts in the Presidential election
ls4s, Ger. Taylors vote Wing Cong vote, 40
Rhode Island, 2d district 2,39s 1922
Alabama, contested dist 81 1892 22,ll6
~ Carolina, do do. BOOTS 5000
Indiana, complete. 69,9U 7O,5O4
Total, ofthese .... .l24,3l5 l24,l52
Wing Congress VOTE over Taylors, 1877.
1t appears from this table that there has
been an actual WIG gain in those districts
since the election of last year So far is
it from being true that President TAYLOR
is impaired in his popularity by the libel:
that have been levelled at him, and the
unmeasured, shameless vituperation Of
which he has been the sublect-he ha.
actually gained strength. A larger Whis
vote has been polled in lS49 than wa.
polled in 1S4S in the contested districts
and this, Notwithstanding the loss which
every dominant party must sustain in tn,
early stages Of It's career, from the inev
table disappointments and heart-buming'
which spring from the distribution of Of
fees. These causes have operated to some
extent to our injury in Tennessee and il
Kentucky, though in the latter State We
suffered chiefly from the introduction o.
local topics into the canvass, which ope
rated to the disadvantage of the WINGS
The Congressional election in Connection
took place at time when there was sus
pension Of opinion as to the policy of adj
, ministration, and an unquiet sentiment il
the Wing mind arising from supposed de
lay and reluctance in the Cabinet in adopt
ing measures indispensable for the main
tenance of WIG ascendency. We be-
lieve that If the election in Connecticut
had taken place at the same time with
that in Vermont and that in Rhode Island
the Who's would have triumphed ovel
, the combined forces Of the -Soiler,
and Democrats.
I The American Consul at Paris.
II matter Of notoriety that the Amer
, lean consul at Paris has recently been the