The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-25
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.

The Nut.oaat Iatelfigencsr which calmly and without
objection sees fanacsm and intolerance sweeping
the country refrain indulgng regrets dem
ocac Victories when those victories achieved
against combination Of demoralixng and revolutionary
ideas Instead Of manfuly following the example which
has inspired the indignant protesations against proscrp-
ton and abolition OF such statesmen Choate, Winthrop
Reverdy Johnson and other beau da Of the school here
toore worshipped by the Inelgenc, 1t seeks rather to
show its modification the triumph Of those just prnc
pies which rapidly defeating and destroying the
elements of faction
If the National Iategc were indeed what it processes
to be-a truly conservative Journal animated BY
tracted consderatonst would have been the leader in
the which setting in resistless current
against the dangerous demagogues Of the North What
position that paper wond occupy at this day had it early
and wisely foresecn the wreck which any patriotic intel
lect might have anticipated the result Of the know
nothing and abolition oombinationl How proudly it
could have rallied single standard all the followers Of
the old whig Organization How it would have doomed
above the little eaouses and small aspirations Of the
Had this action great statesmen who still rejoice
in the of "whg' would not look to Washington in
vain for leader and organ, would not groan in agony
Of spirit the absence of sentinel the watchtewer
Of the federal Capital would not be pAraysed by the silence
Oh nun SltOuiu uuSc utcu 6Vuuu
This would have been the better well polite
part for the National Asteyencs. Instead, however Of
acting out in works its own profse professions Of
va,s that journal to have been appalled, by the
advance prescription or what worse have sat idly
by calculating the chances Of the conflict Instead of
boldly assuming the initiative and denouncng the
spracy Of charatans and cheats which has pushed from
their stools the old wing captains, and now rules with
al of; ,ha dxvhi0 haac aai
yielded to the dominion Of the anreasonng coalition.
These observations occurred while reading in the
National Itegencer of Tuesday its upon the
vote thrown the last Pennsylvania election The Intel
lneer extremely anxious 70 extract comfort for
the fusonsts who so sgnay defeated in that cleo
ton The overthrow of as shameless Of political In
tguers ns ever ivedhe rebuke Of the worst ideas that
have ever been coined by counterfeit satesmenhe defeat
Of the of Chandler the old friend and stand
by Of the IateAgencerthe popular reputation of Came
ron and Wilmot expelled the democratic party and
in the leaders Of the combnatonthe vrdicaton of
independent and fearless judiciary hssa svens touch
sympathetic chord in the cold bosom Of the Ltelgenc
but rather to have awakened its grief and alarm.
Accordingly, that journal proceeds to show that the vic
tory of the democratic party aided that party by
the truly conservative wings Of Pennsylvania is not the
great victory appauded by honest Of all parties
but advantage achieved only because ssaua coe
cast We not disposed rival the Lcgencr in sup
plying baancesheet of figures in contrast with its
1t is true that considerable number of remained
at home at that election but that journal should know that
of those who remained at home according the ratio of
votes and the position of parties in Pennsylvania large
majority belong to the democratic party and that when
these votes shall be called ouas they will DO in the
ing yearhey will be thrown the side of right and
against the shameless sonss Of the day Every election
in Pennsylvania with exeepons) that has preceded
presidential struggle unless in the Of election for
governor exhibits about the falling off, We tell the
Itelgecfr that Of the number of voters who remained
behind in the last contest there thousands who
will again appear at the polls in concert with the
who share the sympathes of the Naional Intel
hgeace They may have remained at homo because for
natural reasons they did not like unite once with
their former opponents the democratic party but when
the trump OF anarchy sounded and the yell of dis
union rings throughout the land they will turn their eyes
the standard of the democratic party the shpwrecked
mariner the star that guides him through the
tempest
careful and intelligent survey of the vote will show
that large proportion Of the tho last cleo
ton in Pennsylvania composed of citizens of this
kind
There still another element which the egencer has
left of its calculations In many counties in Pennsy
vania the know nothing suberfugc has not yet been
posed it win be exposed by the democrats and national
wings Of that State When the batteries of truth to
play upon the combinations and the searching food
Of investigation poured into the hdngpaccs Of the order
shall sec the vote that the 9th of October
increased in its proportions beyond the sangunc
pectatons reaction such has just begun Pennsy
vania goes backwards; has the point been
reached where this revolution is to subside
The democrats Of Pennsylvania with their allies and
friends The national wings have presented a clear
cean positive uncquvoc issnethe issue Of the rights
aud equality Of the sovereign States Of the American Union
and the guarantees Of the federal constitutions and upon
this issue they will BIO certain TO triumph that the
constitution will ouve the assaults Of M adversaries
But il what have already said fails to convince the
editors Of the fayence that Pennsylvania Is safe for the
democracy in 1885, ask them TO witness the spirit with
which Old crks is preparing for that contest The only
effect Of the from which the Iegency takes
fort on the democracy Of Pennsylvania is to animate them