The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-20
THE GREAT TRIUMPH IN PENNSYLVANIA -THI
~ IA - REpIIDIAIION OF WILMOT.

We copy the following rom the Harrisburg Penn
sylvsnia) Patriot and Union The figures Of our Har
risburg contemporary too low, as the returns be-
fore us warrant the belief that General Packer ma
jority will not fall much below SIXTY thousand potes
.The defeat of the opposition in Pennsylvania has
been complete, overwhelming, crushing We have no
means of forming an estimate of what General Packer
actual majority Is but from the figures given it cannot
be less than twenty thousand and may run up to forty
fifty thousand We congratulate the democracy this
splendid result We congratulate all national upon
the defeat of David Wimot the great leader of aboli
tionsm and free-soilsm in Pennsylvania the man who
next to Seward has done more TO ALLEVIATE one section Of
this great country from the other to inae the north
mind with prejudice and TO insti destructive and
olutonary fanaticism than any man in this Union
Pennsylvania is q noble old Commonwealth. She
has again proven herself to be the buwark OF the Union
The arts Of Seward and the eoquence of Wimot have
been used against her In vain She has turned from these
demagogues with disgust and shown them and their de-
lued followers how futile their attempts to shake her
integrity In 1856 she testified her devotion to her
statesman James Buchanan, and now In 1857 she reaf
firms that decree with emphasis that cannot be mis-
understood. t.f.s5F41t hat@d hds ~
When David Wimot was nominated by the republic
convention he had the vanity to suppose that he
could carry the State He thought that by appearing be-
fore the people and speaking to them after the style that
he found eectua in Bradford county he would carry
everything before him. He imagined that the whole
State contained the material that he found in
Bradford and that his the master hand that could
mould into the shape to suit his purposes With
amazing energy he travelled from county to county
speaking twice, and in thrice day, reiter
ating the same old story--the history of the Wmot
proviso- evils of slavery the danger of it's ex
tension into free territorythe subserviency of the
democracy to southern intereststhe incompadbity of
free and slave laborthe desoate fields of the South
and the blessings of liberty. This familiar theme
elaborate and colored by all the eoquence that Viii
mot is master of Not only did he deal in nggersm and
bleeding Kansas but when he found that his vote for
the tariff of 1916 was likely to nure his cause he boldly
denied his position that question: and would have de-
MED his vote had not the record been against him No
man worked harder Few men capable Of en-
during much After traversing throughout the length
and breadth of the State he devoted the last week of the
to the city of Philadelphia There he spoke day
and night during six days SO confident he that he
had made impression upon this good old State that he
confidently told his friends in Philadelphia that he would
come to the city with 1000 majority, and that If Packer
did not beat him in Philadelphia he would be the
next governor This was the summit which the mans
hopes had elevated him The result shows the height he
has fallen from. 1t5a,.
1.-THE result in Pennsylvania is evidence of the
dence reposed by the people in the administration of
James Buchanan. Thousands of voters who were led
astray last year by the bleeding Kansas cries of such
men Wilmot have been undeceived. Their eyes have
been opened The fraud that played upon them has
been discovered. Wimot has found them demagogue
proof They have turned deaf to his cries. and uni
ted to take vengeance upon him The man who asserted
confidently that the election Of Mr. Buchanan would
certainly make Kansas slave State has been cast
out a false prophet Ftt
The triumphant election of Gen. Packer is cause
for congatulaon not only account Of the principles
he represents, but account of the man himself He
has been long in public life he intimately acquainted
with everything pertaining to the interests of Pennsyva
MA He has been representative of the people in both
branches of the legislature and has borne prominent
part in enacng the laws and shaping the policy of this
State in consequence of which he has acquired expe
rence in State affairs that will be einently useful in
executive. #s2d stsH VIZ Aa Na@f
Gen Packer will be supported in the discharge of his
duties by democratic legislature The house Of repre-
senatives will contain very large majority of democrats
and the senate is completely redeemed from the republic
cans" y.