Result Of The Election

There areseveral things wbrthy of obj servation respecting the late election. 1. The result between the Whigs and Democrats was as we anticipated and had previously stated. We had ventured to expressour opinión, that the Whigs, as ai party, we re in a confirmed minority of several thousands, and that the result of the present election would establish the correctness of our opinión. We consider the Whigs as much a proper and absolute minority as the Liberty party, andtlíe chief difference behveen them in this respect lies in the fact that one party is a larger minority tlmn the other. 2. Last year the Detroit Advertiser palliated the entire defeat of its party on the ground that the Whigs did not makeani offort, and consequently there was no real issue. That plea, we think, cannot justly be made in extenuation of the present defeat. The importance of the election, as esta"blishingthe administration, and the delegation to Congress for two years, the election of a Senator in Mr. Porter'splace, afid its infiuence on the election of Ilenry CJay, were fully and jusíly urged in the Whig papersi The Editor of the Advertiser said he had "never known an election, except in 1840, whích I he decmed more important. The friends I of Henry Clay never had a louder cali."ixtra enons were made to cali out the Whigs and inspire thcm with confidence. The candidates for Congress took the 'stump. A number of 1 writers in the different counties undertook to manufacture public opinión for the ignorant, bywritingto the Whig papers, This county is good for five hundred Whig majority," fcc. &c. These things shew that an effbrt to carry the State was made, and failed. 3. One principal reason of the defeat of the Whigs was the small issues from their press. The Democrats had twentynine newspapers, the Wbigs five. In tho Tirird Congressional District we be■ lieve they had none, or, at least, none regularly issucd. Tho weelcly issues of the five Whig papers were probably less than 3,000, while those of the 29 Democratie papers must have been three or four times as many. This prodigious disparity in the influence of the press must have made the r.esult of lie contest plain to every thinking person. We venture tosay, that the Whigs will lose thenon next year, on ííns account alone, unless they can íncrease the circulation oí theír presses, or dímínish that of their advorsaries. The influence of a newspacer is irreal, incessant. and Dermmmni, ïo party can expect to succeed polítically without an extensive circulation of its principies through this medium. The "Barrycorruption fund," as the Whígs term the plan of securing to the administraron the support of the press by dispensing the Tax Advertisements to its friends only.has operated mightily against theWhigs, and powerfully in favor of their opponents. In its effects, the result has been, to some extent, the same as though a subsidy of money had been given by the Auditor General to the publishers of twenty nine papers, for political purposes. We do not know that any thing improper has been done by the administration. We only spealc of the effect of the present plan of publishing the Tax Sales. The system is bad, and shotüd be abolished. 4. There was not a full attendance at the polls. The vote in Washtenaw was considerably less than in 1840; in Wayne, 729 less; in Jackson less, and so of other counties, notwithstandinga large increase in population. The Jacksonian says that not more than two thirds of the voters in Oakland County attended the polls. - This is also evident from the result; fortne JJemocrats carried 23 towns in that County and the Whigs one. In a full election, such a result would scarcely take place. Why was thïs general fall'ing off in the vote? The main issue was on o Protective TavifF, or rathcr in support of the present TariiF. We snv the main issue, because there was no other; but this wasbut a one sidedone, inasmuch as the Democrats werc in favor of the present Tariffsubstantially. The people did not come to the polls, because there was nothing of sufficient interest to cali them out. The old watchwords of Tariff, Bank. Sub-Treasury &c. have lost their power. This general apathy, we think, will not be overeóme, till the greatgle shall take place between Liberty and Slavery. 5. The increase of the Liberty vote generally is not large. Why is it not larger? Because the appropriate means have not been used to augment it. For instance, in two towns in this County, no Liberty votes could be found at the polls until the second day of election; and in two other towns which contain fifty or more Liberty voters,we believe no tickets were provided, and the alternative was left to the voters of aot voting, supportng a pro-slavery ticket, or writing theirown votes, is it at all strange the vote should fall off in these four towns? We presume that similar instances could be adduced in cvery county. The great difficulty with Liberty men is, that while they justly appreciate the importance of exertinga moral influence againstry- while they endeavor to make it ap, pear odious and hateful, and hold it up n all its hideous deformity.they do not realiza the importance of corresponding politica! efforts. The former are merely preparatory to the latter. Slavery will never be abolished merehj by talking about it.- . Talking may do it by inducing action, I not otherwise. When will our friends learn that the cause stands in general estimation precisely as it stands at the polls, and having made a political issue, it must bepursued. If votes are what is necessary, the appropriate means to secure thcm must be taken. Othor parties are aware of this. The Advertiseï was care'. ful to urge on the Whigs, that a difference oí f our votes in each ward and township would make a diíference of more than twenty-five hundred in the State. Witlia hule exertion in each toicn, 1000 more1 Liberty votes raight have been given What an ímpetus would this have given to our cause! But the way to remedy the past is fa provide for the future. We therefore, take the liberty of suggestingto our friends an organization on the following simple plan.1. Let the Liberty men of each town meet together by the middle of September, and malee out a list of all the Liberty ! voters of that town. 2. Let another list be made of all who may probably be inducedto vote the ticket, and provisión made for using exertions to bring them over, by conversing with them, by furnishing them papers, or otherwise. 3. Let another Liberty meeting be held one week before election, where tickets may "be distributed to all present with an abundance for others.4. Let some persons be appointed to stay at the polls, to furnish tickets to those who need, and keep a list of those who vote the first day. 5. Let those who do not come to tho polls be seasonably sent for. We throw out these suggestions thus early because we wish them to be considered attentively. If they could be faithfully carried out, in each town, we ar& confident the Liberty vote might be doubled annually, instead of having a meagre increase. We shall find it is of no use to assurae the form of a political party, unless we use the means necessary to its growth and efficiency.tíut to return. In a large part of the State, no lectures have been given, and all that has been done, has been through the circulation of the Signal. VVhere other eflbrts have been made, as in the 'vp ; Vr"," brease is seen. In Jackson, JhulJsdale, and Genesee it will be observed that the Liberty voters bear a respectablc propovtion to the oiher parties. Which county shall the firstto gíve a Liberty major ity? 6 This electkm in our judgment is a. certain indication that Mr. Clay cannot have the electoral vote of Michigan. - Whatever efforts the Whigs may make, they cannot in one campaígn overeóme the large majorities against them, sustained by the influence of the administration, while there is such a dísparity between: the issues of their Press and that of their opponents. It was a maxim of Bonapart that the great art of war consi'sted in concentrating the greatest number of anrred men at a given point. In our political warfare, each newspaper permanently taken, may be considered as a soldier; and allowing other circumstances to be equal, that party will gain the victory which can circuíate, through its newspapers, the largest amount of political documents.7. We are not aware that the princples of the Liberty party have any thing to hope from the ascendency of the Demo crats, more thán they would have from thö success of the Whigs. The latter would probably make more professions of being "favorable," but would do no more than the Democrats. How much they will do, remains to be seen. We have no confidencc in cither of them, while their leaders are the abject subjects of the Slave Power. We have nothing to expect from the action of the parties whole power and influence are steadily exerted against us. They are both political enemies, and when the proper time shall come, we shall find both ready to unite for onr desfruction. We must pursueour own straight forward course, without being influenced by the fcar or favor of either.{QRecently we gave the views of Messrs. Clay and Webster on the Protection of Agriculture, by which it appeared that those gentlemen entertained sentiments exactly the reverse of each other. The State Journal says that the word "direct" before Protection was suppressed in Mr. Clay's ïWraTksTvv'e know nothing about this. We copied the article os we found it. (tMason Palmer, Receiver of the Merchants Bank of Jackson County, has given notice in the Detroit papers, that the whole amount of the circulation out is about 23,000 - to be reduced 3,000 by a package supposed to contain that sum unbroken. Those have demands against the institution are requested to present them by the first of January.