Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-12-16

various parts o. the State, that although defeated,
they are BY no means conquered OF disheareued.
Uenefaily they manifest a rrsolute aud mistaken
sp'u'-a determination TO cast aside all dissen-
SionS and heartbumngs-tu avoid elimination
CT deauneiatlOn--to heal the wounds inflicted by
local differences aud personal blckeungs, ioment-
cd oy the arts and misrepresentation OF an IN
Neterale common adverSary-and 10 unite upon
The old Democratic ground, sustaining their prin-
eIples, sustaining the President and an admins
iFaiion OF their choice, giving new life and teror
TO lhe'F cause, ensuing the speedy aud Triumph
ant success ct the Democratic party OF this
tenor are the admirable proceedings Of the repub-
licanS OF Utica, which We publish to-day-adul,
rable IN manner and in spnI, aud altogether IN
season.
lie, this spirit go abroad Let i, animate re-
pubhcans 10 the renewal OF Their faith, and the
ylg,luut discharge of then political duties. Let
! 5srry republican ask himself wherein he has
been rem.>s or over-couhdent, or indifferent or
charrined by Disappointment and let han not
hesitate 10 repair the evil that may have resulted
from il, by a ird,al, sincere, anS 2eolous eo-op-
Grafton with all lie lliend,of the republican cause
The result Of the recent election cannot be ia
h0il dS an nlOtN lNl tilC tNttHNs hihiil '"NHNH
have combined to produce 1t, wbch can not and
! must not be operative again. We have no doubt
that the official returns OF the counties VIII shoa
that it Is owing, TO an increase Of the Federal
strength, bu to the absence ot the DcmoChtic
voters from the polls nor have We the least
doubt, that a single year viii reSetse tins result.
and restore the Democratic ascoudeucy IN both
branches Of the Lenslature. No one familiar
with our State viii doubt, and all candid m'n
will admit, that the trends Of the administration
are at this moment decided maintily ut the
people Of the State. With harmony il, our ranks,
ard au adherence To democratic principles, the
next election Will fInyd demonstrated Of this
ccl that vll throw bach the arlstuc,acy, whether
il the uui>e Of " hias, or as the friends Of great
bank, as pane aamsts, or as the opponents of
eyer, Government measure ui relief agam, into
il minority Of years.
The history Of our State elections furnishes
parallel ca.r--parael, we venture to say, IN the
immediate resuScitatlon as IN the temporary pros
trauon, of the friends of the Democracy. la
1924, the Federasts swept the State The
Democratic party placed then, as now in a false
position before the people, and having TO con-
tend as well with internal dlsStnsIon as the labor
ed perversions and Misrepresentation OF lis oprn-
IONS and measures, were defeated as they me
now, and to the same extent, except that the is
sue then involved tickets of higher magnitude.
i 'rhen we lost the Governor by majority Of 49,
a.. Tho Lieutenant Governor by $4,000; three
c,,r,h, ., the members oil Congress, six OF the
egb, Senators. AMI nearly tbree-iou'ths Of the
Assembly. Then, as no W, only eighteen Of the
tNlltS4 anu VIC
Federal triumphs included Onondas;' eaYoea'
Montgomery, Duchess, New York, C'.ie'j
Kings, Queens, Oneida, Albany, Rensselaer,,
columbia, etc. the four last by malonnes Of
900 to 400 each. Even llerkimer, st. Law
renee, and Steuben succumbed to the conquer
ing murch of Federalism; whilst the counties
which stood their ground then, as now, were Sul-
folk, Delaware, RockIand, Putnam, Greene, OF
sego, Seneca, etc. Then also, were heard the
mad shouts aud delitious rejoicing Of the victors
and shows illumlnations, and salutes, from one
end of the State 10 the other, were among the ex-
hbitlons of parzans unused to victory and rnioy-
icated by it.
But the triumph was as short lived as it we're
sudden and sweeping 1t was the victory Of
day. At the next election, the Democracy re-
gained their ascendeucy the Legislature +; and
from that day until the election Of lS37--thrtcen
years-ihey have sustained it in series Of ui-
umphs nearly every one of which, qnietly as
they have received them, have surpassed that
which has now actually driven the vcors mad in
transports Of joy.
So will it be now. A single year Of harmoui-
Gus exertions will throw back, with fearful re-
coil, the political strength Of the State, and the
Democratic party, triumphant N ITS unity and It's
principles, firm III lis attachment to the lavorItc
son of New York, ana mistaken IN the support
of The great principles and measures Of his admin
lstration, will rescue and maintain his prcdomin-
ance.--QlJany Argus.