Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-10

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popular nil VAS against the measures "' The
Administration, ard especially la1se fe!aIing 10
the Independent Treasury.
Ths.lhey insisted, would be shown at the polls.
They even Threatened That Mr. Wan Buren, would
be rl, alone in his glory With New Hampshire
and Alabama.
In order To ascertain what the expression Of
that popular ,riH has been SINCE the last session
Of Congress, at which the leading views OF the
Administration IN the keeping Of the public reSe-
nue. were fully developed IN the Presidents Mes
sage, and the Report OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and fully discussed by all parties IN de-
bate We propose to review the results OF the cleo
tons which have since taken place.
Louisiana was the first in the field. There
though the Administration lost cue member Of
Congress BY division and supneness, with the DIS
advantage Of new candidate, yet the Wing Co
vernon was elected by less than half tie majority
which his Wing predecessor obtained and IN
the lost district our candidates tor Congress was
beaten by only nine hundred, or one halt the ma
iority which the antl-Jackson candidate hud at
the election previous.
The elections when soon followed in Alabama
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officers, except one Wing vacancy, in n district
IN the first State, which was filled AZ before.
But in most Of them national politics had
pIrponderaling influence, and in all Of them ad-
dions were made to the democratic strength IN
their respective Legislatures. In Alabama, IS.
prclay, the gam consisted of ten or fifteen mem-
ber-, aud was accompanied uy "A most signal deu.
ocrallc victory, for he first time, IN Mobile, It's
COMMERCIAL capital and where the combined
bank and mercantile influence, rs far as possible,
was attempted to be rInbtcred against our can.
dldaeS, on the account of their attachment TO the
leading measures OF the Administration of the
General Government.
Mex came the election IN Missouri
A loud shout of victory was at first raised at
an opposition gain in 81. Louis-- Iorg the hot.hed
of Federalism. But, as the returns came IN
from the hardy yeomanry and mechanics of the
interior, the advocates Of The bank were over.
whelmed with one OF the most signal rouls on
record and the Administration candidates for
Congress were reelected by an increased major
Ity Of nearly 5000 votes--or an aggregate Of
more than 5000.
10 Illinois, every member elected TO Congress
by the people is democratic, and two Of them by
exceeding several thousand, and, We
believe, much larger than ever were before given
IN the State. One Of lhen--ior we include Mr.
Douglass by the people--ls in place Of vic.
lent opponent Of the administration at tho last
two sessions of Congress. Our candidate for
Governor, though lately brought out, and labor
ing under many disadvantages, WAS chosen TO
succeed one Of the most vindictvo and abusive
Wings in the whole West.
Rhode Island, in August, remained as she was
in her State election. But, though in the Wing
ranks, ere long, we have no doubt, the dIssen-
sions among he Democrats will be healed. and
she will unite again with her democratic sisters
We turn next to North Carolina. Here we
admit that the Federal Governor was reelected
by an increased majority over new candidate,
We further corcede that the FederalIslS have in
creased some Of their members in the House oil
Assembly. But that they have majority against
the independent Treasury is doubted and that
they ever viii carry vote in that truly republican
State for Clay, Webster, or Harrison, i. neither
believed nor anticipated by any body acquainted
with its population.
The Opposition call that STATE the Sleepy Ho.
low and sd, tina, RIP Van Wrinkle seldom
wakes up and though he may not have walked
at the last election, we venture TO predict that he
will be ride a,rake before lS4U.
In Vermont we probably gained one Demo.
cratic representative IN Congress, and had
largely increased majority for another; leaving
the State officers much rs heretofore.
Gallant, generous, Democratic Name came
next to the rescue, with gam of two represen.
tatives ia Congress, change Of Governor by
over thee thousand majority, and total rcSolu-
ton in favor of the Democracy in her LegsIa.
ture. All praise is due to her noble bearing I'm.
der so many commercial and bank pressures and
panics under the martyrdom Of her iayorite son,
and the Vandal rruptlon from other States Of H.
legal voters OF moncd contr buttons collected
by such Federal committees as MesSrs. Phillips,
Curtis, and Graves, and Of carloads of speech
es and pamphlets Irankcd by such u.scrupulous
Federal organs as Ogden Hoffman.
The Mary land line, that fought so brayely no,
only IN the Reyoutl9il, but in the late war. mex,
marched III he steps Of the chiyalrous conoueror
IN the East. Democratic Governor for the
first time in many years, has succeeded 10 IA bitter
dynasty Of FederaIlsis and The iag of The In.
dependent Treasury and of Reform was the far
undet Nhlch uraSoh noDly rallied and conquered.
The Keystone Of the Arch came next Penn.
sylvanla has bravely breasted the storm /; and
notwithstanding the thny.hve million Bank and
It's coadjutols III Philadelphia with their frauds to
defeat the sagacIous mgersoll-- Notwithstanding
he railroad and canal cohorts illegally marched
to the polls by such prohIgaie leaders as Stevens
and DIckey, she has sent TO Congress AN increas.
ed number Of Democratic representatives. ,.scu-
I'd the Executive char from Antl,nasour, and
Federalism combined, and CAV, Democratic
majority more than ublr that III The Presidential
election IN 1886, and several thousands bcyora
the aggregate majority IN her election to the As.
semb1 IN 1887.
In South Carolina, the Independent Treasury
has ganedto ITS cause representative, IN the ON.
| y district heard from, by an overwhelming ma.