Columbus Democrat., 1839-11-30
From the New York Evening Post.
MAesArIIIrS


! II IS wh the highest degree of satisfaction that
We give place to the news Of tho recent elections
IN Massachusetts. That ancient State. with her
intelligent aud thinking population, attached 10
| old opinions and slow to change, yet numbering
among her citizens some Of the truesi hearted
and olearesl minded democrats m the Union, has
at length yielded to the progres. Of truth and re-
nounced her political errors. We sneak ihus
positively, because the returns we hayo received
leave US no doubt Of the election Of tho demo-
etanc candidate Tor Governor
Once united to the democratic f4sily. il is no
slight cause which will lead Massachusetts again
to separate herself. she is ours for this genera
uon at least. Slowly and gradu lily, as the day
breaks upon the winter night, did the right Of rea-
sou and experience dlsslpaie ancient pfejudices
and the cherished mistakes Of opinion. From
year TO year the democratic party IN that State has
RISEN up stronger ale, every defeat, prepared TO
do battle with 6rmer resolution and better hopes
Of success. The great lesson taugh, by the
events Of tho last few months, has, It "a far To
presume. completed her political conversion, and
We welcome her with feelings Of graduation for
which we cun fnd no adequate expressions, into
the sisiethood Of democratic States. A change
accomplished so slowly, must DO lasting a step
taken with so much dehera,lon w,ll no, be lightly
rctraced.
The advocates Of equal and sparins legislation
in Massachusetts, well deserve tho Triumph they
have won They placed the controversy on its
true grounds they declared the doctrines Of de-
morcac freedom without reserve or sophstica-
ton; they drew the distinction between them.
selves mud their political adversaries broadly and
distinctly, We did in THIS ely, and like US they
have been victorious
Wepubsh entire handbiII from the Bay State
Democrat. containing returns from l74 towns in
Mass lchusehs, showing a democratic gain OF
more thpn seven thousand votes with small ma
Jorty for the democratic candidate, and leaving
bui 32 towns TO be heard from, which, if the
same change has occurred IN them, will sugmsn,
the gun to about twelve thousand, and give the
democratic icke, a majority Of mole ,6sn two
thousand. Everett was elected Governor or The
State last year by majority Of e.925.
Verbal intelligence goes s,,ll further A pas
songer who left Boston in the rail cars yesterday
afternoon, states that at the moment he set out
returns had been received from oil the towns in
Massachusetts, with tho exception ol about se-
yenty, and that Morton Ind still a decided major.
ty, so considerable that the friends Of Everett
themselves admitted that Il could not be over
balanced by the mos, favorable estimates they
could mako Of the votes Of the remaining towns.
Tho Evening Signal Of to-day has the follow
lug
Returns had been received IN Boston ut
o'clock last evening from two hundred and thir
teen towns, IN which Morion's majority was about
200. Although Eyetetr4 election was not given
IN ly some Of hIg f-Hnds brls wefn freely offaf.
ed OF two and three TO one in favor Of Morton,
aud no doubt seemed 10 be entertained by his sup
porlers Of their entire success"