The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-20
WE'LL NORTHUMBERLAND

The vote of Louisiana is the hand writing on
the wall, but there is a strange infatuation in
power. Those in high places are the last to hear
the truth, and the last to believe it, when they
do hear it, in relation to changes against them.
The success which has heretofore followed the
experiments on public sentiment, was eminently
calculated to create belief that the will of the
Executive was supreme; and Mr.. Van Buren,
who has SO long welded the influence of the de-
| sPotic Regency at Albany, and who relies upon
the force Of patronage and corruption TO create
''second thoughts" in the people, viii be slow to
believe that the fault is in him. He has been so
much engaged in looking to New York, Penn
sylvania and Virginia, that he has committed
Louisiana to his E'hreIings;" and to them, and
not to his own acts and disregard of the public
interest, will be attributed his failure in Louisi-
ana Congress will sooa adjourn, and such is
his infatuatIon that he will now set to work and
superintend the machinery of corruption in per-
! sor, under the vain hope that he can stay the
avalanche that is already descending upon him.
On the other hand, the vote of Louisiana is
now certain for Harrison. Whites ma jority will
more than counterbalance any deficiency that
may be in the other two Districts If indeed, there
b. any deficiency; and this vote, followed up as
it will be b sbe elections in Kentucky, Illinois,
Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio, will have
such effect ON the other states that there will be
nothing left for Mr. Van B.Iren but South Caro-
lina!!
How deceptive are the dreams of unhalloWed
ambition ! How great VIII be the disaPpoint-
ment ! How sooa will the schemes and plans
of standing armies ofpalaces, of diadems, and I'M
perial power, transmitted through long line of
Iineul descendants, al, all vanished into air /!
1t is il vain that one son has danced with
the royal head of the British Empire, and that
another has nede great SOUTHERN alliance
it is all vanity of vanities The breath of the
people hath fallen upon it, and the images there
of fade away
| Reader, moralise on these things-refect that
wisdom, and power, and dominion, belong to the
most High, and rejoice that HI, is with us in the
conflict-that although we have been sorely af-
aicted, He is mighty and able to save US. Let
our hearts be given to him in gratitude.
We are indebted to an esteemed correspondent
Tor the following letter
"NEw ORLEANS, 10th Of July, 1910.
10 the Editor Of the Pilot
DEAR SlR-i am happy to inform you that
Louisiana has responded nobly to your strong APP
peal, and is now free Our elections are Just
over, and we have carried the whole Wing tick
ct by majority unequalled in the annals of po-
iitcal history Our highest candidate has beat
en- the highest on the Loco Foco ticket 1853
votes, and the lowest on our ticket has beaten
the highest on theirs, 1864 votes We have car
ried our Congressman for the LIST District by an
overwhelming majority, and, from the returns al
ready received, we have every reason to believe
that the two others will also send Wings TO
Congress.
| Louisiana is nov free from Loco Focoism, and
all we hope is, that our example will be follow