Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-12-05
From ~ Bal,iHs5rs Republican,.
THE GREATBATrLE.

uull inc returns WEie 80 lar received ll.'ls ~
10 acknowledging the Triumph ofour political oppo- |
nents, this We do wth far less modification and !
rhaguu, 81 ar as we are personally interested, Than
our opponents were induced % btieye we would eN-
peusncC. We shall eve vent IN ~ lnchfs NOSE APP |
pesIS tn the SympatheS of our ent mics, pueEile
regrets over thar winch Is naW amaaC the plSt ilr
when we look back upon the courSr which We have
pursued, we have m van regrets 90 torture us--we
have 40 charge of derecliou of duiy Ia place At our
dOor-either to our party our t0gnty--or nur
principles. On the contrary, we have tie seli-sat
slsoton OF knowing that 81 lar as Ecai, industry,
and whatever sblty we NAV Possess, would enable
us, It has been cheeriully sad cordially gwen; and
hence Il Is that the smoke OF The hattie has pass
ct away, that can safely place our hands upon
our hearts and say, all that we could CONSCIENTIOUS
~, and without dlShonOr To ourselves and parry, ac
cumplsh, has been done, We have nothing la CHARGE
against our concienCeS, or the cause N which we
have bAtled and although the pol:tioaI hemisphere
may, ioT the present, look dark sud gloomy to the
| Responding and weakhearled, the real patriot and
lover OF his country will take courage aud be ready
To act as the emergency may require.
We think we can already perceive through the
gloomy present, br ghttr aud more perma nrnl III
minary, ready to burst forth ere four short years
shall have rolled round ana 10 that future we look
with no ordinary feelings OF interest; Tor on II de-
ponds the lssIlng wea or VIZ of tins great aud gor-
GUS RtphniC IL tflc DtHfNIdCY are MS HNf w lHtll
selves, their principles and their country under
verse of fortune, as they protested to have been
while in the ascendant all will yet be well; and that
which now appears at first view 10 he mis- loruue,
| will m the end prove not only blessing but last
ing one. II, however, they should Ialter or fail,
and allow a single defeat h. drive them fran the
firm foundation upon which their cause rests, cause
that must ultimately triumph over fraud and corrup-
| ton, whilst virtue and honesty has resting place
amongst us--then will all indeed be lost, and the
| toll and treasure, danger and blood, expended by
our fathers in building upon the runs nl monarchy
and despouSm the airest fabric that has ever been
ral>ei ty pat ioSm and virtue, will all Iavclbcen To-
nought, aud this mighty republic tolter and tall am
| idSt the corruption al degeuerated pnsery Bot
| we have such fears as yet;--we think we know
the great of the people better and weleel con
sclous assurance, that so far from meanly and cow
ardly yielding to such base means as have been too
| successfully practSed (Which canuot be doubted, j
they will, when The time again arrives to test their
sincerity aud devOtednesS to principle be found
where they have ever BEEN on the side of the Con-
sIIluton, and against bribery and traud-monopoy
and federalism.
1t IS not IN times ofquiet and that the cha
acter Of The patriot and the lover Of his countr de-
| velopes itsell--but in times Of apparent gloom and
defeat; then II Is that he puts forth hi, enetges
chngs with more tehacily To his principles and hrs
| country, the more near aud threatmng The danger
to either or both of these, the more active, vigiant
and determined will he be found and if driven iron
the outer wall, he still battles more hercely for eve.
| ~ inch ot ground tat surrounds the citadel; bu
all fall and he is de ieated, he noby falls beneath IT,,
folds Of the banner, which il has ever been his prld
4 aud honor 10 support
SO shall il be with the "REPuBLIcAN" --come wha
will, come what may he Will not lall or iaer in th
good work, whist We have pen or press leit To de
lend our principles and the cause IN which we have
evtr engaged heart and soul We are no sunsIin,
friends
Let others worship the rising SUM-
We honor him whose course Is run"
The result oithe election brings with it no terror
for us-other than should he felt BY every friend o
free institutions and the saCredness Of the elective
franchise. The only emotion OF alarm that we fee il
in consequence OF The fearful nroads that have thu,
early been made upon the purity OF the ballot-hox
es; could we dismiss these fears, our bosom ,wouIo
beat as evenlyas that Of any in The ranks Of the
victorious opposition, and our spirits be hight as
the morning bre5ze-lhls we honestly confess we dc
lear, and this alone. Nor they Idle fears, baset
upon mere Shadows-lor proof thick and convlnc
ing crowd upon US from all quarters; and the AREA
dy detected Frauds m Baltimore, Philadelphia, Ohio
and New York, are, we sincerely behsee, but
small item OF stupendous system conceived at fla
rlsburg baptized and sanctioned at Washington
and put into operation throughout the Union-wher
ever and whenever found necessary to promote The
views and accomplish The ends Of those who bego
; them.
As for ourselves we have merely Ciirled our ban
ner--not surrendered II to The enemy; and ghet
the time again arrives Tor action, il will be promptly
thrown 10 "the wild winds free" having inscribed
upon il The same principles for which we have beef
contending-thOse principles, which it is our sol
/ emn Convection can alone cause the blessings o
Government, like the dews Of Heaven, to fall equal
y upon the rich and The poor"
y From The Ne,c York .Nt0 Era .N0e. s.
"TRUTH CRUSHED TO EARTH MUST
RISE AGAIN"
For the first time, since the adoption Of our Con
situllon, Democratic President has been defeated
when placed before the people for reelection VIVA
{ ever may have been the immediate cause in produ
eng such un-Repubiican anomoy--inlamou'
frauds the In Ioi hoYps IA haurnl, the mind,