Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-11-28
THE REsULT-oLp VIRGINIA,

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The presidential election has resulted in the
triumph ofihe fedsral party by very large ma
Joriiy, and their candidate will most probably 20
INTO Office with majority in his favor in both
Houses Of Congress. We iniend,a, our earliest
leisure, % present in q series Of numbers our
views upon The manner in which our opponents
conducted the canvass, the causes Of our defeat.
and the probable consequences 70 our country Of
the success ofihe federal party We must con.
Ten. ourselves TO day with referring our readers to
TIVE articles in this paper, on the result, one from
the Washington Globe and the other from the
New York Evening Port.
But though beaten in mos, Of the States, we
have saved the citadel -Old Virginia, the mother
Of States and Of Statesmen has gone for U.s. She
has cast her vote (ol Martin Van Bu,en by
majority Of little lass than 1000. She has rebu
ked Ter recreant sons Harrison and Tyler and
Ryes, and chung TO her principles. We hail this
result with sxul'adon and jOy-it compsusa,es
FOR the loss Of half y dozen other States. We
would almost rather be beaten with Virginia on
our side than conquer with her against Us. She
will form alying poin, for the republican party,
and viii be again as she vas in 1890 the flag
bearer" Of the Union.
Mr.. Richie Of the Richmond ELfaursr thus
s'oqien'ly speaks Of the result in old Virginia.
Tirgiaia sale'-TAs groaas Of he B,liona
The Wings confess their "unspeakable mor,i.
icalion" IN failing 10 carry this mother oil States
aad Of Statesmen with them. They feel their
victory to be altogether their incomplete. Theil
JOY in The midst Of their triumphs is dampedby this
memorable deieat. They value what they have
lost, almost AZ much as whit they have ganed..-
They have gained Harrison, but they have lost
Virginia. bless her! She has stood up
with the spirit which has always marked this
proud ualerri6cd Commonwealth. She has new
OF yet voted Cor Federal Presideni-.and we hope
she never will. Amid oil the pillars. which have
been temporarily Frustrated in Palmyra, the high.
est pillar stands, with the inscription:
"Virgna! tie proud and unIertlied Common.
wealth, True 10 herself, to her principles. true "a
their friends. and true to the Union.n
II is indeed lantazng thing To these Wings
-hat whilst they have carried 80 many other
States, and whilst they confidently counted upon
the virtue Of their charms the log cabin and the
coonskns upon This STATE too,--lhe cup OF en-
joyment which was filing from SO many sources,
isyet dashed with the bitter drop Of disappont.
meni. They have lost Virginia, to whom so ma
ny looked for a generous example of devoted
punciple-They have not only lost her now, bu,
they see well, that TO her is again left the high Of
fice OF becoming. in the words Of the eloquent
CaroniaD, ]. Z. Calhoun, "ibe flag bparer Of The
South faye. and.of the Union, as she was in
1900, durIngihe reign Of. the elder Adams, and
as she was during the dark days of the younger
Adams. The cOnsecrated standard is now put
iato her handa--and 10 her sons. and 10 The chiy.
alsy Of South Carolina, will be reserved the du.
u Of awakening the whole South, and Of rousinr
her sister Staies to ihsdocirnes which she preach
n ia 1913. and which were embodied IN the cleo. |
ion Of Thomas Jefferson. AS II was then, so !, |
vilihe again. circumstances marked by a most !
conjunction, and zeaIpusly employ