, 1840-12-12
THE RESULT.

III L Sthso hoiIiuIs IA iisii'' oP tHS
reverses OF the Democratic party in the late
campaign. and specializing upon the prooa-
bic causes which brought about the u~nfortu-
hate result, has the following remarks which
must strike the mind of every reader as we'll
timed and altogether appropriate:
The long and anxious struggle is at last
over-Democracy has been defeated, and it
NAV now be announced that William Hen
~ Harrison is the President elect of the u
nited States. There are many reasons which
render this result one deeply to be deplored,
but still defeat is not disgrace. nor does a
temporary failure in the cause of principle
prove either that our doctrines were unsound,
or tina: they will not hereafter prevail, tri-
urnphinc the more effectualiy and the more
g!orioulv for having been obscured by the
shade of momentary reverSes. Such at least
is our firm conviction, and we are sure
that the same feeling animates the whole
Democratic party. There is a power in
truth which bids defiance to hostility. 1t
NAV for the time be beaten down-prejudiceS
and decisions may dig pitfalls in its path;
but the day of its supremacy can only be
deferred. 1t must in the end, force its way
10 the convictions of men, and under this
assurance, we may calmly observe the eff
fects of the ''change" which has been brought
about by the efforts of our opponents.
sPainful as it is to find that so large a por-
ton of the people have swerved from their
support of that policy which we believe of
vital Importance to the purity and welfare
Of the Republic, and serious as nav be the
evil consequences which are likely to result
from rendering the reins of power for four
wears to a party which never held authority
but 10 abuse il, vet we are satisfied that
eventually good will follow. We have been
defeated, not by argument or demonstration
not by convincing the public mind that our
mode Of administering the affairs of the na-
ton was inconsistent with its prosperity. and
by pointing out another system more likely
10 be productive of that end. but by inces-
SAINT, unwearving appeals TO the love of
change--bv creating Il vague feeling thatnew
men and new measures might in some I'M
known way be individually beneficial. and
that all who had suffered from the excuses
O! the banking system would find a better
era dawning upon them iftheir votes were
cast for the candidate of disguised Federal
ism. The underlined idea was aided by the
wild excitement, inconsistent with thought
and calm reflection, which the immense
means Of our opponents enabled them to
continue throughout the canvass. In the
midst of turmoil and agitation-while calum-
MES were poured in an unceasing torrent up
on the principles of the Administration
when all that its friends uttered was perver.
ted and falsified, and every nook and corner
of the Union was crowded with hired orators
and flooded with appeals TO prejudice and
passion, the truth was for the moment over.
whelmed. But the storm has passed away,
and with it goes the time for the use of such
hollow pretences as those by which sue.
cess has been accomplished. Harrison:sm is
now to be brought to the test of action-to
make manifest its policy. and. by deeds. to
demonstrate its superiority TO all that has
preceded it. What its course will be we
shall not venture to predict; but we feel as,
sured that like an unskilfuI warrior, in whose
hands victory has been placed by accident.
the new Administrative will be sorely embar.
rased with its triumph. Fit does nothing
If the Independent Treasury is allowed to re-
main the law of the land, it is a confession
that the whole movement against Martin Van
Buren, was nothing more than a selfish and
dIscreditable struggle for power and place.
lfit plunges into the Federal system of Great,
ing an enormou National Bank obcying the
orders of foreign capitalists by TIE assump,
ton OF State debts, and embarks n mon,
strous schemes ofexpenditure. such as those
advocates under the rule of the youngtr
Adams; if it unsetties the tariff compromise.
the country will be made to set forth on the
same career Of unnatural, fleeing prosperity
and quick disaster. from which we have but
just recovered. Difficulties, springIng direct
from IFS elec,ioneering system of false pre-
ten :es. environ the friends of General Har-
rison at every step. They have promised
much, and we are yet to see how those
promises are to be fulfilled.
"As for the Democratic party, though now
laboring under adverse circumstances, It has
al least the proud satisfaction ofknowing that
IT has fought the battle upon principle alone:
that 1t has decended TO nothing unworthy of
itsname, and has appealed to the country with
arguments which have never vet been refu-
ted. 1t is therefore prepared to take its new
position with cheerfulness and unreIaxed en-
ergy-to oppose what is wrong, and to give