Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-12-07
THE FAIL ELECTIONS.

The Autumnll Elections are now
all over, and the result, with few but
bright exceptions, are decidedly favor
able 10 our adversaries. These re-
suits our readers will bear US witness,
are what we anticipated many weeks
ago, and we are not therefore disap-
pointed 10 them. They are in the
natural order Of things, and might
have been predicted by any attentive
observer of the signs OF tht times with
as much certainty as an eclipse in The
Heavens may be calculated By one
who is skilled in astronomy. so far
from It's being any marvel that the
VINES have Suffered all the late cleo
tions To be won by their Opponents,
the wonder would have been Lad The
event Of those elections been other
than il is.
It's needless here to bring in review
the political incidents of the last sew
or eight months, which have brought
about this slate of things. Our rea-
tIers are sufficiently familiar with them.
The death of the Iamentsd HAnRI-
son, thought it rather disbeartened
some Of those who had been drawn to
the Wing Standard by their personal
preference for hun, could moi have
discouraged The Wing party 50 as lead
to It's defeat, had nol his death been
followed by tue discussion between
Congress and the Executive, which
came TO head, at the close of the
lac Extra Session Of Congress, just
in time TO she'd lis disastrous influence
upon the pending elections. Tie
extravagant joy of the Locoloco par
", upon the disclosure of that discord,
was the gniticanl and prophetic symp-
tom of the series OF re,erses which
has since attended the Wing party al
the polls.
Yes. the Wing party has-to use
figure borrowed from the Turf
been diAfaaced by an antagonist whom,
less than year ago, ON the National
1
Course, it had beaten with the great
est ease. The same thing has hap
pened on the Turf, before now, to
the noblest animals. IL is but a few
days ago, indeed since Boston the
flee est horse Of his day. was actually
''disianced" en- tie CamoenCourse BY
competitor who would, few weeks
before, have been no match for hinl.--
BosfOa's being bealen-if good judges
are 70 be boiieved-an,s the defeat oil
the Wing party are to be accounted
Tor on precisely the same principle
The high melted racer was tasked
too severely. He had done his best,
had been successful. and looked, for
some respite from labor. Disappear
ted inthis just expectation, his temper
was soured. Ii Twas not that Boston
could not easily have done at Camden
what he had SO recently before accom-
plished elsewhere but his high spirit
revolted at what considered ill-usage
IN being overlooked. and he refusedto
run. So, 100, is the defeat of the
Wing party in thp.late elections at
tributable, not TO lis wants Of power,
nor even 10 any considerable reduction
Of its actual belowits former Strength,
but to lis loss Of temper, and con-
Iseqaent indifference 10 success or de-
feat.
Letnot our friends droop however,
nor orr adversaries exulr, upon the
occasion Of results which, proper-
| y considered, afford no ground for
dependency on the che side, or jubi-
laiion on the other. Under the infiu-
ence Of the same causes eouIdnotSbuf
have hannAned. sooner n later. re-.