The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-22
aNOW, BY ST. PAUL THE w 0RK GOES
BRAVEIY DN't

hmay be well OCCASIONALLY % castour eyes aboutand
scan the result Of the past. In1S40 the federal wings
from Maine to Georgia made the wekin ring with the
shouts Of vIeToRYl achieved under the atsred bonner
Of cderism and cOOnery. Bnt what change--a glor,
changehas not single year Of reason and reHec-
lion wrought! ItIsnow the turn Of the democracy to
strike up the revolutionary chorus and recount the
splepdd achievments of lS4l and AZ so heart cheer.
ing 10 every genuine lover of republican prncplss.-
Wellindeed may the lion hearted Democracy of the
Union S1claim with united voice. s;r-s
"No,o are our 6ro,cs hung ,0it sietcrioas screats
We will begin with the triumphs ofl64l the FIRST a
Ter the coon skin campaign;of l54O, which more than
filled the measure ofthe countrys expectations. In that
single year we saw democratic gain Of ONE HUN,
DRED AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SEV.
EN- HUNDRED AND sIXTY-THREE in only ten
States in the Union. ,.,
Our own gallant ship PENNSYLVANIA. which had been
drilled from her moorings by the Harrison whrwind Of
folly and passion, returned to the haven Of safety and
prosperity under the command Of her noble PORTER,
backed by nintrepid crew Of than t,0snt Tires
thousand. ~ ,E sH
OHIo, where in ls40 the hard cideres elected their
Governor with an overwhelming majority in the Legiss
also came back to the true iah showing an immense
revelation in the popular vote and democrats maiori.
ity in the Legislature. '@ .5 r
MICHIGAN gave Harrison majority Of 1909, and in
1s4I whgism literally annibiated having only one
member n the House Of Representatives. and he an ex
President Of definct wild cat Bank!
~ York camo back with democratic majority Of
nearly twenty h:ee thousand popular votes, and mas
jorty of si1ty.fve in the Legislature
MISSISSIPPI swept and garnished her dominions elec-
ted democratic Governor, and gave to Democracy
large majority in the LegislA,urel
Strong ALABAMA was made four thousand stronger,
with gain of eight members TO the Legislature.
TESNEssEE reduced the wing majority Of II ,572 10
S299-a gain of eight thousand three hundred and
enty three. tf.ss .Aet' 5.1 r. s7.F
Indiana :nrned the tables on her deCeivers Instead
of giving whisgism majority of 1858, as in ls4O,
she actually gave Democratic majority. exhibiting
Democratic gain of nearly FIFTEEN THoBSANDl
In VERMONT the green mountain boys rubbed out the
l44se majority that they had given wing candidates the
year BEFORE as great nriStake and exhibited demo-
cratic gain of EIGHTY-SlX members Of the Legiala-
ture! ;
maize conscious of the gross deception practised
upon her by dry cider casks and crspy econ skins
wheeled into her true position showing Democratic
gain in one year Of about TWELVE THOUSAND
VOTES. 5a
OldrMARYLAED was also redeemed in 1e41. The
whig majority Of the year previous 45) was annihi-
lated A Democratic Goysfnor was elected by SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE majority.
| NEw JERSEY, that had given majority Of 4,Sl7for
Harrison, in 184l gave majority popular votes for
Democracy--p produced; lie In the Council where the
wings had majority Of eight before, and reduced the
vvhig majority in the Assembly from twenty mine to
thirteen!
GEoRelA gave to Gen. Harrison the round majority
Of $780, bu on the year following, afer having indug
ed THE sober second lbought," eleced Democratic
Governor, by four Thousand msjory>-a majority OF
IFTY.THREE Democrats inihe Legislature, and re.
corded democratic gain Of TWELVE THOUSAND
popular votes!
Thus much for the triumph Of principle in ls4l.-
Revolutions never go backward. The events Of the
passing year show that Whigism, with all S humbugs,
israpidly passing away into obliSiOn
Democracy resumed ito work at the State election in
Connecticut last April. In that old commonwealth
where Harrison received majority Of $500, Demo-
crutic Governor and Legislature elected in is42I
-vrginia--ths Old Dominon- spoke again with in-
creased maortes strengthening the noble position that
she took ia the presidential contest unurlng anew the
standard Of the South, which now hailed with such
enthusiasmin every statco the Union. !.
Louisiana Is the next wilne.s in 2iof many years
misrusd BY wlgism until she had ALLEN into sort Of
lehafgy from which nothing could arouse her but the
outrageous and alarming acts Of he aOhig Congress.
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