Holly Springs gazette., 1842-11-11
The Elections.

us and our party upon that philosophical G
quanimity oftemper hat can extract consoid-
ton even from defeat Our neighbor Is right
in this matter. The Wings, hav' mt muc
else to boast of just now, but their temper,
and surely it would be great piece of folly
in them to lose that. This is an advantage
which, the Guard must admit, they enjoy
over their advcrsaries An advantage OF
which no change, nor CONFUSION, nor adver-
sity can deprive them. Like their great
leader. they are generous, above board, no.
ble-hearted ellows,-rejoicing in prosperity,
hoping in adversity;- that woman
" peevishness of their opponents which, 1t
needed not the frank admission ofthe Guard
to convince us. they felt "when whipped by
the Coon in l54O." Tie elongated visages
of the Locos as they peeped cautiously out
from their hiding places. or grouped together
in suspicious squads about the remote cor
ners of the streets. are still vividly depicted
to our minds eye We expect to retain the
picture there until the impression is revived
or the portrait drawn afresh by that dlstln-
guished artist, The Same Old Coon in
1874
We recollect too, the amiable mood Of
our neighbor and his party about the memo
rable period to which he has referred. They
seemed to shun the post-of1ice as, IT Is said,
rabid animals avoid white object Those
who had no. strength and spirit sufficient to
-t;.~-h had tarnner enough to snap, They re-
minded us oflhe remark ofan illiterate man,
who was very regular in his attendance up
on the disputations in Leyden University,
which were conducted in latin. Upon being
asked if ne understood the sputants-"No'
he replied "but I<can always tell who is
wrong in the argument" How2--asked
his friend-"Why, by seeing acho gets an
gry frsH'
But, is there really any thing in the re-
cent reverses of the Wings which should
cause them for moment to despond2 1t is
true, as has been remarked, that John Tyler,
like an ass upon railway, while he has
himself been crushed, has jostled the train
and alarmed some of the passengers But
an experienced engineer from the west. has
brought the engine once more upon the
track, and raised the steam, and now she
will go smoking and laundering along in
her career, glorious. irre sistibe and over
whelmng as when Old Tip himself sat at
the helm, and used bacon and light-wood
knots for fuel Is il not fact which the
Guard will not undertake to deny, that the
recent triumphs of his party have been a
chieved by the apathy of the wings and not
by any increase Of Democratic votes2 Can
he point to single State where the Demo
cratic vote has exceeded or even equalled
that given for Mr. Van Buren, in 1910. when
he was defeated in 10 out Of the 90 Stales2
II then there has been no increase of the
Democratic vote. where are the overwhel-
ming Whig majoritics Of 18402 The Guard
is wise in keeping the "Chapman" shady
yet awhile. He knows very well that the
Democratic party is an absolute minority,
and that nothing is wanting but the proper
SAItlQlouS u lQ4SE tnC WHY hiieL Aai lhCii
TO the onset, in order for them to make
clean sweep of Democracy now and forever.
The taunt of "logcabin and hard-cider"
applied TO their chief was sufficient to kin
die blaze Of indignation that ran along
:heir entire line in ls4O We honestly be-
lieve that now. as well as then, notwithstan-
ding the treachery which has been practiced
upon them by some in whom they con6ded.
they constitute an overwhelming majority of
the voters Of the country. and can and will
satisfy the Guard and his party of this fact
upon the proper occasion
The secret of the success of the Demo-
cratic party in their local and State elections
lies in their superior Organization. They
are drilled by their leaders to step off at the
tap ofths drum. as one man. The Wings