The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-06
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.
From the Louisville Journa

From the Louisville Journal.
The LocOfocos throughout the country
will no doubt feel very thankful thai five
members of their party have been returned
from The Wing State of Kentucky 10 the
next Congress. Let them be cautious, how
ever, 10 whom they give their thanks, least
they violate the golden Injunction of render
ing unto Cesar the things which belong to
Caesar. Let them, most especially, not
thank Locofocoism for this result, for we
can assure them they are indebted TO their
enemies. the Wings, for all the favors that
Kentucky has bestowed upon them. 1t is
too refractory and impraciicable Wings that
the thanks of the nation are 10 be awarded
for bringing about the glorious result, di.
vision of The Congressional delegation of
this State between the Wings and Loco
focos.
In the strength of the Wing party in Ken
lucky is 10 be found the reason of the ap-
parent successes of Locofocoism in the re-
cent Congressional elections. This seems
para6oxical, but it is true. The strength
OF our party in the different districts was un
favorable 10 harmony. Had our majorities
been only one-tenth as great as they are in
the districts in which we failed 10 succeed,
the necessity of unanimity of feeling and
action 10 success would have been manifest,
and all minor considerations would have
been merged in patriotic deaire TO promote
the interests of the Wing party. As it,
was, however, our friends suffered personal
predictions 10 divide them; and the ex
preston Of these predictions and the con-
iroversies resulting from them, conspire 10
separate them from each other, and, on the
day of election, instead of marching up TO
the polls in solid phalanaxes, they went in
attachments, looking suspectingly at each
other, as II they were enemies instead of
friends, striving by the same means 10 Sc
cure the ascendency of our party,and through
it, of promoting the permanent interests Of
the country.
We felt greatly disposed 10 tell that por-
ton of our WING friends, 10 whom we are
indebted for five Locofoco congressman
from our State, some unpleasant things
we felt that in the discharge Of our duties,
it had become incumbent on us to speak
harshly to men with whom it has been our
pride, IN many a by-gone year, 10 act, 10.
fight, and to win honor on the political field.
But, when we attempt to DO it, our pens re-.
sponsive TO the pulsations of our heart, re-
fuse the ungIacious task. We are conf
dent from what we know of the Wings of
Kentucky that contrition has already done
its office on thousands Of glorions friends,
causing them TO feel shame for having tenn
porarily deseI ted the victorious banners of
party, and by so doing, to give an enemy,
whose impotency has heretofore been sub
jec; of derision, and opportunity 10 rejoice
over them.
We have but little doubt that the fact that
the Locofocos succeeding in electing one
half OF the Congressional delegation from
this State, when The Wings bad in their
power 10 elect every member of it, will ex-
ert wholesome influence over our party
hereafter. We have been taught that in
harmony, and not in strength, is our safety
that, if We are divided. the weak enemy
will take advantage Of our divisions, will
succeed.
In Mr.. Andrews district. the Wings did
not turn out and The Locofocos did and,
therefore, Judge French, the most popular
Lecofoco in the Stale, was elected. 10 the
Covington district, the division in our ranks
founded on personal preferences, and a most
wretched and vicious system of swapping
votes, caused the success of Mr.. Tibbatts
Had some other gentleman been selected as
the Wing candidale-one against whom The
objections urged so effectively against Ma
jor Wall would not have applied-Mr.
Tbbatts would have been defeated by a
thousand majority, the Wing Majority in
that district. In Mr.. Owsley's district, the
two Wing candidates received large ma
iority of the entire votes, and yet Mr.. Cald-
The same state of things prevailed in Gov.
Pope's district. In both these districts,
the Wings have magnificent majorities, and
vet Locofocos have been chosen. Messrs.
Stone and Caldwell viii make very poor
Locofoco Representatives, however, ifthey
are true to the Democratic doctrine of obey
ing the understood wishes of the majority,
as we suppose they, as good Democrats
are. ,.--...
We trus, our Wing brethren in other
States, will not suffer themselves 10 be mis-
led into an opinion that Whigism in Ken
lucky has lost strength. Our majority in
our Legislative elections are unprecedently
great. Locofocoism is almost driven out
of the councils of our State and these State
elections this year furnish much better
test of strength ofparties than our Congress
sional elections do. The Wing strength is
greater in Kentucky al the present time than
il was in 1910. Mr.. Clay will, next year.
get more than thirty thousand majority in