The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-21
Ell TIor RETU RN s.
TENNESSEE.

l. + y TlON Ell u H,N B.
TENNESSEE.
We have but few additional returns, and they 60
to confirm our estimate Of last evening, that Mr.
Browns majority win be about 1900, and that the
democrats will have majority Of l in the Senate,
and in the House.
The Nashville Banner (whig) Of the 18th says;
"Since our last, we have received such additional
returns all doubt of the election Of DEM
ocraiic governor and democratic legislature.
Browns majority will range in the neighborhood Of
2 900 votes The senatorial districts have all been
heard from, and our opponents will have majority
Of one jim the Senate, while their majority in the
House will be probably hUo or hres-the exact
number we cannot yet give, as all the returns are
not in.
at is unnecessary 70 say that we have been
much disappointed in this result-but especially in
the governors election. We were sanguine Of Fos-
ter's success. We believed, If any man would call
out the wing strength in the State he was the man;
and we based our opinion not only upon his we'll
known attachment TO the principles of the wing
party, and his acknowledged capacity to sustain
them, but also upon the important public services
he had rendered the State of Tennessee in her own
and in the national councils, during long political
career"
The democracy Of all parts of the Union will
join with their brethren of Tennessee in rejoicing
this result Since the division in that State in
1886, many causes have combined to give general
interest to the result of her elections II in that
year that Messrs. John Bell and E. H. Foster led
off the largest half of the party in the State, nomi
nally only to ''the support Of Judge White and the
principles Of Jackson's administration" but in in
tention and in fact to the final support of Henry
Clay, and such principles as he might dictate
They were confident of his success. They sacri-
feed to their own feelings the great principles Of
their party and the consistency Of their own char
acters. The lesson Of their subsequent history
is brief, but instructive. 1t may now be written. A
seat during three sessions in the United States Senate
has been the compensation of Mr.. Foster; while
his superior in intellect as in intrigue, Mr.. John
Bell-the master-spirit, indeed, of the factious
movement of l836--has received only the still
cheaper reward Of six months seat in the
cabinets Of Messrs. Harrison and Tyler. They are
both equally rebuked by the result Of the election in
Tennessee; for Mr.. Bell was as openly candidate
for the United States Senate, Mr.. Foster was for
governor The men whom their desertion was cal
cuated to serve, are now finally off the stage; the
tculpOEdEy CuuCobCo CuuIcu uittiOot
clusively to the benefit Of fh-rate men like james
C. Jones; and now, wasted in their reputation and
shorn Of their influence they will be regarded only
as examples of that fate which, in country where
the people exercise the right of judging for them
selves, is sure to attend the demagogues who as
sumo to lead the people.
See the reverse ofthis pcture-in the life Of HIM,
contemporary Of those we have named, who braved
detection in its most vindictive form-"who dared
be honest in the worst of tmes'--who preferred to
stand alone battling for RIGHT, rather than
joy any triumph which was to be purchased at the
expense Of principle-who preserved his political
integrity untarnshed in the midst of the most open
corruption, nor yielded iota Of his selfrespect to
the blandest seductions Of policy Of piacs;see its
reverse in him, who fell temporary sacrifice to his
unyielding devotion to republican principles, only
Gas the result has proved) to be rewarded for his de-
yoon to the rights Of the people, by the first Office
in their gift, and the first place in their affections
To this history we need refer Il is fresh in the
recollection Of an admiring country, and will be
proudly pointed to hereafter, evidence Of the
reward which an honest life devoted their cause
receives at the hands Of the people. We point our
readers to the parallel They cannot fail to apply
the moral.