Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-02

would have thought very differently OF matters-unless
percha1ce they had considered the plain OF the fSopuS
and the shore Of Inc Iean heaped with the gaudy zoe
and the barharian chased from land and water HAD
that eifeminate invader of republics that weak despot
Of old prssesssd an organ like President Folks las ne
ought. undoubtedly. to have DONE who cUud hgnre II
to hissef speaking CT the destruction OF is master
armies and fleets in any other than the Chon IS
donr.of the late ru in Ohio and slaughter in Pennsyl
vana Who can imagine thai II would not nave
surg .e ms and chanied Te Deums them, as Fer
sian victories the most prudg"us, royal irumphs "of-
thy If eternal trophies and whole grove OF laurels
All this then quite according 10 the ancient usage
Of palaces and parasites usa8e Which we md again
faithfully followed at the Court Of General CaSss friends,
the B1urbons; for in reading the mem9rs OF MdrIo0-
rough and Eugene. perceive that Louis went IN pom
plus procession Nore Dame 10 offer up solemn thanks
fr Families and had all Paris Illuminated for Blen
helm just upon par with this is the mons celebra
tim of Ohio and Pennsylvania except that IN lis thank
fitness Iocofcolsm is accustomed piousy to drop the
name Of God.
These Government gratulaons have, however. three
merits. in the first place. they to be some cns"Ia
the socalpd Democracy " secondly. they have
a still more cheerful effect the Wings; and thirdly,
they excelIenfly define the meaning OF
variety Of passages in the Latin hois where occur
the words victory and triumph" avICToRY, II Is
plain, was, anon. their Romans, Gas IL is among ther
classic modern counerparS, the Locntncos when they
If them left alive, as at 1hrasymene of IN
OH and 1HIUMPH i. whore, as at Came ~ IN
Penusy Ivana whole armies have persisted. to man,
We will refer the Of King Pyrrhus. when he
said .another ouch victory and am undonetjr that
piece of learning which erudite contemporary has
entitled himself from time mmemorial, BY lts annual
display, at every recurring election.
But listen how, upon these glad occasions, the mon
sounds all the clarion of In that paper othe
!7th instant. met The following proud annuncIaon
''As preparing for press, our friends, the Demo-
cracy of Washington, firing 200 guns and holding
and animated meeting in honor OF PennSy and
Ohio."
Now. hat these mighty, these twin victories
we collect from another column of the paper and
date:
The Prospects are bright Wehave gained brilliant
victory IN Ohio, in far reducing the Wing
make the result now uncertain. In Pennsylvania we
carry the canal commissioner and may reduce the
Wing Governor TO less than 500-periaps carry
Governor"
The known amount, then of hese astounding triumphs
was. that they had lost everything except perhaps, canal
commissioner! IN Ohio the Governor majority in The
Stale Legislature and Consequently the choice Of Uni
ted States Senator. all gone against them: whereuphn
100 guns for Ohur" Why, if they fire 100 guns for
sing everything whit would they have done if they
had like the Wings. everything Surely this ter
raquecus ball itself, if pounded into gunpowder by the
pestle and mortar of Manifest Destiny would make but
mere squlo in comparison with the santes which Loco
fcolsm would then have to LEI off Ye gods what
defamation The 'crack of DOOM would be nothing to
it, and prove ''to have been cracked up" beyond its
its. IN Pennsylvania it is still dismal sort of
succeeding there they had last year popular majority
If above l8,000- is than swept away: they had
tie Governor and patronage, which departed
from ITEM: they had twohirds of the Legislature
and now there is majority against them; they expect
ed to r. cleo their L. s. Senator-and is We who will
elect him Blu. .'hurrnh hip bravo! vivat 10 p@ans
Hail Columbia and Erin 90 Brah! We've got canal
all the hce three hundred riumphs!'
Of Ger Jacksons !ncles the Old Ropans, were nothing
to this -