The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-09

We have been so completely overwhelmed with the
.praphic returns and the tdings consequent upon the
test of Tuesday last, to have little tme and GER
,nly little disposition to occupy columns with any
hing else Our dispatches embrace all the intelligence
,bch we have to communicate. They are necessarily
,oOactng and somewhat doubtful They will probably
he so for day or two TO come But come what may
| ,ba,ever the result may bewe determined to pre-
serve our equilibrium If victorious, after one of the
most severe and hard fought battles known under
ur constitutions shall endeavor to triumph
With moderation and composure. We can look calmly
On The battlefield filled it is with the clustering
evidences of that dire struggle through which we
have waded, and with full consciousness of hay
;nc done our whole duty. If compelled TO yield to
tbe superior power OF numbers, and General Taylor is
actually the President of the United States defeat
vi neither throw into fit of the bue-devils nor
lessen our resolution and zeal still 10 press the good
old democratic bark until she rights again, and is
trimmed and fitted for another voyage To our friends
We still offer the hand of encouragement and hope what
ever NAV be the result of the battle Just closed The
same principles still govern us-the same feelings yet
inspire and animate u.s. that warmed bosom in other
DAYS and times We despair of the republic
Popular impulse may occasionally overwhelm the de-
mocacy; but like the elements that surround us, it
usually carries with it its antidoe. by which
taught, in the political in the natural world to behold
extremes following each other in rapid succession.
The democracy may be BEATEN but they cannot long stay
beaten We made the remark in 1910; we prepared
at once retrieve fortunes We predicted reverse in
1914. and the prediction which expressed was made
good by the event We succeeded in 1914. The power
of recuperaon in the democracy is nheent and it will
always, with the exception of occasional defeat, be
the dominant party in this country. We may be de-
i.ated, but not conquered We surrender not.
We may we have often admitted, be beaten in the
| race of AS but even that remains yet to be SEEN
We harbor i'll forebodings; have depression of
SPIRITS but feel, and truly, buoyant and resolute as
we did when the conflict waxed warmest around u.s.
The Union is still safe, and the flag of our Union yet
waves triumphant in defiance of every foe Cheer up,
friends, despair. II victorious, let us be cool if
beaten, let us bear up manfully under the overthrow
Other days coming Other conflicts are in embryo
| The ark OF the constitution still stands firm amid the
storm, nor can the dashng floods that beat harmless
around loosen single plank from its deep foundation
Cheer up, say Let the vctors exut in their glory,
if they have it. 1t will be but short-lived success
while we can stand by and make merry over the delu-
son that has produced our temporary prostration We
await with all becoming patience those further returns
which will settle the contest
1t is too early yet to decide positively upon the
result We have lost New York, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, and neutrality-suspicious. New Jersey. But we
have virtually carried New Hampshire and Maine, and
we cannot for one moment doubt old Virginia Mr..
NedarS editor of the Ohio Statesman informs us by tel
eaph that we shall carry Ohio by from 10000 to IS 900
majority The returns in the bulletin received from Ohio
10 o'clock last night triumphant. There cannot
be doubt about the Buckeye State. The despatch of
last night from South Carolina is glorious. No one can
yet positively predict the result. We have much conf
tence in the following calculation, which we submit to
our readers to show that whatever be present appear
ances, the die is not yet cast The wings are rather
PREMATURE in their triumphs: