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

1--WE Nun w iSCohsl, 10 iZI-Wdn
ing 10 votes to elect him. Our Augusta bulletin of yes
terday morning bids "believe Georgia is safe" We
were almost afraid to indulge such belief But on thai
supposlon Cass would have received 1877 votes-stili
wanting votes to elect him Whence were these votes
to comes We could only draw upon Tennessee, Louis
ana and Florida The vote of Tennessee alone would
have been sufficient TO win the race Louisiana and
Florida together would work out the problem. Yet,
considering the indications that have reached us from
all these States free TO confess is almost hoping
against hope TO expect the vote of Tennessee, the
votes of Flor da and Louisiana De Moivre, in the cal
cuaton of chances would scarcely admit the possibility
of such combination of chances in our favor; and al
though we did not give up the ship, yet we confess the
chances of saving herappeared uncertain that could
scarcely dare TO entertain any sangune hope of
Whilst there is life, however there is hopepartjculary
as scarcely believe that there has been time su
cent TO hear generally from Tennessee TO justify
the triumphant vote of 5000 5000 majority which has
come to us by way of Pitsburg These the views
which suggested themselves yesterday; but last night
received Geographic despatch from S. M. Thompson,
reluctantly giving up the State to Taylor and Fillmore
If this bulletin prove correct, and North Carolina and
Georgia both gone have other way of redeemng
the fortune OF the day but by the improbable suppostion
that we might carry all the votes of Tennessee, Louis
lana, and Florida
We assume therefore, for the sake OF the argument
as well as on account of the weigh of the them
selves that General Zachary Taylor has been elected
President of the United States. In announcing this
cuson we cannot of course conceal our disappointment,
and our regret Our friends in various States have been
mistaken in their calculations. They have deceived us,
and we have deceived others. The wings their tri
umph in fact to secret and effective system of organi-
zation which has descended to private and domciliay
visits whilst the democrats conding too much in their
strength have exerted the necessary energy to
teract their efforts 1t is not 10 be concealed, too,
that they had that military ground swell which carries
away many of the people. 1t was supposed that this
enthusiasm much abated not to excite any ser
GUS fears In addition to these causes there were numer
Gus appliances which have contributed TO ell the whc
vote beyond caculation-pecunary means the influence
of banking capitalists and manufacturing monopolists.
But it is unnecessary at this time TO specify the various
other causes which have led TO our defeat
But this is not the first time that we have been disap
pointed and defeated We well recoect the tornado which
swept over in 1910, when Gen Harrison was elected
Did we finch then? Did faer at that moments
When Virginia was the only considerable State that
sisted the storm-when New York abandoned her own
son to his desny--dd she surrender erprincipes Or
did we We have been curious enough TO see in what
spirit we then received the blow, and must throw
ourselves upon the indulgence of readers for repub
fishing the following extract
From the Richmond Enquirer OF Nov. Is, lsao.
Virginia snfe.--The Groans OF the Bri,ossI
The wings confess their "unspeakabe modification"
in failing to carry this mother of States and of states
men with them They feel their victory to be altogether
incomplete Their JOY in the midst of their trlumphs is
dampei by this memorable defeat They value what
they have lost almost as much as what they have gained
They have gained HARRISON but they have lost Virginia
God bless her She has stood up with the spirit which
has always marked this proud, unterrihed common
wealth She has never yet voted for federal President
have been temporarily Frustrated in Palmyra, the highest
pillar stands, with the inscription:
"virginia the proud and unterrifed Commonwealth
true to herself true to her principles true to their friends
and true to The Unon
whilst they have carried SO many other States, and
whilst they confidently counted upon the virtue of their
charms-the log cabin and the coon. skins upon this
State, too the cup OF enjoyment which was hlng from
many sources is yet dashed with the bitter drop OF
disappointment. They have lost Virginia, 10 whom so
many looked for generous example OF devoted prnc-
Pile They have not only lost her but they too
well that to her is again left the high office of becoming,
in the words OF the eloquent CarolInan, j. c. Calhoun
the flag bearer OF The Souh-aye and Of the Union, as
she 1900, during the reign OF the elder Adams, and
she was during the dark days OF the younger Adams
The consecated standard is put into her hands, and
to her sons and to the chvary of South Carolina, will be
reserved the duty of awakening the whole South, and OF
rousng up her sister States TO the doctrines which she
preached in '9s, and which Embodied in the election
of Thomas Jefferson AS it then, it will be again
Circumstances marked by most extraordinary conunc
ton, and zealousy employed by most unhallowed com
binaon of the odds and ends CT various parties, have
produced temporary defeat of the democracy of the
land An eclipse has come over the horizon; but we
again destined enoya brighter day The federal party
has heat three times-bu their reign has twice en-
dured but for four years The same fate awaits the
present federal dynasty-if do our duty now as was
done in 1900, and in 1898. II we do our duty Is there
republican in Virginia who is not prepared to stand by
constitution from violation |?
The enemy must abandon their hopes of Virginia
The die has gone against themdt least here The polls
OF all the counties Except the balance from Tazewe
has reached us, from some source other and
now undertake to repeat the annunciaon that oil safe
in Virginia. After one of the tremendous storms
which has visited Virginia, and which has over
thrown the votes OF many States, IT is ascealned
that she has cast her vote for Martin Van Buren, She
did not stop to calculate whether w. H. Harrison and
| John Tyler natives of her soil. She alone
for principle; and when she found stalwart champion
in the son of another State-he man who has done SO
mach for her principles-the man who has defed the
dark factions OF his region-the who has been
rebuked with being "a northern man with southern
feelings" ave. traitor to the North, because of his
attac hment TO the compromises of the consution--he
man who has thrown himself into the breach for her,
and who has braved the loss of his popularity at home
this is the whom Virginia. with decision worthy
of her cause, and magnanmity worthy her charac.
The majority is smaller than expected by some The
wings boastiDgy said that ehOuld not all h,,