The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-20

trict 1t ought to be good for us by 900 majority.
| When the House of Representatives hung almost
upon hair-when SO much depended upon the is
suewhen the pride, the interests, the principles Of
Democracy were staked upon the contest, we did
not suppose it possible for the Democrats to sleep
upon their post, or the Wings to conquer them by
their arts The election, however, has gone against
us, and the inaction of some Democrats, and the
jealousy and weakness of Others have betrayed the
Republic like treason
! ''Marion is Haymond's own county, and Preston
is the home of the excellent Brown. How does he
explain this disgraceful dereliction, when we know
his heart is in the right placer We have some
knowledge of the successful candidate. The Alex
andria Gazette says, che is shrewd and sensible
Let the ALTERATION be carried out, and find him
Sensible, seductive, and sy;' STOPPING to unwor-
thy arts to win a seat in Congress, for which his
qualifications incomparably inferior to those of
the accomplished Thompson
"We know not how every Democrat feels in that
district who weak enough to vote for Hay
mond or who did not vote at all, either from indif
| ference TO the cause from disaffecton to the
nominee, or from the fear of the weather; but we
know perfectly well how such man ought TO feel
on such an occasion. He should repent in sack
cloth and ashes and vow upon the altar of the Re
public never to rest until the district has been
cleansed of the shame and the disgrace of such
result. We speak to these Democrats Demo
crat A freeman speaks the voice of free press;
and virginian, speak to virginians Rouse,
rouse, and perform lustration in your district!''
Thus discourses the French organ. Who
can doubt the pure, unadulterated Democ-
racy of men who write in this fashion?
What respect for the people the organ
brsathes in every line and world What
firm belief it exhibits in the capacity of
the people to elect their own representa-
tives! sJealousy," "weakness," ''trea-
son." "sackcloth and ashes," "disgrace
and shamel" What have these good peo-
pie done that they are to be thus vitupe-
ratedl Where did the senior editor re-
ceive his commission to Judge for the
voters in the 18th district, and to excom-
municate them for not following his judg-
mentl What makes him so much better
able to decide what is good for the voters
in the 18th district than they are to decide
for themselves When Sl55, 900 are Ia
ken from the treasury by the elite of the
Democrats of Richmond, it is all right;
the senior editor certifes for them; de-
clares they are honest and innocent de-
faulters; and denounces every one who
ventures to comment on the subject. But
when voters who are not of the elite un-
dertake to exercise the mere right of suf-
frage in their own way, they are no better
than traitors and disgraced men, and must
be whipped like pack of intractable
hounds. How long will the people of
Virginia tolerate this treatmenti How
long will they submit TO the yoke that the
elite of the Richmond Democrats have
fixed on their shoulders'
But the judgment that the Union claims
the right Of exercising for Virginia, it also
claims to exercise for the whole republic.
1t rails at the American people for elect
ing General TAYLOR to the Presidency, in
about the same terms that it employs to-
| NdIus tHC NOtclo vi lIt lOtn ulSNlCl lot
electing Col RAYMOND to Congress. 1t
deals about its bulls right and left, very
much in the same fashion as my Lord
PETER in Swift's Tale ola TuJ. Like his
great original, the senior editor has erect
ed whispering Office "for the public good
and ease of all eaves-droppers, small poll
ticians, friends fallen out, parasites and
buffoons''-where he collects and retails
all the gossip and tittle-tattle, and state
secrets Of the day. Like him, he has a
"famous universal pickle" by the spar
gefactlon of which he makes saints and
martyrs of all Locofoco clerks and post
masters, and of all candidates rejected by
the people-and on the application Of
which, eff the party affected were dog,
ne should be exempt from mango, and
madness, and hunger" How far the
parallel extends it might not be polite TO
say, but we are told of my Lord PETER
that he was extremely wilful and positive,
and had Gan abomlnable faculty of telling
huge palpable lies upon all occasions; and
not only swearing TO the truth, but ours
ing the whole company if they pretend
ed to make the least scruple Of believing
him. And that which was the good of
it, he would swear desperately all the
{ while that he never told a lie in his life;
and at every word, with an OATH 'Gen-
tlemen, | tell you nothing but the truth;
and the d. broil them eternally that
will not believe me.'''