Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-10-20
oEoRGiA REDEENEDl
THE DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANS

Il is with no ordinary satisfaction. hat us
lsy before our readers Che 4 iis ofthe late s.
lection. Il November last. 6eh. Tsylor rafsisd
tie Stale IS a majority Of nearly lhfee ihousand.
Gov, Towns has now been .Ie.elecisd bY about
the same mAioFily. n less han ytsf thsa.
there has been change Of nearly eco votes.
The language That this result nllsfs can s.
construed into nothing less than severe febak5
10 Gen. Taylor "a Bis friends that ffaudalansiy
falsled bin into an Office which Ae Il iaconbs-
tent 10 Oh 10 tho alli-Sopthefa Cabinet that
he has gaihafed around hin; and 10 he prOscrip.
tive and nuacommiIal course they have pursued
Ia direct violation Of the soemnly plghied gsith
made By their chieitain before biz slsciou.
We eongnialats the democracy IL Geofka
upon their glorious triumph; that ia people are +
beginning 10 see and d recail lfSs L.: 3 sai|sse
70 which they have been alluFed BY soIno Il
their leaders aud thai our nobIs Stats isaeain
erect, thai she stands BY The aide Of Virginia,
South Carolina, Tennessee aud other States ii
the South, who are determined sat an bazafds
aud to the last extremity to maintain hef riak,s
JUDGE Hill has received rebuke, whicfit i
70 be hoped, viii leAui an aspifanls iorths favor
NJ lhn people hereafter, thai II lheY apect their
Confidence, some confidence must he reposed ii
return. hlessrs. Stephens aud Toonlbs have
learned, that their political hefesies cannot be
saslaiuedln Georgia. and lhe whia party of tha
State, has been taught tlai The days df lunbua.
gerry arc over. Indeed, IN one respect, /. & no.
going loo iar 70 congratulate the people of tho
state, upon this rcsuI-for SO tar il lha election
ii Governor i concerned, il Ii lilo triatnph 81
truth over hlsehood my more. and We say il
more ia sorrow than II angeF, II ii loo tiualpAl
~ virtue over vice. Never, ID this State, has
candidate iof the Executive chair been so scan.
dalously vIlllfed By tho press opposed ID him. Il
has been Coy. Towas. A polluted print ID BAL.
ton, (another numbered which iar lhe homer os
the state, it's 70 Id hoped willneysr sea TIC
light of day, was The grand reservoir * All tho
SANDER, which the more malignant Of Governor
Towns opponents could invent. hs tales were
greedlly deyoured III certain coieries naariyev-
cry whig press IN tlio State ~ copying more III
lees 81 Them lenl lis ail % give Item a. ekten-
sye circulation. But, NO repeat, truth has hi.
IMPLIED over lalsehood, virtue over vice, aud u.
% such triumph, W. may. and do most heartily
congratulate The friends Of truth and virtue al
parties.
The GOVERNORS ELECTION,
AlIthe counties, except six, have been heard
ifonI. The returns reported are not all official
and some are undoubtedly incorrect. The ma.
Jordy ot Coy. Towns will DO but little, II any,
| short Of 3tOO.
THE SENATE.
This body Is composed II Al members, q
Democraies are ccFlainly elected, and probably
10 Wings.
TIE HOUSE.
This body il composed Of l30 members II
Y ascnrianed that Of the members elected, Go
are Democrats and 03 Wings.
JOINT BALLOT,
I A democratic minority Of Dix. lfWare shaIl
return democrats i will b. seYcn u wing
I five.
10 reconcile the apparent incongruiy between
the large majority Of Gov. Towns, and the close
vote ID The Assembly, it's Unnecessary to state
without refafrng 70 other cases, that tho Senato-
rial District composed 81 Hall and Forsyth which
has clear democratic MINORITY oG noafly 600
has iFamortaligsd herself by rleeting whIx
Senator and that N the House. Bib with I
democratic majority Vi 100, Jackson with Ike
majority Of ia, Lumpkiii with like majority
Of $50, Murray With ii Ike majority of377, aud
Union with It's democratic majority III Ai0. has
each exhibited as dsr0tioii t0priacipls, aud on
titled itselftO the special thanks ofthe Wing par.
y,by elecling whig representatives.
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