The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-09
GeoIeia Election.

The following is from the Augusta Co. Con-
stit,tionolist 1t will be seen that the majority
claimed by the submissonists instead Of being
thirty thousand is only about half that number
and that there are some twenty five thousand
voters who did not vote. As the election was
warmly canvassed, it is to be presumed that
those who did not vote, have not yet decided
and hold the balance of power
ELECTION REruRNs-The Federal Union makes
the following remarks in reference to the late cleo
ton in Georgia.
found the official returns of all the counties that
have reached the Executive Department. They
embrace all but eight counties. As far as we
know them, we have designated those who have
been elected on strictly Southern rights platform:
1t is proper, however, to state that many elected
as Union men, occupy platform fully, as
Southern" as others who have been defeated on
similar platforms.
The aggregate vote of the State at the last gu
bernatorial election was 1896. The aggregate
vote at the late election will not probably exceed
Is, 900, and the majority for the Unon" tickle.
will be from Is to II, 900. The entire vote for that
ticket will be short by several thousands Of the
vote Of last fall for either Gov. Towns or his OPP
ponent, Judge Hill.
II seems, therefore, that thousands of the hon
est voters Of Georgia, in the crisis that has come
upon them fearing to do wrong, determined to do
nothing.
We find tables Of election returns both in the
Federal Union, and the Southern Recorder, with the
number Of votes received by each Of the respective
candidates. There is wide difference between
them as to the politics of number of the candl-
dates.
The Federal Union sets down the candidates
elected from Baker, Bryan, Burke, Bulloch, Cam
den, Decatur, Lee, and Pulaski, and one member
elect from Dooly county, as Southern rights men
The Southern Recorder sets them down as on the
Union side.
We do not doubt that the Federal Union is cor
rect We know that it is so in regard to several
OF the above counties. We have no hesitation in
predicting that there are also good many mem.
bers elected as Union men, whose sympathies and
opinions are much more in coincidence with those
of the Southern Rights party than OF the subms-
sionists who claim u victory for the South in the
action Of Congress, and that this will be made APP
parent in the proceedings of the convention. They
will also hereafter, if we do not greatly err, be
found acting with, and forming part of the great
Southern Rights party Of Georgia, and of the
South, and in opposition to the Union submis-
sionlsts.
According to the classification of the Federal
Union, there are in the lightweight counties from
which official returns have been received, forty
six Southern rights delegates elected. To be ad-
ded to these are two Of the four delegates elected
OH the Compromise ticket in Putnam county.
We notice that Gov. Gmer ran on both tickets
in Oglethorpe We are at a loss on which side TO
place him. No doubt he is good enough South
ern rights man for the exigency, and will be found
in future elections IN the ranks Of the Southern
rights party.
The number Of Union delegates elected is, by
the same table, two hundred and four. 1t is COM
posed Of discordant materials, and we have al.
,lNol thtcn nId " al
20 to pieces It may be held together with SEEM
ing concord during the sitting Of the Convention.
But ere long, the heterogeneous mass will break
up in the coming storm Of the political ocean, and
many Of the dsJointsd fragments will attach
themselves to the great Southern rights party.