Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-08-26
The Election.

The pliicial returns OF the late
governor election are not yet fully
in, YET sufficient haze been received
to justify The belief that Judge
Campbell is elected by about fften
hundred votes Two years ago, Gen.
Irogsdoze was elected Ivy about the
same minority. What has caused
this. revelation in public sentiment?
Were the people Of Tennessee dis
satisfied with th9 manner in which
The. Old Hero adnihiFtered the exc,
tatiye affairs Of the State? BY no
means Did they look upon his po-
sitio2 CD the Compromise as too Ill
ira, aaa as being pregnantvith evil
Il the Union2 On The contrary,
threc-fourths of the voters of this
State, regardless of party, fully en-
dorse his doctrine We haze in our
mind noF| many Wings whe have
told US that they concur with him on
that measure, and yet they voted
for Judge Campbell, on account of
the old purity issues. Is the State
amv less Democratic now than it was
two years since? Not at all. What
then is the cause Of our defeat?
Listen, and we viii give gu . opinion;
and we believe It islounddd on in
eontrorertiDle facts. In giyingIt, We
mast, necessarily, refer to the polite
a character OF the Legislature just
chosen, the districts and counties
which gave the Wings their majority
in that body, &c. F'mst-the Dem
ocrats as 4 whole, believed that Gov.
Tr5usdale could not be defeated; and
thigfeelingdf security bcgat an apathy
which always has and always will de-
feat any party resting under its bane-
ful Influences. They slept-and
willie they slept the enemy sowed
tares." Sccond--in nearly every
strong Democratic county in the
State-and, hy-the-way, there is
where we lost the heaviest there was
a multiplicity Of Demoera attic candi-
dates for the Legislature. Each one
ofthesc had his warm devoted friends;
and / ese friendsld did not scruple to
srgp bf Gov Ti,ouslale, if by this
means. th4y could secure votes to
their favotitc candidate. This was
done in namberless instances. They
we're willing TO sacrifice their candi-
date for Governor, if BY this means
they could secure the election Of their
favoriie to the Legislature But 10
this, they were, in many. cases,
mistaken, in seeing the Democratic
candidate for Governor and the Leg
islature both defeated The Wings
have taken advantage of these diyis-
ions, and have carried the Legisla-
turc, by ten votes Where DO ps
this majority como from? Let Us
see. In.the following nine districts
and oounties-all of which Gov.
Ti,6usdqle carried by decided majori-
lies AMI III each Of which, with one
Of two exceptions, there were three
OF four Democratic candidates, and
but one Whig--the WFiIffii IS have S11eet-l
ed nine members.- about &ef AM-
iority. Had the Democrats carried
them, as they might have done, there
would have been eight majority on
or side But retrospects are not al
ways pleasant; and this is case in
point. Here is the list read and
ponder Each is strongly Dem9uat-
te-yet, as We have said, and as will
be seen, each elects a ITziy member
Of the Legislature.
A Senator from Washington, Sui
Ivan, &c, Il
A Senator from Giles and Maury, !
a Senator from Oyerton, &c, Il
Representative from Washing
ton, Greene, and Hawkins, II
Hawkins, Il
McMinn, IL
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