The southern press., 1851-11-01
The risstIsp IN ceerxIa.

Georgia has gone for tho Union ticket, as 1t Ia
called, by eleven thousand majority, electing SIX
Onion and two dsnnion Congsessmen. This Is
called great victory, aud great reJoicngs are
had over IT, We regret that we are unable TO
deduce the same atlsfaction fr"m this result
There Is no ground for joy, in our opinion, IN
the election Of two dlsunlon members OF Con-
press from State which has hitherto had none,
and in the falling off Of the Union majority last
fall from thirty thousand to eleven thousand.
The State of Georgia gives about eighty thous-
and votes "a minority OF eleven thousand would
be twenty eight thousand voters, nearly AS large
as the whole vote of this State Such a poll AS
that for disunon. instead Of JOY and content,
ought to produce serious apprehension and grief
Were these people sincere who shout dlsunlon
against every man who does not consider 1t de-
cent or proper to rejoice wrongs done to
the South, they would find but little real plea
sure in contemplating the election results in
Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, States in
which, but a few years ago, disunionlst would
have been p Jlitical phenomenon, but where,
according to these demagogues, they may now
be counted by tens Of thousands.
There is anything but qualification, we should
imagine, in such facts as these. These voclfer-
Gus patriots, instead of singing hallelojahs, should
soften their voices to wailing and bow their heads
in grief before such proofs of the deplorable pro-
grcss of the spirit of disunion among the people.
In these three States of Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi there are according to these demo.
gogues one hundred thousand dsunionists voters,
| which, including the non-voters, would make
body of nearly half a million of the population
of three States Of the South, opposed to this
glorious Union Is there anything in that to be
proud Of? Would any good man, true patriot,
or real lover of the Union, perceive in such fact
aught that could reconcile him to the future, or
| give him pleasure or confidence in the present
No. What, then, is the conclusion? Either that
the jnbilants are not sincere ia their exultation,
or that they aye enemies 10 the peace Of the
country, who rejoice ia discord, and become hap
py over the increase Of disaffection among our
people.
We, in charity, prefer ascrihing their conduct
I to the former motive. We have long since dis
covered and exposed the disgraceful demagogue.
ism which, for difference Of opinion in refer
ence to question OF legislative settlement OF a
sectional difficulty, would divide our people into
classes, like those of Unionists and disunionists,
and shown that it was miserable resort Of reck-
less demagogues, who, by the use Of names and
words, sought to create parties that did not ex-
ist, to bolster up their own insignifcance and
party weakness, by new party cries and popular
namea.
This il, in brief, the whole history of the great
Union party in the South.-N q. Della.
The Della is some shat at fault in its cacula-
tons of the Georgia election. Cobb's majority
over Mcdonald is some eighteen thousand, or
rather that is the calculation of the submission
prints of Georgia. Even from their admission
the Southern Rights party have gained twelve
thousand votes since the fall election, which we
look upon as decided triumph; it shows
conclusively that twelve thousand have been
convinced that singing hosannahs to the glo-
rous Union will not protect them from the in.
suits of the North.
1 We, too, will rejoice at the election, but not
like the Georgi0 Citizen with seventy -four
gun at the head Of one Of its columns, booming
forth the glad tidings that Georgia is willing to
submit to whatever degradation the imps OF
Northern fanaticisn may be pleased to place
upon her submissive neck. The Southern
Rights party have been defeated but not dis
couraged; they will never permit their flag to
trail in the dust Of submissionism-but will beal
it aoft, and, 10 the language of the brave Law.
renee, will never give up the ship."-AbbeoiA,
Il Is. CD Banner.