Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-26
THE ELECTIONS RETURNS.

No sane man. Democrat Wing, who is properly INFORM
led in the natter lin the strong and sensible language oi "
S,andard doubts that the PRESIDENTIAL eec
Il; seled and ,ha, the minority for Pierce will be over
wheminr The elections that have been held since Tue NUN
of Gen. ScoTT conclusive as TO leave no oouo
aorhis utter non-ayaabiy Every where Norm ana 'ou'
5his party have lost ground since his nomination. t'"'
Caroline Florida Mary land, Connecticut haiaha' o
and pcnnsvyania are all los, 10 hm-the first four dropping
one by one and the three in sucn sudden nas ~
nis friends arc completely wondersuck They cannot nc
FIR i, because they choose forget that their NOBLE
&d horse cnrres 100 much weight The best blood III me
world could not win with before GREELEY behind
1JoHssTos in the middle And the attempt 10 'htust uen
SCOTT upon the country under such auspices was me bold
speculation upon the supposed gnora nee and creau
Hof the people that has been tried upon e
Eve feared first that II might be successful VIII" sohc u
She Northern States but desire and hope was, ta hc
South would condemn il unanimously Our fears have MOI
been realized but hopes will be- For once inc oou :
IA be united against h'r enemes-she VIII p'' he "'"'!
unon the bend of the viper SEWARD will learn 10 his
adeep notification he has mistaken the roaa 10 emf
and those Northern who stood " The Coh
,;,,io, ,viI, auain take courage. FILLMORE may justly
2compan that his iaihluness TO the true Interests ol MS
bos been bndy sacrificed false god and he can
no consolation in the fact that complete disaster mas
followed The sacrifice His friends know that win hn Us
their leader they OF the vote OF Maryland, hen
sucky North Carolina Tennessee, Florida, Lousana anu
nrobaby Georgia or Mississippi But these ccrancs were
into the lottery and the fable OF the dog and his shadow
shas once been verified.
We cannot pretend that regret the result. IL VIII
25e good lesson all future political Jo5berS 1t VIII
stand as another witness the proverb THAT honesty me
best policy II the admiration for the old hero had borne
shm in upon perfect tide of popular enthusiasm there woua
shave been no end military Presidents Candor, ndepen
gdeuce civil qualifications fidelity to the constitution all
would hay been passed BY in the mad hunt for availability
sBut when ssen that this admiration for The Old hero
Sproduces such surprsng" results The loss OF all the
doubul States the politicians if not from principle at leas'
sfrom policy will find other idol for their worship and
hin the chun.e they may by accident adopt the policy OIL
Fidelity the constitution.
II ,y he seen that we have assumed that all the States
first above named ure lost Gen. SCOTT vi TINS mere IL
room for reasonable doubt The pretended confusion Of
he telegraph is all humbug There is confusion in hem
b, what is was made Baltimore either by design or gross
scarelessnes We find none of il In the New York or Pha
enba papers The despatch relating Ohio stated plainly
s,hat "he las, Democratic minority of % OO0 would &c red
ced five or six thousand" This would still leave minority
3o twenty or twenty thousand votes And yet ms
3yery plain despatch was chnneed Baltimore as To make
iii aopear that the Democratic anrty would be reduced i
live or six thousand vote In Pennsylvania the ScoTT de-
feat is equally certain 1t is probable that the Demo-
cratic majority there will be 10000 than under IT, In
deed the omnous silence of the Scott papers of Baltimore
aud Washington convincing, that at headquarters the,
consider The game up, only In Maryland ono rem
-ylvana etc. but in large majority OF the States II
certain as Il future be- that Gen PIERCE, II mel
lives is to be next President.