The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-11-11
From the New Orleans Picayune.
The Election.

The telegraph settled the question who is !
elected President with marvellous quickness
Within six hours after the closing of the
polls on Tuesday eveningenough was known
throughout the greater portion of the United
States to make it nearly certain what had
been the issue of the contest From Maine
to New Orleans, along the Atlantic slope, and
westward to the Upper Mississippi, it was
ascertained by midnight that Gen. Pierce
had been chosen Chief Magistrate of the
people of the United States. What a won
derful fact in the history of the progress of
the age. In the presidential election of
1924, the important question whether Mr..
/ Clay or Mr.. Crawford should be the third
candidate to be presented to the House of
! Representatives for the choice as President
/ depended on the vote of Louisiana, cast by
the Legislature in New Orleans, and the
first news of the result did not get to Wash
ington City until after Christmas. Now,
New Orleans exchanges intelligence with
Maine in an hour, and the rcsult in the
States is known everywhere before the votes
are everywhere counted out.
From present appearances, Gen. Pierce's
majority will be large-almost beyond pre-
cedent in our political history on any previ
Gus occasion, where there was any real strug
! gle between the parties. The rout of tn
1 Wings appears to be general in all sections
They have made no impression upon tn,
strongholds of the Democrats; but, on thu
, contrary, they lose some of their oldest an(
, frmest States, and in others barely escaped
defeat. 1t is not to be disputed that tn,
: State elections had foreshadowed some sucl
) result; but they were not sufficient to checl
: the jealous exertions or dampen the sanguin
5 calculations of the Wings. They believed
their candidate stronger than his friends, ant
found so many plausible explanations for tn
. temporary and local reverSes, that the grea
Il body Of the party went into the second con
,, test with stroLg assurances of succeeding
with their heroic candidate, in whose geniu
and fortune they felt so fervent faith
e How bitterly they were disappointed may
d seen in the overwhelming defeat of Tuesday
II It is but natural that they should feel thi
o appointmentkeenly, asst is that the Den
= ocrats should find their most buoyant expeC
II tations far exceeded, and victory achieved
Al more wide and complete than has rewarde
their tolls since the elevation of Gen. Jack
u son.
/ The Wings have not only bitter regre
y for themselves, but they must feel deepl
N with their honored candidate. The fame {
= Gen. Scott is indeed too deeply engraved VI
IN on the enduring tablets of history as an vi
e. blemished citizen, true patriot and illustrioU
:, soldier, to be affected by political defea
ID But he is man of strong sensibilities, an
OF evidently looked with yearning heart aft
D. the reward of the Presidency as the crownin
"a honor of his life. That he will bear his
: feat with dignity we do not doubt, but
TO will cause his heart bitter pang which a
e' but the most envenomed of his adversari
a would have spared, willingly spared, tt
: SCARED veteran; even while from sense
RS duty to an opposite principle they refuse hi
ne their votes. We believe the hearts of Il
mass of the Democratic party too magnaI
We nous to add any aggravation to the pain
ne political defeat, and that, though not Pre-
ow dent, he will continue to be honored and
nd vered as the Great Soldier of the Republ
Ill Not for him only, but for themselves al
nd their own honor, they should show that t
We attacks with which this political campai
~ mas aUOuuueu, luVeuu0O 20 UlnlulSQ In0 pC
ice ular esteem for the character of Gen. SEQ
will be shown to have been the mere frot
an bubbles that have blown off and left below
ng deep, pure sentiment of reverence for
OPP great old man.
u AN Mr.. Pierce comes in under circumstant
.n which may be highly gratifying to hims
~ and his friends-by vast majority over I
NY most distinguished man of the times. Il
not our province nor is this the time to
to cuss the causes of this result. It is IA
IN however effected, of which the proud
tor might be prouder, and which will be felt,
:, doubt not, by Mr.. Pierce without osteI
ltn- ton or parade, but profoundly, SINGER
ing and with a strong sense of the responsible
be which it creates. His character, as we
cry derstand it, is that of a nan of an imam
age tious mind, who has not sought public
e. ton, and least of all, that which the VI
r, a licited votes Of his party have conferred
, to on him; and nothing which has ever
am peared of him gives indication Of an 6
tistic or harsh nature, or any purpC
lade but those which be believes to be patrio
card There is no cause why his opponents she
apprehend from him anything more ha
lave than the customary adhesion of all Preside
'uri- to the usages and principles Of their pa